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Speaking of creepy crawlies, I needed to use the wire wheel on one of my bench grinders down at the skinning rack the other day. It hasn't been used in months. I turned it on, and 30+ red wasps were launched onto my shirt. Fortunately, they were all killed or mortally wounded by the wire wheel. They had a nest in there that completely filled the enclosure. So when people tell you not remove the cover plate from your bench grinder, you can tell them that Mikey says, "BULL SHIZZLE!"
I imagine him like in the song Un-Easy rider........... "Well I had them all out there steppin' an' a fetchin' Like their heads were on fire and their asses was catchin'".
I imagine him like in the song Un-Easy rider........... "Well I had them all out there steppin' an' a fetchin' Like their heads were on fire and their asses was catchin'".
Mario Andretti would'a sure been proud
Of the way I was movin' when I passed that crowd
Coming out the door and headed toward me at a trot
Now I guess I should have gone ahead and run
But somehow I just couldn't resist the fun
Of chasing them all just once around the parking lot
Hideous! But that's definitely not me. Not enough hair on the chest and shoulders, and too much above the brow wrinkles. Speaking of hair, and to keep the continuity police off our butts, I found two cat hairs on a cylinder wall while I was eyeballing the 502. I fixed it. And there's a few goodies supposed to arrive from Summit and other **** shops tomorrow.
More parts delivered! Scrappy really doesn't like it when the photos on the box aren't a true depiction of the actual part inside. She's very rigid about certain things. She is however a big fan of bubble wrap. Hates packing peanuts. The electric fan is for the engine test stand build. Rich, thanks for the mechanical fan paranoia injection.
I messed around with header mock up last night. I trickled mineral spirits on the gaskets, then blew compressed air up each pipe. The # 4 tube doesn't seal well with standard header gasket. I ordered a set of dead soft aluminum gaskets. Hopefully that'll work. I've always used them with success on header collector flanges. If it doesn't work, I can see me TIG welding all four ports on the header flange, then fabricating some way to square them all up on the milling machine. It's total bullshizzle that these near $600 headers leak. But like I said, maybe the aluminum gaskets will conform and seal. We'll find out on the engine test stand. Another good reason for the engine test stand build.
How is your exhaust gonna route? I have that starter and it heat soaks really quick with a header running about 3 inches away.
This header's collector flange is about 8" aft of where a factor manifold terminates, so the exhaust pipe routing won't matter. The header will probably be farther away from the starter than the factor exhaust pipe would be. I'll use a heat shield blanket over the starter, like I do on the Powermaster starter I have on the 400. If I have to, I'll wrap the header too.
People get lax when things seem so simple (engine run test stand) and next thing ya know they accidently some how stick a finger in the fan. Just make a simple 2 part (upper and lower) expanded metal shroud that bolts on as a nubby preventer.
People get lax when things seem so simple (engine run test stand) and next thing ya know they accidently some how stick a finger in the fan. Just make a simple 2 part (upper and lower) expanded metal shroud that bolts on as a nubby preventer.
Well, we ain't gotta worry about that now. The electric fan is already mounted on the radiator. And btw, the electric fan provides a great place for spiders, wasps, and scorpions to nest and reproduce.
