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Bumper jack retainer?

I have a plastic syrup (Lego my eggo) squeeze bottle. Usually a squirt or two does the trick. For stubborn situations I put a piece of clear fuel line onto the nozzle and shoot it down the carb vent tube to fill the float chamber/s

Drop the pan. Yup there will probably be sludge and gunk there. As designed, much like the oil in the bottom of an oil bath air filter. Its the entrapment media for carbon, dirt, metal leavings etc. That's why it's at the lowest part of the system below the level of the pick up screen. That's why the pick up has a clip to keep it from going past horizontal and into the goop.

Another expensive vs less expensive illustration. My daughter needed to replace the battery in her 2017 Honda CRV. she called AAA, they said they could deliver one and installation in about 6 hours for about 135 bucks, she called the local Honda dealer, they said about 225 for purchase and install oh oem Honda a dranded battery. She then called Walmart. Everstart was around 90 bucks. She did the no brainer deal, bought he battery. She jumped her car, brought it here. I supervised while she did the install. First thing I said was take off your bracelet. all said and done it's fixed. At Christmas she was telling her story and my brother ( Honda tech for 10, Service manager for 30 years rolled his eyes aut buying the Walmart battery. Did a little digging found out Johnson controls makes both Wal mart and Honda in the US and the Honda branded on is lower rated in cold cranking amps and one other spec.And warentee coverage. When I told my brother, he put his fingers in his ears and did his I can't hear this dance. So shopping and spec reading can do what you need to do, and leave a couple bucks in your pockets.

Not wanting to go all green and tree hugger, but 10 years ago we would have racing on the ice of several regional lakes with ice thickness of 12 to 18 inches starting around the third weekend of Jan. Now the smaller lakes are just skimming over and the two largest are still mostly open water. If I wanted to go racing this weekend I would to travel to small lakes near Lake Placid near the winter Olympics training ffacilities.as of now they are not announcing a location for Saturday and Sunday. So despite the cold weather, climate vlimate is warming. This has been the case for at l4ast 6 or 8 years. And prior to that it was slush racing on a plowed course wouldn't hold up for 2 days of racing,

Did you hear the part where Dodge Training indicated replacement of the water dist tube every 2 years? So maybe waiting 50 to 70 years to service is where the trouble starts about removing them... But back then most folks ran water then added alcohol in the fall so no rust preventative in the mix. When my father was a teen, he and his friends built ICE BOATS. Thing air boats on skis. A couple used small aircraft ft air-cooled engines, but his was Model T powered. He said he used kerosene in the radiator.

Bob you marked y post as the solutions to your issue. Which part?

https://youtu.be/85ztYz5Rc6A?si=oXcvqvlu9ccBvJRh https://youtu.be/nWHSw9J86jE?si=YoBEs5b3LG0AYxuA LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS about the Coolant distribution Tube, and about infrequent and low operating temperature conditions in the 2nd link. Some valuable wisdom learned over many years of experience and many trips to training sessions. Run them often, run them hot, run them so they work. parade speed runs to the ice cream store once a week are not doing them any favors.

Seems to me the original switch is resisted. So at 12 v medium speed would D be around 6 to 8 volts draw which for all but arctic bomb cyclone should be effective. For you guys contemplating similar replacement, a transmission cooler might make a nice heat exchanger. You project looks great. The hammered finish paint period correct.

Ameliorate is a big word for extend, increase, accelerate, enhance, or to render enfavorable changes and or conditions.

I wasn't referring to the color of the pipe, I was referring to the moisture drops on the driveway. Some condensation is to be expected, but if it is chronic it indicates the exhaust is running cold. The Italian tune up is just a way of encouraging lengthy bouts of extended spirited driving within of course the limitations of the brakes, tires and traffic and operator's handing iimits.

We used to say it needs an Italian tune up. Make suree your choke is fully open, at high idle pour about 1 quarter can of Berrymans carb cleaner slowly down the carb, pour about half of whats left in the can into the gaa tank. Now drive out to the country roads then drive the wheels off it till you run about about a quarter tank through it. 60 to70 miles or so. Get every thing g nice and warm then let her eat. In the words of Enzo Ferrari, "Brakes? We don't need brakes! They only slow you down!" Make sure you use all the carb circuits, idle, acc pump, climb so long hills to get the step up valve gets some work. Speaking of the step up, if it's not working correctly it might be stuck open, which will cause wet exhaust, black smoke, lousy fuel milage and fouled plugs. What do your sparkplug look like?

Note, there is accomodation there for the hand throttle but no cable.

