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I am putting new tires on my 1965 Studebaker. I already have 205/70/15 s on the front. My issue is wanting to make the front and back of the car...
Thanks again. My main idea is to just not have power running to old wiring constantly and to achieve this without having to disconnect the cable...
This is what I was talking about. The picture above. I would put this between the battery and cable. Run power from the battery to a switch then a...
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I was a fireman for 35 years and originally the trucks had a heavy duty switch with on,off ,battery one and battery two on them. Towards the end...
Is it possible to use a continuous solenoid and a toggle switch for a battery disconnect? I want to put a toggle switch on the dash of my...
Thanks again for the replies. I just took the kick down switch and mounted it on the dash. I dressed it up a bit with a chrome ring. This way it...
Thanks. Yes if I depress the switch power to the distributor is cut off. I am finally going to drive my car soon. Thanks to everybody who helped...
. First off thanks for the help. My car is wired as crazy Steve told me to in a previous thread. It works great and thanks again The switch...
I have finally gotten my 65 stud ready to drive except for the kick down switch on the transmission. I had to put a throttle cable on the car...
Worked on it today. I got the distributor in right and found a vacuum port that wasn’t plugged. It runs good now . I am going to get the timing...
I had a post about getting my Studebaker with a 283 Sbc running. I worked on it today and got the timing right and it is running great. I had...
It is the McKinnon engine. Isn’t all 283 engines the same
Hi no slack in the pulley. I have it running by moving #1 plug wire two positions counter clockwise on the distributor. I had the rotor at the 5...
Hi again. Yes I am from America. Upstate NY. I fooled around a bit with the car. I looked for tdc found it and reset the distributor. I had...
Thanks again. I moved the wires two spots counter clockwise and I believe it made it worse. Tomorrow I will have more time to play with it and I...
I will try that and post how it is going
Thanks for your reply and I misspoke I hand to turn the distributor clockwise for it to start. I will try tomorrow to rotate the distributor 180
Been trying to get my Studebaker started. It hasn’t been started in two years. It has a hei distributor and a 500 cfm edelbrock carb. The carb...
I am sorry that my phone won't let me let me send pictures to post . Went to the car today and believe I had the distributor set in wrong but I...
Thanks for the replies I am not done. I just haven't been able to do anything to the car. We just moved to a new house and I am currently...
I did think the carb was a 650. I do appreciate the help and I hear what you are saying about getting a new carb. My question is ,isn't the 600...
Ok so I took pictures but can't get them to upload. The carb is a holly 750 . I assume it is too big. I am going to find tdc and make sure the...
I will let everyone know when I find something. I can't work on it again until the middle of the week. Thanks for the help.
No filter . Gas in the front bowl looked clean . I took off the plug on the side ( awhile back when the car was running). I will look further...
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