What ya working on?

[TN Hillbilly]

Had to resurrect this thread from page 4!

Worked on various things today. Picked up the cedar and pine lumber we had sawed. Worked on straightening the frame on the tedder... thanks to... someone else.

Played around with a used Craftsman 110 wire welder... Easier than dragging the Lincoln out.

[DT Fan]

Cleaning and organizing the shop for Monday's meeting of the duffers. It's a good motivation to straighten things out.

[farmallcubkid]

Pulled injection pump off of the 6.2 to get rebuild or get a reman.  Also working on the c10 a little. Its a Chevy day!

[IHKeith]

Did a turbo on a 16 Cruze today.  It had low boost codes and sounded like exhaust was leaking into the intake, also had a jingle noise, I saw the compressor side of the turbo was digging into the intake on diag.  Got into replacing it and found the turbo was getting no oil, saw the oil drain line was melted off, but no oil leaks.  The oil supply line was blocked and wouldn’t clear even with shop air.  The exhaust turbine broke off and was sitting on top of the cat, there’s the jingle.  The first pic is the compressor turbine, second picture is of the dry oil inlet, 3rd melted drain tube, 4th the turbine 
 

[IHKeith]

A good customer runs an insulation company.  He called me about his blower’s engine not starting.  He’s pretty handy and I gave him some direction, still no fire, so he brought it by.  I’m no expert on Honda v twins, this one is a GX690, but I have dabbled in single cylinder clones a fair bit.  First thing I did was spin the driven pulley by hand and it didn’t feel like compression.  Pulled the plugs and cranked it over with my finger in the hole and felt a little on one and none on the other.  Pulled the valve cover on the zero side and no rocker arm movement.  Think something is wrong with the cam gear, going to tear into it tomorrow after I pressure wash it.

[Gearclash]

8 hours ago, IHKeith said:

Pulled the valve cover on the zero side and no rocker arm movement.  Think something is wrong with the cam gear,

Some of these post modern small gas engines have a cam gear made of a steel shaft with pressed on nylon lobes and  nylon gear.  Not unusual for the gear to lose its grip on the shaft or break.  May not be the case here but the symptoms sound familiar. 

[pms1961]

Done working on the Allis 185 for now,still need to go through brakes but they work as does everything else.Next up is replace the water pump and rebuild the alternator on the triple six.Needed to move tractors around to work on in my small shop so thought I would snap a picture.Like the looks of the Farmall over the Allis Chalmers but it is a pretty sweet tractor to operate.

[pms1961]

14 hours ago, IHKeith said:

Did a turbo on a 16 Cruze today.  It had low boost codes and sounded like exhaust was leaking into the intake, also had a jingle noise, I saw the compressor side of the turbo was digging into the intake on diag.  Got into replacing it and found the turbo was getting no oil, saw the oil drain line was melted off, but no oil leaks.  The oil supply line was blocked and wouldn’t clear even with shop air.  The exhaust turbine broke off and was sitting on top of the cat, there’s the jingle.  The first pic is the compressor turbine, second picture is of the dry oil inlet, 3rd melted drain tube, 4th the turbine 
 

That thing is wasted!

[460]

Made progress on the Mustang 351W based 430cid engine yesterday.  Camshaft arrived Friday, should be emissions/CARB compliant😃, now installed, along with verified lift just over .700, cleaned up heads and all the valvetrain, confirmed pushrod length.  Also found out how poorly the intake fits for port alignment, off to be milled just like the 302 was😒.

Used my IH 263-301 home made camshaft installation tool to install this camshaft.

Thanks,

Scott

 

[B.B.]

Hope you aren't gonna run those valve springs lol 

 

I built a standard bore 347 several years ago.    Was a lot of fun to drive.  I used TW heads and cam.  Had it in a 93 GT.    

 

 

 

[460]

5 hours ago, B.B. said:

Hope you aren't gonna run those valve springs lol 

 

I built a standard bore 347 several years ago.    Was a lot of fun to drive.  I used TW heads and cam.  Had it in a 93 GT.    

 

 

 

Nah just for mockup!  Makes for easy checking especially with my makeshift adjustable pushrod with threaded rod.

Nice I believe I remember seeing pictures of the car.  Still have it?  Mine is a 92 had since 2009.  They sure have climbed in price.

Thanks,

Scott

[yellowrosefarm]

Got this old Dearborn plow years ago with some other stuff, but had never done anything with it. Straightened it out and plowed my little garden over the weekend. Didn't do a great job, but good enough.

