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Offline tauruck

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2475 on: July 21, 2016, 01:10:43 PM »
Worked on the coil mounting plates and brackets today.
Some pics of the progress, pretty self explanatory.

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2476 on: July 21, 2016, 01:13:50 PM »
I'll remove the Dykem, give them a good polish
and mount the coils. Shorter bolts are on order.

After that they go into bags for storage until required.

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2477 on: July 21, 2016, 08:13:00 PM »
Mike;

If that had been a thinner mounting plate I'd suggest you not scribe layout lines in blue Dykem on the plate. Scribe lines develop fatigue cracks- especially in aluminum. A better approach is to use a thin marking pen for the layout. It's easier to clean up than Dykem, too.  :-D

You are making progress; I always enjoy the pictures of your work!

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ
Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2478 on: July 22, 2016, 01:53:33 AM »
Thanks Neil.
Good thing I used 10mm and we'll polish the heck out of it. :-D
I'm going to rubber mount it so hopefully we won't have too many problems..
Good to hear from you. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2479 on: July 24, 2016, 11:34:53 AM »
I took Tom and Rex's advice and had a go at welding inside those two plates.
I'd say I had reasonable success :roll:.

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2480 on: July 24, 2016, 11:36:40 AM »
After the welding and wrecking some Tig equipment I decided to
box the plates for added insurance.

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2481 on: July 24, 2016, 11:42:06 AM »
My current problem is that those 2 "ears" on the GM diff are serving no purpose and are
in my way. I want to weld a 10mm plate across the top of the rod end double plates in
order to build a mount from the rear end to the top of the chassis. No suspension so
I need to come up with some sort of solution. My feeling is I want to cut the ears off and be done with it.
Time is short and I don't exactly have 5 engineers looking over my shoulder offering advice. :evil:

My gut says cut. :cheers:

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2482 on: July 24, 2016, 11:46:53 AM »
I don't see any reason not to cut off those mounting ears, Mike.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ
Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2483 on: July 24, 2016, 11:56:46 AM »
I'll go with you on that Neil. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Thanks, they've been bugging me from day one. :wink:

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2484 on: July 24, 2016, 12:17:05 PM »
mine went away with the help of a cutoff wheel and grinders
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2485 on: July 24, 2016, 02:37:52 PM »
I think that's way better than a torch Sparky. I think in this case it even works better than a plasma.  :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2486 on: July 24, 2016, 04:11:42 PM »
Build a plate to sandwich between the backing plate & the housing, you can also drill n tap the holes to 3/8. An aluminum girdle cover with bearing cap supports is also a good idea. I know it's too late in the game now but the Camaro housing has the big torque arm mounts ideal for a solid mount.
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2487 on: July 26, 2016, 10:45:45 AM »
Check the weird weather.      

Looked like I had an inch of snow in the yard this morning. Was hail in July????? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:        

Got the water jet guy doing a backing plate. Been more than a week now, YAWN!!!!. :-D                                                                                                                                      
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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2488 on: July 26, 2016, 01:53:42 PM »
Mike,
Are you sure that you are not in Kansas??!!! That is certainly Kansas weather, although it does look a little hilly for Kansas.

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Re: Springfield Flyer.
« Reply #2489 on: July 26, 2016, 05:08:16 PM »
North Dakota. :-D
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