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1930 Buick V12 build
Essex_29:
Thank you all for the positive comments!
I had a hickup with some weird silicone crap on my engine parts which prevcented the paint to
stick. It seems okay now, but I think I might sand and paint the valve covers again.
I've been doing little things, like cutting paper gaskets and for the distributors and putting new
seals in them. They'll mount on the ends of the camshafts, so it's a bit different than the old
V8s I usually work on.
Painting engine mounts, waterpump and pulleys, mounting some stuff and so on.
Today I finally got to take out the big box I ordered from PMC (a Polish company) that contains
the engine to transmission adapter. The box has been warming its shelf for years already.
The aluminum flywheel with its cast steel friction surface looks phenomenal, it's like technical
porn. It sandwiches the flex plate to the crank, so the starter has something to engage to.
Essex_29:
I had to get help to get the transmission coaxed all the way into position. Even then we worked
quite a bit to get it done. I must have gotten the clutch plate a tad off center.
I had to buy a few fastners today, for bolting the bellhousing to the engine. Some of the bolts
that came with the adapter kit were a bit too short for my liking.
I have some after market gauges, and ofcourse the temp sender doesn't fit. I went to a hydraulic
shop, and they had a thingy that fit the thread in my engine, but not to the sender. So a guy put the
thingy in the lathe, chopped it off, drilled a bigger hole through it, and ran a tap through it, so now
the sender fits. The thingymajig, the labour and a cupper washer amounted to the grand total of
16 ?uros. That's about $17.50. Unbelievable.
They took pity in me, I guess.
TFoch:
That engine and trans would never fit in my 33 Chevy!
Essex_29:
TFoch, it wouldn't have fit in this car either, if it weren't for some modifications to the frame and body.
Actually, no one knows how it will actually fit with all its accessories. Right now I have no idea how I'll get some
kind of oil filtration system to fit on the driver's side under where the power steering pump will mount. Also, I
have planned on running a mechanical fan, but right now I think there's a chance I'll have to run an electric
one and I really wouldn't want that.
In any case, the technicals fit just fine so far, where it was three months ago.
The engine and transmission along with the propshaft are mounted and the pinion angle checked. Lots of
visual progress today, and to me, a chassis close to ready like this is fun to just look at. Close to ready is
an illusion, of course, lots missing still.
EDNY:
Essex_29...that is a piece of art!
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