theferg
SILVER Star
So, I keep saying I'm workin' on my 60...getting it back into good running condition...and fixing up and finishing all the little querks (no, the lockers still ain't frickin' wired--but I do have all the wiring and I thought I had a good harness, but that's another story. Anyway, very, very soon on the lockers....) So there's a guy in my local Cruiser club that's rebuilt a few carbs for a few guys around the state and they can't say anything but good about him. (For those of you how know that one guy that was rebuilding carbs here in Utah--no, it's not him...) Anyway, so I took my carby off and ran it over to this guy and he asked me what kinda setup I was running... Was it all stock? De-smog? Headers? Nope. Yep. Yep. He has a 60 and it's a similar setup so he set the jets and such like he runs on his. Took him a few days and voila! got me a rebuilt carb. Carb looks super good BTW.
So anyway, to get to the real point: While the carb was off getting rebuilt, I figured I would go ahead and finally start finishing up the snorkel install by modifying my stock air-cleaner assembly so I hook the snorkel up (Hey, it's only been a year and a half since the snorkel install...
). So anyway, some good friends of mine have a nice plasma cutter so I went over to their shop and had one of them cut out the area around the intake arm. We cut out the section on the arm where the hot-air induction area is (on the underneath) and removed the diaphram that sits up top. Cut off all the hose clamp things and filled in all the holes they left behind and capped the top and bottom where the cuts were made. And also formed some 22 gauge sheet metal into place where the arm was cut out. Looks pretty sweet if you ask me. My friends actually have some sweet sheet metal shaping tools used for body work (they are also restoring an old Belair) that we used to shape the sheet metal to form with the rest of the cleaner.
Next, after a few test placements of how the arm should go on the other side, it was decided that if the arm was just rotated around the outside, it would line up almost perfect to where the snorkel air hose ended. Tacked it on and checked it out--looked good. Welded it up, cleaned the crap out of it, and primed and painted it.
It may not be absolutely perfect, but I like it a LOT. Here's some pics of the finished product sittin' in the engine bay.
Just need to find about a foot of hose to fit on between the snorkel hose and the intake arm... Any ideas are welcome (and no, i won't use dryer hose...i already removed that crap from where the P.O. had used it... )
-Ferg-
So anyway, to get to the real point: While the carb was off getting rebuilt, I figured I would go ahead and finally start finishing up the snorkel install by modifying my stock air-cleaner assembly so I hook the snorkel up (Hey, it's only been a year and a half since the snorkel install...
). So anyway, some good friends of mine have a nice plasma cutter so I went over to their shop and had one of them cut out the area around the intake arm. We cut out the section on the arm where the hot-air induction area is (on the underneath) and removed the diaphram that sits up top. Cut off all the hose clamp things and filled in all the holes they left behind and capped the top and bottom where the cuts were made. And also formed some 22 gauge sheet metal into place where the arm was cut out. Looks pretty sweet if you ask me. My friends actually have some sweet sheet metal shaping tools used for body work (they are also restoring an old Belair) that we used to shape the sheet metal to form with the rest of the cleaner.Next, after a few test placements of how the arm should go on the other side, it was decided that if the arm was just rotated around the outside, it would line up almost perfect to where the snorkel air hose ended. Tacked it on and checked it out--looked good. Welded it up, cleaned the crap out of it, and primed and painted it.
It may not be absolutely perfect, but I like it a LOT. Here's some pics of the finished product sittin' in the engine bay.
Just need to find about a foot of hose to fit on between the snorkel hose and the intake arm... Any ideas are welcome (and no, i won't use dryer hose...i already removed that crap from where the P.O. had used it...
)-Ferg-
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. That's a temp fix while I try to find one of those top pieces that goes with the damn battery so that my nice, new stainless tray hold down will fit it. Stupid damn puny redtops... 
And so do front fenders on old caddies and other big boxy hoopties... Not that I would know... 
