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Easy for the driver to get in through the big door, easy for backseat passengers to get in through the rear door. What's not to like?
Reduced hole size in head gaskets is common to force coolant to flow only where you want it to flow - sometimes a very small hole is there just to...
I believe there are special welting feet for that job. There's a good chance your machine uses a standard type of feet so they may be easily...
Well, that depends on how strict interpretation of "good" you mean. Burning gas mostly creates CO2 and water, for everyday street use you want...
May I ask why? Having a cheap, simple device to hold the engine at proper operating temperature all the time (except the first warm up minutes)...
A good idea, but not fool proof unfortunately. Core shift when the block was cast means the metal thickness will vary from block to block, and all...
I don't see anyone mention the detail that when you control ignition separately you can wait to activate it until you see you have oil pressure -...
Use wire clamps and you don't have to worry very much about exact dimensions. [MEDIA]
Not sure becoming a BMW driver is considered "good driving practice".
Survivorship bias. We think things were better quality 50 år 100 years ago because the 50 or 100 year old things we see are good quality. Nobody...
Most of the world is metric. Might be time to join in. ;)
If I remember it right, screw type blowers have far better efficiency and handle more boost than the common roots blowers do. If dragracing rules...
Depends. If you have a sensibly built multi carb setup where each cylinder draws air only from one carb you'll know which carb to adjust when you...
The coil getting hot enough to puke oil should only come from too much current running through it for too much time. How that happened when the...
Probably not an issue for old points ignitions, but electronic ignitions (and even more so electronic fuel injections etc.) can get "confused" by...
Yeah, that voltage reading is either a measuring error (digital meter confused by ignition interference for example) or an indication of a very...
Miles per gallon may be important, but smiles per gallon is importanter. :cool:
Loads of ingredients in oil. No surprise if a few show up in UV.
The problem about using the wrong oils is that it rarely punishes us right away, if at all. If we got a broken down engine the next day, the next...
The basic idea should work just fine, although I think you may want something that can move faster. Some sort of servo (look at the ones in radio...
That's still risky. Different additives affect each other, I think it's already been mentioned that the extra detergent in diesel oil reduces the...
You could always get rid of all the nitrogen. Not very practical, but effective!
Sounds like you're not getting power to the ignition system while cranking, but that's easily checked by hooking a light bulb to it, if it goes...
You don't want the coil type insert for spark plugs, you want a solid version with a collar preventing it from going in too far. With the coil the...
If we look far enough back, not everything was built to be perfectly sealed. It may not even be possible to stop all leaks without extensive...
Not sure very many local auto electric shops exists anymore. I wouldn't know where to find one.
When it comes to voltage it's mostly a matter of the insulation and distance between metal parts to be good enough to handle it, and if something...
Does that distributor use one coil to fire four cylinders?
There's nothing that will provide good filtering AND good flow in that small area. panty hose may flow well enough, but will not stop any dust,...
Yeah, if you want things to work well and be easy to tune you don't want any cylinder to draw air through multiple carbs at the same time, you...
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