Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Nice work on the driveshaft there. It is all coming together nicely and like your attention to detail.

Originally Posted by Gojeep

Nice work on the driveshaft there. It is all coming together nicely and like your attention to detail.

Thanks for the kind comment Gojeep

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The list of jobs is getting much smaller but I needed a thermostat cover, couldn't buy one as they all go straight up and I need a right angled jobbie, Only thing for it was to make one, dived in the scrap bin and found a bit of 3/8" stainless plate, bit thicker than I wanted but It will do, I had some 1/4" but I hate leaky thermostat covers, the 3/8" won't bend and leak

First job was to put in a 1.5" hole, a holesaw did the job perfectly, next drew around a gasket and roughed it out on the linisher.

Then a quck polish and it was done. A stainless 1.5" bend was trimmed to get the outlet low and welded in place.





























It was all going really well and I then thought about the top hose, this is a little more challenging.

I had to drop the MSD dizzy in to check clearances, this is where I found the cap hits the blower !!!

I can get around this small problem with another plate under the blower to lift it sightly, but I'm hoping MSD will have a side entry blower cap which would save a fair bit of work.

















Anyway on with the top hose, a few 1.5" 90 degree bends and some straight bits were welded together and I had a top hose, it follows a bit of a torterous route as it has to go around the top blower pulley, just need to pickup some straight rubber hose and its done.





















I turned up some rings on the lathe and tig welded them onto the ends to stop the hoses from blowing off.











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