2002 Prep
Photos taken during winter prep (August 2001 to June 2002) and during the 2002 season.
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| Well the oil pump was destroyed so we going
to have to replace it.
Date: 10/14/2001 |
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| Woohoo....a National license.
Date: 01/16/2002 |
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| The fuel cell is not anchored properly so
that'll have to be done as well. Also the steering shaft has been
modified (by John Thon) to accommodate the new steering wheel and quick
release hub.
Date: 01/23/2002 |
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| I fabricated a new fuel port tonight.
Date: 02/11/2002 |
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| Andy has this made for my birthday.
Waaaay cool. Thanks, man.
Date: 02/12/2002 |
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| The fuel cell needs to be moved up and in
order to do that we need to slide it to the left. These bars are
bolted in to support the cell.
Date: 02/14/2002 |
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| Upon opening up the motor to replace the
oil pump we discovered that the crankshaft and pistons we toast.
Looks like we'll have to start over and build a new motor.
Date: 03/14/2002 |
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| A close up of the crankshaft and the crack
that made it a nice paperweight.
Date: 03/18/2002 |
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| The new wheels I ordered show up and boy do
they look cool. Also I get the fuel cell back into the chassis.
Date: 03/19/2002 |
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| I find out that the front hubs are
cracked. So I decide to rebuild the front and rear
suspension. I put in new bearings and seals (front and back), new
king pins and hubs on the front as well as shimming the front axles and
king pins. It takes many hours but I am confident that the car is
much more safe.
Date: 03/28/2002 |
 
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| Kendall Jones comes over with his plasma
cutter and we start cutting away extraneous parts of the chassis, doors
and fenders. This is fun.
Date: 04/04/2002 |
 
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| To reduce weight even more, I remove the
door latches and replace them with pins. A new side mirror comes
in. Its also lighter but, more importantly, I can see out of much
better.
Date: 04/07/2002 |
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| Today we continued with the motor rebuild.
Date: 05/11/2003 |
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| The motor is finished. Now we attach
the transmission and we're ready to put the whole thing back into the
chassis.
Date: 05/28/2002 |
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| We put the motor into the chassis.
Date: 05/31/2002 |
 
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| Duane is allergic to dirty race cars so he
starts to work on mine.
Date: 06/02/2002 |
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| After much wailing and gnashing of teeth,
we finally figure out that a journal has been plugged in this
motor. We need to drill it out and then we'll have normal oil pressure.
Date: 07/16/2002 |
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Last edited by Dayle Frame on Tuesday, July 08, 2008
