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You guys are doing it all wrong… You need to have a buddy that’s a retired engine builder who has a Sunnen machine in his basement shop. Drop by,...
A big thank you to everyone who responded to this thread. I found a great local guy who did a beautiful job of extending the threads on my tie...
‘38 Plymouth 2 door https://westernmass.craigslist.org/ctd/7880672585.html
There is no thread showing outside the tie rod ends-it looks like the ends are bumping the shoulder of the tie rod. It should be for a Model A...
The RPU in my avatar had an old set of 21” whitewalls all around. When I rebuilt the front end I replaced the tie rod because the old crusty one...
Mine is getting there…[ATTACH]
-when one of your important goals in life is to have a lift in your home garage -when your wife tells you she knew you were the guy she wanted to...
I just received some two days ago from Snyder’s. Their catalog stated “Not for use in radial tires” but the tubes they sent all say they are tubes...
I didn’t admit to only having a 3/4” strip available along the front edge.
When I need to measure a belt, I put a mark on it with a sharpie, and a mark at one end of my workbench. Align the two marks, then roll the belt...
I had no upholstery experience at the end of 2023. I bought a Sailrite LS1 machine (that’s it in the background), watched a bunch of YouTube...
I can’t help but wonder how many roadster lovers are/were motorcyclists, and, conversely, how many coupe/hard roof fans were not. Although I no...
I’m just an old fart learning by doing and YouTube. I have been handling the excess material in the seam by cutting away the sew foam (to within...
Not intending to be “that guy”, but having spent a career working with metallurgists, primarily with ferrous metals, they would cringe if you...
When in high school, my Ford six looked like that in the cooler months. Then I commuted to college an hour away, and it no longer looked like that.
I remember being a teenager and getting a new dwell/tach and timing light as Christmas presents! Only thing that beat that was getting a new .22...
Double flaring tool and small pullers that don’t fit in the other drawers.
The Model A front spring shackle shouldn’t be laying against the spindle. They shouldn’t be near the spindle. The end to which the spring attaches...
That’s about what mine looked like after I blasted it. I blasted, did weld repairs, added body filler where needed to the bare metal, then applied...
Foam and upholstery vinyl to build the seat for my avatar.
…But that formula has no actual quantities in it. :( Has anyone heard from @AGELE55 as to whether he’s made any progress on solving his problem?
With regard to overheating without a thermostat, Tech Tips #3 at www.Stewartwaterpumps.com/ (Sorry I was unable to post a link directly to the...
Apologies if my post took this thread away from addressing the OP’s problem. One thing I didn’t see mentioned is idle speed. When you engage the...
I quit working in the field 6 years ago at the age of 61 after spending 40 years in power generation, heat exchanger design, and system design....
Having studied-and passed multiple exams-in heat transfer, I have never been able to accept the idea that cars without thermostats run hotter...
:p Yup. The tree dictated the orientation of the big overhead doors. The photo I posted is through the side man door. I usually have the big...
Our house and the maple tree my wife got on Arbor Day when she was in the fourth grade. She and I purchased the place from her parents 41 years...
That is the serial number of the engine that was installed at the factory.
It looks like this: (just bolts through a hole in the frame) [ATTACH]
On my last trip to Tractor Supply I saw that they rent trailers. Maybe they would have one that would work? For what you describe, a single axle...
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