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Kubota V2203 Diesel Engine Cleaning, Magnaflux For Cracks, Machine Work, & Valve Job With Surface Milling

This is a small 4-cylinder diesel Kubota model V2203 engine that came in for machine work. We frequently see these smaller type diesel engines come in as they often power Bobcat skidsteer and mini excavator tractors. They also power lots of larger lawn equipment as well as several construction and maintenance tractors and [...]

2017-01-02T19:28:41+00:00January 2nd, 2017|Blog, Machine Shop|

Ford FE Engine Machining With All Machine Work & Complete Engine Rebuild Rebuilding In Las Vegas

This is a Ford FE V8 gasoline engine that we rebuilt. The engine came in as we perform complete engine rebuilding at our fully equipped machine shop located in Las Vegas, Nv. The engine in these pics is considered a longblock engine assembly since it isn't quite complete. The intake manifold however is [...]

2017-01-03T06:01:09+00:00January 2nd, 2017|Machine Shop|

Mitsubishi 4G52 forklift aluminum cylinder head crack repair with valve job & surfacing rebuild

This is a Mitsubishi 4G52 forklift cylinder head we performed a valve job & surface to. The 4G52 is notorious for developing cracks so we had to do some crack repair to this industrial aluminum cylinder head as well. After we got the crack fixed & repaired we pressure tested the head to [...]

2016-12-17T20:00:45+00:00December 17th, 2016|Blog, Machine Shop|

Dodge Chrysler 318 V8 Engine Block Machine Work & Cylinder Heads With Hardened Exhaust Seats Installed

This is a 318 Dodge Chrysler V8 engine we're rebuilding. In these pics the block machine work is all done & it is ready for assembly. The cylinder heads have just had the hardened exhaust seat inserts installed so they are ready to go into our Tobin-Arp seat-and-guide machine for the 3-angle valve [...]

2016-12-19T18:47:26+00:00December 17th, 2016|Machine Shop|

427 SOHC Ford Cammer Engine with Roots Style Blower & Bug Catcher

Here's a dream engine for many of us gearheads. A 427 cid (cubic inch displacement) SOHC (single overhead cam) Ford V8 engine with a roots style blower. These brutes are commonly referred to as a Cammer engine or just simply Cammers. We'll just leave this here & dream on!! Motor Mission Machine & [...]

2016-12-17T19:43:32+00:00December 14th, 2016|Machine Shop|

Ford 360 FE Engine Block & Cylinder Heads Machine Work & Valve Job

It's been an FE frenzy around here lately. This is another 360 Ford FE engine block & cylinder heads that we did all the machine work to. We performed a bore & hone to the cylinders for new oversize pistons & rings, surfaced the decks square & flat, align honed the housing bore [...]

2016-12-19T18:48:02+00:00December 14th, 2016|Machine Shop|

Dart Pontiac Big Chief Aluminum Big Block Chevy Drag Race Engine Cylinder Heads Freshen

This is a set of aluminum Pontiac Big Chief cylinder heads off of a 637 cubic inch big block Chevy race engine. In these pics we have completed a multi-angle valve job as well as surface to both heads. These heads will be posted again when we get the engine all freshened up [...]

2016-12-15T04:24:28+00:00December 14th, 2016|Blog, Machine Shop|

BMW Aluminum Cylinder Head Valve Job & Surface Rebuild At Las Vegas Machine Shop

Here's some before & after pics of an aluminum inline six cylinder BMW cylinder head. It came in for a rebuild so we completely disassembled the head so we could hot tank & blast it to get it super clean inside & out. We then first performed a pressure test to make sure [...]

2016-12-17T19:45:56+00:00December 11th, 2016|Machine Shop|

24 Valve 5.9 Cummins Diesel Cylinder Head Warped & Surfacing The Deck Flat

Here's a 24 valve 5.9 liter Cummins diesel cylinder head out of a Dodge truck. The 1st pic is after a couple passes in our surfacer (milling machine). You can see the surface of the cylinder head is shiny on the ends so you can see how badly warped it was. The 2nd [...]

2016-12-17T19:46:11+00:00December 11th, 2016|Machine Shop|

Dodge Truck 5.9 B-series Cummins Diesel Engine Cylinder Block Line Bore

Here's a 5.9 B-series Cummins diesel engine block out of a 2005 Dodge truck. We installed a main girdle to it along with some ARP hardware. We then mounted it in our Sunnen line hone so we could align hone the housing bore where the main bearings install. Motor Mission Machine & Radiator [...]

2016-12-17T19:46:30+00:00December 5th, 2016|Machine Shop|