MPS - My Personal Springer

[wfo]

not yet have some odds and ends to do yet..probably will fire
it next weekend..ill do a vid of it when i do..

[Don]

Wow. Very, very nice work.

[Mike]

That looks incredible. Everything came together very nicely. From the beadlock wheels and tires to the roll cage to the suspension and the Al Hodges motor.

Have you fired it up yet?

[wfo]

more pics...FINALLY ROLLED GOLIATH OUT...WOW
finished up the header..stabed the 42 H.P AL HODGES ENGINE
and bounced around on the suspension..FEELS AWESOME

[wfo]

more pics...getting ready to finally bring GOLIATH off the
max rack..

[wfo]

10/10/10 WONT HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL 11/11/11...
well been hard at it again past couple of days..started setting up
the suspension had some minor issues but quickly overcame that...
i have alot of pics so here goes..the first pics are trying to get the
front shocks on..the fronts are heavier duty than the rears..they
were a beeotch..

[wfo]

more pics

[wfo]

been busy lately with the redline and waiting for parts for GOLIATH..
so here are some pics of setting up the header and pipe..the tubing i got locally
and some of the tubes i made using my tubing bender to get a better radius..the
collector and pipe are made by cone engenering, the guy mike is
very helpfull..new everything i didnt..the pics of the upper and lower control
arms are of setting toe-in and a dry fit before axle and shocks are installed..makes
it easier for at least a starting point, whipper said their will be a settle in period
and eveything will move some..the washers are for the clutch clearence so it
dosent hit the block the one on the left is an R.I set up and the other was made
by whipper, notice the chamfer so it will clear the crank shaft radius..and of course
a GPS bracket.. going to add camera mounts at the back so i can keep an eye
out for whipper and GODZILLA behind me...

[wfo]

i dont think i get those parts..i guess if i did i would e-bay them..
heres some more pics of GOLIATH, got the body on today, cut some tubing
off the cage and painted it, probably will put cage on tomarrow

[lewis]

Outstanding WFO! Loved the pictures and the engine looks great Now we need a video of it the first time it starts.

[Roger S]

When you don't use the stock cam which has a compression release built in, the light duty starters won't/may not turn the engine over. Briggs makes a "real" starter for commercial applications where an engine has to start under a load, like a fluid pump. There is also a china copy of these high torque starters, at least for the small block vanguards. They normally don't work with the 14-23 hp stock flywheel ring gears.

Did Al give you the pile of left over parts, I see at least $500 there.

[LarryW]

Holy WOW and Nice. Im loving this thread!

[wfo]

from what al hodges told me its a high torque aftermarket..
im not sure what it cost, it was part of the rebuild..so i guess
for 4 k you get the engine too..

[mark m.]

Very cool! I am curious about the replacement starter. Is it still a B&S starter or after market? Who makes them and do you know how much $$?

[Mike]

*Drool* That should push you along nicely