The Carburetor: The carburetor was invented by the Hungarian engineer Donát Bánki in 1893. Frederick William Lanchester of Birmingham, England experimented early on with the wick carburetor in cars. In 1896 Frederick and his brother built the first petrol driven car...
In preparation of rebuilding the the Weber 30 DICA carburetor I decided to take as many pictures of it as I could. I wanted to have every angle. There are so many little pieces and I a terrified that I will either lose some or completely blank on where some go. So...
I got a new catalog from Vick Auto Sports in Texas. I love looking through these catalogs. It is like Christmas in the 1970s when we didn't have the Internet to peruse all of the goodies available. No sir, we used the Sears, JC Penny and Monkey Wards catalogs! I did...
After getting the stuck piston out I started the quest for a machine shop to do some work on the block. Namely, hone the cylinder walls, deck the block and give it the hot bath treatment. I called around to various local shops and found them to be either expensive,...
As Promised here are some pictures I took at the Fiat Freak-Out 2011 in Nashville, TN. It was a really hot day but that didn't stop the people who came out to see the cars. I noted that there were only a couple of 850s there. One Spider and one Coupe. I was a bit...
This is the weekend for the Fiat Freak Out in Nashville, TN. I obviously didn't get the car finished for the show but I came down anyway to see the cars and meet the people. Stay tuned as I will upload some pictures from the concourse.
Finally! The stuck #3 piston is free! My son, Kai, and I went to the shop today with that one, single goal in mind. We had let the Kroil sit for a solid week and a half an it did look like the level went down some but it was slight, less than 1/16". I had read in...
With a little help from my friend Wes, we were able to get the bottom end finished up. Well, everything but the stubborn piston that still won't budge! Those are his hands you see in the pictures of this part. Thanks for your help Wes! The first thing I did was to...
After a long hiatus (read winter) I finally got back into the shop. I was somewhat dismayed that a band of elves hadn't come and freed the stuck piston in the Fiat engine. I grabbed a borrowed 12mm hex wrench and loosened the oil pan plug and got all of the oil out. I...
I was finally able to finished getting the engine out and mounted on to the engine stand today. It was one of those moments that makes you feel like an idiot but at the same time you are just glad you made it past. I tried to pull to the engine away from the...