Has anyone looked into dirt bike or snowmobile radiators as a possible replacement? Seen new aluminum ones for around 50 bucks.

If the throttle doesn't close, the idle circuit isn't in the equation. No amount of adjusting the idleair screw will have any effect. The throttle doesn't need to shut completely, you are actually supposed to use a thin drill bit as a gauge for the setting but unless the main linkage is closing and the float and needle and seat are working you are banging yer head against the wall. Is the linkagefrom the gas pedal allowing full travel of the fiddly parts?

I haven't gone through all the responses, but it haven't been suggested yet, you might want to do a vacuum gauge timing procedure. Second Chance garagehas a good how to on this technique. This uses intake manifold to find the optimum spot for your car's operating conditions. You did mention you corrected some issues inside the distributor . There is a wire connecting the points to the breaker plate. This is a snort many stranded flexible that allows the breaker to rotate freely from centrifugal and vacuum inputs. Many folks have found that wire in bad condition, insulation missing, broken strands, and or replaced by wire that is too thick to be as flexible as needed. Napa supposedly has replacements of various lengths.

Hey my october built . 46 has a fitment for a crank handle but no access through the grill just another of " use these till they are gone" things we find with change over models. If I remember, it was find a compression stroke as felt through the crank, retard the spark, pull out the throttle about a quarter of its travel, close the choke, and crank through that preselected compression stroke. That should have started a well tuned engine. Chokes didn't have a selfsetting high idle cam, so the throttle served that purpose. The things you might see in old movies where the star actor windmills an engine crank were part of the comedy sthict ofthe period. As far a as the throttle being needed on an electric started engine with a high idle set up, might have been a nod to the past to keep old timers happy in case the new fangled stuff didn't work. So it's any ones guess why there was a free wheeling knob and cable in the trunk of my car.

Could be anti clunk deal. Keeping down noise when the butterfly goes to one of the stops. Mine with the missing bi metallic spring. When you got off the as, it was audible when exhaust pressure went away and the counter weight would clunk against its stop.

Fully clockwise opens the flap which allows exhaust gas most direct exit. Heater core doesn't car which way flow goes. I set mine up so flap is welded in the clock wise position. I do have the heater return hose zip tied to the intake manifold. So driving in cold weather with the heater on provide s some warmth to the intake. This kind of mimics the set up of a couple of after market dual carb intake manifolds that are plumbed to accept coolant flow through the casting. OFFENHAUSER is one I think. I don't do much winter driving due to over use of salt in our area. But I have been out in 20s and 30s without problems. Depends alot on humidity also. Dual carbs draw only half of the air flow of single carb, so they might be less prone to evaporative iceing. I haven't experienced any issues with my shade tree solution. (Dual Carters on Fenton intake)

I have following this fellow for other content. Pete was at an architectural firm but recently ditched his 9 to 5 to take over his family's farm. I find his and his wife's approach to agricultur and life refreshing. Their care of animals, and his approach to mechanical bits neceessay to farming show a broad knowledge base as well as common sense. In the linked you tube post he begins reassembling the engine from his grandfather's 52 International Harvester farm truck. I know it's an OHV setup, but most procedures are applicable to a flat heads. So grab another cup of coffee and sit in in his shop. This is a two part post, the second part should be linked from there.

Get a hold of member Mark Duggan (mark@rdusaclassics.com). He has sourced rebuild parts for a couple OD's he rebuilt, and a couple sets of parts for others. He can also provide a list of part numbers if you would rather source common wear parts independently . My car runs a 56 Plymouth 230 with 225 r 75 15, 4,11 rear and overdrive. At 62mph it was turning ~3300. With OD its runs ~2400. And gets 19/20 mpg on the highway.

Assembly line foreman to engine builder " I don't care what the build card sez, USE THEM TILL THE DAMED BIN IS EMPTY!" " Are we clear on that? GOOD."9

Another variable, my 56 Plymouth 230 had a six bolt assementric pattern. Maybe to carry the overdrive? I used my 4 bolt (lightened) 46 flywheel. The od I found matched the 56 engine but I chose to use the light 4 bolt flywheel. 18K on the setup, no issues.

Talk about artistic license, look at the 37 illustrations. Compared to the actual cars, they look chopped channeld and lowered. Well they were trying to sell cars.

Three passenger rating is pretty optimistic especially these days. With me and my wife comfortably ensconced, there is barely room for our 25 pound dog between us. Folks must have been narrower in 1946. Thanks for attaching those pages. Quite interesting how in depth the descriptions were. Folks today are interested in USB ports cupholders,and how far the remote start can be from the car and still work.