wow, she really is a princess, you're a blessed man Brian!
Very very blessed!
The little dudette has good taste in traveling companions.
We just spent a week with her friend (and a few others) cruising the Caribbean on the Disney Dream. Had a great time, but came back with pneumonia - for the second time this winter......Or maybe we didn't really get over it the first time. Tried baking it out in the sun on a deck chair but it kept getting worse. 
Somewhere in two phones and a digital camera I have some cool Goofy shots from the ship. I'll send some along!
I sent some goofy shots in a PM to Brian, but here are a couple I got quickly off my phone:
Two old stews and "Captain Mickey" of the Disney Dream:
OK, let's try that again:
Us and Captain Mickey at brunch with the Senior Staff:
And THIS is a very rare shot. Once every six months or more, one ship is approaching Disney's "Castaway Cay" in the Bahamas when another Disney ship is departing. We sailed along together for about an hour, each ship blowing their foghorn at the other.
This is the Disney "Wonder" and it's foghorn plays "A Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes" from Pinocchio. The Dream responded with "Yo, Ho...Yo, Ho...A Pirate's Life for Me!" (it was "Pirates in the Caribbean" party night on the Dream).
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We have been on Disney Cruises twice. Once when our boys were about 6, and again when they ere about ten. Can't recommend it enough.
No new update on the Speedster. I did receive the new fuel sender and combo gauge from Carey, so I will be tackling that this week.
We were out of town this past weekend enjoying some snow days at Mammoth Mountain. This was Natalie's first time in the snow... she would get scared every time her foot sank in the snow... LOL! She eventually warmed up when she experienced a snowball fight with her cousins. Next year we plan to enroll her in ski/snowboarding school 
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*LongFella posted:
This was Natalie's first time in the snow... she would get scared every time her foot sank in the snow...
Thanks for this 'aha' moment, Brian.
This is probably what's wrong with me - I never matured past early childhood.
When I lived back east, I always got scared every time my foot sank in the snow. Finally, in my thirties, I ran away to California.
Last time I was near Sacremento the same thought came to mind.
And if anybody needs a jumper kit to test gauges... the 44.5 hours I spent building/testing the fuel gauge is in this little bagging... LOL! 
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Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, ohms what a relief it is!!
I can't help it sometimes.
Now get our there and enjoy your beautiful ride. It goes without saying that Carey is the best in the biz.
Sacto Mitch posted:When I lived back east, I always got scared every time my foot sank in the snow. Finally, in my thirties, I ran away to California.
Nobody wants to hear it, Mitch.
Winter came back.
I feel your pain, Stan.
Really thought youse guys had dodged the icy bullet this year.
Our precipitation, while not crunchy, has been relentless and has kept our plastic cars just as off the roads as yours.
Beware the Ides of March, but the Ides of April - not so much.
No new update on the build... BUT...
I started her up two days ago and Eleanor decided to mark the garage floor in all sorts of spots 
It is not a lot of oil, but it doesn't look healthy...
I'm going to try and find/remedy as many as I can, but it looks like I'll be pulling the engine out and figuring out what to do. It might be time for a rebuild on the 1915cc OR take the case I had bored to a 90.5 and make a 2110cc... we will see what the wifey allows since I am pretty much at my budget for this build. At least I got to drive her a few times before putting her up on jack stands
Yes indeed, waiting for the Ides of April. March has been a real tease hereabouts (DC area) , 80 for a few days a week or so ago, daffodils up and blooming, trees starting to bud out, and now a winter wonderland, snow and ice everywhere, nighttime temps in the teens. and the daffys are VERY unhappy.
... doing whatever it takes to set the all time record for thread pages . . .
El Frazoo posted:... doing whatever it takes to set the all time record for thread pages . . .
Oh, we will break records!
*LongFella posted:No new update on the build... BUT...
I started her up two days ago and Eleanor decided to mark the garage floor in all sorts of spots
I'm going to try and find/remedy as many as I can, but it looks like I'll be pulling the engine out and figuring out what to do. It might be time for a rebuild on the 1915cc OR take the case I had bored to a 90.5 and make a 2110cc... we will see what the wifey allows since I am pretty much at my budget for this build. At least I got to drive her a few times before putting her up on jack stands
Where did the leaks / drips show up? Is this the sand seal/pulley leak? Or do we have leaks from ... the oil lines? valve cover gaskets? That motor only had the one leak that I'm aware of. The &(#@(*&! sand seal.
Ted
TRP posted:*LongFella posted:No new update on the build... BUT...
I started her up two days ago and Eleanor decided to mark the garage floor in all sorts of spots
I'm going to try and find/remedy as many as I can, but it looks like I'll be pulling the engine out and figuring out what to do. It might be time for a rebuild on the 1915cc OR take the case I had bored to a 90.5 and make a 2110cc... we will see what the wifey allows since I am pretty much at my budget for this build. At least I got to drive her a few times before putting her up on jack stands
Where did the leaks / drips show up? Is this the sand seal/pulley leak? Or do we have leaks from ... the oil lines? valve cover gaskets? That motor only had the one leak that I'm aware of. The &(#@(*&! sand seal.
