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It has been
awhile since I produced an update. I'm skipping around but will go
back and fill in the gaps so keep checking the site for past and
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Ok, had a
great turnout today and it was very productive. A lot of the tasks
on the board were crossed off. |
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Lenny and his grandson (I cannot remember his
name, shame on me) bled the drakes one last time. |
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Bill crated a bushing to go around the
transmission coolant lines where they pass through the chassis. |
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Steve installed the drive shaft. The engine
was started, the transmission was run through its gears, the
transmission brake was tested, and reverse was tested (this
transmission has a pro brake in it so you have to hold the
transmission brake in order to get reverse). All worked correctly. |
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The fire
bottles were removed by Steve, Lenny and Lenny's grandson for the
trip to Indiana as they are not allowed to freeze (garage is always
heated so up to this point it was ok to leave the bottles in the
chassis). All the fire suspension lines were check for tightness.
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Jack
added a clamp on the fuel line as it was unsupported in the upturn
to the carburetor. |
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Tom made yet another bracket for the dragster,
this time it was to add support to the remote oil filter lines. |
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The valves covers are back from the machine
shop were the insides were machined out to reduce their weight.
These are case covers and weighed a ton. They are taller than the
stamped covers that were used to keep the paint off the rocker arms
when the engine was painted. Tom and Vince adjusted the spark plug
wires so that the new valve covers would fit under the wires. |
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As if
there was not enough going on we had a side project going on. That
project was to build some stanchions that will be used to rope of
the dragster at the upcoming show. Billy, Don, worked on this
project. We are build these stanchions from an interesting
collection of items. The bases are old rotors (which have been sand
blasted), the posts are 2 inch electrical conduit, The conduit is
fastened to the rotor with conduit connectors that have had their
retaining nuts welded to the rotors (they can be unscrewed from the
nut welded to the rotor), The top is a fence post cap that is fit on
top of another conduit connector that has been cut in half. The
stanchions will all be powder coated so all the pieces match. |
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The tail
light has been installed by Vince. The plan is to light the tail
light at the show with a small power supply. |
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The throttle cable was move to run under the
oil pressure gauge line as it was kinking the line. Braided line has
been ordered to replace the plastic line. |
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The valve
covers have been powder coated gold and then clear coated on top of
that. Burns down tubes have been added and the completed covers have
been bolted on the dragster. |
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As a finishing touch for the show Lenny and
his grandson bolted on some wheel caps on the wheels. |
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So as you
can see a lot of small tasks were completed today that have been
hanging on for dear life on the to do list, but are now complete.
The body
that is sitting on the back porch will be coming back into the
garage and be reinstalled on the dragster this week. There are a
number of tasks that need to be completed to go racing (not the
least of which is to address the overheating problem, can anyone
guess how that will be addressed? It will definitely get you
attention when you hear the solution.)
The
current plan is to load the dragster this coming Saturday, Sunday,
or Tuesday depending on weather. We will need a number of helping
hands to get it down the driveway. I know that Sunday is the super
bowl but this can be done in the morning and should not take too
long. Let me know what days you can help out and I will add that
into the mix of the weather. I did watch the extended weather
tonight and Saturday looks to be promising at the moment. |
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