2014-09-14

Cleaned Frame and Engine
We used Mothers Aluminum Polish, which also worked much better than Brasso on shining the radiator. I worked on the engine with a toothbrush and a little Mothers, while my dad had success with a dremel tool. Also, a little soapy water and a brush cleaned the frame.

Tested Radiator
We filled the radiator with water and found that it help better than expected. We identified only one possible leak.

Studied Transmission
We opened the transmission housing and saw that it was more complete than we had previously thought. We also found this excellent video on youtube that answered a lot of our questions. We are definitely missing the oil screen and magnet, but those look like they will be easy enough to find. Some discoveries:
 * The breaks that I had studied earlier are not much more than parking breaks, and are controlled by the lever.
 * The break pedal (the right pedal) connects to one of the rings in the transmission.