Today I received an interesting email from Colin Heath… With the 486 flathead cylinderblock that I bought of him came a set of non standard waterdomes. Those could be used to convert these early cylinderblocks that had an aircooled head to a watercooled version. The domes looked pretty professional and we suspected the domes to [...]
Today the new long reach KLG spark plugs that I ordered earlier came in and I made some pictures. With the plugs I also ordered a few cooling fins, some thumb nuts to attach the lead and a pair of spade end connectors. I will not need the latter right away as I will of [...]
As always things tend to go wrong just at the moment you do not need it… This time it was an email that did not get delivered… The email in which I told Richard about my decision not to participate in the rally and that the need to rush was over… He did not get [...]
Today Richard thoroughly blasted, cleaned and examined the parts Colin provided. And his verdict was that they are fine and usable! So finally the work on the engine can continue. The block is pretty much ok. It just needs a new exhaust stub as this has been welded in a bad way. I also asked [...]
Finally there seems to be some real progress! After my earlier posting on the 486 block it turned out that Colin also had a pair of piston blanks that could be adapted to suit the block. And even better… a pair of good 63,5 mm early shortstroke cranks! Yesterday we agreed on a price and [...]
