How do you make it rain in California?... buy a speedster.

If you can afford it, I would buy the one from Rancho and install it and continue to needle Berg until that one is done and delivered, then sell it and recoup your money.

Wow! I assume the Berg is partially or totally paid for and you can't  cancel the order without some pain. Sorry you are being treated like this. Did they commit to a delivery date on the front end of this deal?

I have noticed that they seem to be out of stock on all kinds of stuff, constantly. 

Ted,  if you want to see getting it built sooner, contact Gary berg. He advertises on the samba. He may have a quicker build time..

Anthony - will do.  I'll still need those end gears and the spider gears you ordered for me. PM me and we'll arrange shipment/payment.

Thanks!
Ted

Ohhh... the funny man in the brown truck stopped by today. 

He lost one of the two boxes he was supposed to deliver. He'll be back tomorrow.  But he left me with these:

I'm going to have to unpack and see how they look.  I'll apologize right now to Teby and Longfella. You're going to want a set of these.

Ted

Okay! So let's see what we're working with here:

Packed very well. Good looking quality. No blemishes to speak of. Impressed. 

What are they replacing?

Pretty good set of CB Aluminum/KN air cleaners which came with the cross bar linkage.  I removed all that when I installed the sync link.  The plan is to pull those air cleaners and sell the entire hex bar / air cleaner set up.

How hard can it be to install these things?

Step 1) Remove the thumb screws and pull off the rubber backed washers and the air cleaner tops and filters.

Step 2) Locate and remove the 4 nuts / washers that hold on the velocity stacks.  Stuff some paper towels down the throats to keep the gunks and fiddly bits out.

Step 3) Remove the velocity stacks and set them aside. 

Step 4) Remove the lower air cleaner base plate.  Might need to give it a little jiggly tug. Try not to damage the gasket beneath the base. Be careful of the jets and jet doctors. Don't drop any fiddly bits down the carbs.

Step 5) So far so good! No tears. Oh, man... now would be a good time to check your fuel lines. Take a few minutes to check the fuel line connections.

Step 6) Line up your base plates (new and old) and transfer the holes for your jet doctors. You do have them already installed don't you? If you have your old template, that'd be a better option here. Once you've transferred the locations, drill 'em out! Clean the base plates off of all metal shavings and debris before going anywhere near the carbs. Don't skip this step.

Step 7) Reinstall the new parts in the opposite order of what you took off. You may have to notch the velocity stacks to allow room for the funky standoff bits.  I will post pictures of that modification later.

Step 8) Step back and enjoy the view.

Now I need to buy my old 356 oil filter housing back from Longfella so I can further dress up my motor! These new air filter housings really look legit!  The metal mesh is backed with some basic 'off road' foam. I also have a new set of K/N filters to put in the air cleaner bodies. 

For those who are wondering about the size. They are the exact same size air cleaner as the aluminum ones which were on there before. The K&N filter cartage is literally the same unit.  These new ones look smaller because the aluminum base and top are notably thicker than the new ones. (cast vs stamped). 

Thanks for letting me share,
Ted

Those are good-lookin', Ted! How much?

How do you like the SyncLink?

Those look great , almost makes me miss my old engine...

Joe Fortino posted:

Those look great , almost makes me miss my old engine...

Yeah, almost.  

Great job Ted. That's looks real nice. 

Gorgeous! 

TRP posted:

Now I need to buy my old 356 oil filter housing back from Longfella so I can further dress up my motor!

I owe you considering how seamless it was to get the two engines several months ago. As of now, the 356 oil filter housing is nicely wrapped and stowed away. I thought I had an idea of what I "would like" for an engine, but it keeps changing and I would rather NOT let parts sit around if someone can use them. I'll be out of town for a couple of weeks, but I'll pack it up and ship it your way when I get back

You do have a nice little empty spot to attach it to your fan shroud

Marty Grzynkowicz posted:

Joe Fortino posted:

Those look great , almost makes me miss my old engine...

Yeah, almost.  

Weenies. 

They look great, Ted. I noticed you didn't answer Terry's first question....

Plug the part number on his shipping box into Google and you'll see..........but remember you can't put a value on such beauty.

Frank C. posted:

Plug the part number on his shipping box into Google and you'll see..........but remember you can't put a value on such beauty.

Wow! At first I thought is was reasonable - $127.00. Then I realized that's for one! I guess if you're going for the original look it's the price you pay for playing. They are nice looking.

Dahling, when you look mahvelous, you feel mahvelous.

ALB posted:

They look great, Ted. I noticed you didn't answer Terry's first question....

Yeah... I was trying to find a way to reply without sounding crazy.  

*LongFella posted:

TRP posted:

Now I need to buy my old 356 oil filter housing back from Longfella so I can further dress up my motor!

I owe you considering how seamless it was to get the two engines several months ago. As of now, the 356 oil filter housing is nicely wrapped and stowed away. I thought I had an idea of what I "would like" for an engine, but it keeps changing and I would rather NOT let parts sit around if someone can use them. I'll be out of town for a couple of weeks, but I'll pack it up and ship it your way when I get back

You do have a nice little empty spot to attach it to your fan shroud

:thumbs-up: Please let me know what I owe you for the oil filter and bracket.

TRP posted:

ALB posted:

They look great, Ted. I noticed you didn't answer Terry's first question....

Yeah... I was trying to find a way to reply without sounding crazy.  

That is why it's called the madness, none of this makes any sense. If it puts a smile on your face that's all that matters.