Ted
Slings a little from the sand seal, but I think I set my venting up wrong... been trying to research the proper way but there are SO many variations.
I believe the pushrods (near the valve cover ends) are weeping oil too. I get a drop on the cylinder head ridge right before the valve covers.
I also get a drop where the external oil filter adaptor is (maybe I didn't tighten the brass 1/2"barb things tight enough??)...
Nothing from the valve covers. I recently purchased new berg ones and replaced the gaskets.
Question for the Pros: Need guidance on proper venting on the 1915cc. I have the following Porsche style breather oil filler (see pic) and it has two nipples and one spot on top to connect a 1/2" hose, vented valve covers. I also have a Kadron old school air filter base that has the tube to run a line into the carb.
How should this set-up be connected using what I have?
Do I just run each valve cover line into the oil filler breather box and call it a day?
Do I run the valve cover lines to the oil filler breather box AND use the top nipple by running a line to the carb filter?
Do I need the carb filter vent?
In the research that I have done, there are SO many variations and opinions it gets confusing. I'm hoping I can use what I have to get ventilation as I think this is why oil push past the sand seal at high RPM's
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All the venting has to go from the breather box to the air cleaners or open air.
The oil filler and the valve covers are both receiving pressure from the crankcase that has to be vented.
I don't have valve cover vents. I am venting from a CB filler/breather box to both air cleaners. I am in the process of increasing the hose size from AN6 to AN10 and am adding a hose from my fuel pump block off plate.
Ron O posted:I'm sure there is more than one way to vent your engine properly.
Here's a photo of my 2275. Work was done by at Intermeccanica's shop.
The two lines going down into the engine connect to the valve covers.
So this look similar to how it is now...
I only have two side connections and a top one on the oil filler breather thingy The two side connections gets a valve cover line and the top one goes to the carb filter...
Here's a pic of how it is currently... don't mind El Guapo... I mean MusbJim
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That is the most sophisticated engine stand I have ever seen.
*LongFella posted:Here's a pic of how it is currently... don't mind El Guapo... I mean MusbJim
That's easier said than done; I can't take my eyes off of El Guapo.
majorkahuna posted:That is the most sophisticated engine stand I have ever seen.
LOL! We were trying to get it positioned on the engine dolly I made...
If what you have now is similar to what Ron O shows, I see no reason why it shouldn't work. In fact, it's probably better than the new "Porsche-Style" that you show unassembled.
Why? Well, because Ron's and your current breather is venting A LOT simply because it's sitting on top of the oil filler neck with a 2" tube running right to the top of the crankcase. I think the trouble is, it has the aircooled version of COPD - Those gasses get in, but they can't get out so you develop positive crankcase pressure which finds a way out where-ever it can; front seal, pushrod tubes, sump, valve cover gaskets, etc. I think that your new, unassembled box, since it relies on pressure vented just from the valve covers, would not work as well as your current setup if it were modified.
What you need to do is give your current box, mounted on the filler neck, more output capability up high on the breather and vent that to both air cleaners. I had trouble with my setup (CB Breather mounted on the filler neck) until I upped the size of the air cleaner hoses to 5/8" ID, each running to an air cleaner. I started out with 3/8" ID hoses which were totally inadequate. Now I only get a couple of drops from the crankshaft pulley end only when I've been slogging it on a highway at 75-80 or so for a few hours, but I have a stock front slinger, NOT a sand-seal. If you have enough case pressure, you'll push oil even past a sand seal (because they are designed to keep dust out, more than pressure in).
Hope this helps.
I still can't get the picture of Jim out of my mind..... 
I went with a second breather box up on the firewall in addition to what you're using. Valve covers to upper box. Upper box drained to the oil filler lower. Oil filler upper vented to right carb bottom.
Ted
I might end up doing that...
All vent hoses are 1/2" lines. Hard to imagine a 1915cc creaking that much case pressure, but I'm a noob so what do I know... LOL!
FWIW - the breather that Ron O has appears to be the hex shaped one from Gene Berg. I think those have a larger volume and who knows what the internal baffles are like. The Porsche esque one I had on there seemed sort of restrictive.
Ted
I did notice you had Jim use aseptic technique so that no hair would get in to the engine
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Thank you Dr. and could you examine my prostate next.
cough cough
Sorry - had pneumonia for several weeks, now. All I can do is wheeze.......
(Wheeze....cough.....WHEEZE, cough, COUGH!) Winter sucks.... 
Maybe this is why my engine is weeping oil... The good MusbJim got the engine all excited ! ! ! 
Bring the thread back, I am planning to head to LowBugget later in the morning to pick up an breather box (they make a nice one). I'll do an oil change, valve job, tighten all the oil fittings, and get the venting set up correctly.
Maybe that will help, maybe not, we will see...
I also spoke to Greg at Vintage Motorcars/Spyders about a rebuild or build up on the 1915cc. As much as I want to tackle the engine myself, it is still over my head and I need to keep myself in check and know when to call the pro's...
So, let's see what the venting can do to help... if it doesn't... motor will be pulled and sent out for some new very well-balanced shinny stuff...