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Thanks guys for all the info. We have a pretty good industrial supply house here, I am going to check with them for the stones. I am watching a ring filer on Ebay right now, and might try to win that one.

Don

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

For all of you guys that want some dressing stones---when you are around your machine shops, ask for some of there discarded hones from the Sunnen Ck 10----there is always a good amount left over

well that and the CR stones or a green titanium valve grinding wheel .is what i use for dressing stuff after i drop it on the floor now i have two green stones

Pat I get a lot of doubles that way.

Originally Posted by cffisher

Pat I get a lot of doubles that way.

yep did that with a cheap dial gauge funny thing i did not end up with much after that. if i walk round with my sunnen bore gauges i hold them like my first born now both hands .The Drop Test .. least with stones i end up with two one on each end of the shop and if luck one in the middel as well

Yep the sunnen guages and fixture are like the federal debt these days

The ring filer I was watching on Ebay is starting to climb to the point I just decided to buy a new one. I went with the one Steve in England suggested, Speedway Motors. I had to order some rear shock mounts and other stuff anyway, their price was only $ 39.95 and it looks just about like every other one, so I pulled the trigger.

It should be here Monday, so we can get started doing his rings after that. I appreciate all the suggestions on balancing and putting the engine together.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

The ring filer I was watching on Ebay is starting to climb to the point I just decided to buy a new one. I went with the one Steve in England suggested, Speedway Motors. I had to order some rear shock mounts and other stuff anyway, their price was only $ 39.95 and it looks just about like every other one, so I pulled the trigger.

It should be here Monday, so we can get started doing his rings after that. I appreciate all the suggestions on balancing and putting the engine together.

Don

You didn't spring for that $279 battery powered version??

Keep us up to date on how it works - the only ring filer I ever used was a new fine cut Nicholson file

Originally Posted by IC2

You didn't spring for that $279 battery powered version??

Keep us up to date on how it works - the only ring filer I ever used was a new fine cut Nicholson file

yep thats the great thing about a hand file no one wants to barrow a hand file... but every one and there brother wants to use the ring filer

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

yep thats the great thing about a hand file no one wants to barrow a hand file... but every one and there brother wants to use the ring filer

I have a sign on my tool box "My tools do not leave my shop" I've had a few guys get upset but I still have my tools I sometimes wind up with a few extra cars here but the tools don't leave

for that mater get a hoist and you'll see who your friends are

They work good Don, mine has done around 30 engines and is still sharp, just go easy as they can remove to much very easily.

Some thing worth knowing is Tony at Ross Racing engines, Tony is a Rocket guru and has become a good friend since i've been dealing with him, He is a wealth of free knowledge where Olds Rockets are concerned.

Don a free organizer for pistons & rod assemblies that is 100% will not damage is the 8 pack crates used to 2LT pop bottles.Around here you can go to your local grocery store and ask them for one.Most of the time when you tell them what you want to use it for,they will give you one.I number on the side of it the cylinder that piston/rod goes into just like it would be on the engine.

With my build,I had the machine shop set the ring gap and I do have a ring grinder that I could use from the race shop and know how to use it.I am just follow the process in the build of having as many unconnected companies people's eyes put this together for accountability.Check and balances.

Aaaaa,I own that ring grinder.It's at the race shop where it needs to be and not at the shop for my van.Well really I co-own it.

My shipment from Speedway came yesterday..........some parts for my rpu project and also the ring filer I ordered. It is exactly what I envisioned, just a flat surface to hold the ring straight and a grinding wheel that you turn with a hand crank.

Last night I started filing the rings for his Olds, I was anxious to see how that would go. Out of the box the rings I got were about .019 gap and the engine shop said he likes .024 on the top ring and .020 on the second ring. I opened the gap up on a couple of top rings last night, and used a little fine stone I had to take the sharp edges off. The ring filer worked fine and it really only takes a couple of turns of the handle to remove the amount of material I needed to take off.

We are being super careful this time, don't want a repeat of the last ring issues. Tonight Dan, Don, and I are going to continue filing rings and also to get the crank installed. I scrubbed up the block last night and then shot WD40 all over the bare metal to keep it from rusting. Today I am going to pick up a 460 Ford rear main seal (it replaces the rope seal Olds used and fits perfectly) and some assembly lube.

The more I look at the job this last shop did on the block the more I am impressed. They ground off all the casting flash inside and smoothed the oil passages. Dan was also impressed to see they took the time to line up all the writing on each brass freeze plug so the letters are straight...........stuff like that drives him nuts !

Don

It is always a big day around home when the UPS truck comes............I get the parts and my two helpers get the box.

What is it about boxes and bags that cats find irresitible?