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I agree with Claymart that the finish on the face doesn't look right, or at least it doesn't look like the finish on any quality lifter I've ever...
Good write up on initial, mechanical, and vacuum advance....
Somewhat OT, but a good demonstration of the importance of doing stuff right on any fastener locking devices. Niece's husband takes her '18...
So, would darker shades of tan be cornbread?
Ecklers was okay back when they handled only Corvette stuff and had a paper catalog. Went to hell when they started growing by buying out other...
Several places in my area to buy ethanol free. Strange thing is the price. Some are around 30 cents more than alky regular while others are more...
No doors but I bought an aftermarket hood and front fender for my OT 92 Silverado. Hood fit perfectly. Fender had to slot a couple of the...
Seems to eliminate a sticking clutch cable as that would leave the clutch disengaged. Any chance the brake hose going from the frame to the rear...
To clarify, did it act like the wheels were locked up or did it act like there was no driveshaft?
I took a 289 Ford block to a shop in the summer of 1970 to have it hot tanked, cam bearings installed, and bored and honed for 30 over pistons....
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-906784 Easiest valve spring compressor I've ever used. Well worth the money. Ignore the video associated...
The most popular optical tracer by far is the Westinghouse HL-90. When Westinghouse stopped making them, I think it was Koike Aronson who...
The 350hp 350 in my OT 69 Vette came with a windage tray from the factory. I had the motor apart back in the 80's but its been too long to...
If I could go back to just the late 70's or early 80's, I'd buy every cheap VW bus I could get my hands on. I wouldn't give a nickel for one if I...
Suggest you post this question at spiuserforum.com Bunch of guys there who make these sorts of repairs regularly and can give you accurate advice...
Based on pics of early volkswagens, they started with a fairly small 4 lug pattern in 1937 and changed to the wide 5 pattern at some later time.
I'd suggest you get a seat grinder kit rather than seat cutters. The seat is an integral part of the head on those heads, but the seat area is...
Nylon cord tires were the ones that would flat spot. Rayon didn't. Big advertising battle in the late 50s and early 60s between nylon and rayon...
Up to 1994, the other company making forged piston blanks would have been Alcoa at their Vernon Works facility in Los Angeles. Alcoa shut that...
Cylindrical fits are always based on diametral clearance or interference. .001 clearance means the hole is .001 larger than the shaft. A .001...
How is that compressor piped between the pump and the tank? In the video, it looks like there could be a regulator in the line. The only devices...
I'd say it has a non stock axle ratio, either ordered that way as an option or changed out at some point. My mom got a new Fairlane wagon in 63....
Your compressor will do in the 24 to 27 cfm range @ 90psi. I think your current pipe setup will be okay so long as you don't have any significant...
What size is your compressor? Not gallons but hp and cfm.
Silicon carbide abrasives are normally used for grinding or honing cast iron. What you use for grinding or honing a particular material is...
That dark band across the top of each radius is the flattening effect you'd get by using a single wheel pipe cutter that has a pair of cylindrical...
The hardfacing rod you called out should work okay. As welded hardness is Rc 52-58 and if it is subsequently water quenched from 1700*F it will...
If you were going to try doing this with a pipe cutter, I think you'd have more success using a 4 wheel cutter like a Ridgid 42A rather than a...
I think you did a fine job for a first try. My first one was recovering the dilapidated sun visors on my OT daily driver 92 Silverado. Did the...
I've got a Consew 225 which is near identical to your Singer. After a bunch of internet forum research, I bought a Reliable Sew Quiet 6000SM...
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