Wally&Sue

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Hornet Toaster and vacuum movie

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Built me a Hornet toaster. The darn things want to sting. Now a vacuum to suck them up Vacuum movie - you can hear them hit the fan, one goe...
Monday, August 10, 2009

Road trip Canada pics

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First night in Devils Lake ND. We didn't get underway until 10 AM and this is a far as we got before nightfall. Construction on US 2 was...
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Sunday, August 9, 2009

On the road Banff and Jasper parks Canada

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Here is most of our track going from Omaha and back home. Streets and Trips was doing its balky Micro$oft thing and parts of the track are n...
Saturday, June 20, 2009

"G" cylinder heads and valve cover baffle differences

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Grabbed a set of G heads off a 1971 Toronado for spares. These had valve rotators. The intake stems were dry so the guides are not completel...
Monday, June 8, 2009

AC compressor mount gap

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Emily Philbin turns 16 and Sue made up this flag we put up so it could be seen from the highway. Bob Drewes clued me in to the gap that need...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

head swap

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Lifting a head out. Made a fixture that holds the head at the correct angle. Measuring a lifter all the way collapsed to see what the trave...
Sunday, April 26, 2009

Seal installation

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K line positive seal with protector sleeve on stem and install driver. Basically you just tap it down on the guide. Guide tops had been mach...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Valve seal selection

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I had these seal types to select from. On the exhaust seals the stock type Felpro umbrella are the way to go. The intakes were a different d...
Friday, April 10, 2009

Valve stem height

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I made a poor man's stem height gage for Oldsmobile heads. The spec is 1.220 + - .005 for the top of the stem above the valve cover rail...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Valve seats and stem clearance measurements

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Ground the valve seats in my open sky shop. Intake width .060 exhaust .080. Tried to get the intake pattern towards the outside of the valve...
Friday, March 20, 2009

Zeroing in on valve guide clearance

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Got some carbide sizing balls that come in .0005 increments from Goodson's. The ball broaches on a stick came in .001 increments an I wa...
Thursday, March 19, 2009

Ebay valve seat grinder modification

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Bought a valve seat grinder on Ebay and one of the stone holders wasn't for the Sioux driver in the kit. It was for a Thor/Black & D...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Open sky shop

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Grinding valves at my Open Sky Shop
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Sue and I get to travel with our GMC motorhome. The GMC is a hobby we both can use.
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