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Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2022 5:18 pm
by BS
All good progress Harv!
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Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 4:12 pm
by EK283
I would have thought some old drum brakes to keep it period,
Going fast is so much fun but i suppose if you cant stop thats an issue.
Greg
Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 4:21 pm
by Harv
It's on the border line where it almost needs a chute. It will get one, but may not need to use it. The discs will give me piece of mind for a while until I get used to how this thing works... agree that drums would have suited the era better.
Cheers,
Harv
Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:41 am
by Harv
Life behind bars.
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A lot more cage than the simple rollover hoops of the 60’s. My noggin is probably not worth the steel price (too much armour, not enough brains) but needs to be IHRA compliant to run.
Cheers,
Harv
Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:22 pm
by Errol62
Full on Harv
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Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:39 pm
by Harv
It is some beautiful bar work.
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Cheers,
Harv
Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:44 pm
by Harv
Warning stuff to sit on top of the rearmost rocker cover bolt (no gauge panel on a FED… no time to look down). Water temp for when I cook it in the staging lanes, and a big red flashing “get your boot out of it ya idiot” light.
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Cheers,
Harv
Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 9:09 pm
by BS
Good stuff
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Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 10:58 pm
by Blacky
I had a Hella trailer brake light with a big dollar sign on it as an oil pressure warning light in my speedway car .....
Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:11 am
by Harv
Blacky wrote: ↑Mon Oct 03, 2022 10:58 pm
I had a Hella trailer brake light with a big dollar sign on it as an oil pressure warning light in my speedway car .....
Cheers,
Harv
Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:51 pm
by Dr Terry
Are those nylon ties "period correct" ?
Dr erry
Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:08 am
by Harv
Dr Terry wrote: ↑Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:51 pm
Are those nylon ties "period correct" ?
I had some bailing twine, but figured that was overkill
Tried to think of a neat way to secure it without the cable ties, but failed. Difficult to bolt through, as the gauge takes up most of the real estate in the cup. Could glue it, but that didn't feel right either. Maybe some stainless panduit straps.
Cheers,
Harv
Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:35 am
by Errol62
Hose clamp?
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 1:49 pm
by Stygian
Hi Harv,
If that's a new Smith's mech temp gauge, be aware that the soldering on the sender of these new gauges can be of a very poor quality and are prone to fail. After mine died, I took it to a mech gauge guru, an ex-QANTAS instruments engineer I've known for years, who re-machined and soldered the sender after filling it with anesthetist aether. Cheers.
Re: Harv's FED thread
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 6:14 pm
by Harv
Ta - a good heads-up.
Cheers,
Harv