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I may have put this here once before if so, sorry, this is 2004 at the Fontana speedway, this was at our ATHS national convention and truck show,...
Hylomar, is made specificly for gas, kinda pricey but it works and does not set up.
Who you gonna call.
I drove the the big truck for John Hotchkiss racing out of Orange county, sponsored by Wynns, for a few months, the rig crew and car were here at...
Alan, 5 x 4 with 5th to the dash, non progressive on the 4 spd. 335 under the hoods.
This dash panel is a Stewert Warner panel used in Peterbilt trucks from 1949 till about 1962, also used in Chris Craft boats, Crown School buses...
Hilomar is what you need instead of silicone, its made as a sealant for gasoline, kinda pricey at 30 $ a tube, I've used it on the 32 Ford truck...
Come to find out a little more the guy that owned it and had it restored wanted it red as that was the color of his ball team who ever that was,...
Let me help out a couple misconceptions on that red and black bus, its not a Glacier bus, it is a Yellowstone park bus that was painted Glacier...
When I plumed a 261 for an oil filter I used a spin on filter head and made a bracket down by the generator for it and ran the lines to it
This is the kind of junk we get now, even from NAPA I've gotten wheel cylinders that leak, I've got to the point where I send out the ones I have...
On the advice of my Honda parts guy I've taken to using sunnco gas in the two 90's, no more start and run problems, my brother uses av gas in the...
Jim, its like the gent on here that says its a Dodge, its like that here in the socialist of Ca. its the friggin gas, we blame everything on the gas.
If the signals work then the brake lites should also work, there is 2 wires in and out of the brake switch, one being hot, the other to the brake...
I may be wrong but his housings do not have the lip on the end of the socket to hold replacement pigtails, those are set up for a socket on one...
I believe the larger bore goes with the larger shoe to the front and the smalller bore to the smaller shoe to the rear, the thought being that...
I don't know what the problem is, I've rebuilt cylinders and masters for years, no problems, just the last 3 to 5 yrs I've had leakers, same thing...
Jim, doesn't the ballest need to be energized for a bit before it shows the voltage drop, this would let the resistor wire heat up some for the...
I'll add a little to that Twin Coach, that would be the Fageol Brothers from Oakland Ca, that were building city buses out here, they sold out the...
If something changes let me know, drop a Pm or e-mail.
Sorry, I just saw this, I can fetch and hold for you, what are they 3/4 ton 8 lug. Plenty of room to hold them.
The trick with these dumb ass nozzles here in Ca is to pull and hold the rubber seal up with a couple fingers and then you can run the pump....
3M yellow or black has never failed for me, coat both surfaces let tack off, recoat both surfaces and put it together, blue or green tape is the...
A little tid bit of information, passed down to me from a hot rod shop, that Australia will not except a vehicle with that tag on it, even though...
Leaks like that are hard to find some days, even over pressuring the radiator may not get you there, I had one of the Peterbilts dump all the...
If it was me, I'd cold weld it, providing I could get to all of the crack, you take a center punch and hammer and start about 7/16 to 1/2 in from...
Bizal, is not easy to deal with, he has a lot of army stuff, I've bought quite a bit from him but not much of a people person, Vintage power wagon...
DCM Classics may have what you need, they are in Michigan.
How did you wire it, wire in from Regulator or Alt other wire to batter cable on starter terminal, it sounds like you went to ground with it.
The drum turns freely, that means the shoes are NOT holding the drum, IF the shoes were holding the drum it would at least move in and out just a...
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