Working on Engines

[niceguyeddie]

I build engines(most for boats, but some other various racing engines, as well as high performance street engines). It's not rocket science but requires attention to detail and a certain amount of knowledge. I got interested when I was a kid and my dad used to help Lou Brummett racing at the boat marathons. Louis Unser was building his engines back then, and "Unser" was a household name around racing, and I met him on one of my many visits to the shop. My family never owned a boat, but as soon as I bought my first one, I have never been without one.

Weren't we talking about a class on the basics of engine building a couple years ago? What ever happened with that?

[hpboats83]

Weren't we talking about a class on the basics of engine building a couple years ago? What ever happened with that?

I've started threads exactly like this a few times and in one of them we were talking about some sort of a class.

[28eliminator]

I've started threads exactly like this a few times and in one of them we were talking about some sort of a class.

Motor heads have no Class

[Sharp shooter]

Everything you need to know is always just a click (or 5) away.

[niceguyeddie]

Everything you need to know is always just a click (or 5) away.

Yep.
The internet is awesome! I wanted to replace ball joints, tie-rods, axle support bearings, seals and etc on my truck. I watched a guy do it on YT and was ready to rock and roll. I typically refuse to pay people for things I can do myself. I also find spinning wrenches to be very therapeutic.

[2manymustangs]

Yep.
The internet is awesome! I wanted to replace ball joints, tie-rods, axle support bearings, seals and etc on my truck. I watched a guy do it on YT and was ready to rock and roll. I typically refuse to pay people for things I can do myself. I also find spinning wrenches to be very therapeutic.

^^^ What he said... ANYtime I have to have to do a new project (like changing front hubs on my ford truck) or my recent valve spring repair adventures on the ford 4.0 SOHC...

The internet is usually my first stop when I have to do anything NEW to me...

[RVRKID]

I can work on most my stuff, probably not rebuild a motor w/o some help but could get pretty close. I always just watched over my Grandpa/Dad/Brothers shoulder and it got me along pretty good. They got rid of Autoshop at my high school while I was there or maybe just before so that sucked. As far as oil changes on our cars, I take them in because you don't really save anything by doing it yourself nowadays and most come with free tire rotation.

[niceguyeddie]

^^^ What he said... ANYtime I have to have to do a new project (like changing front hubs on my ford truck) or my recent valve spring repair adventures on the ford 4.0 SOHC...

The internet is usually my first stop when I have to do anything NEW to me...

I also figure that even if I have to buy new tools like I did with my recent project (ball joint service kit), it beats paying someone labor. Now I have the tool to do it again someday.

[Sharp shooter]