Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

that would be a crank pulley that drove the alternator-pulleys are named by where they are mounted----I thought he meant that he had timing marks on the pulley on the alternator that he was using as timing reference (would necessitate one to one drive ratio) because of all the congestion around the c rank makes it hard to see any timing marks-----------

The alternator is driven off the crank and the pulley is bolted to the blower hub, TDC was marked on the edge but was difficult to see so I made the disc up, make sense ?

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Looks good and good luck getting it set up. I really like your new alternator drive pulley with the timing marks on it.

Found some time yesterday to fettle the garnish mouldings to a nice fit, A tip for customers fitting these is they were moulded off originals so if you look carefully the original screw hole locations are moulded into them. I just drilled out and used some stainless posidrive screws but I intend to replace with stainless slotted screws over the next few days as they look much better.
We also hope to have front & rear garnish mouldings available very soon.







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The garnish moldings fit their spaces perfectly, which you'd expect with the molds pulled from original metal but still it says something for your craftsmanship, and I really like the diamond pleat panels. I like little oval head screws with a countersink head for that location. With the right countersink in the molding they're flush around the edge but stand very slightly proud with a bit of crown, and I like the Phillips head over slotted, but that's just personal preferences.

Originally Posted by rspears

The garnish moldings fit their spaces perfectly, which you'd expect with the molds pulled from original metal but still it says something for your craftsmanship, and I really like the diamond pleat panels. I like little oval head screws with a countersink head for that location. With the right countersink in the molding they're flush around the edge but stand very slightly proud with a bit of crown, and I like the Phillips head over slotted, but that's just personal preferences.

Yes Roger thats the screws i'm gonna look for, I think they are called raised head countersunk.

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Originally Posted by roadster32

Yes Roger thats the screws i'm gonna look for, I think they are called raised head countersunk.

For us they're "Oval Head Phillips" in sheet metal screws, but "Raised Head Countersunk" makes perfect sense, too - Sheet metal screws, Phillips oval head - Bolt Depot
and they also come in slotted, but I much prefer the Phillips - https://www.boltdepot.com/Sheet_meta...head.aspx?nv=l

Something like this?
I like these stainless steel drill bits for countersinking stainless material, but not needed for fiberglass.

Well after what seems like weeks of backward steps last night at 9.45pm the Willys burst into life and ran like a champ I just hope it didn't frighten the neighbours too much

Fred came over yesterday at 3.00pm and we went back to basics and retimed the complete engine, as we suspected the problem was the markings on the crank timing gear, we set it all up again with the degree wheel and ignored the marks, it took a few hours checking and double checking and then triple checking but after checking for oil pressure etc etc it burst into life after one turn of the key just a bit of fine tuning on the carbs & dizzy to do now.

Huge thanks to Fred who sussed the problem and went beyond the call of duty to get it done ( I think he was as keen as I was to hear it run really )

Unfortunately no video just yet as the radiator is at the repair shop but when it returns will get some vid done

Heres a pic of it all stripped out







Heres a pic of the timing tape installed on the homemade pulley thingy.






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Well after what seems like weeks of backward steps last night at 9.45pm the Willys burst into life and ran like a champ I just hope it didn't frighten the neighbours too much

Fred came over yesterday at 3.00pm and we went back to basics and retimed the complete engine, as we suspected the problem was the markings on the crank timing gear, we set it all up again with the degree wheel and ignored the marks, it took a few hours checking and double checking and then triple checking but after checking for oil pressure etc etc it burst into life after one turn of the key just a bit of fine tuning on the carbs & dizzy to do now.

Huge thanks to Fred who sussed the problem and went beyond the call of duty to get it done (I think he was as keen as I was to hear it run really)

Unfortunately no video just yet as the radiator is at the repair shop but when it returns will get some vid done

Heres a pic of it all stripped out







Heres a pic of the timing tape installed on the homemade pulley thingy.






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Good news Steve. Now we can't wait to see it at the Nostalgia races!

Hooooraaaaaaay!! Great news to wake to this morning. Congrats on getting it back on track, and BTW the MSD tape on the Alternator Pulley looks grand, too!!

I'm looking forward to some video!

I managed to get a short video done, not very long as the radiator isn't back till tomorrow and I didn't want to get too much heat in the motor but it gives you an idea.





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Sounds VERY healthy and worth the wait & work

Awesome news and it sounds like it's ready to rip the track a new surface!!!