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Yes, I was talking about 4-0 cable, 0000 about 3/4" or bigger in diameter. Pulled it out of a scrapped school bus.
I noticed the exhaust as well.
I worked a '54 Pontiac for a local fellow, all original one owner car. It was starting slow, so I had some 4/0 cable from work and made up a...
I recently switched out a 18" flex fan for 17" solid blade steel fan from Vintage Air. At the same time I replaced the water pump pulley for a...
Which ever one makes the engine idle the best. Some like full vacuum, some don't, depends on the engine configuration. At full throttle it...
I know you only have a few runs on the car since you been working on it, but did the 60 foot times change with all added bracing?
The adaptor will be the restrictor, air velocity will really be slow making two quick 90* turns.
Pontiac and probably others used bolts marked like that for P/S brackets, A/C mounts, water pumps, and anything they didn't want to vibrate loose....
Yes on the primer, We have 6 or 8 late model Ford Transit Connects at work, those ugly little work style minivans. Ours have a plastic side panel...
Just as it should, the back of the motor is hottest part. Water flows through the block and exits up through the heads, the farther back in the...
If your lower pulley is chrome or spun aluminum, rough up the belt grooves now, pulling it back off to do so will make a fellow pretty mad!
The more you crank it, the less break-in grease you will have on the camshaft. You either start it as is, keep cranking, or build a pressure...
I built the one under my '37 out of cold rolled, wasn't smart enough to know any better. I welded with a mig welder, two baffles inside, 14...
Wet towel, puts out fire without the mess. Garden hose ready, good for cooling down a radiator if needed to keep the break-in going. Battery on...
I run mufflers on start-ups so you can hear what the engine is doing, before it goes all bad.
How big is the wire going to the fan and from battery? How long are the wires?
Four residual valves is 8 possible places for fluid to leak, the master cylinder may already have valves in it.
It should be a direct bolt in exchange. The T350 will run with the kick down cable, it just won't kick down and will short shift at full...
What I ment to say in my first post above was the air bleeds in the main body, not the metering blocks. It's been 30 years since I had the Holley...
If it were mine, relay would be next to the battery, 10 or 12 gauge wires would be run to the pump with the ground side right to the negative...
I had one running methanol on my race car, every couple weeks it would idle bad but run good. I always had carb cleaner on the trailer to spray...
Bosch makes water proof relays that can be mounted anywhere,...
When it's hot and idling, cool the radiator with water hose and see if the engine cools right down. This will show how fast the water pump is...
And the more you angle them, the less absorbing they do.
Pretty sure the bearing company knows more about them then we do, leave them alone. I've built plenty of Pontiac with no oiling issues. The oil...
Where I live, all the cars park outside because the garage is a storage space for crap they never use. I don't understand why you want to get...
First thing to do is unhook the drag-link and verify the gear box will go full left and right, then make sure the steering wheel is dead center....
What are you using to get these parts so clean?
Thanks the explanation, I never really understood was was going on.
Is it the starter motor that get hot, or the solenoid not working? What is changing with the heat? Why does more amps work?
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