Re: Mike's 53 Clipper
Posted by Tobs On 2010/10/27 13:05:22
Well, this past saturday most of the underbody got painted and looks a lot better. After long hours of grinding and treating surface rust, a first coat of paint went on. Nice to see a difference.
I was able to remove the clutch torsion shaft. I pulled the woodruf key out with some vice grips. That got it. parts are now clean and waiting for paint
Since the fuel tank is out, I had been soaking the fitting for the fuel line and was paranoid I would strip the fitting in the tank hole. 1/2 open end wrenches were going to stip it, but I cut the metal line off just before the fitting and was able to get a 6-sided deep socket on the fitting. That was the ticket! Hope the new line goes in easily also when I get to that...
On the engine front, I think I will be able to use the 1951 288 from Kurt's 54 Pacific! This should save me quite a bit on shipping a block across the atlantic, or sleeving and welding my old block. I have yet to decide if I rebuild this 288 block with my 327 crank and rods, or rebuild the 288 as a 288, or just do a checkup and partial rebuild on the 288. Guess I'll do a compression test, and then pull the head to determine the condition of the engine.
Hmm, the manifolds are off of kurt's 288 right now. I can still run a compression test w/o manifolds right? Just have to be careful I don't suck anything in when cranking the engine.
Kurt's car is going to be a custom sled, so a V8 of some sort may go in it.
The packard club of Austria will have a spring cruise, so it would be nice to be ready for that
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I was able to remove the clutch torsion shaft. I pulled the woodruf key out with some vice grips. That got it. parts are now clean and waiting for paint
Since the fuel tank is out, I had been soaking the fitting for the fuel line and was paranoid I would strip the fitting in the tank hole. 1/2 open end wrenches were going to stip it, but I cut the metal line off just before the fitting and was able to get a 6-sided deep socket on the fitting. That was the ticket! Hope the new line goes in easily also when I get to that...
On the engine front, I think I will be able to use the 1951 288 from Kurt's 54 Pacific! This should save me quite a bit on shipping a block across the atlantic, or sleeving and welding my old block. I have yet to decide if I rebuild this 288 block with my 327 crank and rods, or rebuild the 288 as a 288, or just do a checkup and partial rebuild on the 288. Guess I'll do a compression test, and then pull the head to determine the condition of the engine.
Hmm, the manifolds are off of kurt's 288 right now. I can still run a compression test w/o manifolds right? Just have to be careful I don't suck anything in when cranking the engine.
Kurt's car is going to be a custom sled, so a V8 of some sort may go in it.
The packard club of Austria will have a spring cruise, so it would be nice to be ready for that
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