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Turkey Lettuce Wraps
Monday, January 28, 2013
Hmmm....it's a super quick meal to throw together AND the kids are happily gobbling up broccoli and lettuce...I think we have a winner here!
Recipe Source: 71 Toes
2 Tbs. olive oil
1 onion, diced
1 lb. ground turkey
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp garlic salt (I used 2 cloves of chopped garlic and another 1/4 tsp. salt)
1 (12-oz) bag broccoli slaw (in the produce section, near the bagged salads)
1/2 cup Teriyaki sauce
1 tsp. sesame oil
Romaine lettuce leaves
Heat olive oil over medium-high heat, add diced onions and saute until soft (about 5 minutes).
Add ground turkey, salt, pepper, and garlic salt and cook until turkey is browned and cooked through.
Drain the liquids, then stir in broccoli slaw, teriyaki sauce, and sesame oil and cook for an additional 7-10 minutes.
Serve by the spoonfuls in Romaine lettuce leaves. Makes about 4-5 servings.


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The business incubator in the village of Frankfort is beginning to attract attention, with Mohawk Valley EDGE expressing interest in becoming involved.
The business incubator in the village of Frankfort is beginning to attract attention, with Mohawk Valley EDGE expressing interest in becoming involved.
The business incubator currently houses three businesses in the second floor of the village hall. It was put into place to capitalize on individuals looking to start their own businesses.
"Because of the past, rich history of the technology community in the Mohawk Valley, coupled with the departure of many of the big employers such as GE, UNIVAC, Griffiss Air Force Base, etc., a small but entrepreneurial cadre of technologists has emerged and still calls the Mohawk Valley home," said village Trustee John Spina. "Many of these technologists have or will, under the right set of conditions, start their own businesses."
Spina says the three businesses are all in the early stages with good potential for growth.
"The incubator program is key to maintaining low operational expenses and focusing money on growth-related strategies," he said.
The three business are: WavHost Corp., jPronto Corp., and Everis Inc.
WavHost Corp. is a wireless network and Internet service provider. The company has networks from the tip of Cape Cod to the western edge of the Finger Lakes with coverage in remote villages such as Star Lake. WavHost also provides for mission critical application design, deployment and operations of advanced wireless systems such as the first responder network in Elizabeth, N.J. The company's headquarters are in the incubator and offices are also in Penn Yan and Hyanis, Mass. WavHost currently has nine employees, four of which are in Frankfort.
"There are few villages in the state that can brag about having wi-fi capabilities," Spina said. "Frankfort is proud to be one of them."
jPronto Corporation is a developer of application software for the mobile device market. The company is in various stages of product development in the wireless retail shopping and gaming business sectors. Its products are advanced software systems in the rapidly growing use of wireless technology. jPronto currently has six employees and plans to grow to 10 to 15 employees by the end of 2008.
Everis Inc. is an optical network security company that is doing industry-leading research at the physical and data link layers of today's global networks. Presently the company is under contract with Rome Labs. Everis maintains a DoD clearance and employees five people.
Mohawk Valley EDGE wants to work with the village of Frankfort to promote the business incubator by creating an alliance between the two.
Officials say this could help to attract businesses to relocate to the business parks in Frankfort or attract a company from the Utica-Rome area to possibly relocate to the village.
The village and Mohawk Valley EDGE are working on setting up a workshop to discuss the incubator and how the two entities can work together.

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Run the world: Runner's guide to 2013
There's something just a little bit odd about endurance runners.
After all, who else would think a fun day out involves knee pains, dehydration and extreme sweating. For about five hours.
It takes commitment, and maybe a good dose of insanity, to tackle a 42.195-kilometer marathon.
But more people are entering endurance running events in exotic locales each year. Here's a list of some of the key events to look out for if you're keen.
