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Didn't use a a stick welder.... Knocked off the flux and used a Tig Torch .... I'm more than sure that you can handle doing the job..... 
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I didn't even know that was a thing you could do...Comment
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dammit. now you have to tell me where and how much to send for a shift ball
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i'm going to have to admire the picture then lol
for some reason I have a thing for shift knobs. any kind of weird thing I find I think shifter and if I can drill it for an insert for the rod.Comment
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Scrambling trying to get the engine together and working on 3 things at once. Seat at at upholsterer, tins are at painters. Focusing on trying to get the engine built so that I can get the exhaust and foot controls built.
Here are some things that happened in the past week:
Made some special stud covers to close off the holes in the CE reg I modded.
Started working on some floorboard pedal thingers:
Always a shame grinding off (semi) pretty welds
I got this cast exhaust piece that I designed. It goes underneath the trans and will have vbands on both ends.
I welded my vband flanges that I made a few posts back to the head. Super high stress job. Took about 7 hours. Preheat, weld 3/8", back in the oven, repeat, then slow cool down cycle. Welds looked good and no cracks. Then I powdercoated them wrinkle black which may not be everyone's thing, but I like it. Valve guides and rocker shafts are one-off... I have a plan coming together there. Rocker shafts are out getting carburized now.
Last night I bead blasted and prepped the case for glyptal. Me and my buddy Dave at BA enterprises put new Jim's main races in the case and honed them. Cover bearings reamed, lots of threads fixed, etc. Hoping to put the bottom end together this weekend. I think I have all the parts.
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This is motorcycle porn...Comment
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MADE IT TO THE FINAL SIX!
Been working hard.
Got everything from the cylinders down together permanently. Motor is rebuilt from the flywheels up. Doing all the motor work at BA Enterprises in Lockport NY. He's very knowledgeable. Waiting on valves before I can do final top end assembly.
Here's how it sits now.
But Dave was going out of town for Oley for the week so I brought the motor back home to start on exhaust and foot controls.
Fits in the frame well. Had some concern about the vband clamp clearance but I think I am golden.
I'm running an MM74E and if you have ever used one you know there is a little round spacer that goes under the mag bolting flange. It's purpose is to be able to drop the body to install the mag head. Well that idea is great but the spacer leaves a lot to be desired. I replaced it with this:
Next, I committed chopper blasphemy and machined some adapters to reduce my top end oil feed ports from 1/2-20 to M10x1.25. I did this because there are a lot of awesome banjo bolts available in that size, and I don't have time to be making bolts right now. Time is running out.
Last night I finished up my footpeg/floorboard/pedal things. You may remember these from a few posts back:
Hope to get them mounted and have some functioning linkage in the next week or so, then on to the exhaust.Last edited by CTNewman; 04-28-2017, 9:01 AM.Comment
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Got a Goodson Alum Mag Cap on the critter.
It's kinda fat compared to the plastic cap.
Being the EL have short jugs, was there a fitment problem installing it ...??Take my 45 and outrun em all ..Comment
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Don't know yet haha. Might not be able to run it or grind it down. I put the mag on then put the heads on. Heads are empty still.Comment
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is that the cam cover your going to run?
oh, and those foot controls are beautiful. must have taken some time to fab and polish.Comment
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Kinda a cool cam cover being it was used only for one year on the Knucks (1940), Later on in the runs of the early Pans they was brought back into use....
My 52 has one on it ...
Last edited by Dragstews; 04-28-2017, 9:38 PM.Take my 45 and outrun em all ..Comment
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