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you have some sort of resistance someplace, bad connections or possibly wrong placement of ballast resistor or lack there of. you will want to...
drill a 1/16th inch hole in the bottom
cool stuff
or are you saying you dont have a flathead yet and you dont know
im confused, as to what you mean, can you just measure from the water pump ear to the trans mount?
not every car should be hotrodded. keep that one stock, dont even transfer the title, and if you do keep the old one if you can.
you could make some out of copper tube, single flare the end out a little, make em one by one then solder them together with a strap/mount on the...
had some friends over today, got the flywheel replaced, starts fine! drove the car! yeahhhh!!!!
well as it turns out i had some time today to get to it.... got some fresh bolts in hand, and when i unbolted the starter to inspect i noticed...
its a 59 series engine it has the starter mount and flywheel cover all integrated into the oil pan.... which is why im hoping to god i dont have...
i got this from the vanpelt site <table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="1" cellpadding="2" width="1090"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left: 10"...
heres a video you can hear the starter does it seem to be engaging right? <embed width="600" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"...
ok ill try to answer the best i can, the flywheel is an 11 inch flywheel out of what i thought was the same 1935 truck that i got the replacement...
similar to mine very cool tho!
i was also thinking maybe machine some slugs that would go into the bellhousing(drilled out bigger and tapped) then drill out the aluminum starter...
i think my plan before i get too crazy with it is get some fresh bolts, get a new strap, and drill some holes next to the existing holes and tap...
maybe something like this would be better? http://www.flat-o.com/accessories/starters.htm
its a 59 series flathead, i put the old style starter on it and flywheel. it has the integral style mount. the bolts arent breaking but they are...
i did a search and couldnt find anything on this, i need to figure something out for my roadster that i have for sale. ive been trying to get it...
youd be better off with the 49-54 caddy 331 and an olds bellhousing. but maybe a new company makes adapters for those later engines? that is also...
was looking up an issue for mine. just thought id add to this one, the little spring/rod you speak of on the gear holds the gear from vibrating...
im talking about the cone that holds the front seal and bearing in, that the throwout bearing rides on. i also vaguely remember pressing a sleeve...
that car was one of the reasons i wanted to run a tonu(spelling) cover on my roadster.
you could sell that 32 frame, and pay for just about everything to get it back to original.
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after you cut the nose cone down on the trans and drill the mounting holes to 1/2 inch, you remove the middle of the X member on the frame, and...
someone needs to get coker to make these ive been asking them for years!
they used gaskets to replace the phenolic carb gasket. and yes isolates the carb as stated. one of the issues with those motors was gas would boil...
those bones and axle kinda suck for a hotrod(they are good for the stock car they came from tho) but the spindles are the ones you want for f1...
no news:/ looking bad for him
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