I didn’t get a whole lot done on the project today, but did get the holes drilled
to mount the bronze “trough” on the bottom of the tank.
I ended up drilling one 1/2″ hole in the bottom pan above the trough.
No idea why Caille thought “more holes are better”.
I didn’t get a petcock with the motor. I dug through my junk and found one
that was buggered up on one end, and for 5/16″ compression fittings.
I did a little re-designing and attached a 1/8″ pipe thread on it
to screw into the tank trough, and made a conversion on the other
end so 1/4″ tubing will go to the mixer, as that’s the size line that was
originally sweating into the mixer fitting.
My flux came today, but my solder says “delayed” 🙁
Still have to figure out the whole “rivet” thing, so maybe I’ll experiment with
that tomorrow.
I talked to my uncle today that gave me the Caille a couple of years ago.
He said he got it back in the 1960’s from a junk dealer about 40 miles away,
along with a 1930 Durant car. I should have asked him what he paid for
both…. maybe next time!
Prepare to be boarded!
