Technical What did you do today?

Hung a flat screen tv for my daughter , did the wash , booked a kitchen renovation and gazed at pics of my 51 Chrysler...

 

changed the oil and filter in my 61 Dodge. long over due. changed the thermostat when the old one stuck and puked all over a couple weeks back. put half a jug of antifreeze in the radiator and half on the floor.. car is messing with me for letting it sit so much. going to drive it tomorrow.

 

We dismantled the A diff from our coupe ,,it has a Hot Rod Works centre and axle conversion,,and I am going to make a solid spacer to go between the pinion bearings so preload is solidly set ,,it will be a bit of mucking around but may strengthen things a bit as we are running a 3.0 mercruiser so it will have a bit more sting ,,but if you take into account there is not a 60 lb flywheel spinning like on the back of an A engine it will even out ,,,,

 

Bent up some Copper Nickel fuel lines for my 1992 Dodge Cummins, I will install them and the tank before bedtime tonight.

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Hung plastic till 3 am in my garage to make a half ass spray boothe for Loader cleaning and painting..Too windy out today and with the leaves faling I would have had a booth full!! So I took a nap and caught the end of the Xfinity race..

 

Went on a club run to Coopernook Pub NSW for lunch

 

I been procrastinating. On my OT vehicle I decided to replace a input shaft bearing. The bearing I bought online 8 months ago is wrong size. Why am I not surprised? . Napa will have one here in 6 days.

 

Took the 0/T to a local show. Met up with a friend and his '57. Talked cars, it was at a local mall so the Queen went shopping.
A couple of cool engines there.

 

Took my 37 Chevy p/u for the longest trip ever today,went to a swapmeet in the morning and took mom up to the lake for a birthday dinner. I drove it 190 miles today and now that I got the speedometer as close to correct as I can get it can finally see what kind of gas mileage the 235 is getting.

 

I took the coupe out for most likely the last romp of the season. She was a beast as almost always. Now time to tear into her and get ready for spring. Its a vicious cycle . LOL.

 

Finished up reassembling the Mustang interior, ordered parts for the '51, and made back inside for the Seahawks kick-off!

 

You guys had more fun than me!!! Boo!

My work truck lives again! Now the lift is free to do maintenance on my wife's car. Oh my...

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Worked on a customers Twin engine T Im building !

 

I spent 3hrs picking up leaves and then took the Crosley and did some errands..Supposed to rain tomorrow ..

 

went to a Swap Meet at the Sacramento Raceway & a Car Show in Sacramento & a visit to Tognotti's Auto Parts/Speed Shop looking for some Lucas Hot Rod & Classic 20-50 oil

 

Got a little more done on my never ending dash project.

 

Monkeyed with the suspension on the race car.

 

Showed up an hour early due to the time change. Will make up for it in the spring.

 

I spent a few hours fixing a taillight and trying to figure out why the turn signal didn’t work. Turns out it never had a flasher installed. All fixed!


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Results of the great head swap adventure..... In between rain showers made one pass on our first day, terrible stumble and ran 11.57/117. Couldn't cure the stumble so swapped on my only other carb, a 1050 dominator. Figured I would make it run or drown it trying. Cured the stumble, ran a best of 11.31/117. Not too shabby for a stock 68 Riviera shortblock with a 490 lift cam, some darn good flowing aluminum heads and too much carb in a 3500 pound car. Probably a tenth or two left in it with some tuning. For starting off having a hard time getting this thing to even launch, wound up really happy with the result.

 

Enviably bonkers

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Finished off the reverse lockout on the T85 in my Modified;



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I helped a car club member chop his '52 chevy over the weekend. Still needs a lot of finishing but I'll help him along when i can.

 

So you’re saying you were framed?[emoji6]


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Just paid my bill at the machine shop for my 283 block! Now for assembly...

 

Nice [emoji106].


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Took my old mock-up 4 bolt 350 Chevy block to the machine shop to see if it's useable as a base for a stronger engine for my '56.
Took the sub-rail/floor from my '33 pu and a pair of '50 Ford wheels to our newly reopened sandblast and powder coater as a test to see how he does. The price quote was good, we'll see about the workmanship.

 

I beg to differ with you on your mechanical ability. You used a lot of screws and presumably a screw gun, correct? I don't see evidence of blood on the walls anywhere so, you must have done something right

 

I voted.

 

Checked usps tracking cause I bought this..it's only new once...going in my hot rod..