Lets see them.

I know I'm going to need to prime the motor and being my first motor without an external "pre-lubing" pump I was looking at my options. There in the pile of "stuff" was an old MSD distributor from my 289. Perfect, just take off the top, remove the drive gear (I actually pressed it onto the top to hold the assembly together) and I have my "oil prime tool", billet too

 

cool idea ;-) just need to make sure you reall remove that camshaft gear :-)

and on that note: never prime an engine with a battery driven drill. you'll fry the crap iout of your drill. you need a proper one for this (don't tell me stories about heavy duty 18V drills. i fried one this way ... i know)

Kalli

 

i make tools all the time.

cam shaft sprocket offers little leverage.
16" long 1/4" flat bar w/ holes drilled in center gives plenty of leverage for cam shaft install.

welded quick release air nipple to gutted spark plug to hold valves in position while changing vlv springs.

whistle fitted w/ C4 modulator molded rubber "L" tube slips on above air nipple for TDC compression indicator.

 

Take a loot at which side the camshaft gear is on Just put it there to hold the assembly together otherwise the shafts drops out of the housing.

Drill was just for photo purposes.

 

Hey I did the spark plug tool also. Had to change 32 springs on 2 assembled motors. That has to be one of my favorite suggestions.

 

that makes one appreciate the stress placed on the dist gear and why failures of oil pump gears are common w/ improper gear or mesh.

also can make one think twice about running heavy oil or high volume oil pump w/ a tight clearance engine.

 

And the shaft

 

I'll try to get some pics, but I'll try to describe the ones I can think of offhand . . .

A tool to turn a crank with (cut the center out of an old balancer, ground its center hole slightly oversize, and welded a busted socket to it.

Modified a hub puller to be a balancer installer. Thrust washers are a little difficult to find.

Tire bead breaker (now taken apart and some of the metal has been cut up for other uses).

Wrench adapter to hold the pinion gear steady while torquing the nut. Used another busted half inch drive socket (most folks just toss those things, but they do seem to come in handy).

Two different camber gauges. Here's the latest one.



Norm

 

I've made several, no pics right now.

1- Thinned down wallpaper knife with a 'z' bend put in it to help install the detent ball on a muncie 4 speed

2- low tech- different sizes of plumbing pipe used to drive bearings onto axles/gear sets

3- 3/4" pipe with nubs welded into it as a spanner wrench when building 9" rear ends

4- homemeade bump steer gauge made from 3/4 marine plywood, piano hinge and 2 sharpened bolts

5- cheap turntables, hard type vinyl tiles & sand layered under each for wheel to reduce friction when setting caster/camber (floor/sand/tile/sand/tile)

 

Older camber gauge, crank tool, and pinion tool. No beauty contest winners here.

Sometimes I need an oddball tool on shorter notice than what chasing all over South Jersey looking for one, or waiting on a mail order, can do for me.


Norm