Keep in mind that if you go with the Yella Terra rockers you will need oil through pushrods, and plug the oil hole to rockers in the block.
Available at VI for less:
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Are you planning on trying to fit the 144 head on your 200 (I thought you had better options)? I know you wanted the adjustable rocker arm (good score!), but when you purchased the new valves it made me wonder if you are considering running that head, or just repairing it for resale? A 144 head will physically fit but is not a good match for the 200.Hey guys,
I just wanted to give you a quick update. I haven’t had the chance to take any photos yet, but I noticed that one of the valves from the 144 head isn’t in great shape anymore. I managed to score two NOS valves for just about $25.The pushrods were available on RockAuto for $125, including shipping and customs, so I went ahead and ordered them as well. I went with the SBI 1901280 ones since they were cheaper than the Melling ones—hopefully, they’ll fit.
Now it’s back to waiting.
Cheers,
Chris
Good that push rods for the adjustable rocker arms are available on Summit, Jegs and others I noticed.Hey Mustang6,
No, the 144 head is only being used as a parts donor. The adjustable rocker arms and intake valves will be installed in the 250 C9DE head as exhaust valves since they are larger. I’ll try to sell the rest again, as I don’t need the head itself, but it was cheaper to take the complete head than to buy the parts individually.
Best regards,
Chris
we made bottle openers and case hardened them in shop class. now kasenit is probably banned because it contains potassium ferricyanide.
it might show up at a garage sale or something.. evidently there are ways using bone or charcoal .. if you read the machinist and gun making forums they have info on how to do it with what is available.
now people freak out about their kids buying toys with lead paint and I think back to my brother, he had a kit to melt lead and pour your own lead soldiers, and he also had pre made soldiers that came with little cigarettes for the soldiers , that you could light lol..
I was trained to pour my own babbitt bearings and fit them, one thing they enhanced was that if there is any water in the mold, even a drop, when you pour in the moleton lead it can blow up in your face. pretty dangerous toy ..
I remember the old steam engines too. i bought a couple in the past few years, you sit at the kitchen table and have a little fire boiling the tank to make steam. it was fun.. you can still buy those if you want to re-live your youth ;-)
All true of course, I spent the last 10 years of my working life with a Microcut lathe and turret mill Taiwan made, metric machines, made a lot of one off experiemental parts. Also made quite a few bits for my ute project. I was a tradie motor mech, plus a dip mech eng. The Hurcus you mention were Australian made, a lot of them in tech schools here in Australia. There is still quite a lot of work for manual machinist iin the mining and power generation areas.my dad went ot an auction and they were selling the two lathes from our high school shop, ( sign of the times I guess)
he already had a small lathe , a hercus, which is a southbend clone.. he bough both for a good price and passed each of his sons one. I ended up with the metric one which is fine, its a Boxford,, 9 inch.. I managed to get a small milling attachment, a rare accesory and its for a bit larger lathe but Im adapting it to fit my lathe so I can mill at least small items. I could spend hours making little things but itis actually very handy for simple things like just making a washer a special size or things like that.. Its nice to be able to make or fix a part and nto have to run around looking for odd little parts. I have a l coupl eof larger ones I use for work. and the bit of training I got coupled with practice and learning has helped a lot in my trade. I fix machiens of all sorts so it' nice to have those skills. nowadays they train a lot of CNC machinists but manual machining is a skill in itself and best for little one off projects. sorry its off topic from the thread. lots of us here seem to be home machinists so it's probably an interesting topic for another thread.
my dad went ot an auction and they were selling the two lathes from our high school shop, ( sign of the times I guess)
he already had a small lathe , a hercus, which is a southbend clone.. he bough both for a good price and passed each of his sons one. I ended up with the metric one which is fine, its a Boxford,, 9 inch.. I managed to get a small milling attachment, a rare accesory and its for a bit larger lathe but Im adapting it to fit my lathe so I can mill at least small items. I could spend hours making little things but itis actually very handy for simple things like just making a washer a special size or things like that.. Its nice to be able to make or fix a part and nto have to run around looking for odd little parts. I have a l coupl eof larger ones I use for work. and the bit of training I got coupled with practice and learning has helped a lot in my trade. I fix machiens of all sorts so it' nice to have those skills. nowadays they train a lot of CNC machinists but manual machining is a skill in itself and best for little one off projects. sorry its off topic from the thread. lots of us here seem to be home machinists so it's probably an interesting topic for another thread.