[SEL] Is this a record???/ now what are you working on this winter?

[Curt]

Jerry,
If it makes you feel better I've been working on both my Stickney engine 
and the tray cooled Alamo engine.
On the Stickney I have all the castings for the fuel pumper machined and 
they are on the engine. Saturday I stuck a pan of mineral spirits under 
it and it pumped all the way up to the site gage cage! Glenn, Arnie, 
Rick, the combination of check balls you sent worked. Now I have piping 
work to do to route the fuel from the pump to the mixer. It's been a 
year long project to get this done from making the patterns, to getting 
them cast, to machining them, and on the engine. I'll put some pictures 
together shortly....

On the Alamo I've been making new valves, reaming the guides oversize, 
seating the valves, rebuilding the water pump, making fixtures to pour 
new babbitt mains, making all new bolts/screws/studs, new brass in the 
wrist pin end of the conn. rod, etc.
Still have to bore the cylinder, make a pattern/cast/machine an oversize 
piston, pour the mains, and assemble it. May run out of winter!

Last week Tommy B. and I put the crank and new poured mains in his 
Rumley lightweight and set the end clearance. It rolls sweet! Cylinder 
liners are next. I need to take some pictures of this....

Missy is now referring to herself as a machineshop widow as I am there 
most nights until about 8 or 8:30. But as she says it is good safe fun 
and she knows where I am!

OK guys, tell us what you are working on....
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC

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