Recent content by George Miller

I agree never found a insert off. Honing a insert is a bad idea. There is not that much bearing material on them.

Yes I did it when I first started working for my Dad in his repair garage. I still have the grinder. I have used it to grind rod journals on a model A crank in my lathe.

Well I was raised in Flint Mich, much of the family worked for GM. My Dad and two of my uncles owned a Block making and gravel business, I worked for them in the summer while in high school. I hauled fill sand and mason sand to the chev V8 engine plant when it was being built. So yes I,m a small...

when the small block came out in 1955 there was no engine like them. They were smaller than the rest of the V8,s and faster than most and would rev higher than the rest. They were the best engine at that time. If you do not like them that is fine run what you like.

If they are going to put in inserts why not just bore the babbitt out, it works for me. I would not want the job after some one was messing with it. Ok I do not want it any-way.

I say a sticking valve, slow to close. Try some marvel mystery oil in the gas. this happens to a engine that sits a long time. Or if you have the head off try oil on the valve stem.

I have done it a couple of times. But you would be better off buying new rods with the bearings. Do not think you will find any one that has done it with old rods. If you do it will not be cheap.

good idea that might do it, if not I would not worry to much about it.

Carbon like you are seeing is running to cool, running short trips, running to rich. Plus maybe using a little oil.

They do not use cotter pins on new cars. Use really good nuts torque to speck and for get it. Now if I do some one else engine I use the pins, other wise they would bad mouth you.

I use a air conditioner, heat pump in the garage wall. It works great in sumer or winter.

The noise sounds like a center main knock, not a rod.

yes I put a chamfer on the seat then roll metal from the block on the chamfer. I used a black fluid in my Dads garage, but I do not know where he got it from.

Rotor Wrench perry much has it covered.

A chev clutch plate will not fit the Model A transmission shaft. the spline is to small on the chev