darrenjlobb's Rolling Road Chassis Dyno Project

[darrenjlobb]

Id like to build some strap retainers inside the rollers so that I can "pull" cars down into the rollers if i need to for traction, as there smooth rollers not knuled, so will need maximum traction for bigger power levels.. But will put two solid strap points at the back and do a left right criss cross up front also..

Bit more progress this evening,

Due to previous owner lack of using suitable water / maintenance, sadly the "load / unload and vent ports were all blocked to hell with crud, I've managed to clear the load and unload with lots of patiance, but sadly the vent is blocked solid, it is critical the vent works, or else air cant escape / enter as water / load level is changed... The vane that contains the small passage to allow air to pass was chocked solid, and no matter what I tried i was unable to un choke it. I removed the core plugs in the rear at the start to clear crap out, so I decided to drill through the casting, and then the vane, and "bypass" the vane passage way with a piece of copper pipe, its not pretty, but hopefully it should do the job, and is easily replaceable / changeable if it dosnt work as hoped...







I then set about starting to clean up some of the other brake components, so started out with the two heat exchanger elements, took alot of cleaning up, but seem to be good underneath all the crud!







Then the water passage ways / front covers :