I only got it partly right too. The bore/stroke combo was all I could really remember.
What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2022]
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I only got it partly right too. The bore/stroke combo was all I could really remember.
Spent time installing the new Pioneer stereo and tuning it to work with my subs today.
I think the Alpine had a small bit better SQ, but it’s really not that noticable. But at least it sounds awesome.
I think the Alpine had a small bit better SQ, but it’s really not that noticable. But at least it sounds awesome.
That combo makes a 307. Those shared the same bore but not block as the 283 due to the journals going bigger in '68. It's the 302, 327, 350 that all share the 4" bore.
Nothing. Had just hit the head for some relief when the phone rang. Turned out to be an emergency call in request to cover the south route. South got trapped with no power and bad roads due to the snudge storm ( heavy wet snow in soggy clumps with potholes full of salty water = snudge or snow plus sludge.)
Nick
Nick
Took the evening off to help a buddy look and buy a new (old) skid steer. It needs some work but for the price it should do what he needs.
1976 international. 37hp of v4 fury!
1976 international. 37hp of v4 fury!
x2^2
You've described the reason I bought a trailer. I've looked at two G's that were semi local and advertised as 'rust free'.
Yeah right.
Last weekend through last nights efforts to have the Cabriolet ready for the Round-Up next weekend in Austin....
I finished up the mods on a new water pump housing so I could get it painted & rebuilt. We got it rebuilt & swapped on within nano-seconds of the paint drying. The mods now allow cleanly adding a temp sensor probe so it's not screaming 'LOOK @ ME'. The water pump that was on the car was not set-up correctly. That plus the radiator pressurizing (non-pressurized system) caused the water pump seals to fail & sprayed everything under the hood w/rusty water. The new water pump was dialed in better using an actual pulley to set the shaft depth vs what the instructions said to do when I did the other one. It should be good to go. Now I'll rebuild the other one again & mod it for the temp sender bung so we'll have a back-up (smart Model-A folks that actually drive their sh*t always carry selective spare parts).
Ignition set-up was installed last week (new distributor w/better electronics + Blaster II coil + actual plug wires vs the copper strap/original set-up) but the carb was way past time for rebuilding so it was hard to note improvement. With a replacement core sourced, I had to drill out the throttle shaft bore bushings on it for some bind free action & got that done @ work. The replacement was painted this week, assembled, installed then dialed in last night. It doesn't idle down as low as a stocker (these things can idle @ 100-200rpm) but it does have a lightened V8 flywheel/clutch set-up so it's as low as it can go & works right from idle to full throttle w/no fuel leaking/dripping. Yay.
While the young gun was finishing up the carb stuff on the bench I took the opportunity to remove as much of the rust staining as I could. It's not as clean as I wanted but it def looks better than rust splatter everywhere. With the carb rebuild & swap, the remaining tank to fuel line pieces were put in place as well. All that's left for the fuel system rebuild is the screen for the sediment bowl on the firewall. It will get done once we burn though the couple of gallons I put into the tank so we could dial things in.
New LED brake lights are installed, wired-up, & have power. We have a new brake light switch but haven't installed it yet (the original is hit/miss functionally but was causing a current draw).
I've been working on de-scaling the bead surfaces on the 16" 1935 wheels so the new tire beads will seal as good as possible (not going to run tubes). Two of the wheels were decent already; the other two not so much. A few hours w/the needle-scaler & I was impressed/surprised by the surface improvement. I should have them ready for tire mounting by mid-week.
I didn't get a pic of the parking lot surface but when the young-gun took it out around the block last night after the last round of carb adjustments, he laid a couple of black marks on the concrete leaving. Not bad for a semi-rebuild of a 92yr old rebuilt 4-banger. We need to replace the firewall insulation panel now that the fuel system is all rebuilt but a few more items crossed off the punch-list & the little drop-top keeps getting better!
I doubt we'll have time to rebuild the synchronized trans & get it installed before next Thursday. Junior will probably want to thrash on that (get it done & installed) cause he's young but this old guy would prefer to not do it that way. If it was just an R&R I might be willing but the different trans requires adapting things so I prefer a slower pace to ensure there are no surprises.
We still have a bunch of parts in a pile ready to go on for the suspension rebuild so we definitely won't have the suspension done for this event but hopefully it's the final one w/the 'Death-Wobble'.
I finished up the mods on a new water pump housing so I could get it painted & rebuilt. We got it rebuilt & swapped on within nano-seconds of the paint drying. The mods now allow cleanly adding a temp sensor probe so it's not screaming 'LOOK @ ME'. The water pump that was on the car was not set-up correctly. That plus the radiator pressurizing (non-pressurized system) caused the water pump seals to fail & sprayed everything under the hood w/rusty water. The new water pump was dialed in better using an actual pulley to set the shaft depth vs what the instructions said to do when I did the other one. It should be good to go. Now I'll rebuild the other one again & mod it for the temp sender bung so we'll have a back-up (smart Model-A folks that actually drive their sh*t always carry selective spare parts).
Ignition set-up was installed last week (new distributor w/better electronics + Blaster II coil + actual plug wires vs the copper strap/original set-up) but the carb was way past time for rebuilding so it was hard to note improvement. With a replacement core sourced, I had to drill out the throttle shaft bore bushings on it for some bind free action & got that done @ work. The replacement was painted this week, assembled, installed then dialed in last night. It doesn't idle down as low as a stocker (these things can idle @ 100-200rpm) but it does have a lightened V8 flywheel/clutch set-up so it's as low as it can go & works right from idle to full throttle w/no fuel leaking/dripping. Yay.
While the young gun was finishing up the carb stuff on the bench I took the opportunity to remove as much of the rust staining as I could. It's not as clean as I wanted but it def looks better than rust splatter everywhere. With the carb rebuild & swap, the remaining tank to fuel line pieces were put in place as well. All that's left for the fuel system rebuild is the screen for the sediment bowl on the firewall. It will get done once we burn though the couple of gallons I put into the tank so we could dial things in.
New LED brake lights are installed, wired-up, & have power. We have a new brake light switch but haven't installed it yet (the original is hit/miss functionally but was causing a current draw).
I've been working on de-scaling the bead surfaces on the 16" 1935 wheels so the new tire beads will seal as good as possible (not going to run tubes). Two of the wheels were decent already; the other two not so much. A few hours w/the needle-scaler & I was impressed/surprised by the surface improvement. I should have them ready for tire mounting by mid-week.
I didn't get a pic of the parking lot surface but when the young-gun took it out around the block last night after the last round of carb adjustments, he laid a couple of black marks on the concrete leaving. Not bad for a semi-rebuild of a 92yr old rebuilt 4-banger. We need to replace the firewall insulation panel now that the fuel system is all rebuilt but a few more items crossed off the punch-list & the little drop-top keeps getting better!
I doubt we'll have time to rebuild the synchronized trans & get it installed before next Thursday. Junior will probably want to thrash on that (get it done & installed) cause he's young but this old guy would prefer to not do it that way. If it was just an R&R I might be willing but the different trans requires adapting things so I prefer a slower pace to ensure there are no surprises.
We still have a bunch of parts in a pile ready to go on for the suspension rebuild so we definitely won't have the suspension done for this event but hopefully it's the final one w/the 'Death-Wobble'.
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