What OT crap are you working on

Chasing this starting issue on the shovelhead

 

There are two relays on a Shovelhead, strange one on the starter one looks like a Ford unit .Clean Grounds are must and burnt contacts will drive a wooden Indian crazy . Just thinkin outloud , I’m sure you have checked everything to this point . Batteries today are totally junk stuff . Load test maybe in order if you haven’t yet . Man the kicker was good , but age is showing up on me now . Don’t like to have to kick off the old dudes often anymore . I did today and got soaked in a storm , just like the good old days !

 

Replacing the bed on the beater . This will be number 3 .

 

After the video I tried jumping it at solenoid again and it just sparked but that was it. Then I rapped on the solenoid with a hammer and still only the click at the relay "Ford looking one", then I rapped on the starter and finally got a click at the solenoid.
So at least I know power is getting to the solenoid, battery fully charged and even still had the charger hooked to it. I wish this thing had a kicker, hell I'd be riding.

 

All done ! I was surprised at how easy it was to disassemble. I had the right color paint and used a couple axle lock nuts for the missing headlights, and salvaged the trailer decals, ready for another 100,000 thousand miles.

 

There is one on the primary to engage the starter drive isn’t there . Not to be a pest , but just thinking out loud . Check for current at the starter positive terminal ( test light ) when you hear the relay engage . Contacts get crusty , coil engages ( click sound ) but no current is passing . Again not to be a pest , just thinking out loud . The old dudes aren’t much fun when stupid stuff happens . I always had trouble with handle bar*****ons for start on Shovelheads .

 

Got the 12 bolt****embled and painted. Pretty much all panel fitment done. Pulling subframe this weekend to clean and rebuild. Then it's time for paint

 

Pulled this 4L80 out of my son's Suburban, I might go through it myself still thinking about that. Looks like it needs the intake pulled off also.

 

Reman. units start at $2500 , my friends Transmission shop is standing room only. He would work me in but I hate using favors when I don't have to. He stocks what I need, for around a grand with a convertor.
He is young guy in his forties who walked one of my boys through a complete 700 rebuild for that my son did as his senior project in HS.
At no charge, so you young guys keep that in mind with the teenagers you meet. Share your skills. But I digress !
I can't pick them up anymore so I had to take the slow route to get it on the table, but there she sits. Pretty well smoked from the looks of things so here we go.

 

Pressure washed the underside and then blew the subframe apart.

 

Got the fuel lines done And I couldn't resist a little tongue in cheek humor

 

DZ/LT-1

 

One ready for many miles of hard use , one ready to begin rebirth

 

Every time I see a Tiger I'm reminded of the one my grade school pals' older brother had, bought when I was around twelve years old, 1966, was British Racing Green,****y little thing.

 

That is how a motor should look, nice and clean with no China***** on it. Plus a nice set of headers ! and those heads.

 

Put the motor back onto the lathe finally. Lathe is mechanically in good shape. However several key adjustments were lacking. My Son captured this without me knowing.

 

Think I found my starting issue

 

^"At the end of it's service life".
@lumpy 63 - that engine looks beautiful!

 

Looks like the OD planetary came apart and in turn ruined the forward drum, the 4th gear drum and a couple other hard parts as well. That*****s.

 

Went to a machine shop today that's been closed up for 10 years or so, tons of 350 4 bolt blocks and big block stuff everywhere. I saw a nice set of 292 turbo heads that looked professionally ported and scored em cheap. When I got home I saw the RHS stamps on the ends

 

Nice, I was looking at an engine on marketplace that had 492 heads on it, precursor to the 292 could be had with straight or angle plugs but both had 2.02 valves.

 

My pal Tony powder coated the subframe, going to reassemble this weekend

 

Finally got the Moggie in primer Sunday... almost got the CAT too...

 

Block sanding 9,650 square feet of 1971 Pontiac that's going black it's like working on a yacht lmao @scofflaw

 

"Hey Lloyd, what off topic***** are you working on?" Lmao! Anybody need a damn job?

 

That's the problem. But it's all good.

 

When you are self employed, being busy is a much better problem to have then being slow.
That said, you are cranking stuff out pretty fast, the biggest problems start when things go wrong and you don't get the work done as fast as the customers think it should be done.

All that really*****s when you want to get your own project done, but the guy in the front office wants to pay the stupid bills first...

 

I'm not a 9-5 kinda guy. Some nights I'm in the shop pretty damn late. I do crank out a lot of work, but too many people watch TV shows and think that's how it works. It's not real, it's TV. I don't work on anything late model, there are multiple shops around that do that stuff. I had my fill of collision repair. I do what I want to do, and I do my best. But I do think it's time to hire somebody lol. Hard to find the right person.

 

I love your shop, Lloyd. I wish we were closer. But it looks like you have plenty of work.