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Dodge City’s Finest; Harry’s Machine Works
No history of the American West would be complete without extensive recollections of Dodge City, KS. Formed as a convenient railroad stop to serve the new Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, Dodge City offered something for everyone. That is, if your tastes ran to buffalo hunting, gambling or gunfighting. In its early days, Dodge
Honda Build II
In last month
Welding: Why weld aluminum?
As we are all aware, many of the components of the engines our industry remanufactures utilize this "mystery" metal. It first started with manifolds, then cylinder heads, timing covers, oil pans, lower main bearing girdles and finally blocks and all accessory mounting brackets. Don
Head and Block Finishes
Clean, smooth and flat. That
Prepping Porsche Heads for 24 Hours of Racing, Dana Johnson
One of the more interesting jobs I
Profit Center
One of the most common questions I get when talking to machine shop owners and engine builders is, "Where can I find a trained machinist for my shop?" Well, I think I have an answer. Attend AERA
Washington Way
Occasionally the rebuilding industry needs to sit back and review what has occurred over the past few years to get some perspective on events that loom on the horizon. This is especially true in the legislative and regulatory arena where past successes or failures often foreshadow future events. The beginning of a new year and
The 354 and 392 Chrysler hemi engines do NOT use the same cam because the lifter bore angles are different.
You know how life sometimes allows you to bumble along like a big dumb puppy and then suddenly drops something on you to surprise you and stir things up? Well, a little while back Bill Hancock called me up with a piece of tech info that made me reassess what I thought I knew. That
The Valve Refacer Makes A Good Valve Job A Great One
The most critical part of any valve job is the ability to make concentric contact to the valve seat for proper sealing. Without that concentric contact all your work literally goes up in smoke in the form of black smoke from out of the exhaust system. All valve refacers do basically the same thing
What Cleaning Equipment Do You Prefer?
When it comes to cleaning engines, there seems to be as many processes and machines to get parts clean as there are hair loss treatments. However, finding what works is what really matters to most engine builders. Since the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began regulating the handling of hazardous waste in ernest, it has added