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I don't have a Clark 5 speed overdrive,but i do have a 5 speed with overdrive behind a 330 FT ford engine. Good strong engine and good working...
could you clutter up the pic a little more?
I can't remember ever owning a rambler but one of my best buds bought a rambler scrambler for 600 bucks. The car with a shaker hood and the 390...
My FiL was Named Bob Adams. He bought the GS at daytona in 1969,he raced it a few years and then parked it in a small garage in Daytona. He got...
so the intake valves are all coked up,what happens is the coke/carbon is absorbing the fuel and those cylinders are running lean. Clean the upper...
True story,my father in law had a grand sport corvette for many years,it was stored away for many years. It was the "lost" grand sport. It was...
You guys need to go in to the Cat parts house and buy some of the ring seal or whatever they call it. Its on the shelve and if you read the fine...
I had a one ton truck that did this same thing. I changed the master cylinder. it did it again the next day. Turns out the outer wheel bearing on...
My local fastenal store only takes credit cards,i'm a cash guy and i almost never buy more than $5 at a time from them. Now they have a sign on...
I have a single axle Spartan kinda like yours,mine has 2 entry doors,both have porthole windows. Mine is rough,yours is awesome!
why do you guys put up with that BS?
I wish you guys had been around 20 years ago when i was messing with those engines..
I think the master has too small of a bore. an easy test is to block one line going to a rear caliper,the other side should clamp harder.
An interesting thing an engine builder was telling me about the 460 and the mercruiser engines is the head bolts/studs are too big in diameter....
Yep,thats the gasket i used and bought from Mercruiser,it stopped my leaks.
i toyed with welding a plate in the top of the block,lots ofwork and then you need to machine everything all over again,plus line bore it too....
OK<its been a few years,but thinking back i never had a gasket leak on the first 2 engines i built,both had filled blocks with hardblock. Both had...
Hey guys,i drop by sometimes to see what you are doing. I made all my intake manifolds and i put a coolant return line out of the back of the...
JET sales is an interesting place,mostly military surplus but he does have some old cars. Plus he knows everybody in town. Jimmy Thomas is the owner.
i have a 57 fiat comp coupe thats run Bville and Maxton,parked in my trailer for the last 15 years,for sale,no engine. quick change and BW super...
Paint some bright stripes on the crate and take a pic,just in case it gets lost.
I always removed the distributer to replace the points,thats the easy way..
I have one of those units,its a narrow thing. Maybe for a dragster? I would sell it..
run it,it will get better,all it needs is some heat and some time.
I agree. Plus,FYI,take a look at your valve cover gasket,you see the extra bolt holes that are down on the bottom? i like to put those holes to...
Ages ago i welded the clutch plate on a fluid drive to the torque converter and made it work just like a standard flywheel. cheap and easy.
leave the cam stock,most grinders will change the lobe centers and thats not good for that merc. engine. Leave the lobe centers as is.
rent the car trailer local and return it to the next town over. Thats what i have had to do.
most of these cars were kept inside until he died,then the son put them out by the road and sold the building. There are more nicer cars in the...
The old man that owned those cars passed away a few years ago,he has more that are in better condition too. The son that owns the car lot next...
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