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[Hellion]

Anyone wanna guess what's going on here?

Whatever it is, it’s hilarious. Reminds me of a Rube Goldberg contraption

Your making a mess and drilling holes in your wife’s good table?

If that’s the good table, I want to see the bad one.

 

[Grizzlymi]

Ok ok, some sort of tensioner?

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Bearing puller.
Like a slide hammer but with a butt plug of sorts.

 

[Kartorbust]

Hey forum, are switchblades/automatic knives legal in your state, city or county? They were decriminalized here not too long ago. Silly laws, probably stemmed from 1950s mafia/gangster hysteria and the like.

Mainly Lincoln and Omaha have dumb ordinances.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Mainly Lincoln and Omaha have dumb ordinances.

Red state, blue capital.

 

[Kartorbust]

Red state, blue capital.

Pretty much. Omaha dictates a lot to and its getting annoying. Better than my home state of Minnesota, but there are downsides too.

 

[Edwin Spangler]

Bearing puller.
Like a slide hammer but with a butt plug of sorts.

Something told me youd be the one to get it. Dont know how you knew the other part but ok.

Balance shaft bearing, to be exact.

 

[Wicked_Daddy]

No, what are they?

Go here: https://solventtrapsdirect.com/

You'll get the general idea. The company above is just one example. There are lots of 'em.

 

[Edwin Spangler]

How's it looking in way of material removal? It's smoother than the pics look. Doesn't catch on a pick.

 

[Hellion]

How's it looking in way of material removal? It's smoother than the pics look. Doesn't catch on a pick.View attachment 162981View attachment 162982View attachment 162983

It looks like you’re taking pains to remove and smooth that sharp ledge beside the valve guide in each port, on the side that faces the carburetor and the exhaust pipe respectively.

Would love to see a *before* before I see the *in-progress* pics. Or even an factory-fresh engine that hasn’t tasted gasoline yet, but that’s asking a lot. Is a rougher texture on the intake (for enhanced fuel atomisation) still a thing?

 

[Edwin Spangler]

Is a rougher texture on the intake (for enhanced fuel atomisation) still a thing?

Yes, I still have to rough it up I think. There is even a dimple process that you can do but I think that requires too much precision.


Wondering if I need to remove more on the short side...

 

[Denny]

Remove too much and you can hurt the flow by slowing the velocity down.

 

[Grizzlymi]

Red state, blue capital.

Sounds like most populated cities in these states of this beautiful union. If only the condensed cities couldn't vote!

 

[Edwin Spangler]

So after more than 20 years of welding... I finally get the privilege of experiencing flash burn.

-Not recommended. Its not horrible, I think I got off lucky. Its just borderline painful. More annoying than painful.

Thank God its only one eye. Trying a new respirator and didnt realize it was leaking reflected light in.

 

[Denny]

So after more than 20 years of welding... I finally get the privilege of experiencing flash burn.

-Not recommended. Its not horrible, I think I got off lucky. Its just borderline painful. More annoying than painful.

Thank God its only one eye. Trying a new respirator and didnt realize it was leaking reflected light in.

Been there. Slice a potato in half and put each half over each eye. The starch in the potato help soothe and repolish the lense. Some guys say shred the potatoes like hasbrowns.
There’s 2 kinds of welders in this world. Those that have had flash burns and those that will have flash burns of the eyes.

 

[Hellion]

Slice a potato in half and put each half over each eye

Is that with your eyes open or closed?