Springfield Flyer.

[lsrjunkie]

Outstanding Mikey! Looking real good!  That thing has attitude to spare. Glad to see all the progress that you are making. Sometimes just waiting on parts so you can move forward is the worst part of a build. Keep on it brother! I can't wait to see this thing done.

[tauruck]

Thanks Joe.
You know the process all too well.

Finding "Dead Presidents" is the key.

How cool would it be not to have to do other work and just concentrate on the fever?.

I always wanted a works ride now all I do is "work to ride".

[Stainless1]

You are better off finding "dead non-presidents"       

[tauruck]

Good one .


I needed that.

Thanks man.

[38flattie]

Mike, as usual, all your work looks first class!

[tauruck]

Hey Buddy, I didn't know you were a Taurus as well?.

Happy belated birthday.

Thanks for the kind words.

[Rex Schimmer]

That makes 3 of us Taurus's my birthday is Monday, the 19th, big 71!! $hit getting old sucks!

Rex

[Stainless1]

Rex, damn sure beats the alternative...
 
Short Hijack
Happy Birthday all you Bulls and Bullsh....ers   

OK Back to the Flyer... 

[tauruck]

Thanks Bob.

Buddy's crew is Bullish. Three of them.

Mine although not fully assembled has gone to five.

I got a call yesterday from Kevin who was part time crew with me in 85 on my F2 car.

I haven't seen him in 20 odd years. He came over for a chat and he's now involved as well.

Five guys born in May!, No Bull.

[tauruck]

I've been going stir crazy stuck here at home.

The recluse thing works for a while but........

Going over to Guido to swing the knobs.

The lathe is a nice change from sanding.

One steering rack mod coming up.

[tauruck]

It was good to take a break and I got less done than I thought but things worked out OK.

10 years ago I bought a steering rack from the Ford dealership up the road.

New rack, never been on a car other than a trial fit on my other project.

I kept it stored inside the shop and in that time the boots perished like some cheap junk.

I'm using the rack on the long car now so I decided to narrow it.
I wanted to keep the mountings so I cut a chunk out of the middle.

It will only steer the car from one side via a bell crank so the rack also got the chop.

[tauruck]

After stripping the unit I headed off to Guido's to use the lathe.

The casting is a good one as far as porosity goes but after shortening it showed that the boring wasn't as straight as you'd expect.

After cleaning up my uneven saw cutting job on the ends I turned a 10" Aluminum sleeve to fit inside the casting.

We put the pieces on the press and lined the mounts up.

It went as expected and it's as solid as can be. The internals all line up great but the outside casting has a slight misalignment.

[tauruck]

I'll bolt the steering rack to a little jig I made and weld it Monday.

The rack itself got some longer internal threads on the left side and the rod end went in perfect.

So far so good.

[manta22]

Mike;

Which model Ford was that rack used on?

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[Captthundarr]

All looking good Mike. Playing catch up. I've been busy on Amy's camaro getting ready for july meet in Ohio and other less fun stuff. Leanering from you every time I read this. 

Frank