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Pulled bushings out, hit em with the bench grinder and filed them flat....numerous times until I got one side to fit perfect and then made the...
3M has been around forever and makes quality products.There are cheaper ones out there, but why bother...
....all the cool kids get their chared carcasses identified by dental records.
That is accurate. Thanks for posting
New bushings, same problem, going to run them as is and see what the guys at the front end shop think when I drop it off for alignment. BTW Texas...
Thanks for all the replies! I made an tool out of exhaust tubing, all thread, washers etc. to pull the bushings in to avoid pressing on them. The...
It does need some TCL!
Not enough rubber left on the old ones to measure , but thewhat is left of the metal bushing is pretty darn close.
[ATTACH] I figured a pic would help.
I installed what appear to be the correct bushings in my lower control arms and the A Arms will not slide into place in the frame.....not even...
When Granpa went from horses to a tractor, he bought a Fordson. We have been a Ford Family ever since. I like almost anything with wheels on it,...
If you get a trailer with a gas fridge, park it LEVEL, old gas fridges are more finiky than the more modern ones.
I saw this was a 2 page thread on Car Show Detailing so I opened it thinking it would be 2 pages of detailing tips.
My Dad made his own version of the TP filter and ran them on everything he owned.He changed the filters more often than the oil, but I don't know...
I have a 30 foot bumper pull toy hauler. Use it for ATVs ,it is not a widebody so hauling a car is not an option. Bumper pulls are fine, if you...
I'm in the process of doing the Aerostar swap on my 58 Fairlane. The factory parts diagram shows a spacer on the left spring. Do I need the spacer?
Not the best pic. 428 C-6 . Rebuilding front end, adding Aerostar coils and disc brakes right now.
It will never work, I will come by and take that 427 off of your hands and save you a ton of grief! :) Tons of info on this swap at 57 Fords...
Auto Shop teacher"Mike,you're retarded" Teacher meant the timing was retarded on the car Mike was working on, but we got a kick out of it and...
My stock 72 Pinto had to be the envy of the whole school! Next on list might be the LS 6 Chevelle with 2 Holleys sticking out of the hood or the...
I could add another "I have not seen the issue, but it sucks" post, but I'm looking forward to getting SRM again. I let my subscription expire and...
...and use a straight edge to make sure your new intake is flat. No cork gaskets on the ends, use a bead of silicone instead. GM has a great...
I'm betting intake gaskets.That big chunk of aluminum has a different expansion rate than the big chunk of iron that it is bolted to, so the leak...
I found a pretzeled oil pump drive shaft in the pan of FE I bought....a few years later I found out they end up there.....
... and aftermarket intakes can be even more troublesome than the factory behemoth!
My Dad, two of my uncles and an unidentified Ford Pick up, my best guess is this pic was taken on the way to Tule Lake, CF on goose hunting trip....
...not if the Junior Moderators have anything to say about it....
Simple answer. You buy tools as you need them. I wish there was Craigslist when I started doing this.Most every tool you will need shows up...
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