The Jalopy Journal
I have 5 quarts of Mobil 1, 15W50 motor oil sitting in a jug in my garage and am debating putting it in my 1962 engine (40,000 miles, never...
My FIL was a refugee in Germany in 1945 and somehow owned a motorcycle. The spark plug was shot and he needed a new one.. nothing at all was...
Okay, here is the true answer from 1967... when a battery sits on the ground (concrete) it becomes a huge capacitor, pulling all of the charge...
Okay, here the dumb question of the day (or maybe the week). I have a Ford that the VIN says should have a 250 cubic inch six and a Jatco...
I have been using Alemite CD2 Lead Substitute for many years and it seems to work quite well in my older high performance engine. However, I am...
reverb2000.... boy do you make me feel dumb!! An obvious solution that was staring me in the face!!! Many thanks.
50 years ago J.C. Whitney sold small electric vacuum pumps to keep the wipers going when you step on the gas. I wonder if there are any around?...
I may have screwed myself... when I redid the car, I used "pretty" blue PVC fuel line. I carefully hid the in-line fuel filter up next to a frame...
I am beginning to think that. It is a sintered bronze bearing.
OK, did some more work... I have a "bore scope" and poked it thru the clutch lever hole in the bell housing. Got a look at the throw out bearing...
I see you have an MG. British cars had marginal cooling systems at best. Even with a replaced radiator.... consider a much wider radiator by...
I installed a new clutch kit less than a year ago and have only a few hundred miles on it. Going to a show last week the car developed an...
I have built a rig to test generators (and regulators) using an old Norge electric motor. It works great except I need to come up with an...
OMG, those are shop manual pages for a Hillman Minx!!!
Again, as I mentioned to Mikey, this is a unique car and the only tie rod ends available are lubricated for life.
Great idea Mikey and if I could get a set of greaseable tie rod ends that would fit, I would do it... but the reason I posted the question is that...
OK, I am replacing the generator in one of my cars (as you can guess, it is an OLD car). What are the best, most effective lock washers? The...
I did not see any nylon in the tie rod ends, just said that one of my friends said you shouldn't grease nylon. the question is.. what materials...
I just acquired two sets of NOS tie rod ends for my 60's vintage car. Old timers remember the early "greaseless" fittings... these do not have...
The prior owner of my car thought that silicone brake fluid would solve all of his brake problems. I am rebuilding or replacing almost all of the...
Hi rg171352 There is a junkyard off of Rte 81 just North of Binghamton-looks to have lots of interesting old cars. It is always closed when I...
Is there anybody else except MSD that makes CDI ignition systems (maybe cheaper)?
I need to ship an engine from California to New Jersey, I need suggestions (and names and phone numbers!) of who to use. Thanks!:confused:
New Jersey that is. I am an old, old time car guy (also an old, old guy) who has played around with everything under the sun for decades. I love...
Please no bad jokes about this... on the overrun between manual upshifts I get "pop, pop" out of the tail pipe. Similar but worse when going down...
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