Have we missed your favorite? Tell us when and where you'll be running in 2013 in the comments below
January: Dubai Marathon
No shrinking violet when it comes to making a statement, the annual Dubai Marathon starts and finishes at the tallest building in the world, the 828-meter Burj Khalifa.
There's a US$100,000 prize up for grabs for anyone who can set a marathon world record on this fast flat course, beating either Kenya's Patrick Makau (2:03:38) or Britain's Paula Radcliffe (2:15:25).
Cool January temperatures make it an ideal time to pound the pavement in a city surrounded by sun-kissed undulating desert dunes.
Distance: 42, 10 and 3 kilometers.
January 25, 2013; www.dubaimarathon.org
Also on CNN: Insider Guide: Best of Dubai
February: Hong Kong Marathon
Starting before dawn, last year's Hong Kong Marathon attracted the largest field in its 15-year history with 65,000 crossing the start line.
Starting on Nathan Road, marathoners weave their way through the New Territories, across Tsing Ma Bridge and back again through the Western Harbour Tunnel to the finish line at Victoria Park.
Distance: 42, 21 and 10 kilometers, plus 21 kilometers (wheelchair).
February 24, 2013; www.hkmarathon.com
Also on CNN: Hong Kong's 5 best running routes
March: Los Angeles Marathon
Spectators outnumber participants in the Los Angeles Marathon 40:1.
While runners work up a sweat on the course through the City of Angels, the million or so spectators let their hair down partying streetside as myriad entertainers keep the crowd in good spirits, inspiring runners to keep the beat.
Keen marathoners use the early morning five-kilometer race as a warm-up for the main event. Cyclists can take advantage of traffic-free streets and participate in the LA Bike Tour which saw 15,000 take to the saddle last year.
Distance: 42 kilometers.
March 17, 2013; www.lamarathon.com
Also on CNN: Insider Guide: Best of L.A.
April: Dead Sea Marathon
Running to the lowest point on earth -- 418 meters below sea level -- the Dead Sea Marathon is predominantly a downhill race.
Starting at an elevation of 853 meters near Amman in Jordan, there's a 50-kilometer ultra-marathon in addition to the standard race.
An extraordinarily attractive course passes through some of the city's historic streets, while small participant numbers mean there's little start line argy-bargy and plenty of scope to take in the scenery.
Distance: 50, 42, 21 and 4.2 kilometers.
April 5, 2013; www.deadseamarathon.com
May: BMO Vancouver Marathon
The largest international marathon in Canada and one of the oldest, the BMO Vancouver Marathon has evolved since 46 runners trotted around Stanley Park back in 1972.
These days the route is a little more adventurous, taking participants from Queen Elizabeth Park to Kitsilano Beach via Pacific Spirit Park across the bridge to English Bay, a loop around Stanley Park finishing on Vancouver's stunning waterfront.
It's worth running simply to take in Vancouver's scenery.
Distance: 42 and 21 kilometers.
May 5, 2013; www.bmovanmarathon.ca
Also on CNN: Insider Guide: Best of Vancouver
June: Big Five Marathon, South Africa
Running through a landscape inhabited by lion, hippo and the odd rhinoceros is sure to provide an incentive to achieve a personal best time in the Big Five Marathon.
It takes place in South Africa's Entabeni Game Reserve, which is known for its mountain landscape, wide open plains and formidable rivers, and wild game and bird life.
Armed rangers are on hand to ensure runners don't end up on the lunch menu of any large carnivores that are likely to invade a tough sun-baked wilderness course.
Distance: 42, 21 and 10 kilometers.
June 22, 2013; www.big-five-marathon.com
Also on CNN: Insider Guide: Best of Cape Town
July: Australian Outback Marathon
Summer temperatures in the Australian desert can reach upwards of a throat-parched 45 C, which is a good reason to hold the Outback Marathon in the dead of winter.
The marathon follows a flat course in the red center of Australia where all roads but the main highway are unsealed, so expect to inhale your share of dust pounding across the red earth.
