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Classic cars: restoration and repair manuals (4/4)

Restore your classic car? Here are detailed shop manuals for DIY restoration of classic cars (4/4). They offer clear instructions for maintenance, troubleshooting, and parts replacement.

Automotive Machining - A Guide to Boring, Decking, Honing and More

Classic and older engines typically require extensive machining and almost every major component of engine, including block, heads, intake, crankshaft, and pistons, require some sort of machining and fitment.
A detailed, authoritative, and thorough automotive engine-machining guide for the hard-core enthusiast has not been available until now. Mike Mavrigian, editor of Engine Building Professional, walks you through each important machining procedure.

A stock 300-hp engine build has far different requirements than a 1,000-hp drag race engine, and Mavrigian reveals the different machining procedures and plans according to application and engine design. The author also shows you how to inspect, measure, and evaluate components so you can provide astute guidance and make the best machine work choices.
Machining procedures included are cylinder boring, align boring/honing, decking, valveseat cutting, cam tunnel boring, and a multitude of other services. In addition, multi-angle valve jobs, setting the valveseats, altering rocker arm ratio, re-conditioning connecting rods, and machining and matching valvetrain components are also covered.

Product details

Author:Mike Mavrigian
Details:192 pages, 28 x 22 x 1.3 cm / 11 x 8.7 x 0.51 in, paperback
Illustrations:495 colour photos
Publisher:CarTech Inc (USA, 2017)
ISBN:9781613252833
Repair manual: Automotive Machining - A Guide to Boring, Decking, Honing and More

Automotive Machining - A Guide to Boring, Decking, Honing and More

Language: English

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Repairing and Restoring Classic Car Components

On modern cars, damaged components are regarded as items to be thrown away and replaced. Spares are readily available, and the high cost of labour makes repair uneconomic for commercial garages. But for a classic car the story is quite different.

This book - expertly written and clearly illustrated - shows the enthusiast how to rescue, repair and restore old components. It will be indispensable to people wanting to keep a restored car on the road as well as those undertaking a full rebuild.

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Author:Peter Wallage, John Wallage
Details:176 pages, 27.5 x 21.5 x 2.2 cm / 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.87 in, hardback
Illustrations:330 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:Haynes Publishing (GB, 2002)
ISBN:9781859606940
Repair manual: Repairing and Restoring Classic Car Components

Repairing and Restoring Classic Car Components

Language: English

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Screwcutting

A guide to the theory and practice of threads and thread-making, whether that is threading a hole using hand tools or cutting a thread using a lathe. The book covers details of the major threadforms, such as metric, Whitworth and Unified threads, as well as the British Association (BA) and Model Engineering (ME and MME) series, the smaller metric and Unified threads, pipe threads, and specialist threads such as ACME, trapezoidal and RMS microscope threads.

Techniques for making threads manually, as well as screwcutting in the lathe are also covered.
As well as covering the basics of screwcutting, this book examines higher-level and advanced techniques, using case studies to demonstrate what can be achieved - fine, accurate and well-finished work.

Product details

Author:Marcus Bowman
Details:160 pages, 26 x 21.5 x 1.5 cm / 10.25 x 8.5 x 0.59 in, hardback
Illustrations:268 colour photos, 100 drawings
Publisher:The Crowood Press Ltd (GB, 2015)
ISBN:9781847979995
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Screwcutting

Language: English

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