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Vacuum guage and compression check.
You might find a flange like the one I pictured and save a lot of work?
Yes its just that simple.
I understand what he wants. Just my opinion the only way it would be reliable and not leak or vibrate would be to gut it and install the preferred...
As a old trader used to quip(Thats a Durn good Price if you can find anyone who will pay that much) Ive found that those who want it do not have...
Why not just remove the offending drum brake parts? with a torch and a grinder its doable?
you need a small tire like a 700-15.
The splines on your outpu[ATTACH] t shaft are very shallow. The current setup has a fixed yoke held on by a bolt. the driveshaft used a slip yoke...
The later falcons and mavericks had the C3 automatics.
Todays 6 volt batterys are poor quality. back in the day many used a 8 volt battery and adjusted the voltage regulator. My father had a flatbed...
And most of us think that was a high price.And if that was a comparable tri five chevy it would sell for 5 or ten times that amount. I havent any...
Roller cams have been around for longer than most of us have been alive. Detroit diesels have them. I read where Isky back in the day cut a groove...
just where do you think the metal that was worn off the flat cam went? It wasnt in the oil you drained
I would have to do a lot of work to uncover the BMW to get a picture. I dont know what all was in the parts bike hoard,> our middle son Chris was...
The cracked cyl makes it not a viable block if it was mine. Likely cracked from freezing water than overheating. Those 40's trucks have a two...
There is a Theory that when you undertake any positive action it creates a ripple effect that motivates other actions. Possibly you didnt find...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] a genuine old model L stude engine with the mag and cooling fan. Seen it on Facebook Market Place for $85. Immediately jumped...
I had a great hoard of parts bikes. Sold the entire pile for $400. We still have a trail 90 , a Rupp, a cushman, A pepboys with dual rear[ATTACH]...
having ruined a couple of engines by not pulling the oil pan and cleaning the sludge I learned my lesson. Pictured is a tractor oil pan. However...
Back in the day when I was much younger.I used to run a bulldozer from daylight till dark. Had a rake blade on front. Stacking and burning timber...
The guys on Cold War motors get a (Winter beater) A car you drive in the winter and dont care if the salt rust it to pieces. I commonly get a...
Yesterday I sold a 317 John Deere that was missing the transmission. So this morning I drug out a A Wheel Horse A-80-R out that has been in...
Yesterday in the pouring rain I removed the seats from a econoline van and sold them. The buyer was from a distant place. And Just as we agreed on...
That Tree looks exactly like my boyhood shop. I had a chain run from the main trunk to a stout limb about ten feet from the tree. Hung a...
Not quite that easy. You gotta swap the live cam and the dead cam and turn the head around. You need a different starter. You dont mess with the...
Actually I have reversed the rotation on a 671 detroit blower. thirty some years ago. These sawmillers had a left hand 6-71 Power unit. The...
Ive got to where I just dont trust any machine shop. I simply cut out the ring groove hone the heck out of the cylinders and install a new set...
I got some plexi glass to make windows for the doors on the 55 wagon. Needed to move it under the canopy to get out of the blazing hot sun. So the...
We have three exercise bikes in the hoard. I certian they are very old and never used very much.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I gathered them up and...
iF YOU USE THE If you use the 59 heads the reverse flow will work. You possibly can remove the core plugs from later heads and make it work. 59
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