Old Blue is still around, just on the back burner for a bit.

As some of you know (probably everybody that is actually following this) Robin and I are in the process of relocating from Nevada to Idaho.  We purchased about two acres in a small town outside of Boise, started packing the house and are getting ready to break ground on a new house.  Because of all of this going on while I am living up here and Robin is still in Nevada, Old Blue has been left in the capable hands of Sullivans Body and Paint.  Hopefully in a couple of months he will be making the move to a new garage in Idaho.  When things slow down I will bring this blog up to date, but until then here is a little teaser!

Our new property.

Old blues new travel digs.

Updates, finally!!!

I'm sure anybody that knows me that is reading this thought I had lost intrest in this project, but you're wrong.  Between my job that pays for this project and this project I just haven't had time to keep this blog up to date.

Engine:

The problem with the motor was found without having to tear the motor down, or even remove it from the frame.

Whoever put this engine together put a flat wahser and a lock washer on the bottom bolts that hold the bell housing to the engine block, that caused the bolts to be pressed against the flywheel and pull the crackshaft tight against its thrust pads (the middle two bolts were missing altogether).  I bribed my good friend Kevin with dinner and beer to help pull and remount the flywheel, I just wish we would have researched how heavy it was before my head was underneath it when it let loose and we were both trying to keep it from crashing down on my skull.  After we redid the bottom bolts and added two to the middle we fought the flywheel back in place (did I mention how tough it is to wrestle 65 pounds of steel out of  and into a place that has no access from above) we quickly learned that two of the six bolts that hold the flywheel in place are just a hair closer than the other ones and the mark I thought I put on the crank and flywheel turned out to be just on the flywheel, so after four attempts to get all six bolts in we finally had success, and a motor that spun by hand!!!

See Body Language, Under the Hood and Frame Work for further updates on other parts of this project!!!!

2 steps forward, 5 steps back :(

After fighting to get the engine to turn over so I could install the clutch I have decided to pull the engine and tear the bottom end of it apart to inspect the bearings and clearances inside.

Engine assembly coming together!!!!!

Check out the under the hood section to see how these old engines looked!!!!

It's HERE....................something for our butts.

We received the re-upholstery kit today...boy, does Robin have a job ahead of her! Will post pictures when we get busy.

Update of Motor Mounting...that sounds bad!! But looks really good...

Check out "Under the Hood" and "Body Language".  There are new updates and pictures.  Old Blue is coming along!

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