This is work I did between the shop nights of 2/14/13 and 2/21/13:
Because my notes are sketchy, I'll summarize by saying it looks like I spent the week talking to people whose advice I respect about the condition of this lightened flywheel and seeing if they had a lead on a 9" flywheel.
I ended up getting a used (good core, or possibly make-do condition) 9" pressure plate from my uncle, and my friend B thought he found the correct 9-1/2" pressure plate (1949-50 Lincoln? Truck?) to fit the pre-'49 throwout bearing snout. I found a flywheel at SF Flatheads/So-Cal Speed Shop Sacramento that is drilled for 9", 10", and 11" and looks just like my 9-1/2", so it might be a viable option.
Lastly, I made an unsuccessful visit to a local industrial hardware supplier to see if they had any clevises I could use for the brake pedal arm to master cylinder linkage. Alas, they did not (in fact, the first counter jockey didn't even know what a clevis is!) but the second parts man correctly recognized the part I had in my hand (the threaded rod with an eye at the end) as a brake/M/C rod (although he guessed VW or early Porsche. I got to talking with him and discovered that he builds sprint cars, drag motors, and does car builds/restorations. I made sure to get his name and number for possible future fabrication work with my original go-to guy is gone (retired, as I've heard).
Also, during this week (although it might've been later as I'm writing all of these several months after I took my working notes) I got from my uncle several brake rods (mechanical) and clevises to use for the brake and clutch linkages.
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Because my notes are sketchy, I'll summarize by saying it looks like I spent the week talking to people whose advice I respect about the condition of this lightened flywheel and seeing if they had a lead on a 9" flywheel.
I ended up getting a used (good core, or possibly make-do condition) 9" pressure plate from my uncle, and my friend B thought he found the correct 9-1/2" pressure plate (1949-50 Lincoln? Truck?) to fit the pre-'49 throwout bearing snout. I found a flywheel at SF Flatheads/So-Cal Speed Shop Sacramento that is drilled for 9", 10", and 11" and looks just like my 9-1/2", so it might be a viable option.
Lastly, I made an unsuccessful visit to a local industrial hardware supplier to see if they had any clevises I could use for the brake pedal arm to master cylinder linkage. Alas, they did not (in fact, the first counter jockey didn't even know what a clevis is!) but the second parts man correctly recognized the part I had in my hand (the threaded rod with an eye at the end) as a brake/M/C rod (although he guessed VW or early Porsche. I got to talking with him and discovered that he builds sprint cars, drag motors, and does car builds/restorations. I made sure to get his name and number for possible future fabrication work with my original go-to guy is gone (retired, as I've heard).
Also, during this week (although it might've been later as I'm writing all of these several months after I took my working notes) I got from my uncle several brake rods (mechanical) and clevises to use for the brake and clutch linkages.
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