[lorenzo]

Making door hinges for the chicken coop today.

[ole 815]

Workin on 706 surgery. Ta job.

[yellowrosefarm]

Putting a timing belt, etc in my little auction car. It has 180k on it so this should be the 3rd one, but I doubt it.

[New Englander]

9 hours ago, yellowrosefarm said:

Putting a timing belt, etc in my little auction car. It has 180k on it so this should be the 3rd one, but I doubt it.

Talk about borrowed time! If interference engine disaster waiting to happen.

[560Dennis]

10 hours ago, yellowrosefarm said:

Putting a timing belt, etc in my little auction car. It has 180k on it so this should be the 3rd one, but I doubt it.

Is there a kit available for that motor. I used to put water pump and tensioner cam with belt kits . Been awhile can’t remember all the detail on the Honda. 

[yellowrosefarm]

12 minutes ago, 560Dennis said:

Is there a kit available for that motor. I used to put water pump and tensioner cam with belt kits . Been awhile can’t remember all the detail on the Honda. 

Yes, this was made by Daewoo after GM aquired them. Kit contained all made in Korea parts. Water pump, both tensioners and the belt

[IHandJDman]

On 3/8/2026 at 4:26 PM, 460 said:

Nah just for mockup!  Makes for easy checking especially with my makeshift adjustable pushrod with threaded rod.

Nice I believe I remember seeing pictures of the car.  Still have it?  Mine is a 92 had since 2009.  They sure have climbed in price.

Thanks,

Scott

Beautiful Fox.  I have a 1992 that I had all stripped down and repainted in 2010.  Then I started farming and it still sits in a shed.  Also used to own a 1979 pace car.

[IHandJDman]

I started tearing off the old fertilizer squeeze pump system on my 7000.  Installing an electric pump for fertilizer now.

[oleman]

Getting the 73 440 powered Dodge Dart ready for a new year. Last time I tried to start it the float was stuck and the electric fuel pump  floaded the carb, believe the float is stuck, need a new kit in the edelbrock 4 barrel.

[TroyDairy]

On 3/8/2026 at 7:05 AM, 460 said:

Made progress on the Mustang 351W based 430cid engine yesterday.  Camshaft arrived Friday, should be emissions/CARB compliant😃, now installed, along with verified lift just over .700, cleaned up heads and all the valvetrain, confirmed pushrod length.  Also found out how poorly the intake fits for port alignment, off to be milled just like the 302 was😒.

Used my IH 263-301 home made camshaft installation tool to install this camshaft.

Thanks,

Scott

 

Valves Springs won't float!

[TroyDairy]

Nephew and brother got it done when I was at State basketball tourney with kids.

Daughters 03 tdi lost cam.  245k miles.  Prob shady oil.  Tdi are actually picky about oil.  Local tdi guru rec Liquidmoly 5w30.  Vw special deal.  Brother been running it in his tdi for over decade breeding cows.  455000 miles.  Timing belt every 100k and axle shaft every 60k.  Otherwise stock.

 

Anyway look at the lifters.  No wonder wasnt smooth and smoked like a 6.2 gm.   Finally was missing.  We almost bought injectors.  But they aint cheap!  So brought to vw guy here.  Called few hr later and said what he expected.  Bad cam...kind of common on higher mile ones with shoddy care he says.  

 

She swears we rebuilt the trans and put big turbo one!  Says its so smooth and powerful now.

[New Englander]

6 hours ago, TroyDairy said:

lost cam

Cam out of my plane engine. I knew it was on borrowed time. I replaced all the lifters for spalling. Continental allows continued service with a fingernail catch test. I used a short nail on this one. It hadn't lost all lift but was heading that way. I got maybe 150 hours since lifter change. Now waiting for overhaul shop to finish. Case needed overhaul due fretting - movement between halves. Between that and crankshaft overhaul it's going to be another 8 grand.

 

 

EDIT:

Lifters after 150 hours showing some spalling due tired camshaft.

[whweldit]

Odds and ends here.   Couple small welding projects for daughter and a neighboring horse barn. Daughter wanted a hanging closet organizer.    I call it “funeral furniture”.  Frame is made from 1/4 rod from flower stands I get at local cemetery I see after when cleaning up after funerals. Horse barn wants 2 of these horseheads.  Half way there.  Just got it layed out ready to weld.  Sent them a picture for approval before welding it.