The Olgas and Uluru rise from the desert as landmarks in an otherwise featureless, mysterious landscape.
Distance: 42, 21, 11 and 6 kilometers.
July 27, 2013; www.australianoutbackmarathon.com
Also on CNN: 10 best places to run in Singapore
August: Mongolian Sunrise to Sunset Marathon
Not for the faint-hearted, nor for the height-challenged, the Mongolia Sunrise to Sunset Marathon is described as the world's most beautiful 100-kilometer run.
One wonders how much runners really care about the scenery after pounding mountain roads for the best part of a day.
Held on the northern Mongolian border, runners start from the shores of Khövsgöl Lake at an altitude of 1,650 meters. The lake is surrounded by mountains which rise to around 3,000 meters.
Runners face a climb of 700 meters into the mountains, then dip into a river valley before another steep climb to Khirvesteg Pass.
Distance: 100 and 42 kilometers.
August 7, 2013; www.ms2s.org
September: Marathon du Medoc, France
Marathon running and copious consumption of wine rarely make good bedfellows. Unless you're in France, participating or spectating in the Marathon du Medoc.
With a firm focus on fun and conviviality this is more like a festival in the vineyards that just happens to have a running element. Fancy dress is welcome, indeed is encouraged, for both participants and spectators.
Distance: 42 kilometers.
September 7, 2013; www.marathondumedoc.com
October: Budapest Marathon
Picturesque city streets branch out from the start line at Heroes' Square where a bevy of statues look down on marathon runners.
If that's not enough inspiration to run a personal best, the course through Budapest and along the Danube is almost entirely flat.
Distance: 42 kilometers.
October 13, 2013; www.budapestmarathon.com
November: Great Barrier Reef Marathon
In 2012 the Solar Eclipse Marathon was so named after the rare astrological event that had a solar eclipse as the starting gun. In 2013 runners will compete in the Great Barrier Reef Marathon.
Starting on Four Mile Beach in the north Queensland resort town of Port Douglas before winding through sugar cane plantations, the flat course skirts World Heritage-listed rainforest.
Bring your swimmers as a dip in the ocean is just reward for completing the course before humidity and wet season rains sap energy levels.
Distance: 42 and 21 kilometers.
November 9, 2013; www.greatbarrierreefmarathon.com.au
December: Honolulu Marathon
Attracting one of the largest fields of runners (25,000 last year) this grand old lady celebrates 30 years on the marathon calendar in 2013.
With a Pacific Ocean backdrop, starters follow Ala Moana Boulevard which translates to "path by the ocean," passing by the only royal palace on U.S. soil.
Beneath craggy volcanic peaks and high rise condos, runners might want to slow the pace a little passing an extinct volcano affording spectacular views of Oahu's stunning coastline.
Distance: 42 kilometers.
December 8, 2013; www.honolulumarathon.org
Also on CNN: World's 10 toughest endurance challenges


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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Twenty-eight years after intense selective logging stopped in the region now known as Uganda's Kibale National Park, the red-tailed guenon (Cercophithecus ascanius) is a primate still in decline.
The logging practice, scientists report in a new study, changed the ecological balance for these monkeys, leading to behavioral changes and opening the door for multiple parasitic infections.
The researchers
focused on three primate species, collecting 1,076 fecal samples from
the heavily logged area and from an undisturbed, nearby forest from
August 1997 to August 2002 as part of a longitudinal study of logging's
impact. The samples came from red-tailed guenon, red colobus (Piliocolobus
tephrosceles) and black-and-white colobus (Colobus guereza) and were
analyzed for the eggs and larvae of worms and protozoan cysts.
The study appears online ahead of publication in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
While the three primate species were subject to a higher risk of infections, only the guenons (pronounced GWINN-ins) suffered from an increased number of parasites, including three parasites not found in undisturbed forest. In the selective-logging area, more than 50 percent of the trees, many of them the food sources for the mostly fruit-eating guenons, had been removed.
