Show ORD MOTOR reconditioning IS engineering achievement application of production methods to engino reconditioning as practiced kiy ay iy the ford motor company Is conal considered dered by auton automotive lot experts the most notable advance in service technique of n this decade according to charles C D petty cocal jard dealer chils ultra motor repair produces something new in the automotive world a reconditioned motor in every respect the equal ot of a new on all replacement and re finishing operations follow exactly the same procedure as when a new motor Is ia built every bearing surface is tilted fitted to precisely the same limit ot of tolerance lerance lo as a new motor and in part the assembly operation Is done on oil the new motor line although certain processes are conducted on opeo al disassembly and assembly ay I 1 lines I 1 n e 3 to provide sure control ot of the policy that every part must tit fir to the original tolerance limit those parts which are to be used again are returned to the factory department in which they were first made tor for gauging and either accepted or of rejected cylinders are and polished exactly as are a new motors except that the bore is slightly larger main alain bearings are ted led valve bushrod holes are checked tor for size and the block is given a water pressure test and carefully inspected connecting rod bearings of the floating copper lead type standardized by ford this year are used ased instead of th the e older type bearings and a great many parts in the reconditioned motor are new continued mr petty pistons piston rings cylinder head studs nuts valves valve assemblies main bear ings connecting rod bearings cam shia t beaV cam gears all I 1 are new material the result is a motor practically good as new 0 |