I have a Fageol Crank case, from vertical Out Board use. I has heavy webbs, strapped mains, big oil feed holes and full dia 5/16 studs. How can I use this Crank Case with a flanged car type crank shaft? While the seal dia on the outboard is the same dia. the style is totally different. Any one make them work? I have four of the fageol Crank Cases and I' hate to see them go to waste.

On Apr 2, 2020, at 8:23 PM, Raymond via groups.io <raymondjbz@...> wrote:

I was at a loss because I couldn't find it but half a can of brake clean later, I think it's 106415. My radio doesn't look like any of those but I will post a picture tomorrow. 

On Apr 2, 2020, at 8:02 PM, Jim Bollman <Jim.Bollman@...> wrote:

Service & Yankee have online stores if you want to browse before you call, there are links on the vendor page.

R209900 is the casting number and probably 99% of all Crosley cast iron blocks have that number even though there were numerous changes over the years of production. The engine serial number is to the rear of the distributor on the side of the crankcase, that will let us roughly date the engine.

Here is a link to the radios used in the Crosley http://crosleyautoclub.com/Car_Radios/Radios.html If your radio is one of these it is worth hanging on to, they bring big dollars for a nice one and more than you would thin for a poor one. 

Sounds like you have caught the bug. Welcome to the club. I bought the bug when I was 13, nearly 60 years ago.

Jim...

On Apr 2, 2020, at 7:50 PM, Raymond via groups.io <raymondjbz@...> wrote:

I took everybody's advice and joined the club. Today was spent cleaning out the whole car and removing the steering column and some bolts holding the body. I' going to order some manuals to assist me as was suggested. Hopefully, Monday I will start calling the suppliers to get some parts. Other than mechanical repairs on my cars and minor body work, I have never tried something like this before. I'm gonna give it a shot! 

My engine number is: R209900. Some other things I found were that the car seems to have been blue originally. Also, someone cut holes in the back and added 2 tail lights. I also found an extra dash in the car that seems to belong to a different model and an old radio that has vacuum tubes but doesn't look like the correct one fore the car. I have added pics for anyone interested.

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On Apr 2, 2020, at 7:50 PM, Raymond via groups.io <raymondjbz@...> wrote:

I took everybody's advice and joined the club. Today was spent cleaning out the whole car and removing the steering column and some bolts holding the body. I' going to order some manuals to assist me as was suggested. Hopefully, Monday I will start calling the suppliers to get some parts. Other than mechanical repairs on my cars and minor body work, I have never tried something like this before. I'm gonna give it a shot! 

My engine number is: R209900. Some other things I found were that the car seems to have been blue originally. Also, someone cut holes in the back and added 2 tail lights. I also found an extra dash in the car that seems to belong to a different model and an old radio that has vacuum tubes but doesn't look like the correct one fore the car. I have added pics for anyone interested.

Raymond
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On Apr 2, 2020, at 1:42 PM, Jim Bollman <Jim@...> wrote:

Interesting vintage 16mm film. If you start watching around 5 minutes you will see a wreck stopping the race. As they clear cars out of the way you can see a Hotshot with custom doors pulling away. It may show up other places in the video but I didn't see it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=467&v=4uXhjM1cr6I&feature=emb_logo

I keep a small bottle of white nail polish in my workshop (has a built-in brush).  Each time I assemble/reassemble an engine, I find TDC and mark it on the crank pully (after first removing the old mark).  I do a minor rebuild after each season of racing (main and rod bearings replaced), so barring some disaster, my engines get torn down at least once a year.  It has been a few years since I blew an engine, so I have managed to avoid disasters by learning what breaks in race-prepared engines—fingers crossed.

David

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I didn't have a mark on the crankshaft pulley like Dave showed in his picture.  So I got number one cylinder to TDC and timing mark on flywheel visible in the timing mark window on the bell housing.  I then lined up the camshaft gear two dots with the one dot on the camshaft drive gear for my valve timing.  For static ignition timing I positioned the distributor for the ignition points just about to open (points opening fires ignition coil) and rotor pointing towards #1 cylinder distributor cap tower.  So preliminary static timing will be at 0 degrees when engine starts.  From there I can set the timing with a timing light. 

I didn't have a mark on the crankshaft pulley like Dave showed in his picture.  So I got number one cylinder to TDC and timing mark on flywheel visible in the timing mark window on the bell housing.  I then lined up the camshaft gear two dots with the one dot on the camshaft drive gear for my valve timing.  For static ignition timing I positioned the distributor for the ignition points just about to open (points opening fires ignition coil) and rotor pointing towards #1 cylinder distributor cap tower.  So preliminary static timing will be at 0 degrees when engine starts.  From there I can set the timing with a timing light. 

On Apr 2, 2020, at 9:32 AM, Raymond via groups.io <raymondjbz@...> wrote:

Hello

I recently bought a 1946 crosley (cc46-2350) that 's in rough shape. It came with an engine in the car and 2 extra engines that are slightly different. One appears to be part of a generator and the other I'm not sure about but it has a hand crank and chain. My intent was to have some fun with the engines but I am wondering if the car can be restored. It has rust holes through the floor and the rocker panels are completely destroyed. 

Does anyone make replacement rocker panels for these cars? Is there a list of parts suppliers? It's missing a multitude of parts and all the wiring is destroyed. Any info you guys can give me about this car will help me decide if I should try restoring it. Also, How do I know if the engine in the car is the original? 

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