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Over 2 score years ago I broke the beads with a bumper jack on some used Michelin X tires to install on my poor beat up MGA. No matter how I...
lubrication makes the world go round.
Look great! what mixing ratio and citrus product? parts submerged ? heated ? How long?
A buddy put a Judson supercharger on his VW bug back around 1969. I believe it has a MM "Inverse Oiler" in the kit to lube the sliding vanes....
"Most important is to make sure that everything which holds liquid is in good enough condition to keep holding that liquid." Followed that rule...
When I was 20 I told my girlfriend's dad I'd help him adjust the valves on his Buick V8 to try to get rid of a ticking sound. A few days later he...
I'd give the heads a very thorough visual inspection with bright light and some magnification and pressure test them. This old Hot Rod article...
I think Permatex #1 dries hard, like the small dark bottle of Indian Head I bough back in around 1965. Some sources mention it is intended for...
I think some oxyacetylene brazing rods have zinc which hisses and spits at TIG weld temperatures. I think the filler for TIG brazing is silicon...
Avanti related - Alice Cooper had his '63 redone Much improved stance, in my opinion. [MEDIA]
1961 Car and Driver 1961 XKE road test https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a15112090/1961-jaguar-e-type-road-test-review/ "Our gas mileage was...
I also think 3 Rochester YH single barrel carbs were correct for the C1 Corvette 6 cylinder. Like the one used on the Turbo Corvair out in the...
Hmm, with divided runners it kind of reminds me of the MOPAR short ram manifolds form the early 1960s....
is there something going on with the frame? Looks crack-like.
I worked at a machine shop that started in the 1950s. It had some older heli-coil kits that had a sheet metal forked blade to push the insert down...
Any close up pix of those nice welds being discussed and complimented?
Breaking up / misfiring under load can be a symptom of a basic ignition condition issue. Stuff like Old plugs, bad wires, conductive oily...
I think pistons from the feeler-gage/spring scale days often had slotted skirts that were mighty flexible....
what stick rods have you tried with you DC welder?
Properly tightened bolts don't loosen. Safety wire might keep a bolt that loosened from backing off completely and falling out. That is...
A buddy pretty much ruined a nice pair of (my) Wiss snips cutting thru a motorcycle tire bead because he did not understand about the drop center...
ISO/DIN have withdrawn a half dozen or so of their lockwasher standards. They make the distinction between loosening by un-screwing, or the head...
If the springs are the correct free length the "pressure" should be pretty close. All the same height in an encouraging first step. The sides of...
A 74 year old buddy is a hard core GM/Chevy fanatic. He often volunteered the Mopar muscle cars had transmissions and rear axles up to the task,...
On a hard stop the 700 lb or so engine trans combo would be "push forward" 400 lbs or more on squishy rubber engine and trans mounts. I might try...
I think I missed the specific symptoms of "the heat problem".
In the 2nd picture ( cylinder head underside) the finish in the un-machined "dome"portion of the chambers looks mighty odd. I'm guessing all the...
With all respect to all those other Kool rides, those early Rivieras really were, and are something.
Not exactly but kind of relevant but when my factory Corvair tach started acting up, the points needed adjusting and probably cleaning. No clue...
If off the ground, were they scratch start TIGging the pipe ?
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