Work Party at the Azevedo's Garage

The first Tin Lizzies event for the New Year was on January 7th - a work party at the Azevedo's garage.  These work parties have become very popular opportunities for Club members to work on their T projects.  Among the projects that day was John Seawell continuing the rebuilding of a rear differential.  The ring gear in the differential was found to be worn and a tooth broken.  Larry had a replacement 40-tooth ring gear in good condition and it was installed and the assembly completed.

Neil and Tim O'Brien continued on the total rebuild of Tim's 1923 fire engine project.  In 2011, the engine had been re-bored and re-babbitted.  Neil carefully machined the caps to keep the crankshaft end-play to less than .001"!  Tim and Neil used rubber eraser material, compressed between the piston top and "Z" head to check for clearance.

Tom Miles was busy chipping old babbitt out of a donated Canadian engine block that will be raffled off as a fund raiser for the National Model T Museum.  Larry has the knowledge and fixtures to cast main bearing, rod cap, and 4th main babbitts.  In fact, Larry will be demonstrating his techniques during the "Grease and Rust" seminar series at the MTFCA meeting event!

Don Mitchell realized that the shaft of his water pump rebuilding project would have to be replaced.  Larry had rod stock of the correct diameter in stock and a new shaft was made.

Mark had purchased a right rear fender from a part sale for his 1925 touring car restoration.  The fender is pretty rust-free, but did have small dents and cracks in need of repair.  Using Larry's oxy-acetelyne welding equipment, the cracks were repaired and the welds ground down.  It was an enjoyable way to spend the day and a lot of Club project made progress.

Thank you Larry and Lorna for another great work day!

Tom Miles working on the Canadian block engine to be raffled as a fund raiser for the Annual MTFCA Business Meeting and for the Model T Museum.

Neil and Tim O'Brien checking the clearances between pistons and a new high-compression Z head.

A close-up of the newly rebuilt engine for Tim's fire truck.

Ken and John working on the rear differential of John's T project. John is assembling parts from a wide range of sources.

Ken, John, and Larry inserting bailing wire to secure ring gear bolts.

Larry and Don working on a new shaft for Don's water pump.

Kirk, Neil, Larry, Ken, and Don at a lunch break. The woman (in the back) is a mannequin!

John, Ken, and Kirk

Neil and Larry organizing transmission parts from Tim's fire engine.

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