Thread: 1955 S1 86" addition to the stable

Another day, another bunch of work done on "Flash".
I fixed the broken Emulsion tube in the carby yesterday. I ended up using a product called "Devcon". While hunting through the display racks looking for the Loctite 454 that incisor recommended, I came across the two-pack kit of Devcon. I had previously used Devcon many years ago when building a Formula III race bike back in my road racing days. It is brilliant stuff for use in engines as it dries harder than aluminium, is resistant to petrol and oil and bonds really well.


So got the carby back together with all the internals clean.


So I mentioned in a previous post that I was going to look at a donor engine I have sitting around to see if the thermostat housing is useable. This is the donor:


It also has the pipe between the radiator and the thermostat housing that looks like it might be better than the one I removed from Flash.


Both the housing and the lid are cast steel. Of course this time there was no thermostat actually inside ... just the usual pile of rust. There was far less rust than I found in Flash though, so looking promising for using it as replacement parts.


After a bit of a clean-up with the wire wheel and wire brush with elbow grease. I used the donor lid and the Flash housing, so a matched set of cast steel now.


The hole in the bottom of the housing, where it connects with the water pump, was blocked solidly with rust. I tapped it out and then used a dremel to clean it up somewhat. Can someone tell me the purpose of the hole? Also I wouldn't mind knowing what the diameter of the hole is supposed to be, as I dremelled it out some but I can't tell how far I'm supposed to go.


I also cleaned up the pulley wheel.


The fan awaits the same treatment.


The front grille emblem might get a minor panel-beat and some paint too. It'll be the only outside visible thing on the car that will be evident of attention ... at this stage anyway.


Back to work tomorrow so back to occasional attention to Flash for a while.

The hole in the bottom of the housing is the water bypass passage; often seen as a small hose connecting the head and the water pump on other types of engines.

There should be a fourth hole about 3mm in dia on the head side of the engine, which allows air in the head to bleed out into the housing,

Cheers Charlie

Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

Hi John

Sorry to see that part has broken on your carby.
I'm currently working on a carby for 'HECter', sadly I am still waiting for a new after market carby to show up that I ordered from a seller in 16-Nov-12, now I have been forced to open a dispute in the Resolution Centre because of the cutoff date arriving.
I can't say any more than that, other to say, I am deeply disappointed with that seller. ---------------
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Oh well it took a while but the carby, wheel bearings and a rubber surround for the gearstick hole have arrived today 2-1-2013.
Once bitten twice shy they say.

That broken part on one of my carby's will take some replacing as it was long gone before I ended up with the parts.
Good fix on that one of yours though, I will keep in in mind .
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Great progress and pics, John - thanks for sharing them

2 questions:

How did you clean the carb - chemical cleaner?

With the therm housing etc, how are you planning to finish them - paint?

Keep up the good work

Roger

John
Noticed your spare engine has a double pulley on the water pump, this was used to drive the governer unit for the PTO. Could be a wanted part for someone.

Originally Posted by dreamin'

Great progress and pics, John - thanks for sharing them

2 questions:

How did you clean the carb - chemical cleaner?

With the therm housing etc, how are you planning to finish them - paint?

Keep up the good work

Roger

Hi Roger,
Firstly the whole carby was placed in an ice-cream container with a 1/2" of petrol in it. I used a toothbrush and a thin paintbrush to get as much of the oil soaked grime from the outside.

Next up it gets blown with compressed air before I take it all apart. Every part then gets to spend a bit of time with the wire wheel on the bench-top grinder and then a hand wire brush for finishing where I can't get to it on the wheel. If there's anything really stubborn, I use a dremel-like tool with whatever attachment gives me best access and result without damaging the actual aluminium. Then bolt it all together again.

The therm housing will be left as the cast finish, at least for now. It develops a nice "agricultural" patina over time, and I'm not after a show pony car. I just want it drivable and (relatively) safe.

Thanks for your interest.

Originally Posted by klonk

John
Noticed your spare engine has a double pulley on the water pump, this was used to drive the governer unit for the PTO. Could be a wanted part for someone.

Well spotted. At the moment it won't come off (sheared all the bolts and still won't budge!) so if someone wanted it they'd have to take the whole engine. What's that saying ... "one man's trash, another man's treasure"?

Cheers
John B

Originally Posted by JayBoRover

Well spotted . At the moment it won't come off (sheared all the bolts and still won't budge!)

Use some Penatrine to crack the bind of the rusted together surfaces, then if you haven't any of that, try dabbing on some diesel.
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I bought myself a new toy for the workshop - always wanted one of these:

It was on special at Hare & Forbes for December. Of course they were actually closed during the Xmas/NY break, but their on-line shop had them so I ordered it at the special price. Picked it up on Friday afternoon and got it up and running on Saturday.

First job out was turning this ...:


... into this:

Just needs some care and time to carefully paint the black back on. One of these days.

Next out was this ...:


... into this:

Of course this is after a coat of paint.

I can see the bead-blaster getting lots of use!!! I'll have to buy some co****r garnet before attempting anything too much bigger. (I've started using it to clean up the front grille of my Massey Ferguson and it's taking aaaaaaages).