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I'm really excited that I FINALLY got to work on Earl's engine - at least to take it apart. Ooooo, after 30 years I forgot just how much fun it was to carefully take apart one of these amazing machines. I really loved seeing how all the parts work together in exactly the right way to turn a little gasoline into so much work. It was especially nice to remember, albeit vaguely, how an engine really works inside. There really is a special sort of fascination with the geometry, the synchronized motion, the pure joy of seeing how a machine with lots of parts actually works.
Just wanted to spread the joy.
Danger Will Robinson - Shameless Plug Approaching -- I put the preliminary engine disassembly and machine shop details in an update at Earl's World.
Just wanted to spread the joy.
Danger Will Robinson - Shameless Plug Approaching -- I put the preliminary engine disassembly and machine shop details in an update at Earl's World.
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George,
I'm assuming you're cleaning the parts as you take them off. I'm assuming you're using lacquer thinner to clean them. I'm also assuming you forgot to open your garage door before you started.
Proceed directly to the door, step out, take 5 really deep breaths and set a spell.....you'll be back to your normal (?!) self in a few hours...
I'm assuming you're cleaning the parts as you take them off. I'm assuming you're using lacquer thinner to clean them. I'm also assuming you forgot to open your garage door before you started.
Proceed directly to the door, step out, take 5 really deep breaths and set a spell.....you'll be back to your normal (?!) self in a few hours...
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Ah, George... how nice of you to share your Earl adventure with us. So much of my summer is spent reading... when the temp hovers around 108F its nice to come in and have something pleasant to read while cooling down. Grandson and I were fiddling with his off brand truck... sharing the fascination with the machine is great stuff. Thanks. This closes out a very nice summer... on the right note, as it were. Back to work Monday... the symphony lady is going to try to get me to sing again... bwaaahhhhaaahhhaaa. Best. Peter
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Actually, that last post sounded quite good. I think that with a little voice training and a deeper tone you could be the quintessential evildoer - Bwaa haa haa haa! Let me know if you'll be performing any time soon. I really would love to see the show.
I wish I had the writing skills that you, John N., and a few others on the board have, Peter. I can't seem to capture the feeling I get when working with a machine. My wife and family humor me, and maybe even believe there is something to my fascination, but they don't seem to have the mechanical ... hmmm ... disease?
I felt the same way as an undergraduate when I did machining for the graduate student's thesis projects. Watching a near-perfect cylinder appear from the rough stock on the lathe - as if it were there all along and all I did was unwrap it.
Let me know if you'll be performing any time soon. I really would love to see the show.I wish I had the writing skills that you, John N., and a few others on the board have, Peter. I can't seem to capture the feeling I get when working with a machine. My wife and family humor me, and maybe even believe there is something to my fascination, but they don't seem to have the mechanical ... hmmm ... disease?
I felt the same way as an undergraduate when I did machining for the graduate student's thesis projects. Watching a near-perfect cylinder appear from the rough stock on the lathe - as if it were there all along and all I did was unwrap it.
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Thank you, George, for the very nice compliment on my singing...adding that your writing style is just the way I like it... straightforward and as if you were speaking. No small feat, that. VOlaaaareeeee..........OOO...O. Peter
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George,
Good luck on the rest of the engine work on ol' Earl. And thanks for sharing your on-going enthusiasm. I have always wanted to either tear an engine apart and rebuild it so I could better understand and appreciate the inner workings more, or build an engine from the block up (for the same reasons as mentioned above).
Be patient with ol' Earl... lots of people here have taken a genuine interest in his well-being. Make sure that motor purrs like a slumbering kitten, ok?
Keep us posted,
Me n Butch (who wails more than he purrs!)
Good luck on the rest of the engine work on ol' Earl. And thanks for sharing your on-going enthusiasm. I have always wanted to either tear an engine apart and rebuild it so I could better understand and appreciate the inner workings more, or build an engine from the block up (for the same reasons as mentioned above).
Be patient with ol' Earl... lots of people here have taken a genuine interest in his well-being. Make sure that motor purrs like a slumbering kitten, ok?
Keep us posted,
Me n Butch (who wails more than he purrs!)
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That engine gave me my profession, I was 16 years old when I first put one of those engines together learned a lot from it. 3.75 bore, those dark siders are going to have a hard time keping up with Earl.
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George, 
Just got back from my virtual trip to "Earls World".
Looks like you had an enjoyable experience, and Earl's heart is in very good hands (both your's and the shop)!
Did you already toss that old cam? I would mount it on a piece of oak, and hang it up on the wall in the workshop. It might be cool to keep an old worn piece of Earl from before you resued him. Especially because he ran well despite it.
Just got back from my virtual trip to "Earls World".
Looks like you had an enjoyable experience, and Earl's heart is in very good hands (both your's and the shop)!
Did you already toss that old cam? I would mount it on a piece of oak, and hang it up on the wall in the workshop. It might be cool to keep an old worn piece of Earl from before you resued him. Especially because he ran well despite it.
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Kenny, that's a great idea. I think I still have some short ends of five-quarter white oak lying around from when I used to build cabinets. I suppose a clear lacquer rattle can overcoat would keep it from rusting, since it won't be seeing any use or handling.
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George, did I get confused and Sixoh called Earl a Pinto?
Oh the shame of it all !!
BTW.. Your writing style is just fine, probably better than Peter's singing ....or mine for that matter.
Looking forward to seeing Earl young again
Hands
Oh the shame of it all !!
BTW.. Your writing style is just fine, probably better than Peter's singing ....or mine for that matter.
Looking forward to seeing Earl young again
Hands
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Hoping to bring some light to this thread, I would just like to say congrats on the water pump! The battery tray also looks fairly nice "now". I also see you may be going to a 292
, when we're crusin' to PF 2005 you might just be able to keep pace
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, when we're crusin' to PF 2005 you might just be able to keep pace -4speed