Well, time for an update. I have a highschool classmate who has a Scout, and he brought it to me and left it for reference. What a great way to build scratch parts! I took a gazillion photos of everything I could think of and measured actual sizes of parts. It turbs out, the air condition pump I had made was WAY too small. New, correct size on the right of course
I made a new alternator, mostly because I could not find the other one I had made. You can see it there on the left along with the completed air conditioner.
I cut the molded starter off the engine and made a better one. It will CA in place after painting.
I started using my dremel to turn some pieces. ⅛" is the largest I can do though. I use my Xacto to shape the pieces.
this is basically the same shaoe for two pieces. This was going to be the vaccuum advance on the dustributor but it too big for that so it became the fuel pump instead. However, the smaller V advance (not pictured) looks just like this, only smaller.
The new "little bigger but smaller than MCG aftermarket" distributor is made of brass, copper, and aluminum.
The fuel pump is the right size and fits well
The two ports, inlet and outlet.
Ya gotta gave power steering, right? This is the power steering fluid res. I still need to put the pulley on. I have yet to make the power steering box and shaft.
I made the reservoir using the same priciple as the bumper was made. I cut the cover from .01" styrene, then cut a piece from .02" and inset it about 1mm to allow the front cover to extend past the box and glued it. Then I took .04mm thick styrene strip, scraped one side to start the "curl" and use CA glue to start and end on the bottom. I used Tam Xtra thin for the rest of the outer edge. I then cut a back from the .01" styrene to make the back. You can see in the previous photo that I punched a 5mm circle from .01" styrene and glued it, then drilled #66 holes for .033" black wire.
I hope I didn't forget anything! That might be it for a while. I am having my 3rd back surgery at 10:30 in the morning for yet another herniated disc. It will be one week shy of a full year since my last one. I will get back to the bench as quickly as I can! Y'all keep 'em straight in here while I'm gone!