Book on engine rebuilding

[Michael Oritt]

I'm looking for one or more good books on how to rebuild (as opposed to maintain) an overhead valve engine such as one finds in a Healey.

All recommendations appreciated

 

[Keoke]

Well Michael, you just might look into any of the old US six/eight cylinder inline OHV engine rebuild books. Don't have a particular one for you but they are available from the better auto book sources.--Fwiw---Keoke

 

[JamesWilson]

The Engine Builder's Handbook by Monroe is pretty good. It tends to focus on V8s but the general principles apply....

 

[vette]

Michael, My very first self taught lesson on engine rebuilding came from the "Original MG Shop Manual" back in the early 70's. I always remembered it to be quite through in a step by step proceedure to assemble the engine. Those basics have stuck with me all my life. More recently in the last 20 years, I have found a few books on the Chevy small block engine to be very detailed and reenforcing when it comes to supporting the parts of an engine that need to be paid attention to. Some of those books are:
- 'How to Rebuild Your Small Block Chevy' by David Vizard
HP Books, Tucson, AZ.
- 'Engine Blueprinting' By Rick Voegelin, S-A Design
Publishing, Brea, CA.
- 'Chevy Engine Guide', By Smokey Yunick, Peterson
Publishing
Also, Classic Motorbooks circulates a soft page catalog of Automotive Books and other literature with probably would have these and other possibilities.
I always read the Workshop Manual for the given car that the engine belongs to before I start with the engine to just try to find something that is unique to that engine.
Good Luck,
Dave C.

 

[JamesWilson]

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I always read the Workshop Manual for the given car that the engine belongs to before I start ....

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Absolutely essential.

How else will you know that the thingamajig needs to be pressed down and rotated anti-clockwise twice before the whatzit can be removed?