The Jalopy Journal
guess i'm a few days late, but count me in anyway. i bounce around between randolph and easton. general gow: i saw your art exhibit earlier...
i don't think i have anything worth selling, but i would come by for sure, for once i wouldn't have to drive for 3 hours to go to a swap meet.
i think mine is an 8V-71, (going by top gasket size from a rebuild guy on ebay) which as far as i was told by the guy i got it from, came stock on...
i have a hammer and a screwdriver, i'm well on my way :D that almost looks like you pull the plate over the bearings and leave them attached to...
thanks squirrel. is this book you speak of a super secret old school book, or could i obtain one from somewhere???
ok stupid questions can't wait. 1. what does pinning the rotors mean, and 2. does anyone know how to get the bearings out of the plates, seems...
boy, what a small world. i turned on my computer to ask this exact question, i got a free blower yesterday off a detroit diesel. i removed a...
"the guy who says something can't be done should stay out of the way of the guy who's doing it"
i put a reverse manual valve body in a turbo 400 last winter, not really fully understanding how it worked. it was fine while...
here's a 38 austin bantam i saw on ebay a while back, had a toyota 4 cylinder which was kind of odd, but i thought it was a pretty mean looking...
i changed four of those things in the backyard last summer, that sure was a workout. you have to sledge hammer the ring down off the bead, then...
You could alway's tie a Rotty to the bumper...:D i keep a pitbull on my passenger seat and my keys in the ignition, so far so good. of course...
i'd rather buy a used title for a car that was crushed 30 years ago than let a sweet car go to waste just because some superprick at the DMV...
when i was in college i happened upon a fire hydrant on the side of the road. i lifted it into the passenger seat of my bronco, then i carried it...
i'm the first one to bitch about pep boys or auto zone, seems like all their employees are morons, heaven forbid you should ask for a part that...
last kiss was J frank wilson and the cavaliers, then later pearl jam. that's a nice slow one, not super hotroddy though. :D
anybody know for sure what year this one is? it came off a 1 ton, i thought it was a 32, but now hearing all this stuff about firewalls has made...
cool, thanks very much. last time i built the motor i wasn't afraid to use flat bottom lifters on a roller cam and i nuked the whole motor, so...
not a groove in the bearing, i have those in the mains, but this is just a cutout on the edge, see the pic which will hopefully show up. thanks.
hi, i was changing the rod bearings in a motor (73 chevy 350) i grenaded when i noticed a difference between the old ones and the new ones. the...
swamp yankee: you said you were out of the scene for a while, but if you were at the summer nationals this past summer i was there showing my...
hi guys, just signing in as instructed. name's brian, from easton mass. i've been reading here for quite a while but decided to sign up in case i...
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