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She's working pretty good now, I don't see any reason to replace it. its bottom mounted in a T bucket so you know she's gonna get a little wet...
My mistake, what I hooked up to was actually the voltage regulator tabs, marked R and F, reference and Field but they're actually bridged together...
Alright I think I got it figured out, I opened the alternator up and found a broken wire that goes from the voltage regulator to the bridge...
Alright so I have this GM one wire alt, I wanna say its about five years old. Every once in awhile I would have to re-excite the field winding...
If you haven''t gotten it taken care of yet I can almost guarantee you this stuff here will let you wipe it right off and not damage any painted...
Just reading this thread made me paranoid enough to go check to make sure I unscrewed my battery disconnect.
This is what me and dad came up with and it works surprisingly well, no need for earplugs anymore and I can still make it even quieter if I wanted...
Here's a little update, I took most of the easy to do advice and I am much happier with how the car looks, and I don't even care what the steering...
Dang that looks like the steering wheel I just bought on the table wonder how much they wanted for it ha
Well... I changed my brand new water pump last night that I put a crack in by over-tightening the side plug with another brand new pump, then went...
Not sure what you call these but I'm trying to figure out if I can replace them or if I'm gonna have to paint them or what. Thanks [ATTACH]
Well I'm not a complete fool, I have worn a earplug at least in my left ear the few times ive been out. Ill let ya know how these silencers work...
Any thoughts on this kind? possibly with holes drilled in the pipe and surrounded with fiberglass. [ATTACH] I was thinking with the auger style...
They are 3 3/8 ID 3 1/2 OD [ATTACH]
Trying to figure out the most cost effective way of turning the volume down on the car a bit Right now it's just open headers. I'm looking at a...
I watch videos by ProjectFarm on youtube, great channel by the way.. he tests competing products by different brands as fairly and thoroughly as...
Thanks guys for the positive feedback, reason I asked what you guys thought was mainly to see what stood out as an eyesore and I guess the general...
With help from a lot of the guys here I think I might have something I can finally take for a cruise around town. Big thanks to everyone that...
Okay, that's an idea, didn't think to vent it down. Now what I'm wondering is how do you fix a 1 piece cover on so it won't fall off but still...
Thinking about replacing the current vinyl (or whatever material it is) with button snaps cover setup that was on the car when I got it with a...
Thanks guys, turns out my buddy did have about 5 of those carbs with side hung bowls laying around collecting dust, I guess there was no need to...
Just curious, would I need to remove the carb from the intake to swap bowls for any reason? I just put the damn things on, and would I need any...
Breaking everything
Thanks for the tip Ill add location, didn't realize I didn't have it.
I believe it is a Model 4160 #9776 3246
I don't know a lot about this stuff, Do I need a bowl specific to this carb or will any similar bowl from another Holley work? I have a friend who...
It's a dual quad tunnel ram setup that's the front carb.
I thought maybe I could modify the new bolt so that it didn't block the the rear bowl.
Was snugging up the fuel fitting and.......... the carb threads stripped out.... there's still plenty of thread so maybe a longer fitting would...
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