Hello All
Here’s this weeks What the hell did Pat get into.
This was a slow week.
First my stuff. Not too much to report here. I’ve been getting ready for the front and rear axle parts to come back from the sand blasters. Which hopefully should be later this week. In the mean time the last parts I needed to clean was the front and rear leaf springs. The set of spring I have are new ones I installed years ago. So they are in excellent shape and just needed a cleaning. They are now ready for reassembly. After I’m done with those I have all the parts ready to go for rebuild/install once I get the housings back.
The other project I worked on was my speedometer. I fixed the casing that broke during disassembly, and I started to put it back together. Some of the little gear are worn so it should work but I do think it will work as smoothly as it should. It is really cool how it works though. It works by centrifugal force. As the unit spins the weights swing out and they pull up on the little gear. Which in turn rotates another set of gears. The end gear has the speedometer needle on it. So as the gear rotates it will show the corresponding speed. If you watch the little video I attached I think it should be clear ish now it works.
The rest of the week I spent on that annoying customer work. Just kidding I love the work.
I continued on the Model T engine I’ve been working on. I got a lot of small stuff done on it. I got the pistons and rods assembled and installed, and valve clearance set. So now the short block is complete. I usually wait on getting the engine done till I get the flywheel finished but I’m waiting on a part for that so I continued on. I also got all of the engine covers sand blasted and ready for paint. Another later this week/weekend job.
The oil pan I got straightened and sealed where oil leaks are common. Checking the pans is a critical step since the engine and transmission are basically one big unit. It’s critical that the front nose of the pan is inline with the tail end. Otherwise the crankshaft which is a little dinky bent paperclip, can break.
That’s all for this week. Got a lot more stuff comming up! So stay tuned!
