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Mitsubishi Eclipse Chrysler 2.0 420A Cylinder Head Machining

This is an aluminum cylinder head off of a Mitsubishi Eclipse. The cylinder head is actually a Dodge Chrysler 2.0 liter engine and it is a model 420A. It came in just to be hot tanked, pressure tested, & surfaced. It had heavy pitting & erosion around the coolant jackets so we welded [...]

2017-03-13T00:49:04+00:00March 12th, 2017|Machine Shop|

Line Boring, Align Honing, and Crankshaft Grinding and Polishing

We offer complete automotive and industrial engine machine work for gasoline, diesel, propane, natural gas, LPG, bio-diesel, Alcohol, Methanol, Race Gas, & nitro powered engines. We can perform everything from cleaning and magnafluxing to line boring, honing, milling, and rotating assembly balancing. Motor Mission Machine & Radiator 5435 Desert Point Dr. Las Vegas, [...]

2017-03-07T23:03:21+00:00March 7th, 2017|Machine Shop|

Custom Machining To Duplicate A Tractor Bushing With Holes

These are some pictures of a tractor bushing that was brought into us. Our customer wanted us to duplicate the bushing on the left. The bushing on the right in the pictures is the bushing we machined out of a piece of hardened alloy to the dimensions of the original bushing. If you [...]

2017-02-16T03:10:22+00:00February 15th, 2017|Machine Shop|

Ford Mustang 289 V8 Engine Machine Work For Rebuild

This is a 289 cubic inch Ford V8 engine for a 1967 Mustang. The engine had been previously rebuilt but it wasn't machined & assembled correctly and suffered some internal damage. We ended up performing all the machine work to the block, crank, connecting rods, and cylinder heads as well as balancing the [...]

2017-02-16T01:31:47+00:00February 15th, 2017|Machine Shop|

Rusted Pitted & Corroded Cylinder Revealed After Boring

Here's some pics of a cylinder that is rusted and pitted from water and coolant getting into the cylinder. Our customer wanted to see if it would clean up by boring and honing. This is the #2 cylinder of a 350 small block Chevy. In the pics the cylinder is rough bored .029 [...]

2017-02-16T00:59:46+00:00February 15th, 2017|Machine Shop|

401 Buick Nailhead Block For Surface Cracks Repair

This is a 401 Buick Nailhead block that came into the machine shop for crack repair. The block was cracked on both deck surfaces from the head bolt holes into the coolant jacket areas. We machined the cracked head bolt holes for and installed some Lock-N-Stitch Full-Torq thread repair inserts. The Full-Torq inserts [...]

2017-02-15T21:13:31+00:00February 15th, 2017|Machine Shop|

Powerstroke Tapered Wrist Pin Bushing Replacement and Machining

This post is for a set of 6.0 liter Ford diesel Powerstroke connecting rods with tapered wrist pin bushings. We have one connecting rod that is bent so we will be replacing that one. The other seven connecting rods have been blasted and reconditioned or resized on their big ends. We then pressed [...]

2017-02-11T17:56:09+00:00February 11th, 2017|Machine Shop|

383 Stroker Engine For A 1956 Chevy Classic Truck

This is the 383 small block Chevy stroker engine we built for the same truck and customer that the radiator from Saturday's post is for. The engine features a complete balanced stroker rotating assembly from Eagle Specialty Products. The crankshaft and connecting rods are Eagle while the pistons are KB Claimers with Hastings [...]

2017-02-06T21:22:59+00:00February 6th, 2017|Machine Shop|

Cummins N14 Diesel Cylinder Heads For Rebuilding

This is a set of Cummins N14 diesel cylinder heads that came in for complete reconditioning. The N14 style engine takes 3 individual cylinder heads. One head covers 2 cylinders. 2 pictures are of the heads when they came in and 2 pictures are after we did the complete valve job & surface [...]

2017-02-06T17:23:03+00:00February 6th, 2017|Machine Shop|

Caterpillar 3034 Perkins 2.9 Liter Diesel Cylinder Head Valve Job

This is a 2.9 liter Perkins cylinder head that is off of an engine that is also sold & used under Caterpillar as a 3034. The engine kicked a connecting out the side of the block so we're going to check this head out to make sure it has no cracks or leaks. [...]

2017-02-05T06:42:46+00:00February 4th, 2017|Machine Shop|