Be Careful Out There.

One of my car club Brothers and his passenger were involved in a serious wreck Saturday evening in his 33 Ford pickup.

Hit head on rolling thru an intersection, both will be ok(ish). Passenger has a broken ankle and severe cuts on her head, driver has broken ankle, both femurs broken and a bunch of cuts and bruises.

Scott seems to be in decent spirits, laughing when I said "no offense Dude but it looks like got hit by a truck." He is scheduled for surgery tomorrow to repair his legs and is in for a long winding road getting back on his feet.

Both are lucky to be alive.

Really drives home the delicate balance we have when driving these cars, the rewards seem much greater but the risks are too.

Its Monday,,

 

 

It snowed, lots, it sucked and I'm late with the post.

 

 

 

 

My driveway, neighbors truck. Drift is 4' deep, 8' wide and 25' long, right down the middle of the driveway, LONGWAYS.

 

 

 

 

 

After an hour of shoveling so the wife could come home.



 

 

New gas valve I put on the furnace 2 months ago is failing, have to beat on it every time it kicks on. Woke up it was 44 degrees in here, pipes in the kitchen are frozen and my car is trapped on the other side of that drift with a dead battery.

 

 

Fuck this shit........

 

Enjoy the music while I wish I drank......





Anyone got any luck I can beg/borrow/steal or buy??

Just finished freshening up the motor in the wife's 64 Buick, dropped it in and got it running, 75 psi of oil pressure while pre-oiling it.

Got everything lined up and took it for a test run, got a half a mile from the shop and heard something grinding and looked over no oil pressure.

Slowed down and once I got it back down around idle the grinding stopped and oil pressure came back.

Pulled it back into the shop and yanked the distributor which in addition to being a key component of the ignition also drives the oil pump. Set the pre-oiler back in and spin it 75 psi.

I happened to glance at the drive pin on the bottom of the dizzy,,,

noticed a funny wear pattern on it, so I took the oil pump apart and this is what I see,,

It turns out that the pump drive and the pump shaft were just barely engaging and once things got warmed up they didn't engage at all. The darker circle is where the drive pin was spinning on the pump shaft.

Looking at where the gear is pressed on to the shaft,,

I pressed it out a bit and tack welded in in place,,

 

 

and then re-installed it and hoped for the best....

 

But with the way my luck runs it was too late, damage done. Cam is wiped out and its got a knock in the bottom end.

 

I did mention this was a fresh engine? In less than 5 minutes its now a core that needs another overhaul.  I should also mention that after working on customer stuff all week I stayed late every night and was there till 2 am on Friday and was back at it 10 am on Saturday in order to get it running for our last big event. Woooohoooooooooo.......

 

I've been a "pro" at this for 25 years or so and this is the first time I've ever seen this particular problem. 

 

Well at least I know what to ask for when Christmas comes.....