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Packard V8 has you on the right course. lathe boring on a boring head in the mill will work, but if your time is worth anything . . . Does the rod use an insert bearing shell, or are they aluminum rods riding directly on the crank? Sunnen and other brands of honing mandrels are designed to...

You have a PM sen2two

Jeeze, I come by for the first time in a while and find Paula has left us, bummer. Folks like her is hard to come by. Welcome Brad.

I have a series of photos of a base that I made to fit the original rear site mount on my 1891 Argie. Requires removal of the ladder site and installation of the scout mount base, then a ring mount rail, You would have to have an original rear site to use it though. Your barrel has likely been...

Thanks for the thoughts folks, I'll start with the thread dial pin and see whats there. This machine has no back gear, threading at 800+rpm is a little exciting to start with, don't think stopping and reversing is gonna work on this one :( I investigate the suggestions soon as I get a chance

Been a while since I posted here since I sold my SB13. Still check in once in a while to see whats going on. Since I sold my SB, I was given another machine to play with. I wont go into brand unless it becomes necessary.:o (hey- it was free!) Having a bit of trouble that I cant sort out...

If you split em up, how much for the Taiwanese 4 inch swivel base?

I got burned on this one a while ago,"waiting" for the mail to become un-lost. I got hosed 45 days is the limit, I'd start at 25 now

You'rre not going to be happy boring cylinders on a lathe for very long. Most of the Harley jugs I've done, are never worn straight. In other words, the wore out bore does not follow the original bore. If you get lucky, you might save one at the largest available oversize. On a regular boring...

They're just down the road, want me to pee on their mailbox? :D

Pm sent Jim

Spot on right there, cranks where junk in a lot of Cats Dont run it hard, just steady

If you have a tig welder, try brazing with it, the braze will stay in place just like steel. Tig brazing works very well, especially on cast iron

I owned the previous version -the 242, a bullet proof workhorse if there ever was one. Great machines.

I would honestly consider a 22RE Toyota, Yeah, its aluminum head, but so what? In a staionary application, if you do your cooling / heat exchanger design correctly, you should run for a very long time without issues. The engine will last forever running on Nat gas or propane, as it is much...