Re: Todds 1930 733 7P Sedan

Posted by tfee On 2012/5/3 20:05:24

Enough about extinct bugs though. While I was playing artist the engine was being worked on at Classics and Exotic service in Troy Mi. They have taken the engine down to the basics and sent all the parts out to be cleaned and rebabitted and most are back now. I was over there last week to make a payment and everything looks in order. The biggest setback has been the cylinders. The last engine builder bored the cylinders oversize by .005" and the bores were also tapered .001"

In order to fix this I had to return my .080 oversize pistons in exchange for a set that is .085" oversize. Brian is going to re-hone the cylinders for a .002" oversize fit which should be perfect. Another snag was the vibration damper, the hub was cracked and not repairable. I bought another from John Ulrich however this turned out to be cracked even worse than my first one. We are now going to machine a whole new hub from steel as the original was cast and obviously prone to breaking.

I've decided that the crank case could use some polishing so every night for a week now I've been grinding away at it smoothing out all the bumps and ripples. I may polish it to a mirror or I may leave it with a Scothcbrite finish, I haven't decided yet.

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