Re: 1940 Super 8 160 Model 1803 Project

Posted by Jim On 2012/1/14 0:52:51

So, the evenings were filed with boring wore out pivots and arms, and machining little bushings to refresh all the clearances. This was unbelievably tedious, I wish the kid at the corner station in 1951 would have lubed this stuff. Oh well... the end product is an accelerator pedal that instantly begins to open the throttle, proper contact of the OD kickdown just as the linkage is reaching full throttle, and the mighty 356 delivering full power, as verified on a test drive to dinner this evening. The governor is gone, long live full throttle and passing gear!

Seriously, this was one of those annoying tasks that seemed like a good time to do so that the progress of getting the OD swapped in over the three day weekend would not be interrupted. Tomorrow officially begins operation transmission swap! Really hope to be driving around Monday evening. We will see!

West, I haven't forgotten about your heater pipe support stand. Will do very soon!

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