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I have to weld up the breather gear area on my friend Billy's 16 j case this week. I have never really welded any
Harley cases that old, so I figured I would do a practice run on the closest case that I had. The oldest case that I have laying around is an early 29
DL case that i am going to use in an upcoming project. I figured this was would be a good practice piece. Here it is cleaned up, ground and
pre heated.
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Here is the weld. IT is really gummy stuff and the root pass was a bit of a challenge but I got good penetration and was able to go in with a nice cold weld. I tried it with the case
pre heated at 200 degrees and at 250.
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Here it is milled flat and with the letters laid out.
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This is what it looked like after a half hour on the big kids etch and sketch and a little bit of grinding. There were some pits in the E which is the weld I did at 250 degrees. The x was done at 200 degrees and has no pits. This could be totally unrelated to heat and be a
contamination issue. I will do Billy's case at 200 degrees and see how it goes.
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I mounted up the ride control and headlight bracket on Wayne's 46 fl today.
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Early 46s had black painted horn buttons and dimmer switches. I think this is a very cool look.
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I set up the chain primary, installed the coil and kickstand too! Unfortunately, I did not have cad plated screws for mounting the derby cover and inspection cover, so I will have to order some before they can be mounted for good.
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With the coil installed, I am able to start wiring. Here is the circuit breaker to coil wire. The terminal is correct for 36 to 47 bikes. Some have the H on them and some do not. I think it is a pretty cool detail, but it doesn't necessarily have to be there.
The EX letters are EXtremely clean.
ReplyDeleteSuper nice work, very inspirational.
And I love your sweet welding shoes!