As most of you know I'm building a 1915 for the Double Cab and for the most part, the engine is finished. We have the engine currently on the start stand and I'm putting the finishing touches on it. Tuesday nite I started to add the oil to the crank case. I started pouring the oil, looked away for a split second and when I looked back oil was going all over my beautiful new engine. Needless to say, I quit pouring, cussed a little bit and began wiping. What could possibly be wrong?
?? I wiped up what seemed like a gallon of oil and then started trying to find out what was wrong and why my beautiful new engine would not accept the oil.
One of the many new parts I bought was a real pretty chrome alternator stand. I mean REAL pretty but guess what? The manufacturer had failed to knock out the flash at the bottom of the oil filler neck. It was solid metal. A few whacks from a clearancing tool though (another name for a hammer and punch) opened up the hole to the dimensions it was originally supposed to be. Sand the edges a little with emory cloth and it was ready to put back on the engine. Now, all I had to do was put new gaskets under the alternator stand after scraping off the old one, bolt the stand down, re-install the dog house with alternator and bolt this assembly down, re-install all of the carburetor linkage and then go ahead and put the oil in. This only took about an hour and a half but I could have already had the engine cranked had it not been for the set back.
The moral of this story?
?? Even though it's a BRAND NEW part,
CHECK IT REAL CLOSE :cool:
