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I was there on Saturday...Motor Muster's my favorite show of the year. Great pictures!
That's one good reason to live in Michigan: Although there are a lot of parking lot car shows, there are several big events over the course of the...
Just my experience with my one solid lifter engine...I double-checked so I could set them cold in the future. Nobody ever called me an expert...
I've checked both on my slant six Dart. Last time, I adjusted them with the engine hot and running and then checked them cold the next day....
Yep, the head is on and torqued because that's the only way I have to pressurize the system! I'm just using the old head gasket right now.
Just to follow this up - I installed the Lock-N-Stitch kit yesterday, and right now it's sitting with a full cooling system and 17 psi on my...
I think the crack looks bigger in the picture than it is (it's about 2 1/4" long), but I get what you're saying. The stitching kit's going to run...
I talked to a rep at Lock-N-Stitch, and those guys seem to be on their game on the phone. I had to send several pictures of the crack and I had...
I think I'll give them a call. I can probably do that without removing the engine (not a big deal, just space in the garage during the winter),...
Not much...just trying to figure out the best (and most cost effective) way to do it.
Well, I made a dumb mistake and yanked the head off my '53 Buick's 263 straight 8 before doing a cooling system pressure test. A quick glance...
Yesterday, coming home from dinner in my '65 Dart wagon (which is a bit of a beater), some dude in a big hurry was tailgating me off the freeway...
Sorry to dredge this back up, but here's a picture of the distributor cap. Any idea what could cause this type of burning/carbon buildup? [ATTACH]
You have that right! I've switched back to a coil designed for a resistor, kept the Ignitor (I carry a spare, so I threw that in, as I was...
I think this was the part I was most hung up on...Thanks for clearing it up, guys.
Actually, at the risk of sounding like an idiot, why does the coil + see system voltage when the points are open instead of zero voltage? I've...
Yep, I'm measuring at the coil positive. Your explanation makes perfect sense...thanks! It also might explain why I burned the coil wire and cap...
I have an issue that's stumping me. I recently was diagnosing a dead miss in my 390 T-Bird (rebuilt brake booster leaking, by the way...the...
The head gaskets readily available for the 263 are not copper; they are a coated aluminum or steel (it's been awhile). It looks like EGGE is...
I have a decent oil leak on the passenger side of my '53 Buick Special with a 263 (Straight 8), and I haven't been able to find it (even using...
I bought this old Holley 1904 from a going-out-of-business junkyard seven years ago. It was on a '57 Ford, I believe...it just goes to show that...
The Performance Years forum has a whole section devoted to '61-'63 Tempests if you want to do some more research......
You said you adjusted your secondary plates...is it possible they're not closing all the way now? Have you checked the vacuum pulloffs for the...
Try pulling the mixture screws and spraying out the idle circuits with carb cleaner and compressed air in case some trash got in.
The old equation I'm always dealing with...frustration that all my old junk leaks vs. the cost and time of repairing it AND weighing the...
Great article, written back in 2009! How much worse have things gotten since then?
Also remember that the condition of the battery and starting system will affect your compression numbers. You did your test cold, but your warm...
[ATTACH] This is my '63.
I've done it both ways - both worked.
I'm sorry for your loss.
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