"We saw dramatic changes in the prevalence of infection and in the frequency of multiple infections in these logged areas," said lead researcher Thomas R. Gillespie, a postdoctoral fellow in veterinary pathobiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "When you see infection characteristics like these, they can be associated with very detrimental effects on the host."
Since the logging period of the late 1960s, red-tailed guenons have been appearing in much lower densities, he said.
What once were large groups with multiple males and females are now fragmented, with much smaller groups living isolated and spread out more widely than in undisturbed forest, where often the three species share trees.
"When we look at their numbers over time, they continue to decline 28 years later," Gillespie said. "The red colobus numbers declined at first but are now recovering. The black-and-white colobus, perhaps due to a release of competition, have increased in the logged forests."
Because the two colubus species primarily eat leaves, it is believed that they can adapt more easily to disruptions in their habitat, he said.
Gillespie initiated the research as an EPA fellow and doctoral student at the University of Florida. He continues the work at Illinois to better understand the interplay between habitat disturbance and primate conservations and health in Uganda. He is collaborating with veterinary pathobiologist Tony Goldberg and other researchers at Illinois, where state-of-the-art facilities and faculty expertise are uniquely suited for studying disease emergence, zoonotic diseases and the consequences of land-use changes.
In August, Gillespie will become the first director of the new Earth & Society Initiative on Emerging Disease & Ecosystem Health at Illinois. The initiative coordinates a diverse assemblage of the university's centers, programs, laboratories and individuals whose current interests focus on the interface between emerging infectious diseases, anthropogenic environmental change and conservation.
The researchers have monitored the three species, gathering data immediately after logging, 12 years later and again 28 years after the logging ended.
"We know land-use change is affecting wildlife species," Gillespie said. "We know that there is a conservation issue. It's been difficult to understand what is taking place. No one had really looked at how parasites and disease might be affecting this relationship."
"We were surprised to find dramatic patterns across the board, where the species of primates doing poorly in logged areas had a much higher prevalence of parasitic infection and more types of parasites affecting them simultaneously," he said.
Gillespie and co-authors Colin A. Chapman of McGill University in Canada and Ellis C. Greiner of the University of Florida found that red-tailed guenons had a much higher prevalence of infection with seven gastrointestinal parasites in the logged forest than in the undisturbed one. The parasites found in the guenons were Trichuris sp. (whipworms), Oesopohagostomum sp. (nodular worms), Entamoeba coli, Entamoeba histolytica, Iodamoeba buetschlii, Strongyloides fulleborni and Streptopharagus sp.
Additionally, the red-tailed guenons in the logged forest were the only primates of the three species infected with Chilomastix mesnilia, Giardia lambila and a Dicrocoeliid liver fluke. These parasites did not appear in guenons in the undisturbed forest.
The researchers also noted that the patterns of forest regeneration in the aftermath of logging appear to be more favorable for colobus monkeys than for the guenons. Citing their own as-yet unpublished data, and that of Karen Rode of Washington State University, the researchers suggest that reduced food availability has led to dietary stress. The guenons in the logged forest, they report, are getting much less protein and vital minerals than their counterparts in undisturbed forests.
Recovery of the forest also has been hampered by the growth of acanthus, an invasive shrub that has overwhelmed much of the forest floor where trees were removed, Gilllespie said. Because elephants love to eat the shrub, they trample through the clearings, adding yet another obstacle for the growth of new trees, he said.
"Knowledge of how particular species are affected by various forms of ecological change is essential to promote land-use policy that is compatible with animal and human health and biodiversity conservation," Gillespie, Chapman and Greiner wrote in the conclusion of their study.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Center for Environmental Research, Ford Foundation and Wildlife Conservation Society funded the research, which was done with permission of the National Council for Science and Technology and the Uganda Wildlife Authority.


