Moving along!

[john griffin]

Today I got the exhaust turbine pieces blasted and painted.I used 1500 deg paint so if it burns off I know Ive had bigger issues! Tomorrow morning I'll bake them and try to get this guy assembled.I didnt blast the bearing houseing because there are so many small iol passages and it would be hard to insure that I got all the media out when I was done. Instead I gave it an overnight soak in a bucket of hydroflouric acid,followed by a rinse in a soda solution.That got 90% of the rust so its good. Cant see it when its on the motor anyway!

 

[john griffin]

Last night everything was ready for assembly,but it was 10 pm and I wasnt ready! I'll finish it up today.

 

[DaveBen]

I can see you are an old-time machinist! It is great to see that those skills are still alive today!!!

 

[john griffin]

Thank you.It is dissapearing fast though,it seems like nobody cares about doing things that way anymore.

 

[BIG JOE]

I can see you are an old-time machinist! It is great to see that those skills are still alive today!!!

Thank you.It is dissapearing fast though,it seems like nobody cares about doing things that way anymore.

X2.

Seems we hardly "Repair" anything anymore.... we just "Replace" things.

I'm with you though.. I still like to take things apart.. see how they work.. repair what went wrong.. maybe make an improvement.. put it back together.. and reinstall it.

Makes me Grin.. as I drive down the road.

Joe

 

[john griffin]

 

[Shaggy]

Nice! Looks good. You got it installed?

 

[john griffin]

Waiting on a pedistal.Apparently "next day air" doesnt apply to me.I WILL get my $60 I paid for that service refunded one way or another.

 

[john griffin]

UPS brought the non-exhaust valve pedistal,so I loaded all of it up and headed off to the IH dealer.I'm going back over there tomorrow to talk to the mechanic (he was on a service call).He did manage to get all the rusty,broken bolts out of the heads,so that was good news!

 

[WD40]

Keep posting pictures of your build, love the work your doing.
Doug