Tag: Davin Reckow

Disassembling our 1993 Jeep XJ engine – Hagerty

Disassembling our 1993 Jeep XJ engine – Hagerty

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Last week you saw us pull in our most recent shop addition, a 1993 Jeep XJ with a 4.0L. Davin got it all pulled out and this week he wasted no time tearing into it. Things went fairly quickly as the pieces flew off this straight-six. Davin had his detective hat on as he uncovered a little more about this engine with every bit removed. You never know what you’re going to discover.

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T5 Transmission Swapped into a 75 year old Ford Truck | Pt. 1

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This week Davin tackles upgrading our 1946 Ford truck’s transmission. This was a truck assembled in 4 days on the grounds of the Hershey Swap meet in 2015 and ever since the plan has been to upgrade to a T5. Well, six years later Davin finally found the time. Watch along as we take you through the process. We’ll show you what it takes to do an upgrade like this, and worse case you might learn what not to do..

Deciphering our 1937 Ford race car’s front suspension | Redline Update #84 – @Hagerty

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This week Davin gets to tackle something he’s been dreading for quite a bit, the front suspension of our 1937 Ford race car. When Snowball and the boys put this car together they worked with the parts they had or could salvage from somewhere near. They didn’t have a website to order from and wait for the proper parts to arrive in the mail. They improvised and made it work. Davin respects what they got up and running, but that won’t help him remember how everything is assembled.

Here’s what you need to know about torque wrenches – Kyle Smith @Hagerty

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Here’s what you need to know about torque wrenches

It’s easy to tighten bolts, but sometimes a bolt needs to be a very precise tight. That is where torque wrenches come in. Davin is here with the latest DIY video to take some of the mystery out of the tool that every home mechanic needs in their garage.

The duty of a torque wrench is often misunderstood. Torque is not about making sure the head of a bolt is all the way against the surface of the part it is holding, but rather, that the proper amount of stretch is being applied to the bolt, which amounts to clamping force imparted. A torque wrench is a simple system that allows a mechanic to easily measure the tension of bolts during assembly.

The two most common measurement units used by torque wrenches are foot-pounds and newton-meters. Essentially, this is equating the twisting action the mechanic places on the bolt to a one-foot (or meter) lever with a prescribed amount of weight on the end

Here’s what you need to know about torque wrenches

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Related – B&M Torque Converter

More here at Wikipedia

Hagerty Redline: Freshly rebuilt engine goes back into the Ford Model A

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Freshly rebuilt engine goes back into the Ford Model A

In the leadup to the next Redline Rebuild video, the Hagerty video crew has released three videos documenting Davin Reckow’s rebuild of a Ford Model A four-cylinder. While Davin knows his way around a domestic V-8, each engine family tends to have its own quirks. These “banger” engines are a whole different animal entirely, since they predate most common pushrod V-8s by an entire generation.

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Freshly rebuilt engine goes back into the Ford Model A

Related 1928-’31 Ford Model A

Hagerty Redline Rebuild Model A Ford

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Hagerty Redline Rebuild Model A Ford

The excellent Hagerty Redline engine rebuild series has arrived at the venerable Model A. As you’ll be able to see Davin highlights the differences between the Model A and modern engines.

The Model A section begins at 5:05 in the video

In the next video Davin takes a trip to get the Babbit bearings poured, interesting end to process.

Now the engine has been freshened up Davin starts to fully understand the difference between the older and modern engines

Assembly continues on our Model A Ford engine. Almost ready to run!

Hagerty Redline Rebuild Model A FordRelated  Watch this tired big-block 396 go from crusty to trusty

Redline Rebuild: Watch this tired big-block 396 go from crusty to trusty – Kyle Smith @Hagerty

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There is no sound quite like a tuned-up big-block. Sadly, when our 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS396 rolled in the shop it had more of a wheeze than a growl. This engine got a refresh just five years ago, but in that time the car’s duties included teaching hundreds of young drivers how to use a manual transmission, driving road trips, tours, and general use. Given the oil in the ‘Maro’s tailpipes, Hagerty’s Davin Reckow knew there was something wrong but wasn’t sure just how far he’d have to dig to figure things out.

The diagnosis once we got the orange big-block on the engine stand wasn’t good—Hammered valve stems and leaking piston rings meant we had one choice—a Redline Rebuild.

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Watch this Pontiac V-8 go from basket case to brawler on Redline Rebuild – Kyle Smith @Hagerty

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Watch another great Hagerty engine rebuild with Davin

We told Davin we got him a gift, all he had to do was open the boxes. Inside was a gearhead’s ultimate greasy-hands LEGO set. A Pontiac 389 V-8 split up about just as far as one can be, with extra parts mixed in for a good measure of confusion. If anyone was going to get this engine back to its Tri-Power glory, our resident wrench would be the one to do it.