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got a package on my porch today.. from Pauls Rod and Bearings

lots of goodies in the 15# box...

first off was the mains, still love the original Chevrolet Inserts stamped and dated !!

under the mains were the connecting rods, packed and wrapped nicely....

unwrapped each one to check and they all look great, and about the same

few pictures of the inspection

now to get up with machine shop 2 and see when they can fit me in, hoping to get started and not have to stop and wait... see what happens...

just talked with the machine shop, and we are going to try and get everything sorted and over to them on monday !! worst case is to go by there and talk out my plan and things i want done.

then we can talk time, and then price, then i can go home and cry :o

dropped off the block, manifold, flywheel, cam ,pistons, rings, etc to the machine shop to start work. told me it would be about a week before he could start on the block work, also we are going to look at grinding and polishing the cam. going to order a new cam gear and thrust plate.

well got a text from the guy at the machine shop a week or so ago, and he said he was making progress. looks like they were doing the line bore :)

Well it has been awhile... a few random phone calls back and forth with engine shop what was needed, what was being done, etc...

Last week he called me on Wednesday and said he had my pulley back and all he had to do was install it and then machine my manifold faces. so i was excited, however Friday came and went and nothing.

then this past Friday, he called and asked if i would be around on Saturday, and i said yes, no plans. he said great, he was finishing up the machining in the morning and i could come pick it up !!

Saturday afternoon around 2pm he called and said he had it ready to go !! so away i went to the engine shop, with my punch list in hand.

just remember they are only doing a short block, i will be attempting the rest. hey were to do block, pistons, camshaft, crankshaft, timing gears, and front pulley.

Got to the shop , they were closed, but he was working. we went down the list and over the parts, and what was done along with the bill. they did a great job from what i can see, other than the timeline. he said they were swamped and actually were turning business away as they can NOT catch up. one out 3 or more in. so they are pushing back till they get caught up and projects out the door.

Wrapped up the block, as it was raining that morning, and showers in the forecast anytime.

He helped me load it up, and then we BS'd for a bit about old cars, engines, and whatever...

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yes that is a 194 inline 6 Cylinder in that heavy duty black plastic or so i hope

the flywheel was machined and ground, however they said they did not have a way to do the pressure plate, so will be making a few calls this week to see what i can find out.

manifolds were machined, had them machine the mating surfaces, any surface that was being gasketed and bolted up

then the main attraction, looks really good inside, will need to clean up the outside and then prime and paint it up.

crank was magnafluxed, turned and ground, same for the camshaft, they had to build up the fuel pump lobe. block was decked and then bored & honed .030" over, installed set of NORS Pistons, pins onto my rebabbitted connecting rods. mains were also rebabbitted and then align bored.

few closeup of the crankshaft and mains. cleaned up and can see the casting numbers and markings !!

few random markings on the bottom flange of the engine where the oil pan gasket seats.

Looks like they do very nice work. I don't see the bell housing bolted to the back of the engine. Did they know they had to use it when align boring the mains on these old style engines? Seems to me there was a post where one fellow said his ended up 1/8" off center when they didn't use the bell housing as a centering device. That would sure put a lot of strain on everything.

Art

Good catch Art
I sure hope they just removed the bell housing after the boring was done!

they had most everything but the transmission itself for the engine, the align bore was done about a year ago if not longer. everything currently turns freely. can not turn it by hand but it turns :)

he was adamant about having all the parts for fitment and mock up, he made sure everything fit correctly and i even let him use the MPPL & Repair Manual for confirmation.

other perk, and reason i was glad to use him is his dad had a 1931 that they did, and he has done many of these inline Chevrolet 6's

starting a NEW thread for my rebuild and questions on rebuilding the engine :)

1929 Engine Rebuild... Finally