The Official Hot Rod Thread

[churchmouse]

OK....proper Timing set in hand. Off to the shop.

 

[RustyHornet]

Is that a rocker shaft...???

Yes sir. 235ci Chevy I6 in that 57 pickup that had sand under the valvecover.

 

[churchmouse]

Yes sir. 235ci Chevy I6 in that 57 pickup that had sand under the valvecover.

I truly dislike a lying douche bag thieving flipper.
I have flipped more than my share of cars trucks bikes and boats in my day but whoever bought them knew exactly what they were getting.

 

[RustyHornet]

I truly dislike a lying douche bag thieving flipper.
I have flipped more than my share of cars trucks bikes and boats in my day but whoever bought them knew exactly what they were getting.

Yes sir.... We went to run the valves on Friday and I noticed the very first rocker "rock" more than it should have... It was all full of sludge and crap anyway so just pulled the assembly off and cleaned everything up. New shafts coming, hoping the rockers are still usable, they fit the part of the shafts that isn't worn pretty well, will know when the new shafts get here... Then once it's all back together, we'll see how long the engine lasts...

 

[churchmouse]

Yes sir.... We went to run the valves on Friday and I noticed the very first rocker "rock" more than it should have... It was all full of sludge and crap anyway so just pulled the assembly off and cleaned everything up. New shafts coming, hoping the rockers are still usable, they fit the part of the shafts that isn't worn pretty well, will know when the new shafts get here... Then once it's all back together, we'll see how long the engine lasts...

That looks like oil starved to the top.

 

[thunderchicken]

That rocker shaft only has slight wear. <- should be purple. Far too many people get screwed by liars cleaning/dressing up junk and selling it as new. Sucks

 

[RustyHornet]

That looks like oil starved to the top.

I cleaned out the oil supply tube, she was almost completely plugged up.

 

[thunderchicken]

That looks like oil starved to the top.

Probably was oil starved, I would bet the engine has a fair share of sludge plugging it up

 

[RustyHornet]

That rocker shaft only has slight wear. <- should be purple. Far too many people get screwed by liars cleaning/dressing up junk and selling it as new. Sucks

I was just gonna run it on the belt sander for awhile to smooth her out.

 

[thunderchicken]

OK....proper Timing set in hand. Off to the shop.

Well hopefully the rest of your customer supplied parts will be correct

 

[thunderchicken]

I was just gonna run it on the belt sander for awhile to smooth her out.

Just fill it with JB weld and use the belt sander to re size it and be done with it. (Sarcasm again)

 

[churchmouse]

OK.....moving right along. I had to paint the front cover. Will put it on tomorrow if another coat is not required.

 

[thunderchicken]

Looks good CM. (Even though I pretty much hate gold paint...was traumatized by it as a kid)

 

[RustyHornet]

Looks good CM. (Even though I pretty much hate gold paint...was traumatized by it as a kid)

Prolly watched a lot of gold olds engines stomp all over that nasty blue crap, didn't you?

 

[thunderchicken]

Prolly watched a lot of gold olds engines stomp all over that nasty blue crap, didn't you?

Ummmm. NO. Dad had a 70's country squirestation wagon that was originally gold color but needed some work. He painted it with a fresh coat of gold paint and then decided to paint mine and my brothers bicycles the same color gold...so we rolled on gold and chrome bicycles for a few years..we were only missing the huggy bear clothes and hats. Lol

 

[RustyHornet]

Ummmm. NO. Dad had a 70's country squirestation wagon that was originally gold color but needed some work. He painted it with a fresh coat of gold paint and then decided to paint mine and my brothers bicycles the same color gold...so we rolled on gold and chrome bicycles for a few years..we were only missing the huggy bear clothes and hats. Lol

 

[thunderchicken]

Rusty- it's funny now but it wasn't funny back then migh not have been so bad if they would had some pin stripes or something but nooo just metalic gold paint with chrome wheels, handle bars and pedals. Like an unfinished pimp mobile. Lol

 

[churchmouse]

Rusty- it's funny now but it wasn't funny back then migh not have been so bad if they would had some pin stripes or something but nooo just metalic gold paint with chrome wheels, handle bars and pedals. Like an unfinished pimp mobile. Lol

My dad did one bike for me when I was 7. It was an old Schwinn 20" that he put back in the original Schwinn red with white stripes.
That was the 1st bike I stripped to bare bones. Put a front sprocket from a Schwinn 24" in it and made a chain work. That was a treat.
Put a banana seat and stingray apes on it. Painted it rattle can black.
It was top end fast as hell with that big front sprocket. It started a fad. I made a killing.

Then there was a lot of old english 3 speed hub hand brake bikes laying around. People would give you hat stuff back then to get rid of it.
Made a truing stand and spoked the 3 speed hubs into the 20" rear wheels on our homemade stingrays with the big front sprockets.
The fun part was making the hand brakes mount and work on the 20's. Neighbor had a welder.....and a sprint car.....and skills.......and material......and he thought we were nuts.....and he was correct.

 

[Jeff]

OK.....moving right along. I had to paint the front cover. Will put it on tomorrow if another coat is not required.

Hmmmm...maybe we should be calling you Dr. in honor of Mondello.

 

[churchmouse]

Hmmmm...maybe we should be calling you Dr. in honor of Mondello.

I wish we had a set of his heads.....