When it comes to labor rates. 360 rod verses a big Cat . Piston pin is larger then the 360 rod journal
SIZE DOES MATTER
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Junior340
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Looks like we do similar work.
Yeah some do get pretty big.
Love big engines! Don't know a thing about them, but I'm fascinated by them, and during my lunch sometimes I'll search Youtube for "big engine teardown" or "huge engine start-up" and then let the Recommendations take over.
Junior340
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Just finished this one.DT570
Can I get a "Hell, Yeah!"? I couldn't agree more, Mike!
When I watch those videos I'm reminded of when I first started out in Commercial HVAC, as I told my fellow Tech School classmates, "If I can't walk inside of it, I don't want to work on it." And thus my first job was working for Mammoth, who made large, custom penthouse systems. Loved those 250 ton and larger units!
Wow!
On the opposite end or the spectrum !
Love it!
Two things that put a smile on my face: Those tiny headers, and then the firing order: It's the same one I memorized when I was a teen playing around with SB Ford cams!
Thanks!
That's some big stuff, alright. .....and thing about it, those 360 rods ain't no rinky dinks, either.
Steve, what kinda 360 rod is that, btw?
Hell Ya. Love it.
Kendog 170
Let the boy go !
When I was young, I had the privilege of rebuilding a Blockair air compressor at a steam plant. I was an apprentice. They had a crane set up over it for pulling the heads off. The compressor looked like a big block hence the name. The pistons which there was 2 were about 12-14" in diameter. Can't find any pics online but was impressive. Probably built in the 40's or 50's.We used to change rings, bearings, and valves every other year. It worked continuously.
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