[AT] Curiosity killed the cat...hole in manifold ... Inspection Camera

Sat Nov 28 06:12:45 PST 2020

 I purchased and Inspection camera from Fry's electronics about 10 years ago.  I blew a plug in my F250 V10. I purchased it to see down in the cylinder and see if I removed all the metal shavings while installing a Timesert thread repair.  I had to machine the head to insert and secure the insert.  I did not want to pull the head so this allowed me to do the job without all that extra work.
I put grease on the tooling.  Most of the shavings stuck to the grease.
Then I stuck a small air hose down connected to a vaccum to remove the few shavings that found it down to the top of the piston.  Took about 30 minutes to get the few shavings out. Used the camera it inspect my work.
Still driving that truck. Put over 100 thousand miles on it since then.
I have used it many times since then.  Great for looking inside walls etc.

    On Saturday, November 28, 2020, 7:50:12 AM CST, drgerber at bright.net <drgerber at bright.net> wrote:  

Spencer: I could use such a camera device.  Could you weigh in with the information.  I have a JD 420 crawler engine that was rebuilt several years ago in Alabama; sat in my brother in law’s shop for a few years as he wanted to use the crawler, and was getting around to the project someday.  He passed away prematurely from pancreatic cancer  at 59.  The parts and pieces are now moved back home to my shop in Ohio.  My concern that the annoying mud daubers prevalent in Alabama built nests in the engine.  So before I start putting this thing back together, I want to look inside as much as I can to check on the status/cleanliness of the engine.  A camera would be a big help.  

Dave Gerber

Ohio

From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of Brice Adams
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Dean,

I have had the Harbor Freight #67979 for several years with mixed results. 

It has been more useful around the house than dealing with engine issues.

My two issues with this unit are:

No way to save image

It won't fit through a spark plug hole

Spencer has a borescope that will fit through a spark plug hole and save images.  

It might be worth the price difference to get those features.

Brice

On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 11:18 PM Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:

When I get the manifold off of the head, I’m going to first try to verify that there isn’t a blown gasket between the exhaust and intake side of the manifold. That may be difficult due to damage to the gasket when separating the two.   However, assuming it is a hole in the manifold I sure would like to see and know where it is.  Just out of pure curiosity. And to make sure it is the manifold not the head itself.  So… since my curiosity is so high, I am thinking about purchasing the 2.7” Color Digital Inspection camera that Harbor Freight has on sale for $59.99. Could be c considered an extravagant purchase although there have been previous times when I had the need for one.   Would be really nice for looking inside engine combustion chambers before pulling heads along with a few more practical uses.   And since I’m only going to live once….  But have any ATIS members had experience with this particular inspection camera?  And what has been your experience with inspection camera’s in general?  Would hate to buy a useless toy.

Dean VP

Apache Junction, AZ

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