Re: Ken's 1937 115C Touring Sedan

Posted by Ken_P On 2014/12/17 22:29:35

Wow- so it's been over a month since I've posted, and unfortunately, not too much to talk about. Life has been hectic between prepping for winter, the first few storms, Thanksgiving, and a huge inspection at work. That said, I have done a few things.

1. The engine is mounted on a stand. A little hard to turn because of the leverage exerted by the long block, but not too bad. I think I would modify the stand if it was an 8, or buy a better engine stand. I did have to modify the arms- the bellhousing spacing is different on my engine than a modern engine, so I just had to drill 4 holes to make the stand arms effectively shorter.

2. Ordered tooling from Lock-N-Stitch. I have some time off over Christmas, and that is one of my plans. I was able to use two hammers to flatten the block where it had swollen around the crack. I put the peen of one hammer on the block and then tapped the hammer with a second hammer. Worked well, and I think that once the repair is complete, my block will look as good as new. The casting is 1/4" thick on the water jacket, in case anyone is interested.

EDIT: The second area I thought was cracked is not, so that's a victory.

3. Completed engine dis-assembly, or nearly. I do think my machine shop wants the cam out too. After I get the crack repaired, I may look into getting the crank journals line bored and other full rebuild type services. The connecting rod journals miked out to spec, so I may just have the shop polish and inspect everything, rather than rebuild. The speedometer shows 3k miles, so I am assuming 103k, but the engine looks pretty good for that sort of mileage. Who knows if the engine (or the speedometer) matches the car though. I bought it from a collector who had had several 1082s- including one cut flat behind the front doors and used as a farm truck.

I started to build a vibration damper pulley remover similar to pictures I found here, but got the pulley off before I was done with fabrication. I made one arm, and tapped it lightly with a dead blow hammer, and the pulley slid right off.

I'll post more once I get the engine to the machine shop. Separately, I should have the clutch back soon, and hopefully the distributor and carb sometime after the new year.