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Not even my first time out!!! I adjusted the blower belt and on the following test ride heard my 3/4 ratchet wrench dangling on the road and...
Here is how I do it - easy job. First you make a cardboard or plastic ring that slips on the distributor body. Mark it in 8 equal spots and number...
My last 255 cui engine is nowhere near your motor but I did run two 97 carbs - but not the big ones. Direct linkage connected both carbs. They...
Edelbrock is so easy to richen up the mixture by different springs or metering rods. Have you checked your main jet and rod combo?
Check axial crank play then.
The rest of the world does know metric - so your 0,03mm is slightly more than 1 thou. Those 0,15mm are slightly less than 6 thou. You could...
Neither - if the starter is too close you can rotate it away from your exhaust manifolds and drill new holes, not all the way around but several...
I´m with Billy, have heard several complaints for the upper starter. The bottom one is working flawless on my two engines. The round flange allows...
I made the same engine adapter but drilled and use all 6 holes for maximum safety. I still don´t feel realy safe when a fully built engine hangs...
Not a Manx but just an ordinary pushrod ES2.
Pull metering rods out and look what color the spring is under the vac piston. Get one rod out and remove spring. Put rod and piston back in, this...
Braze the rest of it with a rod containing a lot of silver. This givers a low melting point and very good bond on cast iron. I do this on a lot of...
You need heat and lube. Warm the wheel almost too hot to touch. Then break the bond between tire and rim and push the flank down (only one side of...
Easy to remember: the tight windings always go in the direction of the tullip of valve. The reason is the heavier (more mass) end of spring is...
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