[TPR] Monday August 20

[B Hower]

Glad to hear that Asa, 
 
It's worth all the hard work, when you hear it running.
 
Bud "Mr. Burnout"
 


--- On Mon, 8/20/12, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:


From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
Subject: Re: [TPR] Monday August 20
To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
Date: Monday, August 20, 2012, 7:25 PM



Yes, it's ALIVE!

Mad Dawg wrote me earlier asking about that (possibly) leaking thermostat gasket.

I had purchased a brand new reusable gasket from Summit.  It's actually a really cool piece.  It consists of a hard material (kind of like Bakelite) about an eighth inch think with a rubber sealing surface bonded into it on both sides.  The objective is for the rubber to act like an o-ring and seal both the top and the bottom.

I have no doubt this probably works very well for two -very- flat surfaces.  However, in my case, the housing "tube" that connects the top of the thermostat to the swirl tank is the original welded assembly.  It turns out the diameter of the embedded o-ring in this fancy gasket is just inside the flat part of the flange welded to the tube.  Therefore, it doesn't seal well in my application.  I checked it this morning with a pressure tester and sure enough it was weeping coolant.

Soooooo.....  Out it came this morning and was replaced with a standard paper gasket with some Hondabond on both sides.  It now does not leak.

I have a brand new stainless version of this pipe with a nice large sealing area flange on it that I'm sure would work fine.  However, due to other modifications I'm currently using, I can't use that pipe unless I want to cut it down several inches.  I don't really want to do that yet.  I cut down the original pipe for the current configuration which includes a TEFBA filter.  In the future I'll probably mode the cooling system again and will use the new pipe and will then be able to test that fancy gasket again.

Here's a cool note for today: I installed two drain petcocks in the engine, with a hose connection on them, this part from Napa:
http://napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?R=WH_6660_0367751284

This was huge help today as it allowed me to drain enough fluid to remove the thermostat housing without getting coolant all over the front of the engine.  I have one of these installed on each side of the engine and in the radiator.  It's very nice being able to attach a hose and route it directly into a container.  Helps save on really messy floors.  :)

The engine is running so rich it's making my eyes water.  All I did was crank the mixture screws to full rich (remember it's an "emissions" carb and has limited travel of a little over 3/4 turn.)  We'll run it this way for just a bit longer and then lean it out.

One bad news part.  The heat riser didn't fit this manifold, so I'm running -without- it.  Which means.... no choke.  <sigh>  I'll have to fix that up some other way maybe.

Asa Jay
Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 8/20/2012 3:59 PM, Mad Dog Antenucci wrote: 


Teaser Alert - Yea, that is what he looks like when he's in the garage doctor. ;-)






From: Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
To: 'Asa Jay Laughton' <asajay at asajay.com>; tpr at teampanteraracing.com 
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TPR] Monday August 20







“IT’S ALIVE!!!”
 
Dear Asa: I would expect that things are going well in your garage…..      Chuck Engles
 


From: tpr-bounces at teampanteraracing.com [mailto:tpr-bounces at teampanteraracing.com] On Behalf Of Asa Jay Laughton
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 5:35 PM
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Subject: [TPR] Monday August 20
 
Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired& Shelley MarieSpokane, WA******************************     http://www.racingagainstautism.comhttp://www.teampanteraracing.comhttp://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
 
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