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Drmalacarne & all, I will share what I gathered when preparing our distributors. Distributors were Delco #1111540 and an old Delco parts...
My friends and I have just had 3 years of interaction with a seagrave engine like this to get it ready to run at available car and engine shows...
I think I have noted another difference in the 57' 283 that is found on no other year and I can't imagine why it exists. I have seen on 57 only,...
May be an old interesting post, but I'm old too. Let me mention one other small, primitive drag strip effort in the Nashville area.I currently...
Pete, The factory did it in 55-58 (chev)with a ceramic bodied resistor between switch and coil +.We have all wondered about the usually unused...
Kevin,With all the room in the bottom of that 3 main brg v-8 it should be easy to manage but let me throw out a couple of alternatives.If the main...
Mobucket, PS if you need specs on a specific engine just ask.Some of us can deliver.
Mobucket, Like asking "how long is a board?" The acceptable oil clearances will vary with the bearing and engine design.The Olds rocket in one...
Antique, Most of these dowels are soft enough to drill and tap.Be careful to center the hole carefully and use as large a thread as you can...
Gasfor, Notice the BUSYBEE was by Gladden of Glendale Ca.They were a WW2 company that had a good engine after the war and tried to find uses for...
Twofo, Also Hot Rod had, as I recall,the testing and development of the 215 engine as power for an Indy entry.The olds/pontiac version developed a...
Frank, Buda would be another industrial engine maker using a pony motor on their big diesel as well as those mentioned but I don't think I've seen...
Brow , Heres how we retrieved a stub once without pulling the chunk: We had a sharp weldor and a good arc welder.Took a length of 1/4 in rod long...
Brow, I've seen a bunch of broken/twisted axles--mostly big truck,some fork lift,some race car.A break is usually just outboard of the splines and...
Brow, To remove the stuck axle: Take a spare brake drum of the same bolt pattern( or maybe a wheel),bolt the upside down drum or wheel to the axle...
Hawg, The hilborn unit is quite flexible and takes the shape/angle of what it's bolted to.We changed heads once and had to reset the cross linkage...
Had a near identical problem with our first Hilborn engine a 292 SBC in a gasser years ago.The problem turned out to be unequal air flow between...
Yo Baby, that wernt no typo.But maybe a little misleading-the killer engines were in the big dogs and the biggest Hercules my book lists in the...
Skid, Also another maker to use a purchased cab was Hendrickson who used International cabs.
Von, My truck manual of 36-46 shows the Diamond-T using Cummins Diesel or Hercules gas or Diesel.Hercules gas engines of that era were all...
Cooter, heres a method that should get you within 4 degrees. Remove the plugs so the engine turns easily and observe the valves through the plug...
I guess its time to discuss mags again.They have always been considered a mysterious device by users but really are very reliable and durable if...
Trey, I can possibly help.The best tool I have found for finding bearings is a work developed by Interchange Inc. of st.Louis park,Mn.The bearing...
Everybodys got it so far.The spark making/distributing part generally only cares if it is being turned.The advance mechanism is direction of...
Air compressor of course.Do a search for Gordon Smith of Bowling Green, Ky. They made a practical kit to convert your Ford model A, which was...
I once experienced a same brand/different model parts swap with a WLA that may have some potential for you.In 1959 a friend bought a...
These mags are very durable and simple and with just a little care will serve you well.Rule #1. NEVER apply power to the post on the side or the...
Bout 40 mi from Sparky.Dickson is the town--just off I-40, 2 1/2 mi from the 172 exit.So peaceful its dull but I call it home.
Did just that Dawg, Thanks for asking. ENGINENUT
It's just me-in Tennessee.Glad to find a board friendly to over the hill hot rodder and working with the engines and things I loved to explore...
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