Factory Five Cobra: How my lathe & mill bailed me out!
This video details custom parts I machined when building my Factory Five MK4 Cobra kit car. All parts were made on a Grizzly G0602 bench top metal lathe or Precision Matthews PM-30MV bench top metal mill. Custom parts made include:
Custom air cleaner spacer ring to clear carburetor
Custom offset dowel to correct a cracked engine block
DIY Camshaft bearing driver
DIY Water jacket core plug driver / Camshaft core plug driver
DIY PVC rear main seal driver
Magnetic wheel alignment gauge mount
Rear rotor spacer bushings
Engine pulley brackets / spacers
Harbor Freight purple spray gun modification to shoot primer
Distributor machining for block clearance
Master cylinder caps
Battery cutoff switch bezel
Timing cover dipstick plug
Relay gauge backing plate
Water neck modification for improved radiator cap seating
Emergency brake cable crimp tubes
Fuel filter mounting bracket
Broken exhaust stud extraction from cylinder head
Alternator belt tensioning bracket
Trunk prop rod bracket and seat
Acrylic fuse box cover
Also in this video a 6061 billet aluminum battery hold down bracket is machined start to finish.
The goal of this video is to show how valuable machining equipment can be when problem solving mechanical issues, especially those found during a typical Factory Five kit car build.