On left: A/C Receiver Drier
Center: Yellow bungees neutralize the weight of the KC Warford. The hose from drain is for feeding the electric oil pump.
On Right: Vise Grips stop an oil leak. Way right is an electric oil pump to pre-oil the "A" crankshaft mains. The small filter looking device is a one way oil check valve to the engine driven oil pump, through an oil filter (white just visible). My 23 is all original.
I removed the original disc above the oil drain plug and installed a new one that is bent up on the side to catch
oil as it is slung by the rotation of the flywheel / magnets.
Hey, want to see some really nice wheels? Hal turns his own spokes and asembles the wheels himself!
I like the oil pump installation, I used to have a little float oil gauge, indicator on my 1913. An installation like this or pulled off the lower stopcock would work nicely for such a gauge (which is now available as a repro).
TH
OMG you have AC Hal?!?!?!?!
Nice setup and beautiful wheels! Except for the neon blue shocks, it's very indiscernible. I'd like to see more of the A/C setup--Especially the condenser arrangement.
(Pat..) Yes, in the 25 Fordor, and it works great in spite of all the air leaks,
Terry, It's fun making spokes but it's "labor intensive". A plank of Hickory (enough for 4 wheels) is expensive.
Hal, You can't fool me. If your car was original it would have the handbrake cross shaft mounted with the nuts in the frame rail, not under it, and they would be castellated and pinned!
Allan from down under.
Ken, I installed the condenser under the car, on the frame, with an electric fan, under the left rear passenger seat. In other words it'a a power condenser. With fans on the condenser and the evaporator, plus the electric clutch, I had to switch to an alternator with the capacity to handle the amperage. I use R-12 thinking it runs at a lower pressure, and thus less horse power, than R-134a. (That may not be the case though.)
Allan, If you say original or era correct too close to my car all 4 tires will go flat and every other spoke will snap off.