So with no gas it was on to the next step which is test fitting the engine to be sure the tunnel is right before welding. I unwrapped the Camaro engine and got it ready.
I
put in a new rear main seal and checked the new oil pan and pick up tube for
proper fit. Since this is a baffled pan
with doors it cannot be installed upside down.
This
is the V8 Roadsters engine mount.
It
is very well made but I can see why a lot of guys make their own mounts. It’s not very complicated and a stretch to justify
$1200 for. I am glad I bought it though
because it saved much time and engineering and if nothing else I have a pattern
for the next build now…J
Up
she goes headers and all!
Fits
like a glove!
The new oil pan works great. The mounts on the frame under the front of the pan are for the steering rack. I didn't check it but it should fit fine.
I
messed up on the tunnel though.
Happy Jim!
OK
so it’s Sunday night at supper time and I went to unhook the gas tank from the
welder. Both gauges said 0 but there was
a hiss when I took the tank loose. I
turned the valve on the tank and again hisssss. OK so I hooked it back up and cranked the
regulator and up the needle went to 20 psi.
The tank still showed 0 psi, humm.
With the price of gas I figured I would weld out what little must be in the
tank. So I fired it up and started on
the floor frame rail. At the end I looked
at the tank gauge and it showed 0 but the regulator was at 25 psi. Hummm. OK I backed the regulator down to 15 and
welded the other frame rail. I looked at again and the tank gauge and it showed 0 but the regulator was at 20. I had now welded 6 feet of frame with
no gas in the tank but the regulator kept going up! I looked
around, scratched my head and said "Excuse me Lord, what cha doing?" Supper was now out of the question! So
I kept on going.
Remember the frame
rails I added last winter? Click HERE if you don't.
Well
after burning so many holes in things it dawned on me that I could weld these
to the floor from the top really easy.
The
factory frame rails have a flange that is spot welded to the floor and that
flange is between the frame I added and the floor. This is a cross view of how it is made.
I
took my grinder and cut a slot through the floor then welded all 3 layers
together.
As Elijah came to the entrance of the village he met a widow, gathering firewood. He asked her, “Please, would you bring me something to eat?”
She said, “I swear, as surely as God lives I don’t have so much as a biscuit. I have a handful of flour and a little oil; you found me scratching together just enough firewood to make a last meal for my son and me. After we eat it, we’ll die.”
Elijah said to her, “Don’t worry about a thing. Go ahead and do what you’ve said. But first make a small biscuit for me and bring it back here. Then go ahead and make a meal from what’s left for you and your son. This is the word of God:‘The flour will not run out and the oil will not become empty before God sends rain on the land and ends this drought.’”
And she went and did it did just as
Elijah asked. And it turned out as he said—daily food for her and her family.
The flour didn’t run out and the bottle of oil didn’t become empty: God’s promise fulfilled to the letter,
exactly as Elijah had delivered it.
1 Kings 17
Interesting it was raining last night as I was welding with
no gas. I wonder if I'll have any gas to weld with tonight...:-)
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