I'm really grumpy this evening. I went browsing in my library to see if any
of my books had anything about valve train deflection and/or geometry
variation over valve stroke (answer--nope), and I noticed that I had two
copies of Carroll Smith's book on plumbing and other hardware. True to form
I got distracted and started reading about brake plumbing--a futile thing
since I just finished replumbing Peyote. Of course I found clear reference
to everything I _should_ have done, including sources for the bits I spent
more than a day chasing down and wound up settling for inferior substitutes.
Damn. Now I have to convince myself I don't really need to do this over
again. I did the very thing that Mr. Smith says only fools do--flared my
Bundy pipe with double 45 degree flares even though I know the AN fittings
they are coupling to are 37 degree. I guess at least I need to order the
right fittings so when I see the first drip I'll have them handy for ripping
everything out.
BTW, does anyone think it's necessary to use AN -4 and 1/4 Bundy for the
clutch line? Mr. Smith says so, but I'm not sure it's a problem. Maybe if I
tried it I'd see a difference. He says 3/16 and -3 for brake, so I'm cool
there.
Then I went to the section on rivets, and found answers to all the problems
I had setting solid rivets on Peyote. Like sticking a row of rivets down
with masking tape to hold them in place and provide a cushion to the base
metal if the setting tool slips. Wow, that would have saved me a ton of
time. And some smiley faces on my body panels.
I need to at least remember that I bought all these reference books for a
reason. Not the least of which is Kas' book.
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