2013 POTD Thread Archive

[DAN_IN_MN]

Doing a timing belt for a buddy on his Mitsubishi Gallant. Thought I had all of the tools required. Turns out I needed one more. So, to the mill and lathe I went and the rest is history.





I still have some clearancing to do so I can tighten the bolt once I tension the belt.

Oh, I had my 5 year old daughter help me crop the pics! :thumbsup: She loves that kind of stuff. <----She just read this sentence! Bragging here! :LOL:

 

[ridgeway]

Making little more progress on my bolt jig...

 

[DAN_IN_MN]

Making little more progress on my bolt jig...

I helped a buddy with his Russian bolt action rifle (can't remember the name). We turned down the ball on the bolt lever and then heated and bent it out of the way so he could mount a scope. There is a kit available for it but that runs around $50.00.

 

[Privateer]

I helped a buddy with his Russian bolt action rifle (can't remember the name). We turned down the ball on the bolt lever and then heated and bent it out of the way so he could mount a scope. There is a kit available for it but that runs around $50.00.

I'm guessing Mosin Nagant



Terry

 

[bloomingtonmike]

Cleaning out my coolant sump - Yuck. I don't think it has ever been cleaned since filled - it was made in 1987.

 

[TomS]

I've built a canted four bar rear suspension for my wife's 1968 Camaro and now it's time for installation. Before I remove the rear end I want to check the pinion angle. Not wanting to buy a pinion angle gauge I decided to make one. Should have used aluminum but all I had laying around was some mild steel. This is not my design but the finished product is my doing.



The first picture shows the two pieces I made; a trunion to locate the device in the pinion yoke, and a block to hold the trunion and the protractor. The second picture shows the two parts assembled. The notch in the trunion is to clear the threaded end of the pinion shaft. The trunion is bolted to the block with two 10-32 SHCS's. Picture three shows the protractor mounted to the block. The protractor is held in place with three 6-32 set screws. I used a 3-3/16" long piece of 3/16" keystock as a softener between the set screws and my protractor. Approximate dimensions are 1-3/16" high x 2-1/8" wide x 3-3/16" long.

 

[xalky]

Nice, I want to see pics of the suspension mounted up in the car.

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[TomS]

Nice, I want to see pics of the suspension mounted up in the car.

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I'll take some pictures of the suspension components and post them in the Classic Cars forum. May take a couple of days. Installation make take a few weeks as there will be some "fine tuning" necessary.

Thanks for showing an interest.

 

[xalky]

I'll take some pictures of the suspension components and post them in the Classic Cars forum. May take a couple of days. Installation make take a few weeks as there will be some "fine tuning" necessary.

Thanks for showing an interest.

I used to have a 70 Nova SS that I restored back in the late 80s. I loved that car. It was a fisher body, like yours. Just about all the drivetrain between the camaros and novas are interchangeable in those years. I did a lot of suspension work on the Nova. I lowered it almost 2". I had installed all Herb Adams components at the time. 245 50 16 low profile tires all the way around. A z28 steering box from a mid 80s camaro,The car handled like a Corvette. It was a great car.

You should start a seperate thread for your project.
Marcel

 

[schor]

I made a new drawbar for the mill I just got.



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