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Hey guys, thank you very much for all the help!
I finally got to do more work on the pedals... made them much longer, and of course, it took much more work than I anticipated. I decided to use much of the original parts and also some awesome scrap metal I found in the woods a few years ago. as soon as I got the pedals roughly done, I started it up and try the clutch... and bum! it worked ! I was able to get it in to gear with amazing ease, and so did the brakes. I could not get it in to reverse... but I need to finish the pedals, and make foot rests, because the pedals are much higher then before.
here are some pictures of the new pedals:
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Cool beans.
So now we are ready to see some more pics of the whole thing.
Also pics of some more of your stylized fabricating would be cool too.
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Yes, I will take some photos as I finish the pedals... and as soon as I take it for the first ride, I will take some good clear pics to show you the almost finish trike... I do have a couple of weeks of doing my job hardcore- so it may be a month before I get there, but I feel much more optimistic now! again- Thank you for all your help. :D
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I hear that, but please do post pics when you feel like it. The work you are doing is interesting and how you did is awesome.
Not right now, but the desire to see about a hydraulic clutch interest me, but first I need to finish things up and get back on the road.
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Got some more work done on y pedal, so here are some pics of the process... and I should be done with this job this Monday, so I will post more pictures then. I also ended up moving the battery box, so that it would not get in the way of the air flow to the right head. I looked at the tins that add for the tins that Rex recommended, and he does have the tins, but I can't afford it... he wants $650 - so I'm gonna use some cooling fans... but that will be ones I get the other stuff done.[ATTACH=CONFIG]62324[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]62325[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]62329[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]62332[/ATTACH]
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Hello trike folk, here I am again... after I got the pedals all done, I started to look in to the cooling system, and took a look at the add that Rex / deathbysnusnu -posted here for me, and the gentleman did have all the tins I need, but he is asking $600 for it, and I can't do that at the moment, so I decided to design a cooling system that would hold me over until I can spend the money on tins or an aftermarket Porsche cooling shroud, and as part of this new cooling system, I used a 1949 Chevy sedan hood, that I altered, so it would fit and house a nice fan. for now I think i will use a regular switch to turn the fans on when I'm not moving... If there is a way to get a temperature sensor or a thermostat that you guys know about, to activate the fans, I will do that, but for now I will be the thermostat.
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]63434[/ATTACH]this is how it looks under the hood, the fan points straight down in to the block.
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really like your trunk lid!....curious, what's the blocky looking things on your rear bumper?
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[QUOTE=LarryA;623653]really like your trunk lid!....curious, what's the blocky looking things on your rear bumper?[/QUOTE]
Thanks. That is a piece of an old ATV tire
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I do have a couple of questions for you guys... do you think that with this fans, I will need a more powerful alternator? the only one that I could find was a Porsche 914 alternator-
[url]http://www.autoatlanta.com/Porsche-914-Alternator-Upgrade-srch.html[/url]
would I be able to use this in my 72... I saw a mention of a 120 amp alternator, but I can only find them for later models.
Also, should I get a pulley without a fan, to replace the one in my shroud... I'm thinking that the existing fan is not really doing anything other than create some resistance, and when people do those Upright fan conversions, the fan pulley is replaced with just a pulley. I also saw a conversion to a GM alternator that didn't look to hard to do.
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