I wasn't very consistent when I was drafting these posts. I might've done this work on 2/14/13 and drafted this on 2/21/13 or I might've done the work on 2/21/13. I know we worked Valentine's Day as my wife and I postponed our date to avoid the crowds and expense of the holiday. Nonetheless, my notes are sketchy enough that it's a brief post.
It appears that this night we drilled out to 3/8" the mounting holes (I originally had 5/16") for the master cylinder (a '39 Ford-type) on the Tardel mounting bracket that I had made from the drawings in his (and Mike Bishop's) book. Despite my wanting to purchase all original style Ford bolts from this supplier, W insists in the interest of cost and ease of assembly (coarse thread (UNC) being faster to start and tighten than SAE (fine thread)) that we just use hardware from the local hardware and big box stores. And seeing how he has become our parts runner (going out and buying hardware for which I reimburse him), how can I argue with him? The cost is a good factor, but I sure appreciate not futzing around with "just the right bolt" when we can have it assembled that night.
We also took a look at the 9" flywheel on my other flathead to discover, in W's words: "some damned hotrodder's lightened this thing!"
It appears that this night we drilled out to 3/8" the mounting holes (I originally had 5/16") for the master cylinder (a '39 Ford-type) on the Tardel mounting bracket that I had made from the drawings in his (and Mike Bishop's) book. Despite my wanting to purchase all original style Ford bolts from this supplier, W insists in the interest of cost and ease of assembly (coarse thread (UNC) being faster to start and tighten than SAE (fine thread)) that we just use hardware from the local hardware and big box stores. And seeing how he has become our parts runner (going out and buying hardware for which I reimburse him), how can I argue with him? The cost is a good factor, but I sure appreciate not futzing around with "just the right bolt" when we can have it assembled that night.
We also took a look at the 9" flywheel on my other flathead to discover, in W's words: "some damned hotrodder's lightened this thing!"
Not sure it will work, but I'm still coming up dry looking for a 9" flywheel elsewhere.
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