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Back in the 1950's the shop I worked at had a hot tank. They used water and flake sodium hydroxide which is what draino is. It worked great but...
Take the timing gear cover off and install slinger and crankshaft seal.
My recollection is that MoPars of that vintage wear the distributor shaft bushing out. When you looked at the dwell on a scope the dwell line it...
I also am interested in live steam model locomotives. The hobby magazines regularly have discussions about boiler safety, the need to follow ASME...
A few comments regarding flatheads. They were known as "Hot Water Eights" and for good reason. The design choice of running the exhaust through...
Reminds me of a kid I had in Auto Shop. He got mad at his car (french pos) and took a piece of 2" pipe to it to teach it some manners. In the...
Clean the battery terminals
Rich-Do you remember the drag strip at Cooley Field which was at the northern end of the San Carlos airport? I remember going to the drags there...
In the early 1950's I helped on a pit crew of a "Hard Top" that ran in Norther California. The car was a 1936 Hudson with a straight 8. The engine...
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