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Our bus family spent the weekend (and then some) in Nerd's hometown of Detroit, Michigan. (Yes, folks, the Motor City managed to grow at least one bus nerd.) We spent some of our visit downtown, checking out the new and improved Riverwalk, eating coneys and enjoying the fountain at Campus Martius Park, and (best of all) visiting the construction site of the soon-to-be-completed Rosa Parks Transit Center.
Here's what it will look like when it's finished:
The transit center is planned as a 24-hour multi-modal transfer facility connecting passengers to DDOT, SMART and Transit Windsor Tunnel buses as well as to the Detroit People Mover. It consists of a 25,700 square foot three-level building and a central island with 12 bus bays. The building will host a cashier, retail, DDOT police and passenger seating as well as an AVL system that will show route schedules in real time.
(Source: Model D)
I wouldn't exactly call what I'm feeling transit envy (I'll take our bus system over Detroit's any day), but I'd be lying if I didn't admit to a few pangs–and not just because they get a transit center named after my shero.
24 hours? Indoor waiting area? Retail (which could be used to fund more service)? Must be nice.


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Themed Thursday – New Year
Hi all! I'm not feeling the greatest so I'm just going to quickly share with you some fun New Year's Finds.
I hope everyone has a fun and safe night tonight!
Live IN Color from StudioHaus
Hot pink 20 Bulbs real rubber tree leaves from pdkcandles
New Year's Resolution Unisex Copper Dogtag Bracelet from tinahdee
New Year's Ear Parade from VickiDianeDesigns
Small Leather Notebook Journals - Set of 7 - Circular Embelishments (Gold, Copper, Silver) - New Year's Resolutions from mooshchen
Happy HAPPY New Year everybody – may 2010 be joyous and prosperous for all!
Keeping my Hands Busy During the Holidays
I get asked the question, "How did you do all that you do?" quite often. I think there's two answers to that:
1. I don't think about things too long. I just go with my gut and 90% of the time it looks great.
2. My hands are always moving. You will rarely find me just watching TV or sitting at the table with nothing else going on.
So, I had to plan ahead for all the holiday traveling and visiting there would be going on. Since I would not have easy Internet access or all of my own personal creating supplies at hand I knew I should get some extra earring kits from Blue Hill by Hand to work on.
They came through and sent me four all new (to me) earring kits to create!I like the look of these #i427 Layered Metal Earrings. As I've previously posted, Blue Hill by Hand is the company that purchases and creates my candy drop rings. I have been in the process of trying to come up with some earrings to "go with" the rings. I had a few of the brass discs left so I decided to see how a cluster of candy drop beads would look…here's what I came up with:
Brass Cluster – Candy Drop Earrings
I would love to hear your opinion on these! The blue and mint green earrings shown above and below are #i423 Diamond Beaded Earrings. I had a lot of fun creating #i440 Dark Copper Hoops. I had to pound the curve into them with a hammer and a wood form. It was a great way to get some energy out and the end result is just gorgeous!
The fourth pair of earrings I created was from the Eclectic Earth Collection . These are called Star Jasmine.
This was definitely the perfect solution to keep busy during the 'down' holiday times of visiting and traveling.
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Yeah! Just opened up etsy and saw my Vintage Typewriter Rings on the Front Page!
Thanks LeapingGazelle for including me in this gorgeous treasury!
Keywords for Etsy's Front Page: December 9th – December 15th
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Handmade Gifts for the Holidays – That I Gave…
I can do a little bit more extensive blogging at this point about the handmade gifts that I made for the holidays since they have all been given away. Cedi's OwlCapri's OwlAn Owl for my Friend's Baby, Ayla For my dad's side of the family, the Van Grunsven's we had to bring a $20 exchange gift…I decided to make mine this year – the Mocha Meringue Tote Bag. My cousin Mandy ended up with it….I think she was happy (hope so). If you really like it – no worries…I have enough to make a custom order bag! These two pictures are of a crazy quilted bag I made for a friend of mine…she really likes orange and textures. The strap is adjustable so you could throw it over your shoulder or across your chest. And lastly…this is the quilt I made for my mom and dad. They wanted a wall hanging for one of their walls in their "new" house (well…they moved in over a year ago).I managed to piece it together but I still have to send it to Barb to be quilted and I need to add the binding.
