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1 In. Travel Machinists Dial Indicator

1 In. Travel Machinists Dial Indicator

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$18 USD on Harbor Freight Tools
Product Overview This machinist's dial indicator delivers precise readings up to 1 in. The 360 degree adjustable bezel with revolution counter hand is marked with micro-fine increments. Delivers precise readings to 1 in. in increments of 0.001 in. Bezel adjustment: 360° Lug back positions: 90° increments Revolution counter hand Micro-fine graduations reading continuous 0-100 in black, balanced 0-50-0 in red Important Information Magnetic base sold separately.

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    Advice and help for new performance clutch

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    1. GuysMonteSS

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    Can I build an engine in my garage ?

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    1. nashville beth

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      Tod74 said:
      THE only point to my post was this

      Clean is good, DIRT inside the engine is bad.
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      I don't think Derrick was saying to assemble a dirty engine.

      I always remove all the plugs in the block and wash the block several times with high pressure water (outside). Then blow it dry and coat the cylinders with oil.

      Proceed with assembly.

      Here's a good torque wrench from Home Depot : http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-3-8-in-Click-Torque-Wrench-H3DTW/202916179#specifications

      The best engine assembly book was written by David Vizard : "How to rebuild your SBC"

      Get a decent engine stand, one with 4 legs, not 3 : http://www.harborfreight.com/2000-lb-foldable-engine-stand-69521-8970.html
      This stand is normally $90 on sale.

      And you don't necessairily have to have mikes. You can check piston side clearance with feeler gauges and use plastigauge on the journals. A dial indicator is cheap at Harbor Freight, you can use that for thrust bump check and piston deck heigth measurements.
      http://www.harborfreight.com/1-inch-travel-machinists-dial-indicator-623.html
       
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      nashville beth said:
      I don't think Derrick was saying to assemble a dirty engine.

      I always remove all the plugs in the block and wash the block several times with high pressure water (outside). Then blow it dry and coat the cylinders with oil.

      Proceed with assembly.

      Here's a good torque wrench from Home Depot : http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-3-8-in-Click-Torque-Wrench-H3DTW/202916179#specifications

      The best engine assembly book was written by David Vizard : "How to rebuild your SBC"

      Get a decent engine stand, one with 4 legs, not 3 : http://www.harborfreight.com/2000-lb-foldable-engine-stand-69521-8970.html
      This stand is normally $90 on sale.

      And you don't necessairily have to have mikes. You can check piston side clearance with feeler gauges and use plastigauge on the journals. A dial indicator is cheap at Harbor Freight, you can use that for thrust bump check and piston deck heigth measurements.
      http://www.harborfreight.com/1-inch-travel-machinists-dial-indicator-623.html
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      I get that. He posts about things like that often . I think he was just making the point that it can be done at home with good results without a fancy shop etc.
       
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    McLeod Muscle 5 speed install.

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      Nerfherder396 said:
      I don’t have a dial indicator with the plunger on the back of it,
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      https://www.harborfreight.com/1-in-travel-machinists-dial-indicator-63521.html

      May not be the case with Mcleod but I installed another brand 5 speed and had to use an extended pilot bushing as upon measuring found the input shaft was only engaging the standard pilot bushing approx 1/4 inch. After talking with Jody he said the input shaft should engage the pilot bushing at least the same dimension as the the diameter of the input tip. Which on my transmission is 5/8.
      How are you going to measure the concentric if you don't have a set up like the Harbor Freight item?
       
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      blm said:
      Nerfherder396 said:
      I don’t have a dial indicator with the plunger on the back of it,
      Click to expand...
      https://www.harborfreight.com/1-in-travel-machinists-dial-indicator-63521.html

      May not be the case with Mcleod but I installed another brand 5 speed and had to use an extended pilot bushing as upon measuring found the input shaft was only engaging the standard pilot bushing approx 1/4 inch. After talking with Jody he said the input shaft should engage the pilot bushing at least the same dimension as the the diameter of the input tip. Which on my transmission is 5/8.
      How are you going to measure the concentric if you don't have a set up like the Harbor Freight item?
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      I actually have that dial indicator from Harbor Freight. The indicators with the plunger on the back of the dial seem to be what’s needed for checking parallelism.

      I will make my dial indicator work. I just need a pack of 3/8” shims for the bell housing.
       
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