a bit of this and a bit of that

[mygasser]

we have such a wide variety of stuff in and out that i thought i should have a 'cover all' thread for it, apart from my nash and ashley's zephyr of course.
so to kick things off we have another ford exploder rear axle in to be narrowed. we'll remove the easy 2 7/8" we've done a few times before by cutting the long side of the casing and fitting a 2nd 'short' shaft. also we'll be redrilling a set of slot mags to ford/mopar 5x4.5" pcd to suit both the above axle and a straight tube front axle. this lot along with a small block chevy engine/box will be jammed into a henry j gasser project a mate's building ready for next years racing at manston along with occasional street use. i'll get some pics as we go along but i currently have the lergy so i'm stuck indoors, lol.
neil.

[mygasser]

we're collecting the '360?' fe engine and box sunday so we can check if it's actually a 360 or a 390. my problem now is the fact that it's manual so i'm looking at 5 speed boxes to bolt behind it. it's a sickness this hobby/lifestyle of ours and there seems to be no cure
neil.

[mygasser]

we dropped the exploder axle off and collected the fe engine and box today. no time to check the 'true' size yet as other 'honey dos' took priority at home, lol.
neil.

[mygasser]

last week we put a socket and bar on the 360 engine after removing the spark plugs. it seemed that in the year between it first being removed (and turning fine) from the truck and it arriving here it'd 'stuck'. so we gave it some 50/50 mix of petrol and diesel in the bores. today we tried the socket and bar again and it turns easily and smoothly no problem, result. next job is to build the run stand and run it so we can assess the vital's before it either gets used or sold on. also we checked the stroke and it is indeed 'exactly what it says on the tin' which is a 360. at least i'll stop looking for 5 speed manual boxes to bolt behind it to go in my nash now, lol.
neil.

[mygasser]

i knew i shouldn't have said that last bit . i just got an 'offer' from an ebay seller dropping the price on a borg warner t5 from £850 to £595. bloody typical! now i have to stop myself buying it
neil.

[mygasser]

phew, i've got over that now
i have bought 2 new 'tools', a bigger floor standing parts washer that holds solvent cleaner not the cr4p water based 'eco' stuff they push on us now. what good's that if you can't chuck old stale petrol in there when you have it. my small eco type didn't like it and the pump melted! the 2nd thing is a dial back timing light from accuspark, the first timing light i've ever owned and i'm 61 now!
i'm even thinking about an afr gauge for my nash to make tuning easier.
neil.

[mygasser]

i picked up a box trailer today. now my van's gone if i have to collect engines/boxes or other big/heavy stuff i'd have to put it in my s-max which is awkward with an engine crane (ask me how i know ). anyway for £60 i got a tidy trailer, quite heavy duty with brakes... and one wheel, lol. they look like mini wheels so i've checked ebay and both 6 and 8 ply trailer tyres are reasonable in 10" so that's an easy fix. also the rear lights are broken but i have a trailer light board already so again an easy fix.
neil.

[mygasser]

we had to do a quick wheel job to get it off of ashley's truck yesterday. so it was out with the jigsaw and an off cut of mdf and before long we had a 'wheel' on the trailer making moving it easy. not the first time we'd made these wooden wheels and probably won't be the last, it's a quick and simple way to get a project mobile.
neil.

[mygasser]

parts washer arrived today, it's bl00dy heavy!. i'll unpack it some time this week and decide where it's going. there's 25l of solvent cleaner on the way too so it gets a good start before stale petrol, old thinners etc gets poured in there too.
neil.