Recent content by Peter J

Hey Guys. You came though again!! I think this is exactly what I need for this guys project. He has a complete shop and this should answer all his questions. Thanks Again! Peter

Thanks guys. Jim, what I neglected to say was that it has modified pistons (283's) and rods. It's the allen bolts on the rods that don't clear as you pointed out. I wonder if you can heat and possibly hammer out the bulges like on the B pan?? The enlarged rear main isn't a problem.

Hey Guys, Haven't pestered the old pros for awhile but got a question. A friend of mine purchased a "good" B engine for his 31 with one catch. No oil pan. He has plenty of A oil pans but oh well. I seem to recall that someone had a show and tell on modifying an A oil pan to fit the B...

Valves are all new and proper clearance. Plugs are all ash colored so was running good. I wonder if the dynamics of the engine would have changed enough to make an out of balance clutch/flywheel ***. now be prominant that I couldn't feel earler?? Anyhoo, I have the engine out and now in the...

I guess the next question would by how close should they be to each other to make they play well together. I figured I'd do what Patrick suggested. With only 50 miles on them, the pistons can still go anywhere their happy and leave the rods where I originally adjusted them.

Could I weigh the whole assembly e.g. piston and rod? I've got the shims where I want them and would like to keep them together if I could. I've never replaced these many new parts at once so that's why I'm sort of in the dark on this. Pete

I was sort of afraid that would be the answer. I'm suprised that their would be enough weight variance to set up a vibration with all new parts. Oh well, a winter project. Pete

Tom, I'm not sure who makes them but I have the exposed sealed beam conversion on my 29. I think I put out of "wanted" on the Swap Meet. Lot's of folks have changed back like Ryan so they're out there. I don't have battery issues but have a good gen. Pete

Hey Guys, I've checked the old threads and some close but no cigar. I've got an engine vibration since I rebuilt it with all new rods, pistons and rings. All from different dealers but all where bought as sets. It runs quiet and has plenty of power. No vibration prior to the rebuild and the...

Hey thanks guys. I believe mine was assembled in Vancouver BC and the belt looks like it was originally screwed on (probably with Robertson screws). I think the previous owner(s) tried the copper tubing trick behind the quarter windows. The copper moulding sure seems like the way to go. Thanks...

That's exacially the piece I'm looking for on my Special Coupe. The one I have was nailed on! I'd try to clean mine up and try to reuse it but I haven't seen a good pic of what a good one should look like.

It sure looks like an engine fire starting at the carb. The manifold area protected the paint directly above the carb from blistering but it creeped around both ends. Looks like some gas pooled on top of the cam cover.

Lots of folks use what's called 600W (not weight) gear oil. You can get it through most the suppliers. Some folks use a mix of gear oil and STP. I'm presently using 85-140 and frankly can't tell the difference althought others say they can. You might want to flush it with diesel and see what...

Like I mentioned, I've never had any experience with "new" rods/babbitt so I didn't know. The machinest that fitted the rods to the pistons did check for rod alignment but not being one (a machinest which you are), I wouldn't know if I was getting a snow job or not. I did notice a visible...

Thought someone would be interested how I finally checked my rod clearances. Didn't want to take too much apart so I adjusted them upside down. Worked great as I had plenty of access and could swing each rod independantly to check for drag etc. Now to put it back together. The pistons go in...