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Love the hood ornament Nik. It will make a nice custom touch.
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Even though I already painted the shifter I decided to go a different direction, a piston shifter. I got a lawnmower engine for free but it had some bad knocking in the bottom end when I fired it up plus it burned blue. So I pulled the piston and rod then cleaned it up. Then I put a little spring behind the wrist pin to increase the tension so it won't wobble around when driving |
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Cool! Looking forward to seeing how this turns out!
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Crappy drawing, but remove the one bolt for the bearing sleevd and make a same size threaded end on your shifter rod.
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I ended up getting rid of the bearing cap and making a piece to bolt on
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Once it was bolted in place I then made little side covers out of plastic with a vinyl look to pretty things up and give it a cleaner look
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And here's a pic of it all finished up and installed. Now all I need to do is find a way to put the shift pattern on the top of the piston
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Leave it without the pattern. It confuses theives. ;)
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You could probably have a sign (or wrap) shop create some kind of sticker for it.
or http://www.ebay.com/bhp/shift-pattern-decal |
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huge thanks to very nice guy! Member bfoley was kind enough to offer and give me some old school cool era correct gauges for my truck. What I received was two autometer gages, a oil pressure and water temp that have a vintage look to them. And two super cool Stewart Warner gauges, a vaccum gauge and an ammeter. He also threw in a couple of sweet toggle switches. Thanks again Ben.
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The cool Stewart Warner gauges
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And the toggle switches
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Cool stuff.
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Neat stuff!!!
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Haven't been able to get much done on the truck lately because of another project I've been Working on and I'm pretty deep into it, I thought I'd show you guys. Doing a full rebuild on my xr100 plus a big bore kit that will make it 120cc and also a new clutch, tires etc. I should have it all wrapped up in the next couple days and be able to get back on the truck.
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Didn't get a whole ton done on the truck today but I did finish off the hood plane and I have to say she is real purdy.
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Kool ornament. Looks like the center lines in the hood could be jet streams coming out of the back.
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Got everything on the engine and engine bay all buttoned up and I'm confident it will run well this time. I just want to get the right tranny fluid before I run it anymore so it may be a few days. Oh and I managed to find a 60-62 v8 hydraulic clutch bellhousing that I'm picking up this weekend for a great deal just in case I ever want to go v8 in the future:chevy:
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Hey Nik, did you ever figure out your intake leak problems? :confused:
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