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Sodium hydroxide is more commonly known as caustic soda, and yes it will dissolve aluminium. Completely. It depends on how strong the...
Had something similar happen once, after weeks of testing and checking turned out it was the fuse. Hadn't burnt through but had cracked through...
This should work. Make a paper template of the existing trim, easiest if you do it with the trim on the car. Mark out your shape then add about...
They do settle, but it takes a fair time (can be over a month) depending on how leaky the system is. I don't know about Citroens but the 6.9 has a...
A dead man's perch is a joint on a leaf spring that doesn't have a shackle. Spring is bolted straight to the axle/bone at one end only. Acts kind...
If you can find another set of front doors you can use the front part of one and the back part of another to make a longer door, advantage being...
Print this out so it's 2 3/4" long and you're good to go.
Holes down the side? Just tell people it's a Buick.
If you want to use the torch then use a large tip, propane will do you don't need o/a. Lay the gasket out flat on a firebrick (you can buy large...
Here's a history of the building. It's world heritage listed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building The cars may have been...
Peanut butter is made from vegetables. Jelly is made from fruit. Vegemite is made from beer. Enough said. Yes, it really is made from beer.
Was in my ot 67 Pontiac Parisienne on a freeway at night, pitch black middle of nowhere, my brother driving. He'd never driven a car with a floor...
That one bolt on a caddy 472/500 water pump is where I discovered in/lbs was not a typo...
Definitely looks like a relay. Why not chase the cables to the other end to see what they are attached to? Cables look too small for a starter,...
Straight from the horse's mouth: http://www.ttcautomotive.com/english/products/t-56.asp
You could try colour sanding it back until you hit the signwriting. Very fine paper used wet.
Limo? Small oval window and thick padded top were Cadillac special order items for Series 75 formal limousines. Up to 63 they were done by...
Maybe look into changing to a lower diff ratio.
The other half doesn't take you shopping for your opinion, they take you along to carry it! Sorry, can't help with the Olds.
Thanks.
anyone?
I might have located a frame locally I could use on a project. Does anybody know the weight of a bare 1959 Cadillac sedan X-frame? Or, in other...
Will be interested to see the result. I thought the whole point of the large plenum was to smooth out fuel and air flow at anything below WOT, so...
Carefully do burn outs across the rest of the concrete until it's all black
Only my .02c, but I don't think the block style print matches the lines of the truck, or the old style signwriting. How about this? Font is called...
If you get a second temperature sensor and put it on the radiator, that will tell you if the radiator is big enough. If you have hot engine and...
I think this is just more proof that having the steering wheel on the left is just plain wrong.
Plasti-dip gets soft and flexible and can come off what it's painted on when it gets heated. And it really stinks when it catches fire.
Daimler did make that baby hemi... Awesome.
x2 on the lube, and use the most open tooth pattern you can. Don't use a stone, they will plug up the same but you can't clean them out.
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