With the weather warming up again I have renewed energy to get some things done around the house. Good thing weekends are only 2 days - I need the rest during the week
The best time spend is of course working on the 6/1 project:
Trolley all cleaned up and painted
Engine bolted down to the frame for the last time... With all the handling and trial fits the flywheels got dinged and scratched on a couple of spots.
I've been careful with the rest of the components so no touch-ups needed anywhere else.
All shiny and pretty again
Hallelujah... the LAST bits on the paint bench!!
.........and the million dollar question for this post:
How is the pulley fixed on the shaft? Can it be a shrink fit? It's keyed, but there are no retaining bolts or taper sleeves or anything like that to lock the pulley on the shaft. It was quite a mission to get all the old paint off with the pulley still in place. It is still on my to-do list to at some point put a smaller pulley on the alternator as the engine only spins at about 580 rpm to produce 50 Hz.