Hickory
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Here are my homemade buttons
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I roll bearings in about 15 times a year in the diesel world. For a special tool ive made my own buttons for work. Not sure if it would work in your car or not. I take a bolt and grind the head to the thickness of the main shell with rounding a slight arch. Then install the button into the oil hole on the crank and slowly turn the crank with a ratchet on the front. The button pushes against the main shell and rolls it out. Maybe at work tomorrow i can take a picture of one i made.
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When you say top bearings are we still looking at rods. You don't need to remove the crank to do rods or mains. Mains you just have to know how to roll in a new set.
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And i have thought about chrome hydro dipping but there is nobody local
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Here is a comparison of the paint and old chrome.
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Im happy with this paint till next year when i may chrome the bumpers, right now im just getting the other pieces chromed. Just wanted to show others how this paint looks as i am impressed compared to other paints and not everyone can afford chrome.
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And my last coat with chrome paint, if you look closely you can see the reflection. The revell chrome paint is really good compared to others.
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IThey were painted when i got it. Some came painted, some came chromed. Not sure what mine were. I want to chrome later. Right now im having my headlight buckets, the fog lamps, and the brow trim rechromed. Im using a guy that is highly recommend by several car show winners. Top notch show quality chrome, but its gonna lighten the bank a little. So little at a time.
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Before pictures
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Here is a picture of the bumpers ive been refinishing.
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I typed hammer paint but auto correct strikes again.
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You could use hose covering and the paint the plastic housing with hammer paint and it would look good
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I own a couple of them and love it. But i will use it 6hrs a day at work. It does show power ground and you can power up circuits or ground items out ect. I often use it to power up starter solenoids. It even reads the variable voltage of computer data lines. Yes it is overkill for our cars, a test light and cheap volt meter works fine.
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Fyi the diesel filters would stabilize nitrate levels to keep cylinder liners from pitting tiny holes in them. The caterpillar engines seem to need them the most. Some didn't need them, especially once red coolant was developed. The new Detroit dd15 used a filter that would plug up with a slimy grey matter, then they did away with it.
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It doesn't look that bad, it would have been better if it looked like a fuel bowl. Looks good for an experiment
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I bet a new plug is cheaper than shipping new washers. Pull the plug and see what it looks like. Is the electrodes brown, black, white, wet. Start with that check the sealing surface. Replace the plug if its not sealing. That much fluid whether its oil or coolant, seams like would have a skip on that cylinder if it was coming from that combustion chamber. Being number 1 i still think its 75% a coolant leak from the water outlet leaking as it happens all the time. But it could be oil. Anything is possible.
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ANSWERED Engine rebuild on 39 Desoto not getting any oil pressure or fuel
Hickory replied to desoto1939's topic in P15-D24 Forum
What snipper said. I packed my pump with assembly lube and took a plug out of the oil galley by the dizzy and pushed oil through it. But diffidently check to see if dizzy is spinning. Put fuel in the carb by pulling the top. But i like cranking it without it starting till i see pressure on the gauges so i did the carb after alot of cranking. -
I also had coolant leak into number one and a slight leak on the spark plug gasket so combustion gasses would turn it brown and black. I like snippers advice they make dye for oil and coolant to check for leaks. Could use water in radiator and see if the color changes or if it evaporates quickly.
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I don't like the plastic fuel filter, but it may tell you if the fuel pump is pumping and may tell if its the pump or if your sucking air. A clear plastic filter is a good diagnostic tool but shouldn't be left in place for safety reasons. I have seen a coil and bad condenser do this. Even with the adding fuel. I would put a spark tool between a wire and plug. Get it to act up a monitor the spark and fuel flow in the filter. Cheap and easy place to start.
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Headlamp crossbar final paint is done and dry. Very classy i think.
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Disassembled my lights
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