Steve Morris Tackles a Tough Cylinder Head Repair

[@peteferguson7024]

Potential time saver for NEXT time.... . A machinist, I'm not one, once showed me a trick for alignment that may help. I'll try to explain ; if you had a second piece of round stock, longer, same diameter as your small plug, that could mount in the spindle collet (may need to turn to a collet size on one end only) you would have the ability to quickly rough in the compound angle. With the two flats, one from each piece, opposing each other, you can see gaps around the stock and adjust to get the flats to mate together so both pieces are coaxial. If using the same diameter, you can also get X&Y position really close by feeling the O.D.(s) at the joint. Once you have it that close you could tweak (if even needed) with an indicator. Joined your viewers after seeing the Mullet engine swap! Love the work you have done. Thanks for sharing knowledge on your channel.

[@randalltufts3321]

Absolutely perfect. Most economical and probably as close as the manufacturer built them to be honest. Nice job Steve!

[@RadDadisRad]

Steve Morris is an absolute boss when it comes to fixing and building stuff.

[@MrDanielSoliz]

Great repair Steve!

[@a1machinista1]

Done many repairs like this. I wish I had a kid to pass on everything ive learned. Kids dont want to learn stuff like this.

[@paulboone44444]

THANKS for another great video! you're awesome 👌

[@onehot57]

Great Steve u da man!

[@BlueOval02]

Everything you did is 100% correct. Great work Steve!

[@samstewart4807]

hmmm why not use a 14x 1.25 tap to locate the angles and the centerline? ding.

[@warrenrodrigues6248]

It was a cost-effective repair verse buying a new head from AFR.

[@perryneum]

I believe they mentioned there was no suitable head available.

[@jimmccauley9099]

Why couldn't a spark plug have been used for your measurements?

[@GnadFlea]

Wonder what they did to cause that head to come apart like that?

[@EngineBuilder]

Great question. We wish we knew too.

[@bobawatsit]

they dropped it onto the carpeted floor and it b...........

[@robertboten4944]

That’s old school repair. Most younger people coming up only know how to use the newer machinery not the old stuff.

[@bobawatsit]

that 3 jaw has had the sh$t beat out of it, and plunging the tool into the jaws does not help

[@regsmith7604]

Play it safe, send it to AFR.

[@keith38able]

I would trust SME just as much if not more than AFR.

[@regsmith7604]

@@keith38able It’s not a matter of trust. AFR already has the jigs. As I was thinking 💭 of putting something in the good spark holes to get a reference and calculate the slant of the plug, he had already machined the insert. He was on it.

[@keith38able]

@@regsmith7604 I bet they wouldn't repair that already welded together head.

[@regsmith7604]

@@keith38able Maybe not for you with all of your negativity

[@perryneum]

AFR most likely couldn't do the job in the necessary time frame, if they would even take on the job in the first place.

[@georgedreisch2662]

Not to be a dick, but, as pretty as the welds are, I’m thinking I’d have pressure checked the head for internal leaks, before investing a bunch of time. Maybe Steve did, as he’s nobody’s fool…

[@perryneum]

Kind of dicky to assume no one besides yourself thought of doing that very thing, no?