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If you need or want a full sized truck trans, try and find an NP-445 instead of a 435. All synchro and much better ratios. 4.46 first and third is...
When checking automatic transmissions, it's always best to drop the pan with the trans in the normal installed position because, like panning for...
Apparently 49-53 Chev torque tube style u-joints are unobtanium, or so I have been told, with good used ones going for big money. Anybody know of...
...Don't get one off a late-model Dodge pickup. Dodge uses the ECU to externally regulate the alternator. Yabut you can use a normal regulator...
I spent a few years pitting on a buddies sprint car and witnessed some real good racing and some real good parties and some real outrageous...
A good parts man is a priceless asset to a mechanic, and the good ones are almost never paid what they are worth. Maybe the rotten wages are what...
FWIW, Earliest Toyoglides were a shrunken iron Powerglide ¸(in aluminum) later Toyoglides were a shrunken alum Powerglide, then they went to a...
FWIW, I remember Ak Miller did a column for HRM back in the day, which was actually a Ford ad, but interesting. He did a few on Ford 6s, both...
``...There used to be an exact twin of this car running around Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in the early eighties. First and only stick shift Monte...
`...Also left out two of the most well respected factory smc alum. intakes: Casting # 3844461-- 64-65 Corvette (365 hp) & 65 Chevelle (350 hp)....
Bondo AKA salve or medicine is good when used appropriately, however we live in an imperfect world. An excellent, though lazy, bodyman buddy of...
Re: comments on 409 truck engine durability Worked for a while at a chemical plant. One of the local truck lines hauled muriatic acid out of...
In about '67 or so I traded into a 66 Satellite, Hemi 4 speed. Taught me a lot about living on Kraft dinner etc. By '68 or so I realized I needed...
One of the Mopar stores I worked at had the key board behind the chick tower in the showroom, next to a row of those half high walls for the sales...
Most bands are pressure applied and spring released. The rear Hydro's band is spring applied and pressure released. One of the best "how it works"...
In Weertman's book he states the reason for the 2 versions of 383s was simply that they had a block machining line for RBs and not enough sales...
Suddenly appearing strange low speed tranny noises in a RWD GM? I always look for an oily, soft rear trans mount first. They get soft enough that...
The tool is used to check the machining variation of the THIRD MEMBER. Think about this, because it is important. You can check that actual...
There's more secret formulas for lubes to free up stuck pistons than lies about virginity, but, FWIW used engine oil out of a diesel engine is...
If your Y block has top end oiling issues, pull the pan and check the rear main bearing. A combination of high miles, few oil changes and...
Years ago I worked at a chemical plant in a hick town deep in the bundocs and belonged to a car club of sorts because the shop space was decent....
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