Hey, to all the re-builders around here... i have a few questions...

1. Where is a place to get all of the tools and such for rebuilding?(micrometers,dial calps and soforth... all those not so comon tools...)
2. Im thinking of starting to do rebuilds on the side for extra cash... good idea? bad idea?(not stealing any bussiness from kevin or anyone, just for friends and locals, and myself of course) This will be ofcourse after ive done mine atleast 4-5 times...

If im looking to just be able to yankem apart and putem back together... and do basic rebuilds, how much should the "tools" cost me? and im asumming in an engine stand and hoist and all.... everthing but the basic tool socket set(thats all i got now...) I have a compressor, but its being gay and i cant use it...(2-4hp 8gal, 115cfm@90psi)
How much is it going to set me back to be able to do this atleast once every 5 months(asumming ether mine or someone else)

so what do you guys think, should i go ahead and asemble all the tools and find a blown engine and attempt my first rebuild? Ive got the Bruce Taurrentine Vid as a guide(which btw, that thing is awsome, I feel like i can do it right the first time)

This is honestly one of the main reasons i wanted my first 7, so that i could learn to build the engines and become a specialist...

Leme know what you think and how much its going to take for me to be able to do this to a point that maybe id be my bread and butter

 

www.harborfreight.com

Good tool catalog and stuff. Cheap, too.

 

yeah.... i shoped there.... i used to like it untill i bought my compressor there...
I bought it, pulled it out, pluged it in and fliped the switch... nothing... and its been that way since... and i lost the warrenty papers... more or less rightnow a $100 paperweight(no anyone that could help me fixer?)

I didnt think theyd have micrometers and stuff though...

 

They are fairly common tools. Yellow Pages - > Tools.

Bad idea if yo have to ask where to get a micrometer.

Again, if you can't answer this yourself, you should not be building engines for sale. It may seem like I am picking on you, but doing your own engine is a lot different then having others pay you for theirs.

If it's your own engine, absolutely! The worst case is you waste about $1000 and a bunch of time. Either way it is a learning experience.

In my opinion, about 10 years experience. It's not that it's fundamentally hard to assemble an engine, but if you have never done this before then it will take some time before you can recognize bad components, things that will cause problems, customers that will cause problems, etc. What the world doesn't need is another so-called "rotary expert" out there that has no business doing what they are doing. Again, I'm not picking on you but I see work from these shops all the time and it makes me want to vomit.

Note: I do not own a shop, nor do I build engines for others.