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i now have solid contact from the top of the rotor to the carbon button. that did not get it. i had the thought of it leaking through the rotor...
its definitely not touching, ill try when i get back to the house this afternoon. Its definitely timed correctly.
it is not touching the carbon button on the bottom of the cap. should it? it wasnt and i assumed it should have an air gap.
it is not.
I feel like i have exhausted every possible issue but im still not getting spark to the plugs. i have 6v to the points arm, solid discharge from...
does anybody know of anyone that makes a set of main bearings that are 050 under? i have a merc crank thats coming up .050 under and hoping i dont...
rotor does spin, i have a half open top cap for setting timing, it cant short to the shaft.
yes, i cant make any sense of it
ive tested the condenser, ill check the coil wire to the cap again when i get home but i can the cap to spark directly to a headbolt if i pull it...
the carbon contact is there, i can get a good spark from the contact to a headstud. i would think that rules out the contact and the coil wire.
im having some electrical issues on what seem like it should be so simple. Im hoping someone here has a easy answer for me. initially had a set of...
We are good to go. We ordered this little oil transfer pump from amazon, cracked the brake line on the upside-down wheel cylinders and forced it...
Its a single mc. Its the boling bros mc / battery box . Not the best picture , i can upload a better whe i get home if its helpful. I dont have a...
10-4 . Any suggestions other than just straightforward bleeding?
i just stepped in the garage to check this and when i step on the pedal its just shooting fluid out of the top of the mc with the lid off. Ill...
Thats the line i was cracking open. I appreciate everyone's thoughts. Mine aren't getting the job done.
I tried that early on and drilled out the baking plate not realizing i couldnt get it to the right spot on the backing plate and the pistons were...
I havent been too active one here but I'm always reading. I did make a few posts and get some help with the direction we were taking and hopefully...
Understood, so is there a preferred method of correction? To me the pie cut at the axel end seems to make more sense that bending it at the ball....
Will the unsplit wishbone be an issue with the dropped axel. It's not something I've considered until just now and haven't been able to find...
With a 4" dropped axel is the 1 3/4" dropped steering arm correct with unsplit bones?
I am running fenders. My understanding is the narrowed axel also narrows wishbone mount with seems like a potential problem.
Trying to get the front end right on this banger powered 30 coupe. Was looking at 48" socal 4" dropped axel, early lincoln style brakes and 35...
Absolute new guy here, our first model a. We bought this a couple months ago and in the paperwork was a non detailed invoice for a rebuild written...
This is a stupid question but, we went to check/set the timing by "the book". I noticed when we set the timing pin and popped the distributor cap...
Mechanical brakes were the original plan until the cost got out of hand. We were going to wait on juice brakes until we were ready to put flathead...
Thanks for the article,there's been a lot of good info in this thread. I came across the spacers in my research when we were going to run mech...
We were intending on mechanical brakes so we picked up a nice set of '35 wires, now that we're going to juice it we may have to find a set of...
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