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Title: Distractions!
Post by: Denis on December 28, 2015, 09:42:04 AM: Man, I've been gone a long time. I got saddled with a huge project this summer and it's kept be busy as hell. When I wasn't working it I was working on my Indian, which now runs!
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/bigtreebluesea/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsxq94gr23.jpg) (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/bigtreebluesea/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsxq94gr23.jpg.html)

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/bigtreebluesea/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpscvolzyep.jpg) (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/bigtreebluesea/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpscvolzyep.jpg.html)

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/bigtreebluesea/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsrbzqniyt.jpg) (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/bigtreebluesea/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsrbzqniyt.jpg.html)
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Post by: Pilgrim on December 28, 2015, 12:30:39 PM: Much coolness!
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Post by: ack1961 on December 28, 2015, 01:06:22 PM: Yes. Cool as hell, Denis.
'36?
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Post by: Highlander on December 28, 2015, 02:09:31 PM: Cowboy's and Indians... :mrgreen:
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Post by: Denis on December 28, 2015, 04:01:17 PM: Quote from: ack1961 on December 28, 2015, 01:06:22 PM
Yes. Cool as hell, Denis.
'36?

Thanks all!
It's a 1940 ex-Canadian Army Model 640.
Still some kinks to work out, like the two stripped cylinder head bolt threads in the cylinders...
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Post by: Dave W on December 28, 2015, 05:07:17 PM: Very nice!
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Post by: uwe on December 29, 2015, 06:28:38 AM: Cries for a road trip to Alaska!
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Post by: godofthunder on January 01, 2016, 10:03:58 AM: Now that is awesome!
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Post by: Highlander on January 01, 2016, 01:45:26 PM: Post the vid, Mr D... ;)
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Post by: Hörnisse on January 01, 2016, 03:22:37 PM: What a beauty!
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Post by: gweimer on January 01, 2016, 03:29:46 PM: Nice! Looks great as is, too.
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Post by: Rob on January 01, 2016, 06:38:55 PM: What a looker!
Do you show it?
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Post by: Denis on January 17, 2016, 07:50:18 AM: Thanks all!
After I got it home, I made a few corrections (shifter linkages, retaining bolts, etc) and then discovered it suddenly wouldn't start. Removing the plugs to see if it was getting spark, the small brass threaded spark plug wire retaining nut jumped out of my hand and went right down into the spark plug hole. Of course it was the rear cylinder.

After exhausting all options I found that I had no choice but to remove the head. To do that I had to drain the oil tank and both fuel tanks, remove the dash, the shifter linkages, the top engine mounting bracket and the front head...

Got the nut out, put the heads back on and TWO of the head bolt holes in the cylinders stripped. That was over the Christmas holiday and I still haven't felt the motivation to deal with it. Argh!
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Post by: Rob on January 17, 2016, 01:57:08 PM: AAAARRRRRRGGGGGG!
or somethin more profane.
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Post by: Dave W on January 17, 2016, 09:57:58 PM: It's always something, isn't it? Just when you think you've taken care of every little problem, another crops up.
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Post by: Hörnisse on January 18, 2016, 09:10:35 AM: I know the feeling! When I bought my Hornet in the late 1990's my father in law asked if I knew that AMC stood for A Mechanics Crisis.....
Title: Re: Distractions!
Post by: Pilgrim on January 18, 2016, 09:13:49 AM: I've been there with mechanical projects - in fact, i have one right now. My 280ZX has been on jackstands for almost 3 years with a project that started small and got bigger.

All I can say is: the longer it sits, the more likely it is to sit even longer. Don't let it hang on too long - like I've done.