Anyone know of a good machine shop in S. Ontario where I can
get some head work done on my E Type? Or failing that, a
shop in the north east, Upstate NY, Pa, Mi?
I didn’t get much confidence in any of the local shops I
called. A typical conversation goes:-
XK Jaguar engines, sure, we do them all the time. That’s the
12 Cylinder, right?
Er, no, it’s a straight 6.
OK. But it’s the 4-valve, right?
Then another guy, when asked how he would install the valve
seats:-
We just press them in.
Er, don’t you need to heat the head first?
No we never do that because it causes too many problems.
Then I discovered that some of the machine shops don’t even
do this kind of work themselves but send them out to
specialists who they won’t name. So any suggestions would be
appreciated.–
Clive, '62 Coupe 860320
Ontario, Canada
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In reply to a message from Clive Wilkinson sent Wed 5 Sep 2007:
Clive,
Any reason you don’t want to send it to an expert like Bill
Terry?–
Ray Livingston - '64 OTS Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA, United States
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In reply to a message from Clive Wilkinson sent Wed 5 Sep 2007:
Clive,
I found a machinist in Syracuse who will do what you ask.
If you tell him what specs you want for say, valve to guide
clearance or you want a .060’’ 45 deg cut for the exh. seat he’ll do
it. All my shims are within .005’’ of each other: .098’ - .103’’
No grinding of stems or other such BS. He rebushed and checked my
rods for alignment as well.
Just a podunk little shop, with supercharged BB chevy boat motors,
aluminum dirt track motors, a few diesels lined up for work. Pretty
cheap too.
But as Ray points out - you can’t go wrong with Bill Terry. As a
matter of fact I bought all my parts from Bill.
The take away here is if you’re willing to educate yourself as to
what a Jag head needs - my guy will do it. If not - send it to a
pro like Bill T or Rich O. or Dick M.
Dave–
1969 BRG OTS
Skaneateles, NY, United States
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In reply to a message from Clive Wilkinson sent Wed 5 Sep 2007:
Clive,these folks are usually at Ancaster, BUT I can’t vouch for
them being capable of doing a good job. Head and Block Speciality,
503 Arvin Ave., Stoney creek, On L8E 2N1 905 664 1600 or 1 888 654
8445. established 33 years.John Noss and Darryl Gibson.–
The original message included these comments:
Anyone know of a good machine shop in S. Ontario where I can
get some head work done on my E Type? Or failing that, a
I didn’t get much confidence in any of the local shops I
called. A typical conversation goes:-
Clive, '62 Coupe 860320
Ontario, Canada
–
John M Holmes 1973 E Type SIII Supra 5-Speed, 1970 SII OTS
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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In reply to a message from John M Holmes sent Wed 5 Sep 2007:
Thanks, guys. Shipping across the border is a pain. Not like
shipping within the continental 48. Somewhere close enough
to actually take the head and then broker it back myself
would be OK though.
And John, yes I know those guys in Stoney Creek. They
actually did my engine balancing and the previous valve
guide job. But they also send out the heads for installation
of new seats -won’t say where, and they don’t really know
the engines either. Nothing wrong with their work, but I’m
just looking for a specialist to do the machine work and
I’ll do the re-assembly and setup myself.–
Clive, '62 Coupe 860320
Ontario, Canada
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And John, yes I know those guys in Stoney Creek.
Clive,
My co-pilot in the GTTSR is from Ontario and recommends Jimmy D’s
Auto Machine in Guelph, 685 Speedvale West: 519-763-0402. Ask for
Jim, tell them Shaun R. sent you.
–chuck goolsbee
65ots, 1E10715
arlington, wa, usa
http://chuck.goolsbee.org
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