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I worked at Trenton engine during the 71-76 phase and worked on the rod line. I worked at all the jobs on that line from drilling the small end on the Natco's to the broaching of the rod journals to the buhrs that drilled the rod bolt holes and made the notch for the bearing locator. 80% of the...

If that is a 1970 -75 440(RB) or 383-400(B) rod then chances are I ran it. I was working 14hour days 320 days a year back then. Forced vacation during changeovers to a new year car and some holidays off but mostly 7 days@ 14hours.(talk about a zombie) A good friend of mine worked the /6...

Reminds me too much of my chicken days , so I skipped it(but my grandkids still watch stuff like that on youtube constantly)

Resizing in the mass production line just wasn't done(other than the copper plating 1 time only). The rough hones at the rank end did a side hone on both rod and cap to true up any mismatch in width and just the wrist-pin hole was honed to rough size. go,nogo(checked in final hone). Final hone...

?? no production rods at Trenton engine during the time I worked there were ever shot-peened. They came (raw blanks) in a bulk bin that hit 8 different workstations to process through the system. 1. blanchard mill to grind the sides to spec on the rods. (it's fun when a 400lb grinding wheel...

ding,ding,ding. winner here. (but not on the weight thing, just the resizing and all big 3 automakers did it, I knew one of the shops owners that replated em and it was a mainly a ford vendor but they did GM and Chrysler too.) Got laid off at my McGraw glass plant and was shipped to Trenton...

look normal for Michigan prices. in Florida, I just got my /6 head done with new hardened seats, guides and larger valves for around 325.00, but I bought the valves I wanted from SIvalves. I also have the block in the shop getting decked .060, bored/honed for .030-.060 over pistons(where it...

when I worked at Chryslers Trenton engine plant (73-77) on the rod line (all up and down the darn line.) if our natco's(rod drilling station) had a small burr on the reamers or just not watching or drills,we would put them on a special line when checked bad at the honing station. that line went...