Build Mouldy Mario gets defoliated.

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Michael B said:
Nice work Ben. Luck for you those housings are still available. I asked about your plans on the cab gaskets because I wanted to know if the straight piece is still available down under?
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I got mine from amayama.com but next time would source a piece of rubber and cut to fit. It's literally only a piece of flat rubber.
 
Roger that mate. Amayama lists it as NLA. There is a fellow here in the states working on a reproduction of it. But I'm not sure when it will be available or what the cost might be.
 
Straight up get a long piece of rubber and cut a single hole in it for the R/T peg. Like, literally do that. Or you'll get the 'correct' piece and be like "I can do that!!' but without the tantrum I threw.
 
Phase 8.3: The engine. Continues.........

Work continues on de-nuding the old oil burner. I picked up an original exhaust manifold a while back. Mario came with a set of headers and I wanted to go back to the original manifold. So I dropped that down my local machinist during the week and had it 'faced' and sand blasted. The machinist said that they usually aren't too bad, but I picked it up he said he surprised how warped it was. Exhaust leaks such (well blow actually) so I'm pretty happy with the outcome. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get it washed down and painted.

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That's a pretty cool picture of the timing gear set. I've never seen the cover removed before. Keep up the good work mate!
 
Really enjoying your work.

There's a guy in Melbourne doing a full resto on his swb as well.

Looking forward to seeing it running.
 
Sporty Forty said:
Really enjoying your work.

There's a guy in Melbourne doing a full resto on his swb as well.

Looking forward to seeing it running.
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G'day Sporty Forty, I'm wrapped that you are getting some pleasure out of it. Particularly, because I have no bloody idea what I'm doing. Regardless, it's a good way to unwind after a hard day stuck in the office. If you spot something I can improve on or have buggered up, please feel welcome to point me in the right direction. Cheers, Ben
 
Phase 8.3 The Engine: Continued......

Stripping the motor has proved a more time consuming task than I had anticipated. I've had to make a couple of tools, including a device to remove the timing mechanism from the front of the fuel pump. If elegance is any indication of good engineering then please look away now. Having said that, it worked and only cost me $2.30 for the 20mm bolt.

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Phase 8.3 The Engine: Hey.......I forgot these pics. I took them last week. The young guy who owns the machine business that dressed my exhaust manifold has a pretty keen sense of style. His whole workshop has a cool retro hot rod feel to it. He was nice enough to let me get a couple of photos, including his '73 bobber which is a work of art.

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Phase 8.3 The Engine: More terribly exciting action shots. The injector pump is out. I spoke with my local diesel tuning business the other day. I'm going to take the injectors and the pump to them and have them bench tested. The engine only has 176,000 km on it, but it sat idle for so long that I'm a bit worried it has gummed up.

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Phase 8.3 The Engine: The oil cooler was pretty straight forward. Except that is contained about 5 litres of rusty water. Next step is cleaning gasket surfaces. Cleaning hardware and fuel lines for plating. Cleaning and prepping the engine block for paint. Cleaning, cleaning and more bloody cleaning.

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Cool pics of the bike and mid 60's Chevy. Here's a shot of my last project that is sitting under my shed in the back yard.

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I'm McLovin it PF!! That 2H rattle really is a sound to behold!
 
Phase 8.3 The Engine: I've been cleaning gasket surfaces. It has taken much longer than I anticipated and is a tedious task. Scrape, scrape, scrape, sand, sand, scrape, scrape.....chisels, razor blades, gasket stripper.........more scraping. However, I reckon I have just about nailed it and will hopefully get the block into paint this weekend.

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