I have had several blocks prepped by a few different machine shops here in Texas, and NONE have been cleaned this well by a long shot!! You do quality work and that’s rare today. My hats off to you sir!!

We use a soda blaster for cleaning the carbon out of aluminum heads. It’s not nearly as abrasive as glass bead which makes it great for aluminum. Soda also dissolves which gives you the piece of mind that no abrasive is left anywhere in the head

Came from shorts. Like the longer videos so much more. You’re professionalism is admirable

I'm not saying we are better, I'm giving you the proof that we are better ;) In my opinion, this is one of the best forms of advertising. You can yell slogans all day, but if your customers know that you are doing good work, this is the best advertisement you can get.

I could watch this all day!.

When I worked at the machine shop,we baked blocks and iron heads in a giant oven, usually 500 degrees for 4 hours,then it would go into the shot peen machine ,then the tumbler. The best method by far for steel and iron is immersion in a acid tank

Always find myself watching these. When you said you were in CO I got curious and you’re 20 mins from where I live! Love it man, keep it up!

Its refreshing to see a family-owned "mom and pop" shop up and running and doing well. Even more cool is that the sons/sons taking an interest i their father's craft and continuing the legacy. I know working with family can be difficult at times but you'll never have a boss that cares more about your future and seeing you succeed in not only your career but personal life than your father. God bless y'all!

Quality and a shit load of old school pride on what you do be nice if there were more people like you who do things right 👍👏

Other processes to consider include vapor (slurry) blasting, dry ice blasting, laser cleaning, and ultrasonic cleaning. Of these, vapor blasting is probably the most cost effective. Soda blasting is also effective against carbon deposits on aluminum, and very, very gentle on fine casting details.

This is the machine shop that I have been looking for!!! They take pride in their work!!!

Thank you so much for such an in debt video of your process man, y'all will reach the stars! I would NOT hesitate to send you my engines. Bravo to you and Mr. Jim.

Your preparation prior to even machining the heads or blocks is phenomenal! Great Video and great attention to Detail.

Always enjoy your machine shop videos! Keep them coming! Also glad to see there's some folks out there still doing this kind of work👍🏻

A sandblasting cabinet was the best investment I made. You start cleaning random stuff haa

I can't imagine any other video could explain this better. Really well done.

Love the content and the details about cleaning...... are totally on point really appreciate this video man.

I absolutely love and respect a transparent operation. You can keep your special sauce and secretes little things to make it all work private I respect that its a business after all, But letting a customer see how it works on video gives them a satisfaction knowing they came to the right place and trust is at a high level. Great work guys. If you was near I would of definitely came over.

Excellent video, thanks, I was a machinist for a large company that made turbofan engines. Back in the day before anyone knew better, if you were rebuilding an engine, you hauled your iron into the shop at night and we had giant heated trichloroethylene tanks with sprayers. In an hour you had the cleanest blocks and heads you've ever seen going back out to your truck. We now know that trichlor is a cancer causing substance, but damn did it clean!

Y’all and precision transmission in Texas are by far the best shops I have seen! Y’all take pride in your work, attention to detail is there and the knowledge is well used in both shops!

I was taught years ago when you rebuild an engine that you can NOT be TOO CLEAN I like your work

OK Nerd cleaning is fun now? Yes! This was awesome. Tons of great info. Really good video.

I worked in a shop in Wisconsin where cleaning was a full time job for one person (myself for a while) We had a large oven and steel shot blaster, large soda blasting cabinet, bead blaster, larger sonic tank that used some kind of mild solvent, and a large and small washer. We ran anything we could bake and steel bast (some iron parts we didn't bake such as Mack diesel heads they would sometimes fail pressure test after baking or certain Pontiac heads had small oil passages that were hard to clean out. Also diesel heads with oil and fuel passages we would bake and wire wheel or soda. So we might sonic and soda or bake and soda), aluminum we sonic tanked then soda blasted. Soda is a pain because it takes longer and is expensive because it only goes through once(no recycling of media). But never worried about glass in the oil passages, soda washes right out easy. Honestly I think the owners were not the most open minded and liked to do things the same way and made me do things that were harder and took longer than necessary. Oh well. If I ever end up in Colorado, I'll send my resume since you guys seem cool!

You're completely right on the most shops comments, took my gt40p head to the machine shop to have them "cleaned", crack checked, resurfaced and valves done, when I got them back, the original rust and dirt was still on the heads and you could tell no amount of cleaning was done to the heads, so hopefully there was no cracks because not sure how they would've seen em

As a guy from Colorado, I love that I love this channel and that you guys are in Colorado as well

i used to work at a machine shop and this makes me miss it so much

It's really nice to see you guys's machine shop is so clean when I was growing up were so dirty

I knew nothing about this process, but was intrigued by your title. This video is great! It's well made, well narrated, and well photographed. Thanks! I now know a lot about something I only knew in passing. I've worked on cars for years, but never to that level of teardown/rebuild.

