Duckman | 02-05-2014 | comment profile send pm notify |
I have two Sermac pumps that I am going to convert over to Putz s-tubes. What I lack is the90mm splined hubs that will be put on the Sermac swing arm. I can purchase new Putz swing arms and machine them down but was hoping to find a less expensive way. Anybody have old Putz swing arms that maybe have bad sockets but good splines. Any ideas will be appreciated. |
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Todd | 02-05-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
Wow you are going to turn a turd into a priced jewel. Can you take pictures and let us know how it goes? That Sermac will love you. In the 60's my dad put a big block in a Corvair and ran 7.68 in the quoter mile. |
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Duckman | 02-06-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
I have 5 Schwings and 2 Sermacs. The s tube and the related partson the Sermacs are turds but they have been successfully converted to Putz big mouth s-tubes by others and we are doing it also.. Believe it or not, We have had less problems with the Sermacs since new than the Schwings. Parts are a problem but other than the s tubes we haven't neede many parts. They are much simpler without all the wonderful electronics that Schwing feels obligated to put on their pumps. My first Schwing was a black and white 36 with a corded remote and if it had oil and deisel it would run and finish the job. To repair a joy stick costs a few dollars for switches instead of thousands for a proportional joystick. It was harder to learn to run smooth but it could be done. KISS is something that I wish pump manufacturers would try to do. Computers are pretty on new pumps but nightmares to fix or replace and the old pumps somehow ran well without them. |
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Duckman | 02-06-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
By the way I had a stock corvair and it would do 7mph in the quarter |
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Duckman | 02-06-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
That car must have been what Ralph Nader had in mind when he said Corvairs were unsafe at any speed. |
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Todd | 02-06-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
that was a funny car in more than one way, it had a built 427 in it. |