Venice Auto Marine

09/08/2026

Here’s something the experts can chime in about. Since last I was removing weight from un torqued rods on the last video.

09/04/2026

09/02/2026

So we had to fix another shops work today on 6.7 Cummins head. This head was remanufactured in Ohio, shipped down here because the head that came off the truck was cracked and unusable. Now this replacement cost the diesel shop around $3000, $2300 for the machine work and $800 for the core since the original was no good. The shop installed the head with new ARP head studs and a Hamilton high performance head gasket. Within 500 miles the truck was pressurizing the coolant system, which can only be a few things. Warped head, cracked head, or bad head gasket are the most common. The remanufacturer denied letting us a professional machine shop to touch it in anyway other than straight edge and a feeler gauge. The surface showed signs of not being flat and feeler gauges proved it. Company said ANYTHING BELOW .006 FLATNESS IS ACCEPTABLE. To who we ask? A 6.7 with extra boost ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE FLAT!! Company wanted the shop to ship it back on his dime to Ohio, they would assess the situation and ship it back to him on his dime! Talk about customer service. The decision was made just to cut it here and eat the loss. At the pictures show it took a total of .008 to make it flat, the first cut at .002 showed a significant twist. Quality control is out the window!!!! IT'S FLAT NOW! But we do have a machine that costs 150k to do the job right!

09/01/2026

After the oven bake and before the shot peen pics. 1-5. After shot peen cleaning pics 6-8. What a difference it makes going through this process. All the organics are cooked out. Water jackets got rid of years of coolant sludge. Oil galleys are clear of coked oil that has built up. 6 hours 750 degrees cleans everything! This is the only way to get these old engines prepped for their new life!

08/31/2026

Just came in! Kubota V2607

08/31/2026

Norman's 4B11 Mitsubishi block is surface decked, bored and honed to size. When setting up the piston to wall clearance we were informed that the amount of boost will be between 40 to 50 lbs. So with that in mind we added .003 of clearance to the .003 for naturally aspirated application for a total of .006 on a 2618 alloy Wiseco piston. This will give plenty of room for expansion when Norman sticks his foot in it!!!!

08/31/2026

Yeah sometimes we even do single cylinder lawn tractor engines when we have the correct sized tooling! This Kohler K341 was pretty worn out but the bore cleaned up at .010 oversize. These little cast iron beasts are quite robust and have the ability to be machined over and over again. This was made back when quality was priority in this nation and Kohler at one time led the way in the small engine dept! Bored, honed, surfaced, valve job, crank polish and connecting rod oil clearance adjustment was performed. It's fun to get these jobs sometimes, breaks up the everyday V8 builds. Variety is the spice of life they say!

08/26/2026

Norman's Mitsubishi 4B11 block has it's sleeves installed!!!!! LA Sleeve amphibious sleeve set has a .004 pressfit. Plenty tight to keep water from seeping through. Next step is to bore it within a few thou then hone to size. This is gonna be one serious 4 cylinder!!!

08/25/2026

Like to give a shout out to Brian McNeil at Southwest Hydraulics for rebuilding the cylinder on our DCM Surfacing Mill today. The 5 ft long ram that drives the slide table has been increasing getting worse with a stutter. The shaft seal had given up, allowing air to seep in while hydraulic fluid leaked out. Travel control was begin very difficult to control and creating a surface finish that was no longer acceptable. Dropped it off to Brian around 10:30 and by 12:30 it was ready. We are now back in action and the machine has never run better! Southwest Hydraulics has a huge inventory of parts, we never thought the turn around would be so quick. If your in Sarasota, Charlotte or Manatee county and are in need of hydraulic cylinder repair services, give them a call at 941-786-8530.