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  • jimdeere
    Cool! There were places where they just used a ratchet on bolts i thought should be torqued, but maybe they just didn?t show it.
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  • spasmcreek
    many years since i fixed up the old babbitt beaters.....lots of years younger i went to the drags with a 52 chevy babbitt banger and won a trophy F10-B stock...next weeks race an old slant 6 dodge left me in the dust like the road runner left Wiley coyote...game over
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  • wundudnee
    Many years ago there was an old man that had the reputation of being the best around here rebuilding the old 4 bangers. A guy I worked with was totally restoring a 31 model A. He pulled the engine and took it to the old mechanic and told him he really wanted him to rebuild it. The old mechanic checked the engine out and told the guy he wouldn't work on it. It hurt the restorers feelings and he told the old man "I really wanted you to do the overhaul." The mechanic told him "It doesn't need it." He put it back in the A and it ran perfect.
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  • cbxjeff
    Looks like an easy job to me. :lol:
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  • Ditch-Runner
    I remember my uncles ( had two ) that talked about the old poured bearings but very little details other than the term , I have never been involed with any engines that old
    interesting vidio on the process . . thanks for posting
    I wonder how the back yard mechanics did it back in the day ?
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  • 35 Whelen
    Ditch-Runner wrote:
    I remember my uncles ( had two ) that talked about the old poured bearings but very little details other than the term , I have never been involed with any engines that old
    interesting vidio on the process . . thanks for posting
    I wonder how the back yard mechanics did it back in the day ?


    Here's the full video on the babbitt bearings done on the Model A engine, from a couple weeks ago. Fascinating process, and no doubt a dying art.

    [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBL0Y3_yQ7I[/media]
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  • wundudnee
    A friend was rebuilding a wind mill that had a babbit bearing on the shaft. On his first attempt after pouring new babbit the shaft wouldn't turn. After talking to an old mechanic he was told to wrap the shaft with wax paper, then when the babbit is poured it burns away the wax paper giving enough tolerance for the shaft to turn. The old mechanic told him that in his day there were no auto parts stores on every corner, so they made their own parts.
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