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This post is not to bash, merely to inform and educate. Last month with my yearly bonus check in the bank I ordered the wheels for my first hot...
Awesome, another build thread from kiwi kev. Epic.
[ATTACH] I’ve got one of these return style filters right before the carb. Also a nylon spacer under the carb.
The $ 20.00 senders I buy from the local parts house usually start leaking after a month. I would spend the bucks and get classic instruments....
You may want to keep an eye out for a double groove alternator pulley. That amount of belt wrap driving both the ac and alternator may cause some...
I have the magnums on my 31 also, I was able to source new hub bearings and seals. Wondered where I may get rotors in the future.
Bob, can you check for continuity between the brown acc wire and the fuses that are missing power? I'm thinking that acc wire needs to be hooked...
Glad your on the mend
6011 is what beginners will use , it is an easy rod to start with. The best rod I used as a newbie was cronatron 333.
A good friend just replaced a brand new melling pump in his new nailhead motor. It lost oil pressure just after break in due to a chip in the...
I'm no expert, but that looks better than most used ones..
That's why I always read squirrels posts first. I always learn something.. I too have replaced dozens of clutch sets and never seen the bumps either..
Is there a neutral safety switch in the starter circuit?
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Corvair looks like a close match.
I’ve been using a synthetic multipurpose grease called ‘superlube’ it’s clear and available at Wally World,. I started using it on rifles and now...
Definitely a dodge. I think.
On the 32 dash made to fit a model a, what is the area around the square shape holes in the lower corners supposed to look like. Some kind of clip...
Until you open the throttle blades your safe.
Cardone is the dorman of rebuilt parts. I'd go junkyard shopping first.
The top apron looks odd. The model a apron is not angled at the rear fender mounting area. I'm not sure.
It clips onto the backside of the inside disc brake pad. It helps hold into the caliper piston during assembly.
Had a customer return a new oil pump. I took the cover off and a single strand from a wire wheel was stuck between the lobes.
The only critical dimensions are your inner diameter for your .500 bolt and your outer diameter to press into your ladder bar. The width of your...
Also, it’s pretty common for the gas to evaporate out of edelbrock carbs after sitting for two weeks or longer.. this will make it harder to start...
Maybe I'm thinking of something else, but wasn't there different vacuum modulators offered ? They had different colored stripes painted on them to...
Just a thin smear of ultra black, no washers or gaskets. The one time I used a paper gasket it leaked too.
Would the air injection bosses point to 1969 to 1973 or so.
That was a pretty common issue back when gm debuted the hei. Our fix was to use dielectric grease and make sure the top plastic wire hold down was...
I know this happens to all of us. I found this 90 weight bottle while looking on the back shelf. Last month I found cans of turtle wax that had...
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