Very impressive love your guys's attention to detail, I work in an automotive shop here in Loveland the Machine Shop we use definitely did not get stuff that clean, I wish you guys were a little closer but either way it might be worth the trip to get better work👌

You've got a great shop there. Great vid loved every minute. Thank you for taking the time to post it.

Looks like you guys do good work... the way you guys clean your parts is pretty much the same way I used to do it except for glass beading the cast Iron blocks, if they were bad they would get steel beaded but most of the time our jet spray would get the job done.

Your cleaning cabinets are a lot more space effective than a hot tank. Love it!

You guys do a excellent second to non job man, I’m in awe. If I was in the US I would send everyone to you guys, even if they are on the other side of the states they can crate it and ship it, it’s worth the price . Craftsmanship and workmanship is PRICELESS . Sure go find someone cheaper , let me know how it goes if it’s great great, if not don’t cry and blame anyone but yourself.

BTW I have seen tests of carbon cleaners that contain PEA for example that will do a good job of breaking up carbon deposits. Perhaps soak the valve passages in a cleaner like that first before even removing the valves to make the process easier and get a better final result. I think Nates Interactive Auto has done some vids on carbon cleaners.

This was really eye opening, thanks mate

Great job on cleaning. I still wash over and over and use drill brushes to clean all the oil passages. It's never clean enough.

🤩 oooh the memories. I worked in a production remanufacturing facility/ machine shop in the early 90's. I was a builder and have easily 500+ assembled Engines under my belt. Plus I was on the Sunnen Con Rod reconditioning machine 😍. It was no doubt one of the most enjoyable occupations I've ever had. Thanks and keep up with your quality product. Greed and sloppy work Kills machine shops. Cheers 🍻,, G, in beautiful Boulder City Nv. USA 🇺🇸. Never Forget 🇺🇲.

Just found your channel which is awesome. Machining has always been an interest of mine that I wasn't able to pursue.

I like seeing you clean out all the bolts are bead blasting and washing! I work with a machine shop the glass blasted heads and left the beads in the thread holes. Major pain for the mechanic!

At Cummins, we acid dipped blocks,"cold baths" for aluminium, ultra sonic for fuel parts and bead blasting for manifolds, etc.

Great video showing your attention to detail 👍🏻

Fantastic video guys!! Thank you!

This is so cool to watch!

Thanks for the this video! I am about to rebuild my engine and know exactly what to expect when I go to machine shop...

i like the baking it part , that step is new to me.

Wow this machine shop is amazing! This shop is top notch

Worked at a machine shop in the early 80s when I was 16. We had a caustic hot tank for steel and iron then ran it through the washer, I remember them coming out looking brand new.

so interesting.i am a software developer, and i started to tinker a toyota, these videos inspire me.

Back in the day machine shops used to all clean like this. Now I can't find anyone that comes close

For the aluminum nothing beats vapor blasting or vapor honing. Cleans everything and leaves the surface satiny smooth.

Love your shop. All the cleaning tools necessary. Would like to take all my engines by and have you clean them.i need a place like yours

Really through tour. Thank you

Have you ever thought about adding an Ospho dip after cleaning for cast iron and iron parts? It transforms the outer layer of iron into a rust free layer while also changing the magnetic properties of the iron to make magnetic powder inspections more sensitive.

Idc i would most def charge a little extra bc im going the extra mile to make sure that your engine is thoroughly clean

I just started following you and I really like your videos. I did that stuff for 20 years. I’m retired now but I miss it. I was a crankshaft grinder if you could show more of that I would like it

great video! that 441 head really needed exhaust seats in the steelalator! we used a large oven then steam gennied them. we would put them in a steelalator occasionally. hot tanks here are no longer around us.. we used to use a cold soak on aluminum heads. Saftey kleen carb cleaner basically, it smelled sooo bad. it burned your skin and one drop on you you smelled it all day.lol ahhh the old days.

That is clean for sure 👌!!

Excellent work and good attention to detail.

I wish the shop I work at was as clean as y’all’s lol, nice work and props on leaving a step when installing sleeves I’ve only seen one other shop do that

Love clean, thank you

Worked for a larger engine rebuilder. We had two pretty big ovens. One for iron one for aluminum. Then aluminum went to a blast cabinet like that and iron went to a big shot blaster. One would do a block and one would do 6 heads. But I’m not aware of any washing done. I know on aluminum heads we just wire brush and use air on the passages.

Wish I had cleaning solutions like this, cleaning old gummy/greasy 2 stroke engine parts would be so much easier

great vid thanks... I just did 1nzfe head/ removal due to blown head gasket.. at 355k miles , 2000 Toyota Echo, the carbon was mega caked! resembled it and all was well for a couple of days, then the brand new aftermarket junk fan relay sensor went bad , overheated again AND I discovered the radiator cap wasnt allowing the antifreeze to be transferred from the reservoir because it was old and part of it broke off and fell in the radiator.. well.. they say we learn most from our failures and I here to testify :D

I really enjoy watching your videos keep up the great work

great vid! really enjoying the channel!

