Monthly Archives: September 2025

Frankenstein Radio

Posted on September 29, 2025 by RussD

Time to upgrade the Imperial radio. Before talking about the new radio and the overly complex installation process let’s take a minute to look at the “original” radio. Once again I would really like to know more about the history … Continue reading →

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Dropping the Gas Tank part 3

Posted on September 22, 2025 by RussD

With the jack ready to go there was a gas tank that needed to be dropped! It is a lot easier to handle an empty gas tank. And this replacement tank has a drain fitting. The gas gauge is reading … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready to Drop the Gas Tank part 2

Posted on September 15, 2025 by RussD

With the lathe cutting properly and demonstrating that I can cut M24-1.5 threads I could move on to making a retainer to bolt the frame to the jack. Dropping into engineering design mode I defined several requirements for this part: … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready to Drop the Gas Tank

Posted on September 8, 2025 by RussD

The gas tank is leaking when filled up. Not Good! I had this problem a couple of years ago and fixed it. Looks like the problem has returned… No choice but to drop the tank and fix it again! It … Continue reading →

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Venting part 3

Posted on September 1, 2025 by RussD

At the end of the last post we had a pretty well destroyed dash vent with a broken off cobalt drill bit buried hopelessly deep into it. With nothing to lose we might as well destroy it further and see … Continue reading →

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