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Beautiful work. Hot Rods will likely be my 'comfort food' when my kids get older and start moving away! I can't even find someone around here to...
Sweet! I think that's still most adults' dream as well! Congrats.
Thanks Rusty, I was afraid having it done would be easier and probably less expensive than getting the tools, researching and doing it myself....
From my research she still has the stock Carter BB (with dashpot) carburetor .
I recently noticed a violent shake in the front end that I have traced to the kingpins. I have replaced ball joints, knuckles, bearings, entire...
They said weld but they either meant braze or changed their mind. Either way it's the best $75 I've spent in a long time!! While I'm cleaning up...
Rusty, The reason I lean towards a problem is that if I make stops during the day the temp will slowly raise above 185 and will not drop back...
Rusty I checked the engine temp on several occasions after driving and it only showed about a 5 degree difference if that between the front,...
I also enjoy the pursuit of knowledge. I know I'm going it write because I'm finding less and less people that know more than I do about this...
I was thinking the same thing on the studs, unfortunately one did break off which brought out the torch on the rest. It just so happens to be the...
This one is a bit better. Appears to be pretty simple as these things can go, as in the break is not around a bend or on a mounting point. I...
Thanks for the info guys. I keep an eye out for parts when I feel I would actually be able to buy them. Saw a guy selling "2 goofy looking...
Thanks. I have always heard cast cannot be welded well or with any hopes of lasting. I think they finally got my dad's fixed but they had to...
I finally took an afternoon... and a torch and started removing my manifold bolts one by one on my New Yorker so I could change the gaskets so she...
Ok, I got my Oxy-Acetylene tanks filled and am waiting for the time to spend a day or two torching, removing and reinstalling the manifolds....
I haven't really dug into the kit well but the hardware kit that was sent by mistake (win) when I ordered the manifold gaskets looks like it has...
I'll take some pics of the nuts that look like they will give me issues. Didn't look like they would have been easy to get to from the bottom...
Ha-ha. Cat C-7 has some bolts on her, but my experience with tough rusty bolts are more on track vehicles. Such as the 52 TON M88 recovery...
I was afraid it would probably come to a torch. I know from experience on larger bolts if gotten too hot it can make them brittle. Will a...
Slowly but shirley getting things done on my rolling restore (current daily driver). My next 'project' is sending the carb off to be rebuilt...
www.oldmoparts.com has a rebuild kit and it is on my list. The timing belt recently broke on my old Porsche so I have valves to replace in the...
Thanks plym 46, I'll def have to do that next time I get a chance to crack the carb open. I did test out expansion today. The fuel line runs...
Thanks Jon. Never thought about expansion. I'll see if I can't test that out tomorrow. There is some great info on that site!
My carb knowledge is limited to random poking and a Zenith to Weber swap on my '87 Riader and if I had a trained monkey he would have done that!...
I know it's an old post but I just bought a '49 Chrysler New Yorker and have the M6 tranny. I've been blowing up the internet learning everything...
I just bought a '49 Chrysler New Yorker from www.dustyoldcars.com. They are new and only have a few cars right now but the guy I spoke to says...
Who are the guys that you think figured out how to liven up this tranny? I JUST purchased a '49 Chrysler New Yorker and it has the 323.5 I-8 and...
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