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Hey Steve thanks for the input, it's a good help. I'm on the right track with bulbs, fan motor, coil polarity, etc...I hadn't thought about the...
Thanks all, Rusty Valley - I think I get what you mean. Watts (power) = volts x amps. If you double the voltage you can half the amperage to...
Disclaimer: I'm a muscle car guy, not an expert in vintage Fords (although I've successfully gotten a few old flatheads to run...). The vehicle in...
I don't think the screen is plugged, I get good oil flow to the other rocker arms.
90 degrees at a time. I haven't uses the starter to spin the motor yet.
I'm helping an older gentleman with his 1964 Ranchero. He picked it up earlier this year - The engine is a 289 2bbl from a 1968 full size car (the...
Thanks for the replies! I agree the mechanical pump is the way to go and if it were my car I'd do it. The fellow who owns the car is trying to...
I'm working on a 1950 Canadian Meteor (a Ford with a Mercury-esq grille...) for an older gentleman. Rebuilt 239. The carb looks to be a knockoff...
1935 pickup that I'm working on for Bob, the father of a good friend. Bob has a small fleet of really cool old stuff, but he's not a mechanic. The...
Your description of how it should work makes perfect sense. I looked again at this generator; the "extra" wire is not attached to the adjustable...
Pulled the inspection cover as suggested. There are 3 brushes. one on each side (3 o'clock & 9 o'clock) and one at 12 o'clock. The black wire is...
Further to the above I found a YouTube video with a rundown of the cutout & it's function. That's exactly this generator looks like, except for...
I looked at those diagrams. They were helpful but don't show the exact terminals on the generator. This truck has a firewall mounted voltage...
I got everything together with a new manifold. No fatigue cracks I could see in the pulley, hub, etc. There are no bearings as part of the mount,...
I lurk on the HAMB a lot, but rarely post. Most of my stuff is not HAMB friendly. But at the moment I've got this in my garage. It's just so...
See, this is why I turn to the HAMB when I have tech questions. Lots of information & advice to digest here! For those who asked: I do have a...
I was thinking I had a volume problem...I've tried a couple different guns- 1.3 tip & 1.4 tip. Made next to no difference; granted, they were...
15-20 years ago I did a few garage paint jobs. I had two guns - one siphon feed, the other gravity. I don't recall the gravity gun being marked as...
Me neither....that's part of the issue :)
Thanks for the info. I have to repair the headlight harnesses anyway, so extending grounds is an option. Not sure how the headlight harnesses are...
I've been working on a 1951 F1 that belongs to a good friends dad. My involvement in this project snowballed from "get it to start" to "get it to...
I'll tear apart the pump to test the check valves. Weird I would have the same issue with two pumps. Intake is original, not aftermarket. In fact...
Flathead newb, but lots of engine building with musclecar era stuff. Posted a couple weeks ago about valve guides on an 8ba in a 1951 F1 & got...
Thanks for the all the replies, it's a big help. Good thing Slopok set me straight on the cylinder numbering, I'd have been cursing when I...
Awesome, thanks. The valves are lying there in order - Cylinders 1, 3, & 5. There is no groove on the #1 intake valve. I assume when I finish...
So I've lurked around here for years but rarely post, as most (well...all...) my projects are not HAMB friendly - GTO's, T/A's, Chevelle's and so...
I use Lord Fusor adhesives all the time on late model stuff. Works great. They have a pretty good website with breakdowns of the different...
Stuff is expensive up here...plus there is GST (general sales tax) - 5% Federal tax on top of everything. Plus provincial sales tax (varies from...
Lostone is on the right track but the years vary. 2nd gen f-body was the first GM to use the revised geometry. A-body didn't change till the '73...
All 8.5" "corporate" 10 bolts were 28 spline. However, current GM 1/2 to pickup trucks use an evolution of the 8.5 - it's an 8.625" ring gear and...
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