1951 F16

[kb426]

O&S did some yard work while some bolts, pulleys and the alum brackets from the front of the engine we being vatted. All the soft plugs, the crank, rods and pistons are in. Clearances are real nice.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

A friend is changing a camshaft in an LS engine..  He found a take out cam from a OEM Supercharged (?) engine.  His app is a turbo LS.  He commented about new camshafts are hard to find right now. No cores available or in short supply.

[kb426]

O&S was cleaning more parts. I was down to the lifters. After washing them in the solvent tank, I noticed one of the plungers was moving different from the others when I blew air through the lifter. I found out that many of the lifters were sludged up and sticking. It was a chore to get then apart and cleaned. A couple had the internal plunger completely filled with hard sediment. They were probably fine when working however many years ago when it was parked but after sitting, it was close to rock solid. I have another set of lifters but because these were low mileage, I wanted to use them. If I charged by the hour, I'd be broke on this deal. LOL.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

If I charged by the hour, I'd be broke on this deal. LOL.

Yes...  years ago when I was a car flipping , rebuilding, repairing guy the hours I pput in on the old cars to drive them ,  resell them, trade them.

[kb426]

O&S spent several hours assembling lifters today. It took a couple of tries to find a method to hold the lifter, push the plunger down and install the keeper. I managed to let a few take off to outer space and ended up robbing keepers from regular hyd. lifters. They are small and blind old guys are in trouble when trying to find them. Some of you may like pretty parts. The pics are a few items that have arrived.

[kb426]

O&S was on the job for a while today. The fedex man was glad my house was among the 1st on his route. Plenty of boxes. The glass kit form Auto City Classics arrived. They have packaging down pat. That isn't my 1st from them. They arrive undamaged. I'm impressed. After lunch, I did a little head work. Nothing new to most. Port match, bowl blend and thermactor bump removed. Slowly moving forward. It was 103 with 14% humidity this afternoon. I had a breeze blowing through the shop. Very pleasant for summer.

[kb426]

O&S ordered more parts and finished up the cylinder heads. They are under a trash bag in the corner. New springs, seals, port work. Still not much but better than they were. The springs are 120 lbs. on the seat versus 70 for oem. I intend to be able to rev to 6 grand. More parts ordering to finish out the day.

[idrivejunk]

That hill o' parts must represent a mountain of research and deliberation. I marvel as though standing at the foot of the great pyramid. Nice going.

[kb426]

O&S at it's finest. I struggled mentally today. What I was doing required reverse thinking as in laying out wall paneling on the back side. Lots of layout time trying to avoid mistakes. The 1st pic is the crush sleeves that go into the front rails that bolt to the c.v. cross member. They are 1/2" black pipe. Bored to size on the inside to .635 for .625 bolts. That was a light cut to remove the seam. The 2nd pic is a rail in the mill. I use the dro for measuring. It sure beats blind old guy scribe and marking. The od of the crush sleeves required the holes to be bored to size. I thought I would get both done today. Not so exhaust breath! One is ready for welding. I started off the day with mowing and cutting up the 2 x 4 in a good saw for the miters for the offset on the frame rails. A few more parts arrived. None to be excited about.

[kb426]

O&S is finished for the day. T.B. has set in again. I have the 2nd frame leg machined and all the crush sleeves welded in. The drawing I found on the internet had the offset of the bolts and the center pin backwards. I went to line things up last night and didn't like what I saw. I found a different drawing this morning that has the offset in the correct orientation.  I knew there was offset involved but didn't know until after the initial layup that there was a problem. It was easily remedied. I flipped the legs in the mill and changed the offset of the center pin which allowed the bolts to be in their proper location. The offset on the frame legs is welded and the measurements checked on the crossmember. That was enough fun for one day.

[kb426]

O&S got a little accomplished today. More parts arrived. Ac and fuel tank are off the list. I left out a pic of the front frame rails yesterday. The 2 x 6 rails were derusted some and cut for the front rails. Measure many times, cut once.

[idrivejunk]

How do you deal with mill scale?

[kb426]

60 or 80 grit on the small grinder for welding and blasting before painting.

[kb426]

O&S started off the day with yard work. A little weed pulling makes welding look wonderful. The 1st task was to install a main seal repair sleeve on the crank in the 302. I put up some pics incase someone is unaware of these. I had the rear main cap off to check everything. The tool works with the cap on. There was plenty of clamping and moving on the 2 frame rails while getting the front legs welded in. The front legs are stubbed in at 12". That's twice what most are. I don't know if it will be a benefit or overkill. This was the easy part. It will get more interesting after this.

[kb426]

O&S was in low gear today. I did yard work for several hours and then got started by bolting the rails to the front end. Then the thinking began. With the concept of worst 1st, I cut apart the lower a-arms adjusting bushing and rotated them. This is a normal deal for a c.v. conversion. I had some left over brackets from a prior project. I modified them to fit over the existing brackets. I need to cut some metal to weld them to the frame rails. Then the 2 plates can be bolted together for front end adjustment. That was the stopping point for today. I spent more time thinking than working today.