Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan

Posted by Joe Santana On 2018/6/30 0:31:35

STABILIZER/SWAY BAR: All the details were posted before the 6/20, but today I actually did it, and that black window weld is the messiest stuff you can imagine. Even if you wear gloves (mine split in the process), you definitely need a spray can of 3M Adhesive Cleaner because this black stuff gets on everything - all over the cap and cup, the cotter pin, your pliers, screw driver, etc. Also, for me, after putting in the weld, the bottom rubber, forcing in the tongue of the bar, more weld, the top rubber and cap, you need a special clamp to force it together to insert the cotter pin through the cup-cap-rubber plug and out the cap and cup. You can't do it by hand, I couldn't anyway. I lined up the holes of the cap (and drilled rubber plug) and cup, then pressed them together with my vice. It was tricky, but it work. I didn't take pix because I couldn't touch anything. But it's done. So I'll wait 24 hours for it to set up before driving.

CARB: Now that the accelerator bottoms out, I used the idle screw and a laser tach to set the idle to spec: 375 RPM.

CONCOURS: Forest Grove Oregon has a Concours d'Elegance in mid-July. Tomorrow os the last day to enter. I entered this morning, hoping the last few items might be done by then. Attached are the pix I sent for entry.

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