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This is John Kohnke with Kohnke Rebabbitting Service. I did take over after my dad, Herman passed away. It took 11 months to finish all the work that he had. Since then, work has been all about babbitting various makes and model of cars, and shipping all over the United States. I just finished...

Does anyone know who has this car, and what the DOC's are? TY, John Kohnke https://www.pinterest.com/pin/387450374184195278/

This is John Kohnke. I have been working on business aspects literally 24\7 for months since dad passed without any personal time trying to get things in order. I am continuing the babbitt business, and will be posting pics of past and current progress of completed, and current work when I find...

I would do it myself. Not to just to save money, which you do. No body needs to see it. A 1000 engines will have a different ware pattern, and what ever you find is useless information. Do not use a Chisel, and drill, unless your under a shade tree. Either in a motor stand, as we do, or set it...

I Agree, Daren, But Henry, had what ever he chose for a gasket thickness, a new block, flywheel housing, and a new Bell housing, and that might have came out with using the .010 shims, at that point, in time. Ok, if you get 9 & 3, with in .002, or even Zero, that is good. But I don't care what...

Daren, this is my opinion. 9, 12, and 3 getting squared is good, but the bottom has a tendency to be off the worst. 0 to maybe 16? When the bell housing tightens up, yes it will pull together, at the bottom, but when that happens, you are stressing the other 3 points. You now have 4 points, out...

Steel shims are quite alright, I just don't have any in the shop, as we don't use them for any thing. But I have a lot of brass that we use every day. In the Car? I won't say anything about why it can't be done perfect, and I think most of you know why. I will say, if it had to be done that...

Well, Daren, I Agree it would sure would make it easier.

When grinding the rear crank flange, you should have just gotten done grinding, all 3 mains. Then is the time to grind the cranks, rear flange. There will be no better time, that the crank journals, will align with the flange, any better. By using a crank grinder, no set up time, it is already...

Yes, But! 9 & 3 can be 2 different thickness of shim packs. 12 & 6 will be equal, when adding, or subtracting, from the stack. Herm.

.003, .002, and .001 thousandths thickness. You can use old main shims, cut down, fronts, and centers, as they are .002, and .003's. McMaster-Carr carries .001, and .002 in 12" sheets. Write down what the thickness of the finished shim pack are, right, and left, just in case, a pack would fall...

Think about it as two separate operations, as they are. 1. is setting each side, to read the same, or not over .003, difference. Doing this you will have, uneven stacks of shims, most likely. 2. next, indicate top, and bottom, and get them to read the same. They do not have to read the same as...

I have had a lot of housings that were off .030 thousandths, and adjusting, and a little time to come back to shape, I have never had one, I couldn't align. Herm.

There is nothing you can do to change the alignment with the bell housing that bolts to the transmission, and flywheel housing, as it not adjustable. So, the flywheel housing, that, is what has to be square with the pilot shaft. So if you get 4 points, that are square on the flywheel housing...

The gasket cement go's on the top, and bottom of the gasket, I just stopped in the middle of the job, to take a picture. Ok, you have 4 bolts in the middle of the housing, NEVER us shims there. The housing has to set level on the block, to seal the cam gasket, you would also take a chance on...

DO NOT shim under the 4 housing bolts, as this will warp a usable housing in the wrong places. The first thing is you have to have a level crank flange, and also a crank that is centered, in the babbitt, between the main, bolt holes. with out it your wasting your time. If that is off, your...

" AGREE " Herm.

What ever they had when new, will not work the way they did. The reason being being is the amount of filing that has been done, on the part lines, that will leave you short, in the amount of shims, needed. We normally use .032. If you want the exact amount needed, the only way you can do that...

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Long Story, but this is a rebuilt Boring machine in 1945, and never used again, as they bought another new one to do rods, as they were getting behind. I took it all apart to paint it, and it is rebuilt, in new condition. If you look up Hydro-Borer, on the net, it does all kinds of jobs. I...