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Niel Hoback

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  1. Niel Hoback
    Yeah, I guess so, but at least he lives on in chrome!
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    Yes, and at the Chinese place yesterday I saw "Paddle faster, I hear banjo music".
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    Did you notice how Hernando appears to refuse to acknowledge that its cold and there is snow behind him? Keeping his chin up and forging ahead. Typical Mopar man.
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    It really would be best if the ground cable was bolted to the engine block for better conductivity to the starter motor. The alternator is grounded very well through its mounting brackets. It always a good idea to make a ground connection with a heavy guage wire or strap from the body to the motor block or the frame. Mine goes from the firewall to the side of the head. Just my opinion, but I think it makes my lights brighter.
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    There has to be some sort of ground or nothing will work! If you have a round ground cable of sufficient size, it will work perfectly. The only reason I am using a flat braided strap is because I like the way it looks. A round ground and a ground round are the same in that they will both fry. C'mon, these are the jokes!
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    Maybe thats why the welding cable makes such a good battery cable! I am also using the old flat braided ground strap, many tiny wires in it, too. Thats quite a handy insight.
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    Can you feel any "roughness" in the wheel when you turn it? It seems like a broken bearing on the worm shaft could cause a sudden increase in play, but it would also be felt. I saw the big nut holding the pitman arm come loose on a ford truck once that did exactly what you describe, but it was frighteningly obvious. I would not have mentioned that except now you've got me worried.
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    We're very sorry to hear of John's passing. I was just looking at old postcards to send, thinking of him. Please accept our deepest condolences.
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    Hemmings Classic Car, and Cars and Parts magazines.
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    The perfect car??? That would be the one with the trunk stuffed full of thousand dollar bills.
  11. Niel Hoback
    I don't think it will go on backwards because the center is not flat.
  12. Niel Hoback
    How do you find these things?
  13. Niel Hoback
    You could easily copy this in stock metal angles. I have flat-towed large cars and pulled a utility trailer with no problems.
  14. Niel Hoback
    Just my opinion, but for me, vibration on acceleration but not on cruise or decel, is usually caused by a cylinder miss, maybe from weak or no spark. Maybe even low compression.
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    I think I saw where the straight eights use a wire cover that runs the length of the head. However, my 55 Buick manual shows which wires to run next to each other under the wire covers that run along the sides of the heads so they don't induce voltage into the wrong ones. I didn't know about it until I moved the wires in their brackets and then I could tell the difference. Might want to look into that.
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    It may not fit quite right, but its infinitely better than anything I could do. Gotta be worth the money. As the guy who built my house said, "beat to fit and paint to match".
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    Check the side walls for the phase "Made in China". Sometimes its on the very inner edge under the wheel rim so it doesn't n show when its mounted.
  18. Niel Hoback
    Being insulted is no excuse for being rude. Please abide by forum rules.
  19. Niel Hoback
    You can connect the line to any of the tapped holes on the side. I think there are four. They all tap into the oil pressure gallery. Mine is connected to the rearmost hole. They are all 1/8" pipe thread.
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    Maybe broken piston pieces got trapped between the valve face and the head, That would cause a bent or broken valve which would damage the guide, maybe transfer enough force to cracka tappet? At any rate, ouch!
  21. Niel Hoback
    As you get older, they get older to see. Measuring them is something entirely different.
  22. Niel Hoback
    Just curious, whats the speed limit in NY?
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    I think my original was a woven paper-like material. Very coarse. I replaced it with exactly what you described, cardboard, 1/4" foam and extra seat material. Stitch it down along the fold so it lays flat.
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    Indiana's new YOM law says if that year had two plates, then you have to have a pair. If that year only had one, then thats all you need. Of course, thats only in Indiana. Indiana, the nation's largest steel producing state, now has aluminum plates.
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    This is what I remember; stick a long piece of wire thru the hole in the inner door panel where the screw goes into the end of the shaft. Poke the wire thru the hole in the latch and the outer door panel and the stick the lock shaft screw hole on the wire and push the lock back into the door. Does that make sense? Am I remembering correctly?
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