Bob Kraemer / Steve Kirby Racing

Mr. Jean · Postby **Mr. Jean** » Sat May 19, 2007 9:50 am

Have fun Bob. Good luck and be safe.

Bob Kraemer · Postby **Bob Kraemer** » Sat May 19, 2007 11:20 am

Thanks Jean
I'll post an update when I get home and hopefully some pics.

Bob Kraemer · Postby **Bob Kraemer** » Sun May 20, 2007 12:24 am

Well this is about as close as the car got to the track.

I thought I had the reverse cable/shifter problems solved. (WRONG) The car has a BRT converter drive & a 3 speed Lenco. Started the car to do our warm up routine, so far so good, go to shift into reverse & it keeps popping out Uh Oh
We pull the trans, pull the cover off the reverse case, pull the cross shaft out and reverse fork out. The steel pins in the fork are trashed. Ok now what? beat the pins out, clean them up with a file, turned each pin 180* and beat them back in, stake them in place, put everything back together. Good to go. Yea right???
Try to restart the car and the CSR starter takes a crap. The starter was pinned in place but somehow it moved and wiped out the bendix gear. Oh well time to pack up and go home.
You would think this would be the end of my troubles for the day right!!! (WRONG)
On the way home from the shop my work van blew the center of a spark plug out!!!!
Tune in next week to your favorite Bat channel for my next installment of (I'll make this thing go down the track if it kills me)

WildcatOne · Postby **WildcatOne** » Sun May 20, 2007 3:57 am

Sorry about that, Bob...but man...that is one VERY cool dragster...WC1

Mr. Jean · Postby **Mr. Jean** » Sun May 20, 2007 10:36 am

Sorry Bob. Hey! At least you got all that out of the way at ONE race.

Maybe you'll get it going next week.

Thanks for the update, good luck on your next try.

Rapid Randy Baker · Postby **Rapid Randy Baker** » Sun May 20, 2007 10:45 pm

Bob, sounds like a heck of a day at the track. Better things are coming for you and the car I bet!

Bob Kraemer · Postby **Bob Kraemer** » Sun May 20, 2007 11:19 pm

Thanks guys

Your right Randy better things are coming,

"one step at a time" solve one problem then move onto the next.

jim sanders · Postby **jim sanders** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:06 pm

sorry i'm late getting here Bob.... yea next time for the racecar.. what happened to the van ? or work truck? read that you spit a plug out of it ?

Bob Kraemer · Postby **Bob Kraemer** » Mon May 21, 2007 7:49 pm

sorry i'm late getting here Bob.... yea next time for the racecar.. what happened to the van ? or work truck? read that you spit a plug out of it ?

Just blew the center of the plug out. The metal plug body was still screwed into the head, everything else was gone. Strangest thing I ever seen happen to a spark plug Doc.

Unscrewed the plug out installed a new one, problem fixed, I hope.....
Here is a pic

Bob Kraemer / Steve Kirby Racing

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