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Same o same o ,inlets-outlets moved around a bit over the years.
Iginion advance working properly??
Ain't gona happen !! Offsets are all wrong,even if you could mount the drum to the wheel the drum would overhang the spindle .
Old school way longer spring shackles!! Very traditional.
Simple those numbers were only a serial/ID number had NOTHING to do with the car/truck build spects. There was usually a plate on the firewall...
Ok ya want a 60s build ,it's a RPU but done in 64. Lakes headers with internal baffles were early Ford axle tubes. Sorry for the shity pic but...
Are you getting about 4.5 turns lock to lock in the box with the pitman arm disconnected? If so is the pitman arm with the box centered and the...
Stock Corvair box is about 4.5 turns Lto L . Run into that issue one time with lack of travel, my friends did not assemble the box correctly. Took...
New MC? Check that you have some clearence on the MC pushrod. If power brakes a quick check is to insert a flatwasher between the MC and power...
Put on a set of "Traction bars" that will prevent spring wind up.
Non issue with a torque tube . Never run 0 angle in a drive line static setting and as the suspension moves the angle is always changing. Try for...
DTA axle is/was Timken back then. The parts for that style shifter are still around as they still use them.
They normally just fall out,but blow into the outlet with a bit of air.
If you still have the Loadamatic dist. Shit Can It !! It did not work well stock and even with a Pertronix it still won't and adding carbs- cam...
That nose style bolts to the BELL HOUSING not the block.
Don't see any issues with dist doing that. Also mill head .060. Next step is a cam change.
The adapter needs to be 1.25 thick to properly make the early wire wheels mount corectly. Also 32-48 rears are easy to convert to open drive, home...
Rebel: Ya got a WAY tooooo many leaves in that spring. You only need about 5/6 with no more weight than you have on that rear axle. I'm a bit of...
Gee that's my old timer's acting up!! First time today too !
Like what?? Get out of bed???
You do know Ford left bank is numbered 1-2-3-4 Right 5-6-7-8.
Install the residual checks at the M/C.
The line SIZE DOES NOT make any difference period!!!! It can be 1/4 or 1" and once it is full of fluid what goes in will be the same anount...
Welcome to the world of generators!! It is normal not to show a charge below 1200 or so with lights/heater/wipers [if elect] with a gennny. It is...
Piss poor radiator shop that could not make up a new core.
ON a tag under a bowl screw. If not there just order by the truck year. Those carbs were pretty nuch the same for years.
About like a dose of clap ! A numbers matching restorer maybe, otherwise not a high demand item.
The clutch mounting face to the crankshaft mounting face would be the same no matter what the flywheel weight/thickness is. As said your problem...
To work corectly the clutch master and slave bores need to be very close in size . Chevy PU used a 1-1/8 bore MC and the slave was 1-1/16. That is...
First pic the plug is where the speedo gear housing goes. You do not have that part.
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