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Welcome from another here in Victoria, TX. Hollar if you need any help.
No pics or video, but my brother broke both rear axles in our OT car in the shop. Can you say KABOOM; We all just about busted a gut when it...
It is probably 3 phase
["You can rebuild the seat springs, it helps if you have an extra seat to rob parts from, usually the driver side is shot and the rest is ok."...
Squirrel/Goon Did you guys rebuild/recover your seats? I have an '57 seat but the spring structure is junk. Did you re-spring or cut foam to...
I also have the same machine with a miller water cooler. It will burn anything you want to in a garage setting. Be sure to clean the cabinet...
Use deep bevels, multiple passes, and definitely a heavy gauge extension cord.
Today's engines operate much more efficiently. All of the exotic parts we sought in the early seventies, high flow aluminum heads, light weight...
i agree with the comment above, Your heads are awful big for the compression you are running hence the small cam. We built a 10.5:1 540 with big...
Just did the same to a Dodge 318 a few months ago. Works good and is cheap.
Back in the day we used hand cleaner (pink GOJO if i remember correctly). Pretty surprising how well it cleans.
How about ATF and Acetone, 1:1? Stuff creeps like crazy.
Rice??? Do you get puffed rice out the pipes? J/K. I have done the water trick many times and it cleans the combustion chamber well, but not so...
Guess I will jump on the bandwagon too. I have really enjoyed RF's work in classic trucks, especially his new/old chevy build. I also followed...
I know where Borger is, I lived there for a number of years and still have some family there. Welcome
Agree with 56don. Best day ever on the water was out of Destin.
Your electrode and fill are a little small for 3/16 steel. Try 1/8 for both and it will be easier to fill those undercut welds.
Do you have a high speed bypass to control fuel pressure?
Duration at 0.002" wil be minimally affected. The more important number at 0.05 will be affected slightly. Because the profile of the lobe has...
As retro Jim noted, Please secure your welding bottle next time. You really do not want to see what happens when it tips and the top gets knocked...
If the pump is not "whining" your OK
Second 3W on the hand cleaner. We used the pink GOJO back in the day to clean seats.
Unleaded gas makes a good read really difficult; You would be better off using either EGT or wide band O2 sensor. I also agree with the comment...
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Victoria Aligning Service in Victoria, Texas was doing it several years back on trucks. Might give them a call and see if they can take care of...
Fire Chief, To be honest, Life has happened and I have not had time to mess with the truck lately; hopefully the new year will shine on me and I...
And I thought i was the only dummy doing metal work on my workmate. BTW press platens make righteous tops when the wooden ones get a little too...
I also tend to use a gas lens for most welding but primarily because it allows much better viewing of the weld field. As far as what "thoriated,...
At boost levels listed above, better think about Racegas, E85, or Methanol.
Here is how I did mine http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=186815
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