What are you working on today?

[BrianF]

Nothing mechanical today. Began some leveling work in the arena then used a friends baby Kubota to try the pto tiller. Worked pretty well, so tomorrow I will cut and fill some more, then finish it with a till. Man this thing is little!!

 

[50yr Street Mech]

03' Toyota Solara / 2AZ-FE engine / 130k / Replaced original corroded magnesium valve cover with a new aluminum one with new gasket. Piece of cake. The mag cover had pitted away and was beginning to leak. Toyota claims they installed them because they weighed less than aluminum. Guess what, it was heavier than the aluminum cover I put on, so I have no idea what Toyota was thinking in 2003. I painted it with high heat paint. Will let it dry overnight, and install beauty cover back on it. Job complete

 

[cptbarkey]

Worked on the Yerf Dog go kart, installed the front suspension, wheels, steering rack, rear swing arm, test fitted the rear axle, sprockets and rear wheels. I need to meditate if I'm happy with the rear axle width or not (40 inches). A bit more work to do from here but the main chunks are coming together.

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On the Kohler LH775 engine that dropped a valve guide, I successfully drilled and put a set screw to hold both the intake and exhaust valve guides with loctite 640. Ordered a new headgasket, valve stem seals, exhaust gasket, pushrods, lifters. If this works i'll have saved $300-500 vs a new cylinder head. Will know in the next few months.

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More work on the go kart. Welded on the engine plate, bolted on the engine, swapped in a NGK spark plug, poured in some Rotella T4, she fired right up and sounded good.

Tomorrow going to push to finish as much as possible.

 

[ripcord]

More work on the go kart. Welded on the engine plate, bolted on the engine, swapped in a NGK spark plug, poured in some Rotella T4, she fired right up and sounded good.

Tomorrow going to push to finish as much as possible.

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Is this toy for you or are you just the best dad ever?

 

[wtd]

I just did my neighbor's 3-speed this spring. I used a Pro-tec filter kit on closeout from RA for $1.38.

No longer listed but they have a CQ (Famous) for $4.42.

I used the Wix filter kit from O'reillys. It all went smoothly. Hopefully the O2 sensors get here Monday. I got both of them broke loose but had to heat them up as they both were in there pretty solid.

The last thing I need to do after that is figure out why it occasionally has a long crank before it will start. I want to check fuel pressure but don't know if my MAC deluxe fuel injection kit has the right adapters to install the gauge inline before the fuel rail. Fuel trims are all normal. The coolant temp sometimes takes a while to come up so the thermostat may need to be replaced.

 

[Kennedy01]

I really have enjoyed your posts as youve transitioned into your machining work. You seem to be more excited doing this new thing. I think that’s awesome!

Without a doubt, I'm enjoying the machine work vastly over auto repair. I still have some long days, but ultimately I like going to work in the morning, and you can't put a price on that.

 

[Kennedy01]

Friday I finished up a batch of link bars and began a batch of hydro boost units. One thing I'm noticing, and it's hard to explain without pictures, but the pivot fork inside these reman units we get is supposed to slide into a grooved cup that's installed on the spool valve. This fork attaches the piston to the spool valve. Upon disassembly, I've probably had as many as 10 out of 25 units thus far that do not have that fork seated on the cup