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Does anyone happen to have any experience rebuilding old industrial internal combustion engines where you had to source non OEM or non standard pistons? Looking for some recommendations for suppliers. Most custom piston manufacturers are oriented towards high performance or racing which this is...

I have a thread on a restore I'm doing on an old LeRoi/Dresser (Westinghouse design) model 400 air compressor in the tools section, but thought I would post a specific question here as I figured folks with experience rebuilding engines might be more likely to see this... I would like to balance...

Hi There. Restoring a LeRoi Dresser model 400 (identical to the Westinghouse/Wabco 2AVC) and could use consumable service items (rings, seals, gaskets, etc., etc.). Especially need some undersized big end bearings as I need to have the crankshaft ground. Am also potentially interested in other...

I tried to update a thread I had started last year and for whatever reason it will only let me upload some pictures and not others. Seems to be completely random as I figured they were too big so resized all of them to under 300k and still the same problem. All pics were taken with my Pixel...

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Hi There, Long time lurker and think this might be my first thread posted. Anyway, I recently saved from the scrap heap what turns out to be a LeRoi/Dresser model 400 air compressor pump. It was in a local Jr. college tandem compressor set-up for their welding and Machine shops and the tank...

I've read though a ton of posts here on the merits of one tool box vs the other with a lot of folks ending up on the HF 44" tool cart as being a good price/quality compromise. My question is specific to the Craftsman 46" Wide 13-Drawer Industrial Grade Tool Cart (link here)...

Hi There, I'm somewhat stumped, so figured I would just put my questions to the members here given there seem to be some people who have these old J.H. Williams wrenches. I recently picked up a very nice condition Williams torque wrench/ratchet (as well as a very nice 3/4" drive ratchet...