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Other then Gimpy's guy in CA, any suggestions as to a reliable shop to re-work this? All the old-school guys I knew here in rural Central...
About a quarter of an inch. If one tried grinding the stem down, material left would get marginal.
Northwestern Auto in Grand Rapids, Mi. This "work" was done by Kenny in their own in-house machine shop, NOT sent out to some third party. Sad...
What I was trying to say was, the one affected hole, with the improperly installed seat, is the one with the valve height issue. The amount of...
Valve height is off about the same 1/8" to 3/16" as the seat is too deep...
Its a vintage 30's OHV high compression conversion head....so not the most replaceable....
So the machine shop messed up my cylinder head. I had taken it in to have one valve seat installed, as it had bad bad corrosion on one seat....
I don't think that mac's figure is correct since they are now owned by eckler's. I've never seen a ring that was .2187" deep on a Model A.....
Does somebody have a set of loose Model A compression rings they could measure the ring groove depth portion of the ring, Not the width, but the...
One point I would like to make is, its no longer 1985....a 50's or 60's car from California will likely have rust or rot on it somewhere. 10...
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Currently pulling out my hair on a 30's magneto for my current project. I have spark, but I'm not sure I have enough. So thus is my question,...
I would of lost the root beer brown fenders and painted them something tasteful, lost the orange wheels and called it good. The tannish/cream...
For sale: Stude V8 rocker arms. Really Nice Set off a low mileage engine. Just take em off the stude rockers and put em on the caddy shafts and u...
For Sale: 1930's dash cluster plate. Surface brown but not pitted. Interesting piece for some custom project. First $5+ postage takes it. Yes,...
If shopline is anything like PPG's Omni, I have really bad post traumatic stress from Omni. Its like trying to paint a car with whitewash and get...
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For Sale: Vintage-looking new fresh made electrical tape. You know that dull reddish electrical tape that one would see in some 1930's through...
For Sale: 1930's dash cluster plate. Surface brown but not pitted. Interesting piece for some custom project. First $10+ postage takes it. That...
For sale: Stude V8 rocker arms. A set of low mileage used rocker arms. Just take put em on the caddy shafts and u have adjustable rockers for...
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For Sale: GM 12 Bolt Posi rear axle, 3.31 ratio. Originally from 66 Chevelle A-body. Previously in stalled in a 53 Studebaker. Brackets on the...
For Sale: 1950's or 60's Stewart Warner Speedometer. Works when drive turned, chrome bezel good. Has the S-W proof mark on the back (see...
For Sale: Big Pile of New Brake Wheel Cylinder Rubber Cups. Several hundred of them. Sizes are: 15/16" 31/32" 1 and 3/32" 1 and 3/16" $25 is...
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