On 1 Jul 2005 14:16:31 -0700, "dwoolery" wrote:

In one of Bruce's newsletters he talked about making a piece of
aluminum shaped like a sphere, cut in half and dimpled like a golf
ball. This piece was mounted in the intake under the carburetor. It's
purpose was to help direct the air/fuel mixture evenly to each
cylinder. Sounds good so I will try it if I find there is much
variance in temp. between the cylinders.

Oh that. I don't recall it being called a "golfball diverter" but I
know what you mean. I've heard it referred to as a "turtle" or
"frog". Not sure it will be required in my case as the engine seems
to be pretty smooth so far.

I have not dared to rev the engine beyond 3,000 rpm so I don't know
how smoothly it will run at full throttle. It's a little intimidating
to be standing two feet from the prop while it's blasting air by you.

I'm also trying hard not to damage the prop with it picking up sand.
Nothing bad happens up to about 2,000 (engine) rpm, but above that,
even with 20 inches of ground clearance, it picks up sand from the
gravel driveway and hurls it around in a malestrom.

I've tried dragging it onto the lawn to minimize this effect, and now
that I have the plywood I happened across for free, I probably will
try that more often, but it means using the winch a lot more which is
hard on it and hard on the battery.

It may be that the best solution is to winch the engine into the
pickup after all, but getting it out of the pickup is still
intimidating.

Yet another solution that's been offered is to make a low trailer that
I can winch the engine onto. That's a good idea, possibly even the
best idea, but will require a lot of fabrication, not to mention the
cost of the axles, wheels, tires, bed support, hitch etc. etc., and a
place to put it when not in use.

In the meantime I've got some pavers to lay for the entrance to the
house. This project has been waiting for about 25 years.

Corky Scott