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I would never advocate the tapping of the bearing to change the diameter of the bearing. Any time you change the diameter at the break of the...
thinking a little more, it seems you have an inline electric pump, but you say you replaced the pump and pushrod, which seems to indicate that you...
You say you have an inline electric pump for start up! What happens to the electric pump after you start the car? simple check, after stopped...
Remember this, these engine, stock, were put together by a bunch of workers and they are made easy to put together. Put the short block together,...
Just read this thing, and I was wondering if you noticed the balanced volume changes in the head. I think it was done for that purpose, as no...
Well, the next thing to do is the 3/4 race cam, not a big cam, and perhaps build a an exhaust system to free up the exhaust. But anything else...
Actually, it don't make much of a difference what you put on as a carbuerator as it won't help much, but it won't cost much money Put on the one...
Funny thing is that the people running the flatheads before the chev OHV did not worry about the engine breaking down. I ran my 33 with at Merc...
Been a long time, but, these are mechanical things, and mechanics need to look at the mechanical things. Seat the needle unless it has a rubber...
Well, goodness gracious, you must be the son of the young fellow that used to come out to the shop in back of the house ED lived in. I used to...
OK, tell me where the exhaust goes? Looks like it would go into the engine working parts, The exhaust has to go into the engine, and the fresh...
Saw this on the web and know that gearheads would love it http://circlecycleice.com/page2.php Be sure to watch the last video and see it runnign
My last flat head has 2" pipes from center exhaust and 2 inch from combined 1-3, so 2" pipe , steel packs in center, all the way to rear bumper....
When I was in the 10th grade in San Diego, 1938, I could, after school, go down on University Avenue, and go into Dale Chalfant's Orignial Speed...
Beddy bye calls the old man! traderjack
Guess it didn't work LOL Traderjack
here is trader jacks first hot rod[IMG] Hope that works. At 89 not everything works the first time! LOL traderjack
Ok, first things first. Color of exhaust under acceleration? Black, or gray Color plugs under acceleration/ Black or brown Color of plugs at...
Thought you might be interested in what cars in Russia were like 40-50 years ago...
August 1947 San Diego to Berkeley Ca and return down the central valley in 105 degree weather. Only trouble was fuel pump, and I put a piece of...
Well, the firs thing you do is take it down to the steam cleaners and steam clean it. that will make the wife happy, she can get dirty when she...
Ok, the most impressive was in 1938 with Austion Chauncy Potters single seater. First rod I ever saw which had individual tubes for spark plug...
To show how easy it is, we used to sell them rebuilt for $3 and they cost us 75cents for the rebuilding. A can of carbuerator clean and a rebuild...
OK, I don't know, but I suspect this. those appear to be brake pads! Now why would some one do this? Well , brake pads can take more heat than...
Which is why airplanes have carbuerator deicers! the problem lies not with ice on the outside as that will no affect the engine. the problem lies...
A word! suicide front end refers to moving the front axle in front of the cross member, and, removing the frame horns. Why? because there is...
speaking from experience in the 1930s and 1940s we considered that you had to do a valve job in 12,000-15,000 miles and complete overhaul at...
$6 a day, not an hour. 88 years old, and fingers don't fly!
Two things caused the change of price, In 1940 there were about 135million people in the usa, I think, and the wage of a day labor was about...
You have compression, gasoline , and spark, and it runs when you spray into the plug holes.. So, you know that everything is ok with the valves...
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