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Studebaker used a bell crank system for years.. Look for late fifties early sixties passenger cars and Larks.
Why such small stems? Most stems are .3415-.342" .
The picture with the gauge in a small box looking unit. Is a "Growler" used to check out armatures.. There is a brake shoe riveter and an arc...
Back when I was doing Muncies. I used heavy fibered wheel bearing grease and had a piece of wood dowel (broom handle) roughly the od of the...
Some of the older tooling was not as accurate as the later mounted carbide cutters. The staking is very ineffective, way too far from the seat....
Yes, a friend of mine did this back in the seventies on a 65 Mustang show car.. Put the carb inside the blower housing and ran an old defunct...
"a small "not for hire" sign somewhere." Not for insurance. State law in Michigan. Seperates the vehicle from the over the road commercial...
The term comes from the old lacquer paint jobs.. once sprayed and dried on the car. The paint had to be lightly color sanded and/or rubbed with...
See answer to your yesterday post on same subject
Yes Ansen Sprints.. Years ago, I drove to Cleveland, Ohio and filled my truck with Ansen Sprint 15x12 and 15x14 wheels and Firestone dirt track...
I should mention.. Not to piss in any ones Wheaties.. But.. If you are having valve/oiling/coolant loss problems with the "Magnum" series of...
Not a problem if you have an air source of 80+ psi.. Make or buy a spark plug to air adapter.. Buy or make an "over center" tool. Looks like an...
You are correct about the cutter skipping over the hard spots. No matter what type of lathe is used.. I used to do a lot of over the road and...
The Bars Leak plant is just a couple of miles from my house. Friends work there. They produce about 90% of the radiator products sold in the US....
You didn't state what engine you have.. But, I used to get in industrial flatheads for rebuilds, back in the day. Some with flywheels you could...
Been using toilet rings since the seventies. I started using it on my 14" surface grinder. Keeps the stone clean and cuts clean, doesn't dig into...
When I built the glass front for my Stude gasser. I did each piece seperately with plans to use the opening hood. But after figuring out all the...
Your trans guy is referring to the internals of the trans. The 6 cylinder trans has less clutches and more light weight components in it. Many...
I was in a Trade school in 68. St Louis, Mo. and across the river was Alton Dragway. They ran awesome "Gasser wars" on Wednesday nights. Saw some...
Those are not galley plugs. They are threaded holes used to retain the thrust on marine and HD truck engines. Not used on your application.
Actually the small hole was designed to relieve air that gets caught in the lifter galley and causes a noise... If a hi-volume oil pump is used,...
JC Whitney/Warshawski sold a lot of Almquist-Sparkomatic stuff. above descriptions of the shifter are right on the money!
Also be aware that FE engines in general are bad valve guide/stem wear units.. Depending on the level/quality of the "rebuild" there could be...
hit a ballbearing in it that hadn't got melted. I had a similar thing on a GM truck rear brake rotor. Supposed to be cast iron. There was a...
They have NAPA stores in the Netherlands? Hard to find them here in central Michigan.
Been resurfacing flywheels since 1967. I use a Kwik-Way wet grinder and do many industrial and semi truck wheels.. In the old days they would...
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Worst piece you can put in a SBC. Years ago at the professional engine builders shows. A big cam company would show research films. Stop action...
A comment on 400 blocks.. The worst of the small blocks in terms of case strength. The two bolt blocks are the strongest. As mentioned the...
A common problem in Michigan. No intake heat, no hood and no heat to the carbs. High humidity and you will get frost around the throttle bores...
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