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Lifted the hood on the 32 at the weekend. There were four plugs there, so closed the hood. Forgot to check the other side.
Sometimes you can be lucky and find the reground crank and oversize pistons just work well together. Sometimes not. It is a lot of work to strip...
I am a believer in the safety of tandem master cylinders. The old ford master cyl is pretty reliable when well maintained, but in that rare...
Pretty much all o/e systems running discs use a booster. If no room for that, it come back to pedal ratio or cylinder size. Ball park to save a...
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Always worth checking the depth of the spark plug holes. Seems many "late" versions of the old name brand heads are now set up for 3/4" reach...
The issue of interesting young people in our hobby is complicated. In many ways we are all about nostalgia,- the way thigs were etc. Most of the...
Two comments. Most proportioning valves should more correctly be called pressure limiting valves, generally preventing fluid pressure from rising...
And to finish... A coat of satin black?
Answered one question for me. Seems no one made a kit for the 32 Fordor. A tragic omission. Guess I should stop looking?
I hope you remembered to re torque those heads multiple times. I went 'round mine about 10 times before I was satisfied that the nuts were not...
Built this 40 years ago. Plastic T pickup bed with a lid . Amazing how much can be stuffed in. Recently had to tidy up the interior. And yes those...
Years back, while helping with a Ford 10 HP project, I looked into oil pumps. It seems Ford 10, 100E, model A and flathead V8 oil pumps share the...
That Austin reminds me of one that turned up at our NZ Street Rod Nats many years back. Austin 10, about '47 very tidy stock body, nice paint,...
Could be worth looking at the heater motor in an Aisian small cat - some are usefully small. Or; compact radiator fans come in a multitude of...
I spent some hours working with one of those cutters, and got nearly halfway down the first stud. They do work, but man, are they slow. That's why...
So many variables, both in the engines, and in the drivers. All engines when properly tuned and set up, have a "sweet spot" where everything works...
I had this problem with a Ford Flattie. had been sitting for years, and aluminium heads were seriously corroded onto the studs. I made a puller...
I try very hard to stay with the correct threaded fasteners as per O/E on each of my projects, but there are always some "odd" ones that are hard...
I think the USA is just about the last outpost for UNF or UNC threads. The rest of the world went to the ISO standardised metric thread forms...
Its all covered in basic high school maths. Measure tire diameter in inches and multiply by 3.14 to get circumference Divide that into 63360 for...
Re Flatattack / Toyota auto. Website is flatattackracing.com. USA agent is listed as Reds headers; info@reds-headers.com I purchased my kit a...
Flatattack in Australia do a nice kit that uses a Toyota auto. Has the advantage of 4 speeds with top overdrive. Use with a rear gear of about 4:1...
A lot of Edmunds heads run 1/2" reach plugs.- AC45F or 43F Champ L90, L86, L78I I prefer to start a stage or two cold and see where it colours up...
Definitely a fan for Simple green. Soak. Scrub with tooth brush. Blow jets out with brake cleaner. Dirt gone.
I have somewhere an old book with good drawings of the circuits, but can't lay my hand on it. If my memory is functioning correctly the Ford...
Hope you have remembered Ford and Delco generators have different internal connections. Need to use matching regulator. Or change field...
I think the point is that the car has been preserved by somebody that appreciates the history, and is happy to get the car out where it can be seen.
I tried several set ups in my 1932 Sedan. Some of the halogen conversions are a joke, with poor beam definition and lots of glare for other road...
I use a cheap garden sprayer. The type with a plastic bottle with a pump on top and a short hose to a spray wand. Cut the wand off and add...
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