I would love for you to share with me any handmade gifts either you made or received!
Merry Christmas!
The 12 Days of Christmas from JustQuillin
On The 12th Day of Christmas
Twelve drummers Drumming
Six Geese A-Laying
FIVE Golden Rings
On The Eleventh Day of Christmas
(realized I had the end of the song mixed up so it will be fixed in the final two posts…)
my true love sent to me
Eleven pipers piping
Piper Mighty Ruffle Pants Sewing Pattern Instructions Girls Sizes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 from RomeoandMae
Ten lords a leaping
Trust in the Lord - Vinyl Text Wall Words Decals Stickers Art Graphics from singlestonestudios
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Dancing Ladies Teapot Purse from UniquelyNancy
Eight maids milking
Milk Maid by freshsnappedphotos
Seven swans swimming
Blue Swan Fascinator from RockingRetro
Six geese laying
Across the Shoulder Bag from PonderosaQuilter
Five gold rings
CLASSIC white pearl 14K gold filled wire wrap wrapped ring from muyinmolly
Four calling birds
Paper Mache - Art Sculpture - Hugo - A Big Eyed Bird from fishstikks
Three french hens
CHICA - The Robot Chicken Jewelry Box from Reclaim2Fame
Two turtle doves
Mauve love from Twelvewalls
A partridge in a pear tree.
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On the Tenth Day of Christmas
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Six geese laying
North South Migration from TerryAskeArtQuilts
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Steampunk Vintage SPRING BARREL Pocket Watch Part - Victorian ANTIQUE GOLD ROSE Filigree Ring...FEMININE and STEAMY - GORGEOUS GIFT IDEA - Exclusively Offered by edmdesigns
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cam bearing tool, help
I purchased a cam bearing installation tool from Summit along with a set of new cam bearings. Here is the tool http://www.summitracing.com/parts/AAF-ALL96470/ it almost seems to me that the tool is to short. It says it is for installing cam bearings in a small block chevy. Is a V6 considered a small block chevy? If you enlarge the picture at the link you can see the grip part on the handle, if the alignment bushing would slide up past them dimples on the handle then the tool would be long enough. I can get all but the front and rear bearings installed. I even tried sliding the alignment bushing off from the shaft and place it further in the block to use the inner cam bearings to align the shaft but I couldn't get it to lay down in there any way I turned it. The block is a 93 sbc 350 with a 1 piece rear main, do the older blocks have a larger cam tunnel or anything like that. Here are some measurements on the tool.
Overall length of shaft is 24"
Length from where the bearing butts against the bushing to around center of the taper on the alignment bushing is slid as far back as it will go until it hits the dimples on the handle is 18 7/16"
I didn't have the machine shop install the bearings because when I seen this tool I figured for just a few more dollars I could have the tool to do it. It would have cost me 25 bucks to have the bearings installed. Any suggestions on this besides telling me to have the shop do it would be appreciated. I am interested in owning a good cam bearing tool because this will NOT be the only time I use it and if anyone has any recommendations for a certain one throw me a link.
My thought is to remove the alignment taper and install it inside the engine at the second bearing. Then install the bar through the tapper then back to the last bearing. You would still be able to hit the bar but holding the taper tight against the block will be a hand full. If this were mine I would install the inner
bearings first. Check to see if the cam fits after EACH BEARING has been installed. If it is in at a cocked angle the cam will not turn and you will need to adjust it if possible. After the easy ones have been hammered in take the driver end off the bar and using a brass hammer and the driver end install the end bearings. Install the front one first and then try the cam again. Then install the last bearing in the same manner. AGAIN CHECK FOR FIT AFTER EACH BEARING HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
There are other things to watch for but this is how I would use this tool.
