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Originally Posted by Railcarmover
Mr Kohnke,perhaps you can shed some light on why Ford never showed their babbitting process?
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I haven't looked at many V-8 videos, to see any pourings exist, but I have seen the T, and A ones. They were poured babbitt from 1932, to early 1936.
If you want accuracy on measuring all bearings to a 1/10 of a thousandths, every time, use an inside Mic. and an out side Mic to measure that. "Pictures"
As far as the two videos go, every thing is wrong.
Does this look like what you have seen. These mains and rods are ready to bolt together. "Pictures"
Like Jim said, set clearance at .002, when broke in it will be about .003 to .003-25, or -50. Never under .001-60, or you will loose unnecessary bearing surface Babbitt.
NO shim removal, no time saver, no burning in to ruin the first .010, of babbitt. If you have to pull a motor in a car to turn it over, where the starter , and hand crank won't, find a different engine builder.
The engine assembler got fed all useless, Information. I felt sorry for him, as he looks pretty sharp, and a nice clean shop.
When I seen the Babbitting job in progress, I knew what all the rest was going to be like.
My Opinion,
Herm