OK!! Over the weekend (The annual ODSS Wrenchfest), I got this project out of stallsville and back in business.
52Carl and Jethro in VA helped me get the engine (and stand and hoist) into the '49 for the trip over to Wrenchfest. Once there, Hotrod Lincoln supervised the removal of the main bearings and, ultimately, the removal of the crank shaft and connecting rods. He found so many issues with the mains and the rod bearings that he took the crank shaft, the main caps and the connecting rods with him back to Tennessee. So stay tuned for that. He may wander in here and tell us all what his plan is. It *may* have something to do with machining the rods to take insert bearings ...
The main hurdle we had to get over was getting the pulley off the crank shaft. Lucky for me, I had a top machinist on the job. And once again, Jerry freehanded a power drill to make holes in one of my engines ...
So Calvin is back in business!!!
Plus, over the winter, John Lucas and 27 Capital hooked me up with some parts, including a carburetor!
Here are the pics!
