Ken P wrote:
Looks like you're getting it all back together! I'm very jealous of your shop. I did a little bit of machining in college, and am planning to buy a mill and lathe further down the road when Uncle Sam stops telling me to move.

Also good discussion on the exhaust manifold. The manifold on my 115c is also cracked. A local welding shop is going to tig weld it for me; I don't want to braze it myself, and I don't have the skills or tools for a tig job.

West Peterson Wrote:

The downdraft tube on my 50,000-mile original '40 is black.

Interesting information on the color of filler tubes from the manufacturer being black. That might be why some have found black paint on the front engine motor-mount cradle. I think we have determined that the cradle should be engine color, but they may have come black from the mfc...