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We've got a Hunter H111 alignment rack. I teach high school auto shop. I inerited this and the old teacher came by one day and gave me a 15 minute...
I should update that other thread. Just for peace of mind we pulled the motor and had out machinist do the valve seats. He said most were off...
I didn't even know these existed! Excellent. I just ordered some 3" wide velcro tape, but I may need these too.
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Yup Wizzard, you should be familiar with my kids at this point from our older posts. Sadly I'm working with many kids who struggle with reading...
Hey All, So, we think we figured out our motor issues on our 49 Ford. The seat upholstery is almost done and now I am looking at the door...
So, we're going to pull the motor out and get back to the basics. We didn't want to, but we've got to figure this out. If we get new battery...
In case it was missed, our valves are NOT seating. So, we are left with grinding the seats again (engine in the car?) or if regrinding the valves...
No adjustable lifters. We went through and ground everything to spec. All of the lash looks good. That I can confirm.
Yes they were. So for the flathead are the seats supposed to be a 46? Valves a 46? The old green manual says 45 for both, so that's what we did....
Hmm, now I need to dig through stuff and look.
Sadly the seats were done like 3 years ago, so I cannot verify what happened. We'd have to borrow a new pilot tool. We borrowed the last one. Both...
Well, it's been a while... We lapped the valves. They looked great, in my humble opinion, but when it went back together, we still had no...
So, slowly but surely we are lapping valves. They definitely were not right. Lots of low spots visible after a little lapping. We've been back and...
WE'RE BACK! So, all new kids on this project now... That said, we reinstalled the head, leak tested cylinder 1 and reconfimred that air is...
Thankfully in WA we get to write our own standards and the state approves them.
Well sadly, we are wrapping things up and this project might not get worked on for a few months. Stay tuned...
Got the head off. I cannot see a glaring problem, but the intake valve is obviously not seating.
We've had a few close calls. I do my best and He covers the rest.
What about the incorrect valve or guide going back into the incorrect cylinder? I would not be surprised if the kids mixed them up, but either...
Wow, I posted this and forgot about it a few days. You guys are great! Well, I wanted to reply to everyone, but there is way to much to say. To...
So, I was watching them pretty closely when they did it, and I did go back and check cylinder 1. I've got at least .010 clearance on the intake...
Hey all, Grandview High School shop teacher here. So, we've got an old 49 ford, and El camino, a nova. We also have an eclipse gsx turbo build...
So, I get so distracted that I sometimes forget what I've already done. Back on post #24 I mentioned that we did do a leak down, but only of 1...
Well, now I'm wondering if we have a ring issue. We've got about 40psi on all cylinders. So, I have a hard time determining if that is due to a...
I can get more pictures if you guys would like. One of the hardest parts of projects like this is that this is my firs flathead motor I've worked...
I believe those were the original. It did not appear like the motor had even been torn into before and we used the original parts. Can the crank...
Does this look right? There is a 0 printed in the crank gear.
Well, I'm happy someone can relate. I have to remind myself how many things I broke in high school. I remember snapping a exhaust bolt off in my...
I left the kids alone for 20 minutes... they now know that yhe torque specs for screw in rocker studs are not the same as the adjustable rockers...
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