Frank's KVA Build

[frank beuker]

I forgot to tell that we went to paris for the weekend.
We did see the show at the lido and there was this guy realy amazing
YouTube - Jerome Murat

frank

 

[frank beuker]

Started on the car again after the trouble with my knee

Placed the pulley´s i´ve got to make a shim for the crank pulley because it´s offline
when to work again on the panneling

 

[Jac Mac]

Frank, If you have sufficient clearance between PUMP pulley and the WP housing, rather than make/fit a shim or spacer to the crank pulley, remove the water pump and its back cover plate, and using a press push the WP pulley flange on to the shaft by the reqd amount. ------- NB. When doing this use a short piece of round steel stock in the impellor bore so that you are supporting/pressing directly on the shaft of the WP bearing- not the impellor or housing.----- There is usually enough room between flange & front of bearing to allow this, also be aware that some WP shafts have a reduced dia immediately in front of the flange that acts as a spigot for the WP pulley, if this is the case you may need to make allowance for this by counter boring the pulley slightly also.

 

[frank beuker]

Jac Mac,
This is why i love this forum
I will surely have a look at it, it will save me a lot of time
Frank

 

[frank beuker]

Back again to work on the car after the holliday's
We went to italy and i also went to miln where i visited paolo it was nice talking to him and to see how passioned he is about the 40 as one madman to another madman.
Anyway I started again on the panneling and the front is almost finished.

 

[rick]

Hi Frank you are doing well, I see it is time for me to pay you a visit....
see you soon in the mean time keep the pics comming

 

[frank beuker]

Finished the frontpaneling, still needs final attaching
started on the panneling of the doorcorners and the base for the fuelcap when i noticed after finishing the right corner that the body was'nt mounted correctly on the chassis so i decided to first putt the suspension on the front and allign the wheels correctly and then the rear wheels
If the wheels are ok then i will allign the body and fix the hingepoints again (but then on the right spot)
After that i'll remake the doorcorner

 

[frank beuker]

some new pics
they speak for themself

 

[Ian Anderson]

Hey Frank you call yourself a gardner?

I think you missed your real vocation - this is looking fantastic

Ian

 

[Jack]

WOW! Some fantastic fabrication skills demonstrated here, thanks for the pic's...

 

[Andy Green]

Hi Frank
I admire your fabrication skills, some excellant work. It makes me want a Tig welder even, more so I can weld aluminuim
Keep up the good work

Andy

 

[EGLITOM]

Very nicely done

TOM

 

[frank beuker]

Thanks guys for the kind words
You can see what someone can do with a bit of imaginenation,cardboard,a knife,alluminium sheet ,metalcutter,metalfoulder,and Andy it's not a tig but a mig/mag welder (but I'm still looking for one)
Frank

 

[Phil]

Frank:
I always enjoy looking at your posts..you have done a super job of fitting and measuring your panels.
I was wondering if you are experiencing any problems feeding the alum. wire in your mig gun, and what alloy you are using. I currently only use mig on thicker sections, and depending on the finished application either 4043 or 5356 wire, maybe the specs are different in Europe.
I used to spool-gun all of the alum welds on thicker sections, but now we use a push-pull gun which eliminates all the bird nesting, and the finished product is much cleaner.
Keep up the good work
Phil

 

[frank beuker]

Hi Phil,
I'm just using 0.8 mm alu wire don't know the specs have to look it up at the spool (I will this week)
And yes i've got problems with the wire feed because i don't have a push pull gun, I've got a machine witch can be used with a push pull but they are asking a lot of money for the gun (750 euro) so what i did was loosening the pushwheel in the machine so it won't fold.
But it's not ideal i know.
What do you pay for a push pull ?

Cheers
Frank

 

[Phil]

Frank:
You can check the push-pull gun at the Miller website, I don't think they are cheap, but cheaper than a spool gun. Maybe you could try changing the liner in your torch to a teflon unit, much cheaper and might work well. Also the 5356 wire is much harder than 4043 and it might feed better.
Good Luck
Phil

 

[frank beuker]

I've already got a teflon wire inside phil
I'l try the 5356 wire
Frank

 

[frank beuker]

I attached the doors to the spider so it's easier to measure it

 

[frank beuker]

Finaly can start working on the car again.
Bought myself a present
a ac/dc tig welder so i can weld the alu proper
Eddy came over today from leiden to help me get started with the tig (picture)
and now just a lot of practising before i can weld my panneling

 

[frank beuker]

not so easy to learn
but with practice it is getting a bit better every time