The Fake Jaguar Thread

[Ulu]

Still just trimming and fitting, but I am down to the wire. I did get my wife out to help me with the trammel.

Some of my cleaned parts have started rusting again. I started to re-clean them and do some prelim painting, before I start tacking things up.

But I’m out of paint so that means I need to go to the hardware store.

No car pix today. This is my pet squirrel Charlie. He lives in my redwood tree and eats out of the bird feeder.

 

[Ulu]

Still no new pix.

After some more delays, I finally got back to the chassis. I stripped the rails down for paint inside, before boxing.

There was some rust and dirt collected since I welded these, so some effort with the wire wheels was needed.

I got one side clean and painted before I gave up for the day.

Again, I used a rust converting paint.

 

[Ulu]

The other rail needed some body work with big hammers and an anvil. It took some effort to get it straight enough.

So all the rails are painted inside, and when the paint cures I can assemble them.

In the meantime I am cleaning up the pan edge again. Once it all fits I might trim off another 1/8” when I decide whether the ledger angle goes leg-up or leg-down.

 

[Ulu]

I’m still waiting for my frame paint to cure, but I got some more measurements made, and it’s all coming together pretty close.

I had planned for 1/8” clearance from the frame to the fiberglass body. If I can live with 3/16” I’ve got a good alignment.

To get the full 1/8” I need to shorten the tunnel and floor at least another 1/4”

I will possibly bite the bullet and do that. I would also have to trim off the fiberglass body flange a bit.

 

[Ulu]

I had to change the rollers in my clothes dryer, which were starting to seize and squeak. I also changed the belt and idler. I had all these low-time parts saved from my previous machine, so I didn’t have to go buy parts. This is the 3rd nearly identical Maytag dryer I have had, and the spare parts all came in handy.

I trimmed a bit more on the car chassis and it is nearly acceptable. My paint is cured, so I can start tacking things.

Unless some other appliance blows up.

 

[Ulu]

Ha!
My new garage door rollers came, and I spent my morning changing them and doing a major door alignment. It is much smoother now without squeaky rollers. Those rollers were cheap plastic, but they still lasted over 20 years.

$26 on Amazon

 

[Ulu]

Still trimming and aligning. It is really close now. I just have to tune up the weld gap at the tunnel a little more. The welding should start tomorrow.

The trammel is really working out well for such a collection of random junk. I’m very happy with the ease of measurement it allows.

The welding magnets are just for extra weight actually & do not actually hold anything together.

 

[Ulu]

Another time-out . . .

Here’s the parts from when I had to change the squeaky wheels in my Maytag dryer. These were nearly seized up tight.

The idler roller was tight too, and it was burning the belt.

She’s quiet as a mouse now.

 

[Da Gas Man]

Another time-out . . .

Here’s the parts from when I had to change the squeaky wheels in my Maytag dryer. These were nearly seized up tight.

The idler roller was tight too, and it was burning the belt.
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She’s quiet as a mouse now.

I love the way your mind works my friend. The day we can't fix anything around the house is
the day they pitch the first shovel load of dirt on the box lid.

 

[Ulu]

You can’t be afraid of shedding blood to work on a Maytag. Those things have more sharp edges than a Swiss army knife.