Re: 1940 Super 8 160 Model 1803 Project

Posted by Jim On 2012/1/8 0:58:47

Just catching up on what's new with the OD project. No joy getting done last week, the journal roller bearing did not come in the Friday before New Years weekend. So, other work proceeded.

First up was repairing the broken OD cable sleeve. It is a brass tube and was bent. It snapped when straightened so a sleeve was needed. No problem, a 3/8 fuel line did the trick.

Next was bad second / High gear bronze shift fork pads. The pads are swaged onto the forks. Had spares but wanted to avoid changing the whole fork. Found that I was able to grind the washer off and split it leaving a groove that an E-clip worked perfect in. Easy fix. Needless to say, this thing was popping out of gear and being held in with the shift lever.

On to adding magnets to the drain bolts. Easy task that will pay off in spades down the road.

Next I found the pins and pivots associated with the throttle linkage were loose enough the car didn't get full throttle and would not depress the kick down switch properly. No problem, make oversize pivot pins.

More to come...

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