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[SpeedyNH]

you gonna put a tiny bit of up-angle on it?

[Pablo]

WOW I love the "padlock look" the U-brace gave the Dynamic tongue gizmo. That is SANO to the max       

 

I'd let dc-65x perform major surgery on me any day 

[dc-65x]

I saw that method of attaching the Dynamic pillow block on a period Pro car Pablo. I thought it looked cool. I don't remember who's car it was.

 

I fudged the guide shoe angle in Steve. I have an angle block set and I was going to mill a little angled flat on the Dynamic pillow block..............but I forgot. 

 

I decided to try clamping the pillow block and the part of the drop arm it's soldered to into my mill vise. It took just a little push on the other end of the arm to get the guide nosed up a tiny bit. Not ideal but it worked.

 

I had the chassis all polished out before I set it aside to build the drop arm. Then I find one pan hinge almost rusted shut. I wash and blow out the chassis with high pressure air immediately after soldering but it wasn't enough this time. I put the chassis in a WD40 soak and the pan now moves but not as freely as I'd like.

 

I will never use a one piece pan hinge tube without a clean out hole again. Better still separate hinge tubes so I can blow the crap out of them from the back. I know this is my personal dilemma but I have to do what works for me not what works for others.

 

After the WD40 soak my nice polish job is ruined but I'm not doing it again:

 

 

I'm having one problem after another with this car. The enjoyment of building it is dwindling fast. It might be time to throw this thing in a box and put this dead thread to bed...........

[Martin]

You are on the home stretch. You cant give up now.

 

It looks plenty shinny to me, I can actually take my shades off now I like a bit of patina. 

 

Maybe park it for bit until you forget the pain. That's what works for me.

[Pablo]

Here is a Hershman trick that works to free up a hinge or any rotating part, like a wheel held with keepers where a hair of flux and solder ends up getting where you don't want it. The wheel isn't spinning free. Put a drop of acid in there and work it work it work it. It frees it up. Now wash it.

 

Works for goobered up hinges like a charm. It won't free it up if it's soldered hard. But if it's just not as free as you want, it will save your day.

[dc-65x]

Thanks Pablo, I'll give that a try.

 

Martin, I'm going to take your advice too. I'm moving this thread into my sub-form and parking this project for a while...............

 

Onward to something fun.