The Jalopy Journal
Got the crankshaft cleaned using some oven cleaner I’ve read to take out the oil gallery plugs but these early cranks don’t have any plugs...
I don’t have much to report but I have gotten in some new hardware for the main caps and rods On these early engines the main cap bolts go thru...
Some finishing touches [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Successful [ATTACH] https://youtube.com/shorts/VU4iOzxxKkQ?si=H8kmw_n4jAzMGMO9
Posting in real time today Started turning the armature down and discovered a few things The split sleeve came loose so I loctited it in place...
I got 2 parts deliveries this week The first being another vintage speed manifold This must be a early casting because it’s actually a true dual...
Continuing with the generator I went to install the field coils and found that the new screws that I had bought that were supposed to be for all...
Previously I had machined about 4.5 lbs off of the flywheel so I used Mart’s method of balancing...
Needed a way to store the trans Looked thru the scrap pile for inspiration and found a brake drum from my daily driver It’s the type with built...
We truly blessed with great weather this past week so I took the opportunity and got the engine painted Not some of my best work but not my worst...
While the intake was mounted on the mill went ahead and blocked off the exhaust crossover [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
An ongoing project has been the generator Like to thank Steve Blancard who I met at the swap meet back in the spring you can see his short but...
Because of tropical storm Debby I had a couple of days in the basement on the milling machine to work on the vintage speed intake First had to do...
Thanks Here you go a coffee table book lots of good pictures [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]A good day on YouTube today Had the Prescott hill climb...
When this project was started it was just going to be a stationary engine (talk about losing focus) I had picked up a offenhauser 2x2 intake but...
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