The Jalopy Journal
No not my favorite hot rod, but German engineering surpasses anything built here in the States. Yesterday One of my neighbors hollered at me to...
GM added an accumulator at some point that I think I recall was specifically designed into the system to correct the symptom you described....
Thinking out loud, your u-joints will be just fine.... Have you tried lowering your idle speed just a bit maybe 800?... From your posting it seems...
I'll be there.....( live in Austin )... https://www.49fordcoupe.com/
I wasn't drunk, I'm just getting old.
That brings up another question...who actually has/owns the vehicle that is indicated on the document that you have?
But you have a legitimate title, right?
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I'm gettin' jealous....
For what it's worth, maybe you'll get some ideas here... I used the 28 circuit Painless trunk mounted battery wiring kit.....
Given that you got a new battery and everybody else has already talked about good connections... I'm kind of with the guy above who mentioned your...
Messing them up should be of no concern.
Hey Auggie, I have a slightly funny, slightly sad, slightly stupid, slightly maddening story for ya. I took my brand new Diamondbacks plus my old...
And here is how to do it, but you must have a two pole 4th gear pressure switch. This gives you the option of lockup normally as the factory...
Nice!
I could be mistaken, but I would think that thread would be a pipe thread. How in the heck would anybody strip a pipe thread? Just thinking out...
Just use the dropped center link suggestion above. Forget slicing the pan it will probably leak anyway. And your backseat isn't even close. What...
Get yourself a Davies Craig controller. It is a digital readout fully adjustable electronic fan control with two replaceable relays and a...
My two cents regarding "old" tires. I bought a set because I needed to mock up the Jaguar XJS IRS that I put in The Judge, and that was back in...
I also used the painless kit with maximum circuits I think it was 28 but don't put money on that. The only thing I can think of that would involve...
When I install the air conditioning in my shoebox I never ever considered the under dash unit that simply looks awful so I chose to go with a more...
Welcome aboard, Mike... Austin here..
Actually it was just a spring-loaded butterfly within the muffler that would open under higher flow conditions. Has nothing to do with low vacuum...
Why not just use electric operators with an open/close two position dashboard switch? That's what I did years ago and it still works just fine....
X2 on the push button switch.
You are correct. The "you will burn it up in one block" warning is an old wives tale. And/but the OP wasn't even asking about the TV cable. As...
You should be able to tell by the sound, when the internal detent throws in the lock gear into the rear drum... it will feel different from all...
How about posting us some pictures of your setup so we can see what could be going on.. relative to air flow..
Congratulations! I bought my 49 coupe which I named The Judge back in 2011. Luckily the body was in very good shape and had been primed with epoxy...
In addition if the door popper issue is one of the linkage from the solenoid to the tripping mechanism any amount of additional batteries or...
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