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Ah, so true. Will know better once I get it cleaned up and the rest of the pistons out.
In the old days shops had a big bow device that held croakus cloth and was weighted. It was attached to a lathe head so the cloth could line up with various throws or mains. Then the crank was turned at slow speed with the polishing cloth bow pivoted down on a crank throw. A certain time limit was observed, and then moved to each throw, or main. Pretty low tech, but the polishing cloth really didn't remove any metal, just gave it a mirror surface.I finally got the block to the machine shop today. Good News, cylinders are straight and he recommended a hone and clean up. I need to find someone that can polish my crankshaft as he does not have that tooling. But, everything went better than I had hoped!
Wow glad you caught it in time.I finally got the block to the machine shop today. Good News, cyclinders are straight and he recommended a hone and clean up. I need to find someone that can polish my crankshaft as he does not have that tooling. But, everything went better than I had hoped!
My buddy Gary still uses that Machine.In the old days shops had a big bow device that held croakus cloth and was weighted. It was attached to a lathe head so the cloth could line up with various throws or mains. Then the crank was turned at slow speed with the polishing cloth bow pivoted down on a crank throw. A certain time limit was observed, and then moved to each throw, or main. Pretty low tech, but the polishing cloth really didn't remove any metal, just gave it a mirror surface.
Bet nobody uses that old setup anymore, just because it's not high tech now. The guy who built my 283 for my '55 gasser used this method back in 1970.
There ya go! Likely a true expert in his trade who knows how to use it too!When you find a 80 year old machinist still working with the right tools!
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Very cool MikeWhen you find a 80 year old machinist still working with the right tools!
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Great to hear it's coming back together Mike!Lucky for me most of the parts I needed for the rebuild were in stock and available to ship. Shipping was another story all together. Got the last piece of the puzzle this week, the oil pump. The old one had some nicks in it, so did not want to reuse it, just in case. Spun up the oil drive with a drill and have oil pressure, so now to finish buttoning up the top end and get it back in the car.
DittoGreat to hear it's coming back together Mike!
A lot of guys today tell me we can find any answer or info we want if we Google it! But from what I've seen on internet answers we can also get pretty well confused if we didn't already know, as there's plenty of stuff found on the internet that makes me chuckle.I agree with you Vall, I like putting mechanical stuff together. Most of us that have hot rods or gassers do. I didn't have an option on this one for someone else to put together for me, sometimes I wish I had. Getting all the parts together and finding all the right answers seem harder now than it used to be. I know there is a lot of info on the web, but you really have to sift through it to find a few gems to use. It's not like it used to be, when you were able to go down to the local Chev, Ford or Mopar garage/shop and talk to a real expert in the field. Ah well, is that the reason they call it Nostalgia drag racing?