Frstdiesel
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Well, I've decided I would make an attempt at "properly" installing the core plugs on my 6.9 block.
The machine shop that did my block work and balance job installed the steel core plugs "with a ball peen hammer".
My local IH dealer said that's how they do it as well.
I couldn't find a tool to borrow so I made one out of material I had access to using my 1947 Montgomery Ward lathe. I figured I would only use it on this block then it would be in the bottom of the toolbox.
(Disclaimer, I am not a machinist I wouldn't make a pimple on a bad machinist's butt.)
So tonight I've completed the tool and tried it on a piece of pipe I machined the ID to 1.503".(same diameter as the core plug hole in the block).
I think it will work. Y'all take a look at the pics and critique the finished plug. I put a factory plug next to it that I removed from my block before I sent it to the machine shop.
Seeking yalls feedback.
The machine shop that did my block work and balance job installed the steel core plugs "with a ball peen hammer".
My local IH dealer said that's how they do it as well.
I couldn't find a tool to borrow so I made one out of material I had access to using my 1947 Montgomery Ward lathe. I figured I would only use it on this block then it would be in the bottom of the toolbox.
(Disclaimer, I am not a machinist I wouldn't make a pimple on a bad machinist's butt.)
So tonight I've completed the tool and tried it on a piece of pipe I machined the ID to 1.503".(same diameter as the core plug hole in the block).
I think it will work. Y'all take a look at the pics and critique the finished plug. I put a factory plug next to it that I removed from my block before I sent it to the machine shop.
Seeking yalls feedback.
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