Re: [Amc-list] New toy!

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not sure if this is rambler mentality like Russell commented or rambler
do-ability.  I'm of the same opinion as Mark, I get pretty anal about doing
things on the white Javelin and would prefer to do everything myself unless
the person doing the work is a very trusted well known friend or has a
superb reputation. My only limitation is the same as Mark's. I don't have
the tools or equipment needed to do the work. The knowledge and experience
can always be gained through education and trial and error. It's
accumulating the expensive equipment that sucks. A fully equipped shop same
as a dealership or custom shop might have or, something like Jay Leno
has,would be one of the first things I would buy if I should win the lottery
for my retirement. ROFLOL.
Now that's Rambler Mentality...................
Armand


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Subject: [Amc-list] New toy!


> Just closed the deal on a piston pin removal and installer set from AMC :]
> Bought it and a whole bunch of odds and ends of AMc and Renault shop tools
for $135 of a guy on Ebay.
> He had a bunch of other stuff listed and the buyer of that auction did not
want it all, they left the piston jig and tools behind. YAY!
>    Now, with any luck I can do my own pins.
>
>    I still need to find a good cheap electric hotplate and the right
solder and see if that will work.
> When we did training in the 80's we were taught to use solder, place the
small end of the rod on the hotplate and heat it till the solder melts, then
with the piston set in the fixture align it all up and push the pin home.
>    I got plenty of spare pistons and rods to practice on, just need to see
if the standard no lead solders that melt in the 400 dgree range are enough
or if I need to find a solder that melts at a higher temp. Every thing I
read says to not heat the rod past 612* so I got room to play with.
>
>    Anyone ever do pins this way?
> Yeah, I know I could pay a shop to do it, but for some twisted reason I
want to do this all by myself.
>
> On a side note anyone ever see the HP TV segment where the guy uses a
torch to heat sbc rods cherry read before pressing the pins in?  How long do
those rods hold up I wonder???  The eyeball method I found said only heat
till metal turns straw colored. Those rods were glowing. I wonder if a non
contact thermometer would be accurate enough? I wonder what one that goes to
600*s cost?
>
>   Hey at least I'm on topic.
>
> Ouch!  [hurt myself patting my own back don't ya know]
>
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
> " I realize that death is inevitable.
> I just don't want to be around when it happens! "
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