SOHC

1 hour ago, AllTorque said:

Nope.

Would need to be a hole bigger than 50mm unless it is near a suspension or seatbelt mount.

And then it needs a body cert?

A friend of mine took her car for a wof and it failed on light surface rust underneath and they sed it needs a repair certificate before anything can be done, they recommend she scrap the car.

Has the system changed recently or something?

On 22/08/2023 at 21:34, Kiwibirdman said:

 

Great fun for hunting 1200 Harleys. Definitely trade again.  

The 1200cc engines were introduced in 1948, I could probably win a fight with most 75 year olds 

For some reson hitting the weld with the chipping hammer makes it darken 

It must be working as it goes dark even if you point it at a glowing bit of steel

I have an auto darkening helmet but it has a battery, what is the battery for? It must be long dead.

That ute hasn't moved in over 20 years 

He has started stacking wood outside the fence now

6 hours ago, GregT said:

If there's high resistance via the condernser, that will show up poor insulation on the points.

Voltage takes the easiest way to earth.

Have you ohmed the plug caps and leads ?

Yes zero ohms, copper core HT leads, i need to check the points plate has a good earth come to think of it

I got my Atlas for $500 and a dislocated thunb

9 hours ago, tortron said:

They are also heavy cast so they can be pushed a bit more than a similar sized China lathe without flexing/vibrating. 

There's good modern metric options, but if cheap an old myford is a good buy, 

My myford had a huge chuck bolted to the faceplate, could do huge jobs in it, 

Its got a new set of points, i dont see how it would function at all if there was some kind of circuit?

16 hours ago, tortron said:

Should be able to use a 12v condenser on a 6v system, 

 

What's the coil like? 

Tried 3 coils, its got good spark, but its also got a lot of spark at the points for some reson

I put my old Myford ML on OS as well as Facebook for $500 and it sold within 5 mins

11 hours ago, 0fnsiv said:

Ole man Marcroft’s place….polisher extraordinaire…. related to the mad hater though…..

There use to be a shit load of old engines is he still there?

Do you know anything about the guy round the conner with all the shit in his yard?

I can't get this Dnepr to run properly, its like a bad condenser, its backfiring under load, iI tried 3 different brand new condensers, its sparking at the points alot, I have a 0.22 mf condenser, changed the coil to, I am wondering if it being 6v makes it require a higher capacity condenser?

What about scrape the gasket off and use a bit of silicon? 

51 minutes ago, Kerry-TGI said:

They're actually very competitively priced, do you just mimic the old muffler when deciding size and weld in the same place?

Basically just cut out the old muffler but with my friends 57 Fairlane its getting 2" duels with 10" Cobys up by the transmission, will sound nice with the old Y block 

58 minutes ago, Kerry-TGI said:

What's the go with those are they actually pretty mint?

I have been fitting them them to everything from motorcycles to lawn mowers, they do one called a Super Coby that has a chamber in the front that sounds super nice on an old 6 cylinder, I had some of them on a v8 with duels and it was nice, I have one on my 4 cylinder Volvo

This whole thread should be renamed where to weld the Coby in

They are huge, could go for a ride on one of them if your not careful

Thats the sort of thing I would like

On 05/08/2023 at 19:22, GregT said:

Is the wreckage available ?  FWIW there's a Bradford van running around Waiheke island now with a pair of Norton ES2 barrels on it. I'm told it's still alive - it was built here in ChCh in the 70's by some guys I knew. Not hard to graft cylinders onto a flat twin.

They called it the Bradnaught.

I will enquire about the blown engine 

I have the bottom bit from a thremette of anyone wants it?