Re: Barries's 1950 standard 8
Posted by africapackard On 2008/7/11 1:51:05
Thought I would split my story in 2 as the installation of the engine was a story by itself! I was sitting relaxing after a days work at around 5 in the afternoon and then just decided that it was now time to install this engine. Sometimes I get this huge motivational feelings which realy helps to finish projects hahah!!
Anyway as it was starting to get dark I had to work by the overhead lights and as I was alone you can imagine the struggle! The results are good and I am very happy. I struggled a bit with moving the crane and keeping the engine steady at the same time. Also getting the spigot shat into the flywheel was a struggle. I was very carefull and worked slowly not to bend anything. The oil pan barely misses the steering cross shaft in order to line up the spigot shaft.
As I cannot aford imports at the moment I had to improvise the engine mount. I got 2 very thick pieces (for free when the guy heard about the packard!!!!) of cured rubber from the Transvaal Rubber factory. This I sawed and filed into shape. It seems to work fine and is very strong, probably stronger than original. Just remember to use "cured" rubber otherwise it will collapse soon. Unluckily the thread in the mounting stripped out and I had to remove the chain cover in order to get 2 studs inserted for the mounting. It is stronger now than with only the bolt setup.
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Anyway as it was starting to get dark I had to work by the overhead lights and as I was alone you can imagine the struggle! The results are good and I am very happy. I struggled a bit with moving the crane and keeping the engine steady at the same time. Also getting the spigot shat into the flywheel was a struggle. I was very carefull and worked slowly not to bend anything. The oil pan barely misses the steering cross shaft in order to line up the spigot shaft.
As I cannot aford imports at the moment I had to improvise the engine mount. I got 2 very thick pieces (for free when the guy heard about the packard!!!!) of cured rubber from the Transvaal Rubber factory. This I sawed and filed into shape. It seems to work fine and is very strong, probably stronger than original. Just remember to use "cured" rubber otherwise it will collapse soon. Unluckily the thread in the mounting stripped out and I had to remove the chain cover in order to get 2 studs inserted for the mounting. It is stronger now than with only the bolt setup.
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