Hello All!
Here’s the next addition to what did Pat get into this week.
Welcome to what is hopfully an early spring! Also. Which seems to be the usual norm for me….once we get a few nice days anyone guess what happens? If you guessed my phone starts ringing you’d be correct. It seem I’m going to have a busy end of the month/spring. I’ve picked up some more work. I got a Model A engine coming in for some bearing work, I got some model T wheel/brake work to do, and possibly another Model T engine install. Also some upholstery work. I got seats to redo for a 1920s Studebacker. Yay for more work! So more to come on these projects soon.
I also got the starter and carburetor I rebuilt last week shipped out today.
As for my current customer Model T project, I made good progress on that too. I’ve taken the crank out for Inspection. Luckily for this customer, everything looks great.
I also got the the pedal shafts of the hogshead(transmission cover) bored out. These tend to take alot of wear and tear. So what I end up doing is bore out the holes and then make bushings to return them back to stock size.
So this weeks job is to make the bushings, and reassemble the engine. Then it’s back onto transmission work. Which I’m still waiting on some parts to complete that.
My project! I managed to make more progress on my Model A roadster project than I thought I was going to get done. Last week the brakes were finished off. This week was steering column and engine tear down.
Steering column was rather quick and went very smooth. The steering wheel needs some final finish work but other than that it’s done. Sorry I forgot to take pictures of it.
The next task was either going to be some upholstery reinstall work, or engine tear down. I went with the engine. So the other day my newest helper Jess came down, helped me box up the starter/carb and then decided on helping me tear down the engine. Thank Jess!
So the engine was rebuilt years ago before I started rebuilding them. It ran excellent but I wanted to clean it up and inspect it before reinstall. After inspection, I’ve decided to basically start from scratch on it. It’s in decent shape but the bearings did take some wear and tear I don’t like. There’s a little chunk of Babbitt missing from one of the rods and the X grove on the rods are worn almost thru. No big deal as I could make the groves deeper but at this point I’ll just repour. The mains are roughly the same. The center has a small piece of Babbitt missing so I’ll repour the block as well. Luckily most of the other parts crank, camshaft, etc are in good reusable shape. Now that the weather is much better I’m Gona get going on the engine very soon.
Lastly!!
SAVE THE DATE!!!!!
It was recently brought up that we should have some sort of “dust off” spring time get together/meet whatever you’d like to call it. So here’s what I’m thinking….MAY 17th!
I’m planning on another workshop/maintenance day. So my Model A truck, Jenns Truck and I’m sure plenty of other club members can use spring time tune ups/maintenance work.
So here’s my plan….oil change on the engine, transmission, and rear axle. Then grease chassis and front wheel bearings. Probably points if they need it. Of course anything else maintenance wise they’ll need on a as needed basis.
I figure will some planing we can basically make a day of it, and knock out least maybe 3-4 cars? Maybe more?
So keep that date in mind and if your interested in having your cars maintenance work done let me know and let’s see how many club members are interested in doing so.
