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I ran a teal painted carter afb marine carb on my truck for awhile. Ran great.
I had a muffler laying around that fit real nice on the kids go kart. A lot quieter now.
The snap on guy that comes to work charges us $75 to send out a click type for calibration. We have a tool at work that mounts in a vice and has a...
doesnt matter what I bring. Seems like whatever I need isn't in the box. Even if it's in the box, I don't find it until after I need it. I make...
I like being done. I find most things I do in my garage to be a pain in the ass. But I love to see results. Its a good night when I can cross a...
I have an ez locker in the back of my old 4x4. It's supposed to disengage in the corners and lock when throttle is applied. Works well except...
Use gravity. And hook a vacuum hose to the open bleeder and use a blow gun and blow air past the end of the vacuum hose to create a vacuum to get...
A fast food tray works good for sliding also
So it's losing spark when hot?
Someone on here recommended heating red and letting cool all the way down half a dozen times or so. THats my vote
Find someone with same car and take measurements off that.
Get one of those clip on spark checkers. Clips onto a ground point on the engine and the plug wire plugs into it. Cheap at the parts store. That's...
Good it started. Now change the oil. Sounds like it prob has half gallon of fuel in it.
Brake lines look ok to me and I'm picky. I agree that those boots look kinda shot. But as long as there is no play in the joint you have a little...
Another vote for bad ground
Only had 1 experience with accel coil for gm hei. Ran about as good as a stock coil but didn't last long. Me and bro-in-law pushed my loaded...
See how it runs with the gas cap off
I put aftermarket hardened axle shafts in a rear once and the diameter of the new axles was smaller at the area the seal was located.
Take a small chisel and make a mark from the nut to the pinion. Take apart and replace seal. Tighten nut so the marks line up again.
the rod sounds like a winner. Crack the line going into the master and if fluid squirts out and the brakes free up then the fluid isn't getting...
Alternator is supposed to put out dc. Check it for ac output also. Should have no ac output or the regulator is shot. Charge the battery and let...
Take a look at the cap and rotor. And inspect your plug wires. Might have melted a wire near those headers.
I bought a complete roof with some of the a-pillars off a guy on eBay in California. He sent it greyhound to Philadelphia for my 59 Chevy pu. Cut...
Sounds mane like a bad pinion bearing in diff. Get a stethoscope from harbor freight for 4 bucks and touch it to the rear at different places....
How about running your own foot over trying to get the parking block installed before momentum builds up? Back firing through the carb pulling out...
If you like to really drive a car nothing beats a stick. Don't care too much for putting in a request for a downshift.
is the fluid in the reservoir turbulent at idle? If it is, you may have a clogged screan or filter in the reservoir. it has a screen or filter...
I have a video of it running but it's 30 seconds long and won't load. Dang it
[ATTACH] Thought I might throw this video up here of my truck I have had since I was 18 or 19. I'm 34 now. The chassis is now under its 3rd body....
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