Old stuff in a very old shed
Tractors and engines
From a by gone era.
Loving the old shed with old tools. Actually all of it - quite a museum of awesomeness you've got going on down there.
Chains
That is a hen of a chain. What was it used for?
I'm going to safely venture that the big a** chain was used for marine use, for securing a very large vessel to an anchor.
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Quote from FlyingMonkeys on January 17, 2024, 9:32 amI'm going to safely venture that the big a** chain was used for marine use, for securing a very large vessel to an anchor.
Looks very similar to what my previous girl friend used to lock me out of the fridge. 🙁
Hold my keyboard and watch this! 🙃
Did it work? Houdini think of that.
They may have been designed for maritime use.
But spent the last part of their service life being dragged through bush.
Between 2 tractors or crawlers.
Some times with a large steel ball in the centre to keep the chain at a height to knock trees over.
As a boy I saw and was involved in land clearing and even as an adult I cleared and cropped new ( ? Old ?) Land.
Now I have seen that same land having been developed and productive as farms.
Then re planted to trees and even more recently watched the same being harvested.
Who would have thunk it?
Asked a question on the Wild Guzzi site about final drive ratios. Earlier Guzzi's could be fitted with different ratio's . Current small block is 8/33.
Options for the bigger blocks included 7/33 and 7/37.
The OD of the BB crown wheel is about 140mm and the OD of my FD case is 200mm.
So physically should fit inside.
Yep there's a bunch more things to consider.
Splines, lengthes, diameters and on and on.
But if I can lay hands on a spare V9 final drive and an earlier one along with a 7/37 gearset.
Then who knows?
The triple tree change is waiting on workshop space currently used by an old truck.
Lately I have lashed out buying an extra couple of vehicles and a trailer.
The Fiat, Honda and Dodge between them have an average age of 63yrs.
Will eventually put up a group photo.
But living on the pension now will eventually force me to choose and I'd rather choose early.
I "could" just drive the 1925 Fiat.
Or the 1963 Dodge truck.
Bear in mind the wife has an old Corolla in top nick so I "could "live without any.
But where is the fun in that.
Leaning towards the Guzzi but it will need to be properly sorted.
Will see.
Pic of the Dodge (an Aussie only version with
225 slant six)
Found some charts a fine fellow put up previously.
Some interesting differences in the primary gear reductions.
Haven't done the maths.
And don't have a few engines laying about to swap bits with.
Earlier small blocks had a slightly higher final drive than current ones.
Therefore they ran lower primaries.
Don't know if there's any compatibility between 5 speed and 6 speed boxes.
There's a fair primary difference between the V7s and the V9.
Probably ignore the V35.
The V7iii and V9 have their engines tilted foward a few degrees.
I notice my V9 has the highest primary drive so far in the small blocks.
The primary in the V7 850 may just be possible to use in the V9.
But may need a couple of wrecks for practise???
Windmill tilting.
Distractions.
Bought a Fiat 509.
Joined heritage club for the cheap rego rules.
$78 per year.
Then a trailer to carry it.
Rebuilt the trailer so now has deck and ramps.
Bought a truck to tow it.
Spent way too much time sorting it. (Ongoing).
Still met some amazing people with fascinating machines..
Pictures.
Dodge AT4 114, I think, 1963 Australian model with slant 6 power.
Trailer ex tandem jet ski carrier. Not finished.
Trike a one off by Graham Hammond builder and restorer extrordanair.
In that shed was a bunch offully restored early Indians including some very rare ones.
On the bench is a 1917? 680c smaller Vtwin built to compete with British stuff..
Hope to resume normal programming soon.
F
Dennis was burning the midnight oil trying to sort the 1903 Minerva for this weekends run.
Little things like getting it to run for more than a few seconds.
And what was that loud knock in the engine?
Gudgeon pin was a little too long and hitting the flywheel near bdc.
It now runs again.
