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Misc Forums => NON LSR Posting => Topic started by: floydjer on August 24, 2015, 08:59:23 AM
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I went over to a slightly older(he`s 72, I`m 57) friends shop to assist with valve guide installation on a Ford 8N tractor...the young guy had to show the old guy " How it`s done'. For those who are familiar with early Ford valve guides...he was attempting it with a pair of screwdrivers...........Luckily. One of the tools my father kept laying around was a K.R Wilson Ford valve guide installer. :cheers:
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:cheers:
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WHAT ????? no pictures.... :evil:
:-D :-D :-D :cheers: :cheers:
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Bob....The ugliness of my wrinkled old face would cause a power outage 50 miles around Skandia.............
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Bob....The ugliness of my wrinkled old face would cause a power outage 50 miles around Skandia.............
So, all three houses? :roll: Wayno
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Bob....The ugliness of my wrinkled old face would cause a power outage 50 miles around Skandia.............
I don't think we need to see your face...
I was thinking we should see a picture of your tool :roll:
The Ford one... this is a g rated site :cheers:
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Bob....The ugliness of my wrinkled old face would cause a power outage 50 miles around Skandia.............
I don't think we need to see your face...
I was thinking we should see a picture of your tool :roll:
The Ford one... this is a g rated site :cheers:
...Hard as it is to resist...you`ll not lure me into that forking conversation.............
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To Mr. Wayno I say: Correct, sir. There are about three houses in Skandia, Michigan. The rest are house trailers -- many of which are filled, appropriately, with trailer trash. Come on and visit -- and find new meaning in the phrase "taking the trash out". :evil:
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To Mr. Wayno I say: Correct, sir. There are about three houses in Skandia, Michigan. The rest are house trailers -- many of which are filled, appropriately, with trailer trash. Come on and visit -- and find new meaning in the phrase "taking the trash out". :evil:
taking the trash out to: Lunch? Dinner? Other?
Just curious.
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Fordboy
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I'm not THAT curious. :-o Wayno
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Taking the trash out -- to the VD clinic? :roll:
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Taking the trash out -- to the VD clinic? :roll:
............they wouldn`t have to get dressed up like when they go to Wal-Mart............... :cheers:
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UPDATE...Max has his short block assembled...He can hang off the end of a 24" breaker bar and the crank won`t rotate...I think there might be a clearance issue. Off I go to inspect...........
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Sounds like it's a little tight to me.
Rouse
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Just because you are old doesn't mean you know everything. If it did half the people on this website would be geniuses.
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Are you trying to say we are not?????
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""He can hang off the end of a 24" breaker bar and the crank won`t rotate...I think there might be a clearance issue..""
that depends...how much does he weigh..?
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I had the same problem, but with a motorcycle engine. I checked piston-to-valve clearance over and over and had plenty. Turns out the big $$ secret sauce valve springs were binding. Check everything, trust nothing!
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They assign the intern engineers to me for training. It works both ways. They teach me the fancy new things they learn in skool and I tell them what little I know. Sort of a role reversal.
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Max had to take the bride to the Dr`s office....I`ll have a look today...suspect he rotated a rod cap 180.
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I had the same problem, but with a motorcycle engine. I checked piston-to-valve clearance over and over and had plenty. Turns out the big $$ secret sauce valve springs were binding. Check everything, trust nothing!
I'm going to quote Woody here: "Trust, but verify."
And now I am going to quote myself: "There is a difference between being an 'engine assembler', and an 'engine builder'. You get to pick which one you are going to be . . . . Your wallet may have something to say about it though."
If you do not check every little stinkin' thing, well, that's on you.
I am always bemused by guys who brag about how fast they can put together an engine. (Notice I did not say assemble . . . .) In some cases, this can work out OK. But mostly, it doesn't work out very well . . . .
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SlowengineassemblingFordboy
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Max had to take the bride to the Dr`s office....I`ll have a look today...suspect he rotated a rod cap 180.
Just keep taking stuff off/out until you get it to turn, will identify the offending part or parts.
You might want to check the rod journals/rod bearings for 'nicks' from the rod bolt threads. I had a new assembler once whose first assembly was locked up solid. He 'nicked' both sides of every journal because he would not use rod bolt sleeves on the through bolts . . . . . . .
He ended up being an excellent parts washer though. :wink:
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Fordboy
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Good judgement comes from experience! :cheers:
Experience comes from bad judgement! :-o :-D
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Seems to me I get more experience every day. :-D
Rouse
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Found the issue...he had the rods re-sized...And then promptly mixed up the caps...Couple minutes w/ a snap gauge and he was good to go. darn kids. :cheers: