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Phillip Hight

09-05-2006 19:39:58




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I'm fixing to rebuild a 1941 Farmall M. I haven't broke it all the way down yet but have the head off and found two stuck pistons so I'm going to get a full engine kit. And if I find that I need turn the crank where is a good place to send it, this will be a first for me and I want to do it right and how much should it cost to get it turned or maybe a rebuilt crank?




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El Toro

09-06-2006 04:23:11




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 Re: Turning a crank in reply to Phillip Hight, 09-05-2006 19:39:58  
The auto machine shop in our town has been in business for 75 years and they do sell parts. All of their machinists are ASE certified. Some are rated as master machinist's. The shop foreman has been with them for over 40 years.
They will provide the correct bearings if the shaft needs to be ground undersize. They did this on a Farmall A for me, but the shaft only needed to be polished. It was worn .002" beyond specs and they supplied the .002" undersize bearings.
Hal

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george md

09-07-2006 18:00:21




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 Re: Turning a crank in reply to El Toro, 09-06-2006 04:23:11  

Hal,

I hope you are not talking about the big

block building with the brick front . Their

crank grinder walked out last week ( went to

florida ) and that is probably the best thing

that could have happened to that shop, he would

not put a radius on the crank grinder wheel, he

just cut it 45 deg and left an abrupt edge where

it should have a radius . Shop did good work

when Rodney was there , but that was a long

time ago .

george

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El Toro

09-07-2006 19:17:01




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 Re: Turning a crank in reply to george md, 09-07-2006 18:00:21  
How about Gary? Is he still there? He's probably close to retirement age. Rodney is very good. He may have polished my crankshaft from the Farmall A back in 1975. He did the crankshafts from some of the StandardTwins that I restored in the 70's. Hal



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KEB

09-05-2006 20:58:42




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 Re: Turning a crank in reply to Phillip Hight, 09-05-2006 19:39:58  
Find a local, family run machine shop. I've always been leery of ones run by an auto parts place, who knows how much experience the guys in the back really have.

A good, knowledgeable machine shop is a great resource, particularly if you buy your parts there as well.

Keith



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CNKS

09-06-2006 20:12:04




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 Re: Turning a crank in reply to KEB, 09-05-2006 20:58:42  
Depends on what kind of parts place -- the ones I referred to have had the same owners for maybe 30-40 years and have a reputation to uphold. They get most of the machine work farmed out from the tractor and car/truck dealers also.



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CNKS

09-05-2006 19:55:22




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 Re: Turning a crank in reply to Phillip Hight, 09-05-2006 19:39:58  
$125 to turn the one in my 6 cyl 460 last year. Take it to a machine shop, preferably the one that sells you your engine kit. They will order you the correct undersize rod bearings, etc, so that there will be no mixup. Such shops are usually connected with auto parts places -- shop around. NAPA may be a possibility, but the local NAPA does not do that kind of work. I have a choice of two decades in business auto parts/machine shops that were around before they were taken over by chain stores. They can also hot tank the block, get out all the crud, and install the sleeves if you are leery about doing that. Sleeve installation on my 460 was $60, and I know it was done right.

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