Scholman has you on the right road; you also know the bearings are different sizes?
Yes I know the cam bearings are different sizes, if the bearings are marked correctly and the installation sheet that the bearings came with is correct then I am on the right track for that. I just can't get the tool in place to install the outer bearings. I have tried to place the taper bushing inside of the engine in the cam tunnel but I can't get it to fit. I have tried it everywhere in the cam tunnel.
I think Scholman has you pointed in the right direction, you'll have to take it apart and put the cone in the cam tunnel and then reassemble.
After looking at a few of the low buck cam bearing tools for ideas, and then making my own, I fixed that situation by making a 3 foot long drive rod for mine, I can install the front bearing and still have 6"+ of rod sticking out of the rear of the block.
From the front of the block install the rear position, #4 position, #3 position bearings,... then turn block around and from the rear install the front bearing and #2 position bearings. The farther the alignment cone is from the drive head the more accurrate the bearing alignment will be, preventing cocked bearings, and the order I gave will minimize the number of times you have to disassemble your tool inside the block.
Don't forget oil hole alignment, for SBC it has to be over the groove, and the preferred clocking is to have the oil hole in single hole bearings at 4o'clock as looking at the block from the front and in the upright position, to put the oil into the bearing before the peak load, which is straight down. Oil hole in bearing aligned with oil hole in block(at 6 o'clock) is not the correct method.
Looks like you are finding out some of the particularities of budget "home user" grade machine shop tools. They are always just a bit less quality and engineering. In your case, like several I have looked at in the years since I made my driver, the rod is just too short.
I agree with the cheap tools thing. I just thought.........well I guess I didn't. I agree that the cone piece is supposed to end up in the tunnel. I think it is made to install the inner bearing first using the taper on the outside of the block because the cone piece if turned around has the provisions to hold a bearing just like the bushing on the bearing end of the tool. So I would imagine that your are supposed to install the inner bearing with the cone on the outside of the block then turn the bushing around and slide it into an installed bearing and use it for the alignment of the outer bearings. I just can't get the damned thing to fit down into the cam tunnel. I will mess with it a little more tomorrow after work and post what I figure out or don't figure out. Maybe I will just sharpen the end of the shaft and have a nice stake.
Okay, I found a used Snap-On cam bearing installation tool used on Craig's list for $100. It seems to be in good shape. The guy I bought it from said I should be able to install cam bearings in just about anything I ever work on, he wasn't sure about the newer stuff or imports. While I was there though we got talking and I also bought this from him brand spankin new in the box for $35.00 http://www.summitracing.com/parts/RM...n/?prefilter=0 not sure what I am going to do with it yet but for 35 bucks it was going from his shelf to mine.
all the tool application says is for a sbc, is a 4.3 liter or any other v6 considered a small block chevy? I'm not going to send the tool back to them though. I paid like 32 bucks for the tool and it would probably cost me like 10 bucks shipping to send it back so I would only get about 20 bucks or so back out of it. The tool is packaged in a molded plastic, not a case just a disposable plastic used for the sale of the item. There is no mold in the plastic for an extension bar. I will call them tomorrow and tell them what they are selling is misleading and I am not very pleased about it. The snap on tool I purchased does come with an extension bar but the main bar is long enough to reach all the way through to the #5 bearing and still have like 6 or 8 inches sticking out the front of the block. The extension bar must be for big blocks maybe? I think for a hundred bucks it was a good investment. My machine shop charges 25 bucks to install all 5 bearings. So I have four more engines to build before I start saving money with it.
Nope I didn't know that never worked on an Inline 6 before. The only Inline six I have ever even touched it the one in my dads Jeep Wrangler but we've never been inside of the engine.
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