De-stinking Penelope

Pete, I tell you the same thing I tell the magistrate...I know nothing.

[pete]

None other! Yes, Stan bought a bike which should have arrived last night but got delayed a bit. It's now due to arrive this AM and my wife and daughter are to home waiting for it to get there.

I'll let Stan fill you in on the rest when proper time comes and a few pictures are taken.

I see! Just have to wait for Stan to 'fess up then I guess...

[rustybronco]

That's a nice collection of parts there Dale... but Stan's new bike??? Can I assume we're not talking Flyboy Stan here?

None other! Yes, Stan bought a bike which should have arrived last night but got delayed a bit. It's now due to arrive this AM and my wife and daughter are to home waiting for it to get there.

I'll let Stan fill you in on the rest when proper time comes and a few pictures are taken.

While I'm waiting for stan's newest bike to arrive, I did a bit of house cleaning and brought up a few things I had stored in the basement. That's about a third of what I have for Her.




I washed up the lower engine case at work yesterday. Cleaned up the gasket material on the case half with paint stripper, a rag and a few razor blades. It should be an easy clean up in preparation for painting the cases.

Everything in perfect condition and that's only a 1/3 rd of the parts in the picture!
I expected nothing less anyway! Good going Dale! She's going to be a beaut!

[pete]

That's a nice collection of parts there Dale... but Stan's new bike??? Can I assume we're not talking Flyboy Stan here?

[rustybronco]

Bike in a box..

While I'm waiting for stan's newest bike to arrive, I did a bit of house cleaning and brought up a few things I had stored in the basement. That's about a third of what I have for Her.




I washed up the lower engine case at work yesterday. Cleaned up the gasket material on the case half with paint stripper, a rag and a few razor blades. It should be an easy clean up in preparation for painting the cases.

Those wheels look stunning

[rustybronco]

Spent a few hours yesterday cleaning up the 'drop' section on the wheel I got from Nessism. The plan is to strip the clear and hit it with some GlistenPC which should make it look fresh and new again. Pretty nice don't you think for being 34 years old?







The front wheel I got from Chuck will need repainting from being in the Texas sun and like the rear, is in excellent condition.

[chuck hahn]

Heres an exceptional deal on a set of 123 blocks...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PAIR-123-BLOCKS-1-2-3-ULTRA-PRECISION-ONE-HOLE-HARDENED-/350458274204?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5198f0e19c

[chuck hahn]

Take your calipers to work and see if one of the techs has a set of guage blocks and see if they measure correctly over a few of them. I fequently checked and recalibrated the ones at the shop especially when i had some crazy tight tolerance that i had to hold on a part. Thats why i have a confidence problem with digitals..ball park yes..precise..NOT!!!!!

[rustybronco]

Yeah thats the BIITCH of the digitals..as you ever so slightly roll the cams the numbers click by so fast its hard to get a perfect sweet spot to get readings. Thats why in the PM I said i was gonna look for a set of dual read mechanicals..I tend to have much more faith in them than the digitals. Now you know 100% for sure the crank and upper half is of good quality..piece of mind is priceless.

Chuck, I don't even know if my calipers are still accurate. As far as I know they haven't been against a gauge block in YEARS. I do know my cousin Lloyd who used to work on these things, said they were in beautiful condition.

I do know when I hold them up to light while looking through my eye loupe, the jaws look perfectly parallel with just a slight amount of wear out at the very edge of tips. I'm guessing somewhere around .0001"

Not bad for somewhere around $33 shipped

[chuck hahn]

Yeah thats the BIITCH of the digitals..as you ever so slightly roll the cams the numbers click by so fast its hard to get a perfect sweet spot to get readings. Thats why in the PM I said i was gonna look for a set of dual read mechanicals..I tend to have much more faith in them than the digitals. Now you know 100% for sure the crank and upper half is of good quality..piece of mind is priceless.

[rustybronco]

Dale got some pics and some numbers for you...

INTAKE::
1) 36.10
2) 36.02
3) 36.15
4) 36.15

EXHAUST:
1) 35.80
2) 35.71
3) 35.74
4) 35.72

INTAKE::
1) 1.4225 36.14mm
2) 1.419 36.04mm
3) 1.426 36.22mm
4) 1.425 36.19mm

EXHAUST::
1) 1.4075 35.75mm
2) 1.4075 35.75mm
3) 1.406 35.71mm
4) 1.406 35.71mm

Very hard to get exact measurements with dial calipers. Still close enough for this purpose.

keep in mind .01 mm is .000394"

or .001" is .0254mm

[chuck hahn]

I can only imagine..LOL

[rustybronco]

Just wait until you see what I've concocted to keep the blasting media out of the lower engine case. If I get time this weekend to finish it, I'll post pictures.