Hogs heads and bushings have gotten a lot of attention at Larry’s garage lately.  Almost everyone has pedal shafts that have too much play and leak – and Larry has been perfecting his multi-step milling procedures to enlarge the holes in the hogs heads, insert bronze bushings, and add a modern oil seal on the casting exterior. During Dave Fero’s and Mark Wing’s engine and transmission rebuilds, the hogs heads have been removed, making it an opportune time to fix the excessive wear and resulting leak problem.

Larry had done the boring procedure to Dave’s hogs head at a previous work party and Dave was cleaning his parts and beginning reassembly of the pedals, cams, springs, etc.

Larry was boring Mark’s hogs head which is destined for his 1925 coupe. This engine and transmission were apart for repairs due to a malfunctioning magneto and cracked low speed drum.  In preparation for reassembly, Mark spent most of the day repairing and cleaning the pan that needed a new crank handle bushing and wishbone mounting studs.

Kirk and Bruce were focusing on replacing the spring and shackle bushings in the front end of Bruce’s 1925 Tudor sedan.  The engine and transmission in Bruce’s Tudor had recently undergone a rebuild after a catastrophic transmission failure.  It now purrs, but the front end was too loose.

Art Gebeau, our club member from Grants, NM, was making progress on his 1926/27 engine block preparing it for line boring.  The babbitt had been poured by a previous owner and there was enough material to allow for line boring.  This engine is destined for a speedster project that will have overhead valves, a new SCAT balanced crank, and other parts to make it a high-performing T engine.

Thanks Larry for another great work party!

When parking your Model T for Larry’s hydraulic lift – the chicken lets you know where to stop! Mark’s hogs head ready for pedal shaft boring Larry boring pedal shaft holes Steve in his 1925 coupe Bruce and Kirk replacing bushings in Bruce’s 1925 Tudor Kirk driving in a bushing Larry and Art ready to drive out a camshaft bushing from Art’s 1926/27 block. Dave’s non-starter 1918 hogs head Dave’s parts ready for installation Dave Ferro Dave cleaning pedals for his 1918 depot hack Larry assisting with Bruce’s bushing project Dave’s hogs head during reassembly Mark’s 1925 pan with new wishbone retainer bolts Larry getting ready to line-bore Art’s block Bruce and Kirk Bruce in action Dave and Larry testing magnet recharging equipment Dave’s magnets ready for recharging Dave determining magnet strength by measuring resistance. Bruce in his 1925 Tudor Bruce ready to drive home