You guys have an awesome shop. Overhead hoist is so sweet. Not to mention all the cool machines.

Wow didn't know this thing exists. We used to clean the blocks with diesel it is damn hard, your mechinnery work wonders.

Wow this is absolutely stunning work 💯 Thanks for sharing! New sub 👋

10 / 4 !! thanks for the reply , keep up the great videos !!

Quality like this is such a rare fading reality in this nation. I think I found a place worth shipping things to so it is done properly.

O always liked machine shop, unfortunately when I went to the Mechanic school in Brazil they didn’t had anymore room for machine course so I went to Mechanic classe. Well 20 years passed and still love machine shop environment, now I have my mechanic shop in Massachusetts, really love this field. Nice shop mate, stay busy!

great look at process!! really enjoyed learning.

I wish i could come out and tour your shop, you do some great work brother.

You just got a sub by your quality of work sir! Great job keep it up!

Years ago I had a Mazda 2.2L rebuilt. They glass bead the head only after installing the long bock. And initial break in I took a drive. Less than 20 miles it locked up. I pulled it and took it back to the builder. He pulled it apart and found the oil bypass was plugged with glass beads. I talked to the machine shop who did the head work. They told me "tough bananas.. indian were not paying for it" I never recommended them but a few years later the closed down... wonder why?.. Great job on cleaning up parts!

Always wondered how they did this. Thanks!

getting to work with your dad. that's unbeatable.

Great video, thanks.

Interesting to see the new type methods to clean engine blocks. I trained using Okite cleaning solution for cast iron and steel. I think it has now been outlawed so other safer caustic cleaning methods must be used. Great video's , n keep p the good work. I'm retired now but I have an A/S Automotive Mechanics degree (class of 1978 Forsyth Technical College) (ASE Certified)

I learned the painful way when chipping away old dry mortar from sandstone that it's still caustic dust. My hands became super dry and burning from it. Normal washing didn't help, just made it painful. I had to look up how to neutralize it. I had to dilute white vinegar so it didn't burn as much. Rub all affected areas for about a minute in sink then rinsed with normal tap water. Dried hands and arms very well then applied some antibiotic ointment to prevent infections. Next time I'll be using long sleeved chemical gloves that are up to the elbows. I used normal wrist length work gloves that caused dust to go through the fabric. Remember people to do research about the materials you work with, what PPE you need to wear, how to treat contact with skin, face, eyes, or inhaling fumes/dust. Remember safety is #1 priority of your life.

It's crazy watching this. This is almost the exact same process I do at the shop I work at.

That is an excellent job for sure

Can you make a video showing about the magnetic particle testing, also what do you use to test aluminum parts?

Nice work and an interesting video. I enjoyed watching it.

Video is awesome, More content like this please.

Thats admirable work for quality👌🏻

Tip. Diy ultimate clean. Coat ur stuff in chemdip brand. Let it sit overnight, then hit it with a tight hard spraying hose. Itll knock anything down to raw metal.

Thank you for this video, it was so interesting. I sure wish you all were close to Knoxville, Tennessee !!!!!!!

My dad had an airplane propeller business at the Weld County Airport for many years and I grew up washing parts and standing behind that exact same blast cabinet for hours on end. I sort of miss it now, actually.

A machine shop doing it correct can't beat that.. I have used a soda blast material it's good for grease oil not leaving residue

Love how one of the slings is an old timing belt 👌

I use lemon juice and boil the parts for 10 to 15 minutes. I've only done small parts and carbs because I haven't found a source for bulk lemon juice yet. I live in Louisiana which means high humidity. The parts come out rust free and don't rust quickly after after rinsing with clean water and blow drying with compressed air.

Good video, great explanation.

Have you ever figured out the cost of cleaning an engine ie material and electric costs etc really a fascinating process and done right 💪

I clean all my stuff at home and I actually get everything spotless. but I also use paint removers for old paint along with glass beading and electrolysis tank for complete rust removal. Have tried soda blasting on heads so that glass bead issues are non existent but soda blasting takes a lot more time. Heads up your video showed galley plugs in the heads you bead blasted and spray cleaned.. hence those heads will still have some glass beads in them when you build them and install them.

I didn't realize you guys are in Colorado. This is exciting

If ya can't see it, ya can't fix it!😏 The time spent on cleaning and preparation before machining has probably saved your shop more than the equipment cost.🤔 I'm a HD mechanic(ret) and I would've told customers to use your shop based on what I've been seeing on KZfaq. It's an absolute delight watching you work 😀👍

The machine I use bakes the engine then steel abrates it without ever having to remove it and it’s like a 90 year old machine but works like a dream

just saw this video for the first time , guy lifts the lid on the " BAKE OVEN " 1:58 minutes on video & what do I see in there , a WILLYS JEEP BLOCK in there !! I'LL EAT MY HAT IF IT AIN'T ONE !! worked on a ton of those over the years , have a 1948 cj2-a restored since 1995 !!

6:16 wow looks awesome