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Did you use glyptol on your lifter valley and timing chain recess? I heard of somebody recently using rustoleum primer. They even used it in the...
Growing up on a farm in SE Iowa that was commonplace. Breadsack over your shoes, then slip on overshoes. Keeps the leaks from soaking your feet.
I grew up in SE Iowa near one of these pumping stations. I recall some of the mechanics saying the pistons were several feet in diameter. Turbines...
Throw a timing light on it. Check mechanical advance. Vacuum advance normally doesn't effect performance, but effects economy. Make sure you are...
Whats the scoop on that truck? Very nice!
I Imagine that old car has seen some drama being around an old hag like that. Time for a new life now.
An old neighbor who passed a few years ago told me about a trick he leaned in Korea. After a communist welcoming party put about a dozen holes in...
Hopefully someday this crook will set up the wrong guy, and receive free dentistry via vise-grips.
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I have heard in the past, that the BEST sales year for the IH scout was the final production year. Make you wonder. I grew up on a farm in SE...
A handsome building. I would hope what ever replaces that space is worthy, but somehow I doubt it.
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DANGER WILL ROBINSON Below is my Dad's pet from the early 30's. The little bugger was his pet til it stomped holes in the roof of the Model A, and...
Jim, Looks like your Dad was a man who thought "outside the box".
Box fan blowing in, set on LOW speed, ground car(helps with other issues also), on inside of space if airflow is too noticeable, hang some...
That is the dogs balls. You took junk and turned it into art.
Bob, what ever you are doing works. Keep it up. I would have guessed you were 70. I have pains from 25 years of soldiering but I don't let it...
I'm kinda surprised to see that big ass battery up front, when did relocating batteries towards the rear start?
If you are serious, you need to get the codes off the VIN. there is literature out there for that purpose, likely online now. Don't take...
Check inside the combustion chamber if you have one of those flexible scopes, similar to a borescope. I would do a compression check also, may...
A quick tip and an observation. Looks like your not prepping the welds with a grinder before you weld. It really helps for a better weld. I don't...
I almost got into that field. worked for a tv repair guy my senior year. Spent most of my time cleaning old rotary tuners and working on antennas...
Check the thermostat, timing, ditch the electric fans. If the fan switch doesn't help, add a shroud.
Quit yer yappin woman, if we had taken the Harley this wouldn't have happened.
I wonder how much time the "people that don't get it" spend watching tv. My Dad called it the idiot box when I was young.
If you can't find a stainless one, I would make one out of brass mesh.
You made quite a number of changes all at once. Hindsight being 20/20, might have been wiser to do a few at a time. I would look for any binding...
Many old cars are in the woods where you don't normally see them. A friend of mine works on timber harvesting equipment. He comes in contact with...
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