Week Four- Archie Project- June 18 2014- Update

This is Week four with Archie!  The group that was a little smaller this time.  Still, with the ladies providing support and comfort food, the group was 15 strong.    Teams were formed and organized themselves around different tasks.  Dennis worked on getting the steering system totally removed - no small task!  At the front end, John Mennucci, John Sylvia, ands Gene Andre continued with engine work.  At times all three were under Archie working on getting the rod bearing caps  out and then returning them to their places after ensuring that the spacing was correct.  This meant filing and measuring, and testing, and repeating this process.  Bob Osborne had to leave the group to retrieve some emery cloth to get spacing more precise, and this process was added.   Charlie Howard and John Silvia  were the supervisor and team leaders this evening. Richard Preliasco and Sue Cromack-Dunn worked on the oil pump together - cleaning parts and re-assembling the piece.  Richard and Al Bowder also worked on cleaning up the transmission.   Al Silvia was everywhere, all the time and produced a sawhorse table like magic to assist Dennis with cleaning the Steering column.  Dennis also came to the session with a new clutch, which he installed under the watchful eyes of the group.  The mosquitoes were abundant this week, as the days are getting longer, warmer, and the humidity was up, too.  The ladies were busy working their magic on food and drink!  Pizza from Twisted Pizza came right on time, and was served with salad along with lots of desserts including a great chocolate cream pie from  Ruth, Friendship Bread from Sandy Bowder, and a great cake from Dennis Allsop!  Bob  O went to Tam's this week and also went to Moe Rousseau's home to work on his milling machine to slot the cross member brackets to accept the second transmission.  He also went with Al Bowder to the Bowder's  son David's home to get the cross member brackets  welded as we move towards re-building the chassis.      Be sure to see the pictures below....