1934 Plymouth five window

[1952B3b23]

I was also having an issue with my MIG welder the other day, Miller 210. It would feed the wire fine and all of the sudden stop in the middle of welding. It wouldn't even spin the drive rollers that feed the wire. I called my local welding shop and they told me how to diagnose if it was a problem with the machine or the gun. Turned out the gun was bad. I bought a new Tweco gun and it welds perfect again. Just something else to look out for.

-Chris

 

[MercuryMac]

Thanks for the tip 1952. I looked a Tweko gun and liner hose a few years ago but cheaped out and didn't buy it.

One of my other hobbies took over for a while here. I took two really old tractors to a friends shop for him to make one out of two for me. The tractors were frozen into the ground about four or five inches deep. Anyhow he's got them stripped down pretty good and I'm already having to run some parts to machine shops.

I got back to making my steering wheel. I had bought a vent stack coupler from a plumbing supply house, 5"D down to 2"D. A little chunk of it will probably hold down my horn button. I used my 1/2 inch drill as a lathe and trimmed it up. In the second shot the black 'ring' will go over the chrome piece and hold it down, hopefully.

 

[DozerII]

Now that's a great example of using what you have. [cl[cl

 

[Old Iron]

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[Torchie]

Good old Yankee.....er...Canadian ingenuity there Mac.[ddd
Torchie

 

[MercuryMac]

Thank you guys,----- and I haven't even started bragging yet. You see that silver painted pipe that is holding the plumbing vent stack adapter, well, that's not just a painted pipe, oh no, no. That's my homemade thread die holder. There's a three quarter inch socket welded in one end and receiver set up for the die, in the other end. When you are threading things like a U bolt you can't turn the conventional handle for the dies so I made a deep socket for those occasions. Anyhow the painted pipe just jammed into the pluming fixture and turned it so I could lathe it down.

 

[smallfoot]

That's what I like about this place....all the ***** nudity!!![cl

 

[craigger]

your baby hemi 34 plymouth build

Thank you guys,----- and I haven't even started bragging yet. You see that silver painted pipe that is holding the plumbing vent stack adapter, well, that's not just a painted pipe, oh no, no. That's my homemade thread die holder. There's a three quarter inch socket welded in one end and receiver set up for the die, in the other end. When you are threading things like a U bolt you can't turn the conventional handle for the dies so I made a deep socket for those occasions. Anyhow the painted pipe just jammed into the pluming fixture and turned it so I could lathe it down.

I love it. Injunity always prevails. Great to see how you can make things work with what you have. Its better if your not to close to the parts store.

 

[Pablo1]

nice work

Its looking really nice

 

[MercuryMac]

Hello again. Sorry for not answering you promptly, but I was away on a February holiday. Almost anywhere is nicer than here in the winter, but Australia and New Zealand are really nice right now.
Nothing has been done on the '34 Plymouth lately, but I have been working on the aforementioned old tractor. I've rebuilt a brass updraft carburetor, a spare newer Zenith, [just in case the brass one doesn't cut the mustard] and built an old looking air cleaner, all for a 1928 Twin City tractor.

 

[Torchie]

Glad your back.
Love those old tractors.[cl
Torchie

 

[MercuryMac]

I am working on the Plymouth a little but, measuring, engineering, building brackets and test fitting them goes pretty slow.
Here's my 1927 Twin City running after 80 years of resting. It's up on jack stands, in high gear, with the clutch engaged, so the wheels are turning.

 

[MercuryMac]

Installing the clutch/brake pedal assembly, under the floor, beside a Hemi with bellhousing mounts, is quite a chore. I'm still in the test and adjust stage with this gismo, so I've had to take it out and put it in a lot. The last bracket I made is 1/4 inch too wide so I have to skinny it down a bit. So, some progress but nothing picture worthy.

 

[smallfoot]

Diggin the old tractors too![P

 

[MercuryMac]

The bracket is finished and primed, but with all of the crawling around under the car, looking at things, I am pretty near convinced that the engine and transmission are too low, [three and a half inches off the floor at the flywheel dust cover]. Maybe I should raise it up two or three inches. Now is the time, but I'll have to throw the new bracket away, and cut a cross member out behind the transmission.

 

[Tripper]

Diggin the old tractors too![P

Same here! Awesome!!! [dr[dr[dr

BoB

 

[Bamamav]

That looks like Oliver Douglas tractor! Green Acres for you youngsters. ....

 

[MercuryMac]

I guess I don't fall into the youngster group, because I remember that tractor of Mr. Douglas's, Bam.

Anyhow, I've got some picture worthy progress here,------well, not really progress, more like regress.
I decided that the clearance under the motor was too little, at three and a half inches, so I yanked the motor and transmission and will raise it all by three inches. That means redo-ing a few things but it will only get worse later on.

 

[DozerII]

Man those old hemi's look cool [dr

 

[MercuryMac]

Thanks Dozer, I agree, Hemis look cool.

Anyhow, I took a long week-end off and listened to a lot of homemade country/ bluegrass music and danced a bit.