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Yeah my search skills are sorely lacking. I'm better with a wrench than a keyboard!
I didn't think to check Howell's and that's where my patch panels came from. Thanks. I would still have to put my desired holes in it, but that...
When I built my T, I just recovered the original metal visor structure. After a few thousand miles the leading metal edge broke. So, I took it...
You guys can fight over the definition of a hotrod all you want, but when I think of the word "hotrod", in my mind's eye I see an early roadster...
That's what we called the connector pieces between sections of scaffolding,
AHHH! The process of turning money into noise. I am intimately acquainted. I have vaporized mass amounts of money pursuing that particular...
I have another story to tell about that truck and the summer of 1968, if you care to listen. Right at the end of summer, I replaced the clutch in...
[ATTACH] This is the truck just before we loaded up to go to Bunker Hill that day. Best picture I have left. The car probably should have run...
In 1967-68, I built a 1929 Model A pickup. Fenderless. Pretty hot dual quad cross ram 327. 4-speed. Ladder bar Olds 4.56 rear end. Cheater...
You are correct. But I suspect that at the transition between accel and decel there may be some cam walk going on. Comp cams says .004" to .010"...
I am a roller lifter guy. Hadn't built an SBC with flat tappet lifters since the 80's. This past summer I built a 1962 327 for my buddy's '37...
I like the ChapStick trick. I will put a tube of it in my toolbox. I recently went through an intense round of carb tuning and quickly went...
Yep. Unless every single component in your car's brake system is original to that combo valve, there is no way that combo valve is correct for...
I see a lot of guys not buying a lift because they don't think they have a tall enough garage. My shop has a 9 foot ceiling height, and I thought...
Thanks for the explanation and the pics. I like your setup. The reverse lockout is slick. Yeah, the Clayton is kind of billetty if you use their...
I am looking for a new shifter for my 26T coupe with a 700r4. I have a B&M in it now, and it has the Tremec style shifter handle mount. I made...
Sometimes I think there oughta be some kind of test/license/certification to be able to buy tools!
I have run my 99% street 383 with a magneto with no mechanical or vacuum advance at 34 degrees total. I have also run the same 383 with HEI...
The other day I made a Summit order and came up $9 shy of free shipping. The math said spend the $9. So just on a whim I bought a bottle of...
Every tool is essential in its specific application. If I have a job that needs done, and the choice is to hire someone to do it or buy the...
Thanks! After reading that, I am convinced this cam has been Parkerized. It is a custom cam from Jones Cam Designs. Not from one of the big...
I stuffed this cam in the block as soon as I got it. Didn't really look at it. I have it back out and gave it a good look tonight. It seems...
I really like the cars coming out of the walls, but I am totally head over heels in love with that bench. I need to gather a few parts. I may...
Great! If the expansion plug works, that's good enough for me. Thanks
Got it!. Drilled 5/16". Tapped 3/8". Made a 3/8"-16 bolt attachment for my 3# slide hammer and pulled it right out. Now I can clean the hell...
Hey Thanks Ericnova72. I have all the rest of the passages squeaky clean now. Been working on it for several hours. I guess I will break out the...
That could very well be. There is no way to knock that plug in or out from the back side. It could only be put in from the outside. There is no...
Yes this block has a fresh deck job, but it doesn't appear that the mill ever touched this plug. It doesn't appear to be cut off because it is a...
Yes, the cam bore plug has been removed. The only one left is that main galley feed plug. Cam bearings are out. There is nothing else left in...
I am stripping a 1962 327 in preparation for cleaning the oil galleys for a rebuild. I have taken out the front 3 expansion plugs, the 3 rear...
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