Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Sort of like sleeping with garlic!

Don i've been using them cylinders for a while now and they work real good but i found the cheap Dorman ones are not great quality, the Raybestos brand are much better.

Yeah i didn't want to go OTT on the pedal

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I was just bragging to Dan the other day that I haven't had a cold all year. I have become a germaphobe and wash my hands after pumping gas, shaking hands, and definitely before I eat anything. Then this morning I woke up with a headache, sore throat, and chills, so there goes that theory.

Steve, I have been running that same master cylinder in my 27 for over 20 years and when I redid the car last year I bought the same one and put it in again. I run Dot 5 in everything and I actually could have reused the original one but didn't want to push my luck. They work great and I am using half for my brakes and half for my clutch.

I'm glad to see you went the plain Jane route on your brake pedal !

Don

Had a spare couple of hours tonight so thought i would sort my fuel block, I picked it up ages ago in the states and is an old Thickstun block, I only bought it as i thought it looked cool !!!



Anyway it was on the shelf so thought i would use it, first job was to drill out the main passage to 1/2" as thats the size of my main fuel line. Then i found a 1/2" stainless fitting with 1/2" NPT thread so drilled and tapped the entry port, the exit ports were a little more tricky as i wanted to use stainless fittings to match but couldn't find them in the right size.

Had to make some on the lathe in the end and weld in short lengths of tube, I didn't have a NPT die so I put a 1/2" UNF thread on them and seal them with a copper washer.



Added a Moon fuel pressure gauge and its ready to rock.

Awasome I like that to you it was a chalange and you took care of it .....to others it just wouldn't have been....Great job.

Thanks Charlie, It was a nice sit down job for a change

Steve I can see why you bought it, it looks really cool! Nice fab job as always.

Fuel Block looks killer Steve as usual! How are you and the misses feeling??

We are ok Don, Sues virus has turned into Bronchitis but she is on antibiotics so will improve next couple of days, I've moreless recovered now but feel tired and its left me with a bad couch which keeps me awake at night I'm sure it will be gone soon. It appears its nationwide at the moment.
What i need is more Florida air

You guys ok ???

Originally Posted by Mr Blue

Fuel Block looks killer Steve as usual! How are you and the misses feeling??

Steve it was just sitting on a swapmeet table with a $40 sticker on it, couldn't refuse it, It was shouting buy me buy me

Originally Posted by stovens

Steve I can see why you bought it, it looks really cool! Nice fab job as always.

I maybe the only one but been thinking about finishing the ends of bolts where the nut sits in a different way, nothing too difficult to do but looking for something cool and different, I ground a lathe tool to the required shape so it could be done in one process to save time.

Heres what i came up with.















When used with a Castellated nut it takes on a nice different look.

The only rust free car on the planet

:lol::lol::lol:

Originally Posted by cffisher

the only rust free car on the planet

Steve,if you wouldn't mind,could you explain where all the tooling and equipment started that you have.For me anyways,it is like reading and watching a episode of the TV program "The Shade Tree Mechanic" with all the stuff you have to work with.Love the way you apply that.Very talented.

Not quite sure what you mean Gary, most of my power equipment is old from the 60's when they made machines to last.

Originally Posted by 1gary

Steve,if you wouldn't mind,could you explain where all the tooling and equipment started that you have.For me anyways,it is like reading and watching a episode of the TV program "The Shade Tree Mechanic" with all the stuff you have to work with.Love the way you apply that.Very talented.

I guess I am curious if you where a master machinist at some point because you have such a eye for making the parts I admire so much.The shop you are working in was built up over the last number of yrs and you knew what machines to buy because you have been building cars for what number of yrs.The back story of how you built up the shop and equipment.