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  1. I retired December 1, 2021 @ 63.5 years old. I got my first Social Security check Wednesday. I decided not to wait for full benefit age. I don't know if I will live that long, but I hope I live long enough that I can look back and say I should have waited. Probably not likely, but who knows? I don't know what is right for anyone else, but I am comfortable with my decision.
  2. If I knew I would live this long I would have taken better care of myself when I was younger. I say that a lot. I think I mean it too. ?
  3. Sorry to hear your wife is not well. I hope things improve soon. The old car can wait. It will be there when you are ready.
  4. I have replaced rod bearings, main bearings and piston rings with the engine in the car on my 1941 Dodge Coupe. If no damage to the crank, which can't be known till you get in there, and the oil pan can come off with the engine in the truck, then yes it can be done in truck. If it is a temporary repair to get by until the "good engine" can be swapped in, I would go for it, rather than have it undriveable as is. That's just me and how I do things, not for everyone. I would rather drive a good car than own a great car.
  5. Glad to see you posting today Sniper, was thinking of you earlier. Not going to give my opinion on Covid-19/Delta/Omicron/etc., no-one cares, and its simply an opinion anyway. Take care of yourself and keep us posted on your condition.
  6. https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Coker-Tire-568800-Firestone-Vintage-Bias-Ply-Tire-670-15-Blackwall,55013.html?sku=568800&utm_medium=CSEGoogle&utm_source=CSE&utm_campaign=CSEGOOGLE&gclid=Cj0KCQiA_8OPBhDtARIsAKQu0gZAfb_0jEMIR2X1JeVsGKMr5z_CTQ8GG8sfQFXdyPdyS_O8z4ngAXYaAih5EALw_wcB
  7. I lost a cap once too. Coming home from a cruise-in with my daughter at twilight on a remote 2 lane. Hit a pot hole and heard it go. It disappears into the wooded area that is posted with no trespassing signs on every other tree. We looked around a bit and had no luck. Long story, short version. Some time later, on a routine trip through that area, there was something sitting atop a tall stump. It was my hubcap! I got it back. Good Samaritan must have put it there.
  8. You guys are in my thoughts and prayers. Take care of yourselves, listen to the doctor's advice.
  9. This is another style. I used to run these white rings when I used my 16" wheels. As you can see they did not reach to the hubcaps. They are also metal and attached very firmly on their own.
  10. oldodge41

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    Don't know why, but if I open a thread and a Real Truck ad pops up it immediately locks up the thread when I am on my phone. I have to back out, reopen the thread and quickly scroll past the ad before it loads. Very strange, other ads don't do that. I have bought stuff from Real Truck, no complaints. Just problem with the popup ad.
  11. Amazing the space I could fit thru if my butt was gonna be on fire. Seriously, nice work!
  12. I use a mixture of Stabil and Seafoam in my classic, and other engines that don't run often. I use the recommended amount of Stabil and about half the recommendation of Seafoam. I had a Yamaha four cylinder that was extremely fussy about sitting over winter with fuel in the carbs. After the afore mentioned mix, I never had any more issues so I started using it in everything that sits seasonally. So far so good. I also keep tanks full when they sit for long periods.
  13. Nice work. Are the Edelbrock carbs similar to the old Carter AFB and AVS carbs? They look kinda similar. I always liked the simplicity of the Carter carburetors.
  14. I had a 1970 International pickup truck back in about 1979. It was a short bed, 4x4, 304 V8, with three in the tree manual transmission. That truck had over 200K miles on it. It had been a shop truck/parts runner for a local strip mine company. It burned some oil but always ran good. It would bind up shift linkage now and then and I carried a 32 ounce ball peen hammer I could smack the linkage with when it did it. Worst part of the truck was putting fuel in it. It fueled from the front fender just ahead of the door and you had to fuel it s-l-o-w-l-y! Impressively it wasn't a rust bucket, which most Cornbinders of the era were. I attributed that to the inches of dried mud caked under under it from its strip mine days. Traded it in on a Plymouth Trail Duster because I needed more interior space.
  15. I spent some time in old Scouts in my teen years. Not fast machines, but they would climb about anything. My cousin had both a wagon type and the pickup style. We called the pickup "Bucket a day", because you could haul about a bucket full of coal or ashes a day in that tiny bed. I'll be watching your progress intently.
  16. I like this type for small screws. https://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tnpla/75219576?&cid=ppc-google-____516119521412_c_&mkwid=|dc&pcrid=516119521412&rd=k&product_id=75219576&pgrid=120506394639&ptaid=pla-296274828640&gclid=CjwKCAiAz--OBhBIEiwAG1rIOttg67F4UjHI6DvZyxWbh5lDlrJ-NW0RlBV_vmm8fCCkE9Y_jZD4MBoC9QkQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
  17. The first link works good for me in Chrome. The second link works in Chrome also, but I only get audio.
  18. I use Shell Rotella-T 15-40. Reasonably priced locally. I agree any oil you choose will suffice. Before my internal inspection I ran non-detergant 30w. Engine wasn't sludged up so switched to detergent.
  19. In my experience that is fairly common, although not often obvious. Glad you found it and made it right.
  20. UNEF thread, 7/8-20 is my guess. A Google search of 7/8-20 plug will show some possible options.
  21. Last winter I was working on carburetor linkage, on the car, and lost a little E-Clip. Swore I saw it hit the floor. I hunted for it all day, finally got another and moved on. Yesterday I was removing the right front bumper bracket and noticed something on the floor. Sure enough it was the E-Clip I lost last winter. It couldn't have been on the floor, in that spot, all year long. I have swept and even vacuumed in that area multiple times since I lost it. Must have been somewhere on the car and it fell off. Hard to believe it hung on until now. I guess that is how they got the name "Jesus Clip".
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