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For those of you that may have not performed a leak down test. You want the piston at TDC to assure the intake and exhaust valves are closed. If...
I find it odd that your losing 96 pounds of air and cant find the location of the loss. Were not talking about a hiss from 5 - 10 pounds, but 96...
I buy nitrile gloves by the case and use them when ever there is a risk of absorbing anything through the skin. Another question people should be...
When you spray it down with brake cleaner or acetone are you wiping the surface off before it evaporates? I know you wipe the surface with towels...
Nice detective work, I am glad you found it. One of life's little lessons for me in my younger days. "new does not mean good" had to go down the...
3.5 dia. is good to around 900 horsepower with duals and 460 horsepower with a single. How much horsepower are you making? I have 2 1/2 on my 56...
Penny wise Pound foolish!
In my work life I used to supervise salt spray test for aircraft manufacturing. The prep process is critical for this type of test. He talked...
I put a layer of fat mat then a layer of reflective thermal foil that was foam filled about a 1/4 thick. I had it left over from my shed build....
Your very welcome, I like the primer very much. I also like the semi gloss finish, it helps me to see what it will look like in final paint, same...
I use CRE-X21 from PPG from the PPG commercial side and I can get it much cheaper. It sands a lot like SPI. I only use CRE-X21 when I etch and SPI...
We used to do on Datsun z cars and 510's all the time but they had cast iron rings with very little cylinder ware at 100,000 miles. We just ball...
I would take a look at the surface prep requirements on the Primer that your going to spray. SPI says their epoxy primer and Ospho don't play nice...
Sorry for the delay HD is Home Depot and the product is Klean Strip phosphoric prep and etch. I prefer Rust Mort and its based on phosphoric acid...
Here is what I would do: I would break it up into sections and do one at a time, hood, doors, trunk, inside body and outside of body. I use rust...
45 degree is my vote, Robert do I smell final paint in the near future? Looks like your busy finishing up all the detail work. Thanks for letting...
Greetings Racer X, do you index your plugs as well? I would guess not since your running 16 plugs at one time and would have to inventory them by...
Saw Gene on a motorized scooter last week at Barrett Jackson, made sure to give him the thumbs up, he smiled and gave me a wave.
Long ago I was taught the two hammer method but a little different than described earlier. I use two ballpeens one larger than the other. I strike...
Not sure if this helps. I use a coffee filter in a funnel when I put it back in the gallon jug. you may also be able to build a airtight cover...
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Nicely done folks, this is one of the best Friday Art Shows I have seen for a long time.
Instructions are not very robust. Seems to me its just like any other master install until the pump and accumulator. I would bench bleed, install...
Did you bench bleed the master before it was installed? Was the master working before you rebuilt it?
I have a radiant tube heater for the last 15 years and I love it. My highest bill was $110 for a month that was in the 20s - 30s. I can paint in...
You might try thinking of it this way. Based on the fact you heard the hissing coming from the crankcase means the rings are allowing 25 percent...
I agree with 57 Fargo, 25percent loss to leakage is 25 percent loss of power. Time to refresh.
Question, do you have a long hill you could get the car nice and hot, go to the top and coast down with the car in neutral and see if the car...
I just went through this myself. when you etch with acid you want a primer that states the adhesion will be improved with an acid etch. I use...
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