The Jalopy Journal
Cylinder scuffing question (ordered 0.040 over rings), getting ready to order a hone, is there a preference for grit? The interwebs says 180 to...
About to disappear again, back to chasing a leak in the irrigation system...can't waste water. Happy spring![ATTACH]
What a mess. Tried to do...something. F'ing mess. Just over look. This is the trial go at the front part of the valence. It is a complex bit of...
Pistons seem to be pretty uniform top to bottom when measured 90° from center of wrist pin. Thinking about reaching out to Chaffins, and...
thank you Dan, will do.
@Dan from Oakland all the pistons have wear on the thrust side of pistons, ring landings still look nice and square. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Checked the pistons at 90 degrees to pin, on center of the plane. Piston - Cylinder bore (U/M) #1 3.788 - 3.7910 / 3.7915 #2 3.783 - 3.7905 /...
Pulled the rods today, second ring on the first piston came out in 2 pieces. Put the rings back in their respective holes and checked gap at a the...
I've always looked at Ed Archers T as the engine set up for road racing. Think he runs a single 1 3/4 Juhasz, he would routinely touch 100 on the...
As you noted...technique. After about the 2nd complete circuit, started getting the hang of and did it 2 more times I'd bet that the variances...
They are Jahns, this engine really has a 60's build feel. Bores feel smooth with no ridges or wear marks. The variance may also be attributed to...
Dips for the rods, instead of the little pressed steel ones, who ever built this engine put a lot of thought into it.
Broke out the telescoping gauges and checked the bores, measuring perpendicular to the wrist pin (is that correct?) measured at the upper end of...
Got an engine stand up and functioning. Mounted the engine and flipped it over. Everything looks very clean. The engine had no compression,...
They are "Disteel" wheels, I think they really help the visual balance of the car. The body is so large, the wheels help bring it together.
A fellow model T enthusiast came by, got to do some mock up. Also started having an experience with the hammer and dolly. When the body was as...
Nice opportunity to get quench, spark, plug location, over the top of the exhaust valve for maximum concentration of heat for combustion, I'm...
That is a great detail note Dan. Thank you for sharing.
Continuing the speedster saga, picked up an engine at auction, complete unknown. What I did know it has no compression. From the outside it looks...
Ain't quitting the day job any time soon. As I have about 30 linear feet plus or minus 1/2 a mile of wire beaded edge to make, time to learn. For...
That has crossed my mind, did it on my last speedster. 4" set back on the passenger makes a huge difference in not having your elbow in your...
Also put in a stock wheel, about 4" difference on the column angle or 2.5" closer to the firewall on a horizontal plane.
Those look nice. Dan makes equally fine gears, once a decade or so he makes a run of fine tooth gears for model T's. One day I'll get a set.
Got a bit of time to myself...started working on steering column position. The main problem is me, at 6'2" I just don't fit. Really should...
Are you bringing a plethora of goodies to ogle and buy? I'd dearly love a set of fine tooth straight cut timing gears.
Any update on this project?
One of my favorite old dawg images. Was trying to imitate Mr. Lartigue for a few years, never did. Shot that on a 50's Speedgraphic that was...
It is a fine reason! Enjoy the summer.
What a bummer. Seems that all that is left is the ragtime cruisers (not meant to be a negative). All that is left is all the racing across the...
Not particularly happy with this, have to fit it all behind a valence. Maybe side to side is the path. happy new years!
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