Peewee V4

[michael-au]

Thought it was time to make a start on the Peewee V4 now that my Silver Bullet is finished

Started on the distributor

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[Cogsy]

I'll be following along, especially looking forward to seeing some of the bits I haven't figured out yet.

 

[Swifty]

I'll be following your build as well.

Paul.

 

[gus]

Gus will be following too. Pee Wee is on my build list.

 

[michael-au]

Made a bit more progress on the distributor

 

[michael-au]

Made the front pulley with fan attached, made a different hub to hide the socket heads that are holding the fan on, not sure if it will stay that way yet, I think it looks ok though View attachment ImageUploadedByModel Engines1431507102.440880.jpg
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Still need to bend the fan blades

 

[michael-au]

Also made a back plate for the water pump
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I'm thinking that I might use bearings in the water pump

 

[michael-au]

This will eventually be a carby ( I hope)

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[Davewild]

This will eventually be a carby ( I hope)

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I'll be following along, that's three of us that I know of that are building the PeeWee, your parts look great

 

[michael-au]

Third time lucky
Can't believe it took 3 goes to get the carb right, stupid mistakes
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[Cogsy]

Third time lucky
Can't believe it took 3 goes to get the carb right, stupid mistakes

Looks great though. I decided not to put the grooves with a ball nose on mine, it took far too long to make it and if I ruin it I'll have to make a third one as well (you're not on your own with stupid mistakes).

What's next?

 

[michael-au]

Next up is the front pulley, waiting for the one way bearing to arrive.

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[michael-au]

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Finished the front pulley except for the one way bearing

Thought I would try gun blue on it to stop it from going rusty
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[Cogsy]

Interesting. Is it a special chemical additive or more of a physical process? I've seen a few ways of gun blueing but I've yet to try any yet.

 

[michael-au]

Interesting. Is it a special chemical additive or more of a physical process? I've seen a few ways of gun blueing but I've yet to try any yet.

It's in liquid form just rub it on until your happy with the look
The bottle I have is almost empty, I got some more off eBay waiting for it to arrive, then I will put some more on and then polish it up

 

[michael-au]

Managed to get 5Lt sulphuric acid today
Will try to anodise some of the parts

 

[Cogsy]

Another thing I have yet to try. I got hold of some proper dyes at least a year ago but haven't found the sulphuric acid yet. I remember when you could buy it at the auto shops but they don't sell it anymore.

I was thinking of maybe anodising some of the front features and maybe the intake manifold on the Peewee (when I find the acid) so it'll be cool to see how yours turn out first.

 

[michael-au]

Got my anodizing setup today, tried it out on a carby body that was no good on the bullet

This is the tank with the sulphuric acid in it

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The variable power supply

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The colour dye with fish tank heater

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The dye

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[michael-au]

The carby after anodizing

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Happy with the way it turned out, still needs to be polished

 

[michael-au]

Not much done lately, thought today I would anodise the fan hub and pulley
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