[SEL] Babbitt pouring question for an Alamo engine.

[Arnie Fero]

Hi Curt,

Get in touch with Craig Prucha.  He's done videos of several of his major
engine restorations.  One of them (I forget which one) covers all of the
details of setting up, damming, shimming, and pouring a full set of
bearings in place.  Why reinvent the wheel when you can learn from the
master?

See ya,  Arnie

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, Curt wrote:

> Have mostly completed the fixture to pour the lowers, but I have a
> question for you experts on how to do the uppers. I am planning on
> pouring the lowers around a dummy piece of 2" TG&P. Preheating the dummy
> shaft and the engine base/bosses is fairly easy when doing just lowers.
> But how does one heat the dummy shaft if doing the upper at the same
> time? I see how the upper could be poured thru the greaser hole. How
> will the lower cavity be poured at the same time when metal tight
> dams/shims are in place between the uppers and lowers? I thinking both
> would be poured at the same time??? Or are the uppers poured first, then
> the caps removed and the lowers poured later???
> I really need some good advice here!