Ford Quadricycle

ShopShoe · Sep 23, 2016

Yes,

I am enjoying this thread. (And your other Henry Ford based projects.) Congratulations on keeping the work going through the club and through many students and helpers through all this time.

I am curious about the medallion on the front of the the quadricycle. Can you post a picture of it? (Sorry if you did and I forgot.)

--ShopShoe

vascon2196 · Sep 23, 2016

ShopShoe said:
Yes,

I am enjoying this thread. (And your other Henry Ford based projects.) Congratulations on keeping the work going through the club and through many students and helpers through all this time.

I am curious about the medallion on the front of the the quadricycle. Can you post a picture of it? (Sorry if you did and I forgot.)

--ShopShoe

Thank you very much ShopShoe...it is the college seal...attached is a picture.

stevehuckss396 · Sep 23, 2016

Looks like it's almost time to go for a ride.

radial1951 · Sep 27, 2016

stevehuckss396 said:
Looks like it's almost time to go for a ride.

It sure is getting close now.

Wow is it really 4 years since we started following this build?

What will we all do when it's finished?

vascon2196 · Dec 26, 2016

Been fooling around with different carbs. I tried a few little things because of time and impatience but nothing kept the engine running. We switched the ignition timer to the opposite side of the flywheel so now the counterweight is the timer, hitting a brass strip every revolution.

Whew...now for the carb.

I have this Gilmour garden hose adapter (image attached somewhere) and a hand sketch of my idea. I can use this garden hose adapter as the mixing chamber with gas coming in from the top and air from each side...gas + air mixture gets sucked into each cylinder accordingly.

I'm interested to hearing your thoughts...I'll make my next move after that.

Bowtie41 · Feb 17, 2017

bob shutt said:
My Dad and I built this 1901 curved dash Olds replica (in the garage). It does not have the original engine but is powered by a 13 horse power lawn mower engine and transmission. The wheels are from a company named Worksmans. They make industrial bicycles. I will definately be following your build

I realize this is a 5yr old post,but I am most interested in your spring setup.Were they purchased or made?If made,are they hardened/tempered,and what was the material?I'm contemplating a build that uses 1/4 elliptical springs,but am lost on their manufacture.Anyone's input will help.Thank You!

Bowtie41 · Feb 17, 2017

charlesfitton said:
vascon2196 said:

Thank you!

I got the plans from a man out west...Tom Ronnin I believe. I put all the original drawings into Solid Works and created detail drawings. The original drawings were missing a lot of detail. At some point when they are finsihed with all the "bugs" removed.

I will post them...there are about 150 drawings all together.

I really hope you can follow up on the posting of the refined drawings.....and I thank you in advance

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Were the drawings posted and I missed the link somewhere along the way????Thanks!

dnalot · Feb 17, 2017

Hi

Any city will will have spring shops that can make leaf springs to any specification. Look under automotive repair.

Mark T

vascon2196 · May 23, 2017

Boy it's been a while but we got the engine running this morning...for about 10 seconds before the shop filled with fumes...ha,ha...but it came alive!

We mounted the gas tank temporarily and ran the gas line to the original carb...I scrapped my garden hose flange idea. I will try and post a video tomorrow.

stevehuckss396 · May 23, 2017

can't wait to see it.

vascon2196 · May 24, 2017

https://youtu.be/_olKJY_GmWE

ShopShoe · May 25, 2017

And... off it goes. Congratulations.

I have been waiting for the day this would happen. All those involved with this need a great big cheer and a pat on the back, and a one-handed clap from the zen master. If I was there, I'd buy the pizza.

Thank you for keeping all of us up to date.

--ShopShoe

vascon2196 · May 26, 2017

Thank you!

Fixing a gas leak at the moment around one of the fittings. The quadricycle was left overnight with a full tank of gas and it leaked all over the shop floor. The woman in our department ran around in a complete panic. I simply had our shop-tech Ryan clean it up with soap and water...uggg...it was no big deal but you know.....

Anyway, other than that we will continue to fine tune the engine, check for leaks, check for loose bolts, and overall just make sure it is safe!

Keep checking in...more pics and videos to come.

stevehuckss396 · May 28, 2017

vascon2196 said:
Thank you!

Fixing a gas leak at the moment around one of the fittings. The quadricycle was left overnight with a full tank of gas and it leaked all over the shop floor. The woman in our department ran around in a complete panic. I simply had our shop-tech Ryan clean it up with soap and water...uggg...it was no big deal but you know.....

Anyway, other than that we will continue to fine tune the engine, check for leaks, check for loose bolts, and overall just make sure it is safe!

Keep checking in...more pics and videos to come.

Great that you got to this milestone of the project done. The fact that it runs and loois almost complete means you are about half way done. Rof}

vascon2196 · Aug 15, 2017

https://youtu.be/CQY_YJcNN1I

Here is a video of our Mechanical Engineering Technology students rolling the Quadricycle from the second floor machine shop, down the hall, down the elevator, and out the shipping/receiving door.

Many things have happened the past few weeks. I was tightening a fitting on the gas tank and tore the damn thing off...it was brazed and I apparently torqued it too much...my fault. So we used the water tank instead and it worked great. We had a lot of trouble with the original carb design...and for safety reasons decided to try something else for the time being. The carb was machined perfectly...but we just could not get the mixture correct.

One students brought in his dirt bike carb, machined an adapter, installed the carb, and the engine ran great....non stop!!! And nobody took a video

Anyway...things are slowly moving forward!

vascon2196 · Sep 13, 2017

https://youtu.be/OC0dpxIE_CA

Our Ford Quadricycle engine running off gas for a minute and a half! It's still only firing off one cylinder...very frustrating but it still runs strong. I've got a compression leak in the intake valve and have replaced/rebuilt it twice and it still leaks past the valve.

Anyway...the students have worked really hard to get it running this good...enjoy!

stevehuckss396 · Sep 14, 2017

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Went to old car festival last weekend. They had the real quad on display. Thought of you guys. 75% of the cars there were 100 years old.