random things you remember.

like the timeing of a flathead 8 to how many pounds of air your cokers use , things that have gotten you through life with your cars.

 

Tuesday.









Well, you did say random!

 

hahahah, not quite THAT random man. lol

 

adjust the needle valve till its closed then open it 1 an 1/2 turns

 

put some gas in the tank or you will eventually run out.

 

15 is too young, 36 is too old, 24 is just right

 

don't ask if you don't want to know the answer, if it seems to good to be true it is.And NEVER mess with a old man in a hot rod!!!!! you'll lose

 

My 60 Starliner used BF32 Autolites

 

tighten lugnuts!

 

Everything bolts onto your car except the exact pile of parts you own.

 

JN659842... the serial # from my schwinn stingray I had when I was a kid... It was stolen 16 years ago, so if anyone sees it, you know what to do. every time I see a schwinn stingray I check the #.

 

-1 mole of atoms is 6.02 x 10 to the 23rd power.
-Autolite 605's for most small blocks.
-The sum of all voltage drops in a curcuit must be equal to the applied voltage.
-Current is inversely proportianal to resistance in a curcuit.
-On SH-60B's, is you get an intermittent master caution capsule with no secondary indications, you need to go clean off the intermediate gear box chip detector.
-The seat pans on an Alfa Romeo Giulietta are 5/8" wider on the driver's side than on the pasenger side. (That's one you don't know till you know it. It's even so random that you don't know you don't know it 'till you learn it.)
----Should I go on?

 

44-double-D >>>>.

 

I just checked the Stingray I bought for $80 last year at a swap meet but its not yours.

 

Avogadro's NUMBER!!


PV=nRT. I never forget that one.

Or that one.

 

That metric nuts and bolts have found their way into my SAE bin. Also applies to the supplier.

 

My first piece of ass, over 40 years ago like it was yesterday.

 

Righty tighty, lefty loosey.......... unless there is a L on the stud.

 

First run on a drag strip in my roadster. Pomona, 1961, 110.50, 12.90.

 

I've learned so much and forgotten so much simply because I didn't practice what I'd learned often enough, make sense?..I thought I was being really cool when I solved a Buddys noisy 235 in his 56 by T-ing off his oil sending unit and running some braided line up to his head to get oil directly on the valve train, later I was looking at the 235 in my 39 Chevy and realized I had done the same thing about 15 years earlier..and as far as weed destroying your memory, I kill on Cash Cab and Jeopardy.....

 

The 327 in my 56 Chevy I built 6 years ago has L2166nf040 pistons...
But I don´t remember the part# of the pistons in the engine I built 4 weeks ago, hahaha
Perfect stat. Timing on my Hot Rod is 11.8° BTDC
On an old Mercedes 2 liter 4 cylinder,like in my old W 115, warm valve lash is 0.25 mm exhaust and 0.15mm inlet..

 

1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2

(sbc firing order)

 

the firing order on a flathead 1-5-4-8-6-3-7-2

I have no idea why that stuck.

 

1-5-3-6-2-4. the firing order on every 6cyl i have ever worked on

 

Chin strap,
Capewells,
Chest strap,
Reserve hooks,
Reserve handle,
Belly band,
Leg snaps,
Suspension hooks,
Lowering line,
Lowering device,
Jettison device,
Leg strap,
Centre pack tie,
Static line stowage,
Static line clear to cable, hooked on, pin secure,
Check my back.......
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Right one, Right two, Right three.........

One thousand, Two thousand, Three thousand, Canopy OK.

High to the left, High to the right, Clear below, pull away to steer.

60 feet, release equipment.

30 feet, access drift, select riser and pull down to slow direction of drift.

R, H, & D.

Figure eight canopy and daisy chain shrouds, place rig in Para bag.

Assemble equipment and head for rally point.<O</O

 

That random enough?

 

DR429, DR311, DR70, DR2270P........the Standard Ignition part numbers for cap, rotor, condenser, and points for '57-'74 GM V8 distributors, along with countless other part numbers I looked up in the parts store where I worked 25 years ago.

 

" oh wait,,this has that clip thing holding that on"..............

take your time,,and dont try prying it off without looking behind it

 

Gapping plugs with a paperclip and points with a matchbook.

 

Pickles are on aisle 2-B.