Well guys, it's been a pretty productive day here at 'home on the range'. Work day started about 8:30 with Kim, Clyde and I. First I'll go over the shopping list. I picked up the stainless steel hinge at Grangers, that would be the hinge that will be attached to the rear of the side car with an 18"X6" flap which will be employed to cause down force as needed. Next, I'm increasing my engines' breathers by double. Bought the breathers at the local auto parts store. Gave the two brand new valve cover caps to Stainless to bore a couple of holes. When I had Hartmut make the outboard carrier bearing on the right side of the tranny, I asked him to make it to size, or exactly like the old one, except for the obvious, the over size bearings that he made to fit nicely inside the bearing holder. There was one operation that he couldn't do, due to the chassis being here in Kansas. Anyway there were 8 1/4-20 holes that had to be drilled and tapped after fitting the transmission in the chassis and locating the holes. That was done and the transmission is installed and looking good. Stainless showed up, brought all of his magic boxes, and installed same. He's got the exhaust pipes bolted up to the engines. Tomorrow we will locate the position of the sensors, punch the holes, weld up the sensor holders, then after that wrap the pipes and we can finish the wiring required. I asked Stainless to pull the clutch so I could get to the seal. Tomorrow I'll install a one off high temperature seal that cost $400. Well, the guy made two of them, so I have a spare.
Best,
Max