07-01-2022, 10:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2022, 10:36 PM by Bob Culver.)
Echo much of above. When most of the extensive work on my car was done by my father and my then young self we neither possessed any socket set or torsion wrench. All non copper gaskets were made.
A vice needs to be at least 5 inches; a smaller one if not space to mount can be attached to angle iron and held in the larger.
Some report using a water blaster to clean parts. Not suitable unless to be dismantled as drives water into everything. And the dirty spray travels forever.
My father deemed it necessary to replace one or all main bearings about every 2 or 3 years. He used to wheelbarrow the engine from distant tiny garage and overhaul on the kitchen table. I have heard simillr tales from others of the era when many people tinkered with cars..
A vice needs to be at least 5 inches; a smaller one if not space to mount can be attached to angle iron and held in the larger.
Some report using a water blaster to clean parts. Not suitable unless to be dismantled as drives water into everything. And the dirty spray travels forever.
My father deemed it necessary to replace one or all main bearings about every 2 or 3 years. He used to wheelbarrow the engine from distant tiny garage and overhaul on the kitchen table. I have heard simillr tales from others of the era when many people tinkered with cars..