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Progress, digress.....story of this project!!!

Finally got my jackshaft in the neighbor's metal lathe and trimmed up the front nose so the front pulley will line up. Removed a step in the middle bearing area and cleaned up all three bearing areas so that the bearings slid on with a firm grip but no malletizing required!

Installed the front and middle bearings, but when the shaft was installed, the rear bearing hole was far from centered on the shaft! This bracket is anything but straight! I worked on it a while with a rubber mallet but was unable to influence the shaft to center much better...need a bigger hammer....but I resolved myself to simply run the front and rear bearings for now.

The only way I could figure to fix it would be to press or malletize the bracket so that the shaft bearings line up properly. THEN, machine the 4 mounting bosses flat..... I'll take that on next time the bearings go out.....in 20-30K miles.....! I'll probably regret this decision then....but I need to move on.

I had been working on rough drawings of a new throttle cable bracket...one of those "oh crap I forgot all about that part" things that you encounter once the engine is nestled away in the engine bay, your buddies are all standing around drinking your beer, waiting to "fire this bad boy up"....but you don't have a throttle cable bracket...because the old one doesn't fit!!!

Old one (slightly cut up....was into the process before I got the camera out....)
 

Here is my jig for setting up where I needed the new bracket to hold the little cable retainer:
 

After lots of work with a hacksaw and hand files, here is the final result!

 

 


Also hit the parts store yesterday for belts and hoses. Brought 4 belts home and got one good fit, one "work in an emergency fit" for the water pump/idler belt. Struck out on the jackshaft belt...but know what I need now.... I will post numbers in the TECH section once I finalize them.

Also struck out on the hoses for the water pump to the lower metal tubes (to the front of the car) and for the "Y" pipe to the lower hose. See my post for info in the Tech Section of this forum. I looked through their entire stock (not fully stocked....) and came up empty. I know I did this last time and came out a winner..... Oh well, those will be some of the last things connected...so have some time.......


Today? Not sure...maybe install the intake manifold.....! I think I'm almost done modifying it!!!

Have a great 4th!!!!
Steve

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