[Spridgets] Need pointer to building a shop dolly for my spare engine

[George Brokaw]

No.  Thank you Brad for the opportunity!  It was fun and VERY satisfying when
your engine started up and ran!  And for being the most important member of
the group, I feel I was just one the people who had some knowledge, parts, or
battery who got your engine running.  The most important member of the group
was the TEAM!



;^)





Paul (still lurking as George)



Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Need pointer to building a shop dolly for my spare
engine



YEAH!! That's it, Paul!!!
Thank you Paul, you were the most important member of the group. It was great
to have all the help from John and Jack, but your knowledge of wiring was
absolutely invaluable.
Thank you again!!

Brad

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 12:55 PM, George Brokaw <george.brokaw at cox.net> wrote:

Brad,

The name that escapes you is Paul Herder.

The YouTube video is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v40PiJdCmVI

I took the video with my camera phone so the quality (?)

Paul (lurking as George)


-----Original Message-----

Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Need pointer to building a shop dolly for my spare
engine

I don't know about the dolly, but I cut the front clip out of a burnt 65,
welded an axle out of a 3 yard dumpster under where the front suspension
used to be, and added some 3/4 bent pipe at the back, for handles to roll
it. The engine and tranny sit on it, I have the radiator mounts, shortened
exhaust, and on the bits left of the top of the footwells, I mounted the key
ignition, starter solenoid, and temp/pressure gauge. The left footwell
contains the gas tank out of a lawn mower, and an facet style electric fuel
pump. The right contains a coil of jumper cables. These are wired directly
to the solenoid, and ground. I had originally considered a battery, but as
infrequently as I use this, I felt wiring in cables to be a better option.
I owe a huge debt of thanks to the many folks at LotO that helped with the
wiring to get this ugly thing running. John Kuzman, and Jack Brashear were
the two I recall off hand that were there. Someone else shot video of the
bugger running, but memory fails me just now. This was the same guy that was
great with the electrical wiring on it also. Thank you so much!!
If this type of dolly is what you are interested in, I could send photos.

Brad

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 11:35 AM, David Ambrose <stargazer1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Some time back, there were plans for making an A-series engine dolly. I
> lost that post in a hard drive crash, and can't find it via the usual
Google
> and the list archive searches.
>
> Does anyone remember where I can find those plans?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Ambrose




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