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I was able to finish up the 2005 Dodge 2500 last night. Rooster comb/bullet kit from Central Valve Bodies arrived. Donny Lester is who I believe created the bullet for these many years ago and that is who I purchased the kit from off of eBay. Kit comes with the bullet and spring to replace...

The seat looks great. Like it was made for that truck. 👍

Actually it is the same process, regardless of in aluminum or steel, but I don't use MIG, I use TIG to have more control. I've done them the exact same way in cast iron heads but didn't have any pictures readily available. Just did a couple in an old 460 Ford still in the truck about a year...

Awesome. Love hearing success stories.:cool:

'Er-go. Nice work. A little clean up with a thread chaser and those should be ready to go. 👍 One thing I like to do on these mating surfaces is smear a very, very thin layer of either anti-seize OR anaerobic compound on the surface before mating them together. This will prevent corrosion...

You're welcome. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to machine those for you. Mike

We are still looking for another Industrial Maintenance Mechanic. We have been fortunate to hire a couple apprentices over the past month or so but we are still looking to hire someone with some experience in general MHE (Material Handling Equipment) as well as conveyor experience and crane...

And for the record, most of the fastener extractions I've done over the past several years have in fact had a broken extractor in them so it appears that I have been the step immediately following said broken extractor. :rofl:

Here is a job I did about a year ago on an LS head. These are common to break off and luckily the client brought me this one off the engine. Yes, that is a broken extractor in there as well and it broke off below flush. I like ER309 TIG rod to build up the fastener to slightly proud of...

Continuing on. This is what I found. The detent ball was loose fitting in the bore which also resulted in the rooster comb being work severely. With the rooster comb out of the way and the spring behind the detent ball removed you can see the extreme wear in the detent bore. I have rebuilt...

Had a gentleman bring me a 2005 Dodge 2500 a couple of nights ago. Main customer complaint was that it was hard to get out of Park. I've done a few of these where the problem was in the column at the key tumbler. Pretty clean truck with only 160k miles on it and appears to be his baby. This...

My FIL had that same make/model for a couple of years. Overall it was probably the best trailer he had owned in the past 20 years and he would buy a new one every 2-3 years. The only two issue we had with his we corrected on the first trip out. One was his cable television didn't work when...

Again, I'm probably the oddball here but there is no way in HELL that I'd even think about renting out our coach. I put way too much time and money into it to keep it nice and pristine and based on what I've witnessed in campgrounds and RV parks, most people don't share my behaviors on their...

Yes. I check out the exits when I enter a building as well as have to be facing the entrance so I can observe the scene. I don't know if it is my risk avoidance mentality or what it is.

I'm not that cool and I already have the best woman so that's not of much help. :D

Now this I get. I loved racing and was very competitive at one point. Unfortunately racing was not very conducive to my retirement accounts so I sold my race car and all related equipment. Now I can't even watch racing with any enthusiasm because I'm not competing. I quit showing my cars and...

Question for the group. I see a LOT of mention of EJS, Winter 4x4 Jamboree, Trail Hero, etc. both on here as well as our local Jeep club's communication board and I simply don't understand the draw to these events. I know I'm probably the exception and I realize I'm odd but why would someone...

Thanks Jeremy. I guess I didn't realize that a 5/8" shank and 3/4" bore were common practices in slide hammers. I just thought it was my thrown together cobbled tool. I haven't used it yet but it sure slides nice and smooth now with tighter tolerance between the shank and weight. It's not so...

Last night I had to rebuild my 30+ year old slide hammer. While extracting an outer rear axle wheel bearings and seals a couple of weeks ago I noticed that the nut on my slide hammer had come loose. Upon attempting to tighten it I discovered that the nut had stripped and didn't want to tighten...

Love the custom heat valve. 👍