Stu, OK, but the offer stands. You were one of my very first customers. I won't forget.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Mike

they look great...  i think i've a fetish for newly machined parts!!

have fun with the spirolocs

stuey

Picked up my pistons today.  This is a 4 cc dome.  Piston, pin and locks weigh 642 grams.  Seems darn light for a 3.86 piston!

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

You might get by with the McCullouch/Paxton unit as they were available from the Ford/Mercury dealers. Also, as I recall, it was the European market that did the early work on superchargers anyway? Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Frank

thanks for the offer but you can rest easy i'll not take you up. the stuff on the impeller was not weld spatter but some greenish glue   loctite bearing fix maybe ??  seems tight but i only used my fingers thought i might break something if i used a pry bar/screwdriver

Moonshadow thats a dream setup, i've never considered a blower and i think the insurance companies over here would frown 

stuey

Chuck,

    Mummert's got the timing cover tooling, he's workin' on it. I still have the water pump but I seriously doubt that I'll ever run more. It's complicated enough that I don't make anything on them.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Patience, Patience.  Sounds like you have it.  Better luck.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

It was a new, balanced, 40 over 272 with the blower cam etc.. Lost oil pressure at Columbus after about 500 miles of travel. Number 2 main bearing was badly worn and the two adjacent rods had a lot of heat damage. My shop thought the main bearings may not have been properly fitted. In another post it was mentioned that a similar problem was being blamed on vibrations from a slipped damper. Damage was also to the number 2 main bearing. See that thread at:   http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Topic63384-3-1.aspx 

Once I tore it down and found the problems I had the block remachined and bored to 292 specs (I had a set of new pistons on hand). Replaced the two heat damaged rods and then the whole assembly was balanced again to compensate for the change of pistons and rods. I hope to have it back in my 56 Vicky soon.

Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Chuck, your engine is impressive.  What happened on the oil pressure issue?  Was the engine tired, or much worse, was it new?

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Frank, Any chance you will do another run of covers and water pumps someday?

Sure would love to have some. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire