Re: 1940 Super 8 160 Model 1803 Project

Posted by Jim On 2011/10/30 20:58:53
Kev, a big thanks to you and Rhonda for making the trip to grab the fenders, and for bringing them to Laughlin. Seems the parts exchange has already begun and we are weeks away yet.

West, I have one left non-side mount '40 fender available soon. It is a very decent fender. I will have two '39 non-side mount fenders available early next year also. Yes, they are different.

Joe, that is darned impressive! You are a very resourceful fellow.

So, today was the final day of pre-Laughlin futzing with the '40. Adjusted the steering box free-play. Turned out really nice! My buddy Bob came by and helped a ton. He prepped and painted the bottle jacks, crank rods, and lug wrenches for the '39 & '40. Been running around all these years with no jacks / lug wrenches. We will be a long ways out at thanks giving in one or the other of the cars, not to mention running out to Oatman at the P-Info meet.

Next on the agenda, make speedometer work. Pulled it out and tore it down. Never ever seen grease actually seize gears, shafts, and odometer. Soaked down in WD-40, cleaned, lubed, and coaxed the input shaft to smooth up and return to life. Since the car was driven with a seized speedo the cable was broken. In luck! Had the cable from the '39 that was replaced with a longer one after the overdrive was installed. Success! The speedo works great.

With that, the car was loaded and readied for the treck to our P-Info meet. Got the '39 out after a summer sabbatical and it roared to life. Will spend the duration of time making it ready.

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