Today I visited the Chris Egsgaard hill climb engine I am having professionally rebuilt. I took in the lower crank shaft pulley and a carburetor rebuilding kit.
We have a steel billet full pressure Meyer and Drake crank, a tricked out RAJO BBR crossflow twin spark cylinder head, Ross Pistons and Miller tubular rods, all new transmission drums and a nasty cam shaft. The compression ratio is about eight and half to one. Any body want to race ?
It is costing more than our first two houses did.
Niiice
On a positive note,you can leave the hand crank off,you'll never be able to turn it!
My T is on a trailer at the moment on the way to a tour in Pismo Beach.
Readjusted my plugs and works fine know. Take 'er for a spin tomorrow and see how she does.
Looked longingly in the direction of the portable garage she's currently tucked away in. I did fire her up a couple days ago and let her warm up for a bit.
Too much rain here lately to be out driving it.
Question: It appears there is no boss on the back of the block to bolt the hogs-head lugs to. What sort of modifications were made to the pan to take the place of the usual "lugs"
In just a few minutes, I am going over to pick Carol up in the T and then to DQ to enjoy an ice cream cone. No rain and the sun is out! (for the moment)
28 deg. this morning,went to the cold shop, put a couple things away, look longingly at all my projects, went back into the warm house. May go back out if it warms up a bit.
Bob
Went to a Swap Meet today to buy T parts. Not many T part.
I am learning how frustrating I can get: I have been trying to weld up holes in my fenders, but all I am doing is chasing porosity around.
Porosity 2, Dennis 0
Today I wet-block sanded the body and bucket seats with wet or dry 600 paper. When the wind stops blowing it will get the final coat of blue paint. It will be on the new boat tail we built to cover up the new gas tank. The Rootlieb one would not stop leaking so we put on a welded up square marine gas tank and had to cover up the ugly duckling with a fashionable rear end. The first new paint in 15 years.
Nice engine Frank! Good you are preserving one of Chris Egsgaard's Hill Climb cars
I am not so sure about what I wrote yesterday. I suppose I can get pretty frustrating, but I meant frustrated.
Today, it is raining and windy and cold (for this southern boy), and so I have been tearing down three hand brake levers, I am hoping that I can produce one with less wear and stretching in the pin holes.
Score is still tied, but I am in scoring position!!!
Dennis.
Cut out some wood parts for the depot hack I'm building.
I sold mine yesterday... I'm currently T-less, and looking for a Touring.
- Ground all the exhaust valve seats.
- Pulled the cam gear cover
- Found out that with the right size wire and a little patience you can rod out the oil tube WITHOUT having to remove the cam gear
- reinstalled the cam gear cover
- fixed the keeper pin in the crankshaft pulley
- started a list of parts needed at Lang's (Oh my poor wallet)
- patted the wife and kissed the dog
schuh
I wired up the lights on the little green truck.
I have a question about that, but I'll start a new thread on that subject.
I bought helicoils to fix my stripped head bolts.
Not a darn thing, Monday is lazy day. Tomorrow ???
I WOULD have driven the Coupe but I parked my pickup in front of the wrong door. At 26º for the high I wasn't going to move the pickup just to drive the Coupe a few blocks.......but I'll drive it today....... .......supposed to be a balmy 34º.
I caused my headlights to work on my newly restored '26 tudor too, Mike. Initially had a great deal of difficulty with the voltmeter testing everything until I remembered the buckets were powdercoated. Called upon Mr. Dremel to get a good ground in the sockets and . . . Viola!
Then went over to the upholsterer whose been postponing me about 4 times in the completion of the 3 sets of late tudor carpets and driver seat completion. Sure enough, they weren't ready . . again
Absolutely nothing!
Why mess with perfection?
Got one of my 30X3 wood felly wheels riveted back to the restored rim. A couple of early front hubs cleaned and primed, plus a little more work on my early wood wheels. They are nicer when they are tight.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
Fitted the running board a $3 plastic oil can from a chinese shop... and then the sky went strangely dark, ominously dark.
hahaha! (@ Kep)
This was probably a contributing factor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpnBZSj26VI