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Niel Hoback

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  1. Niel Hoback
    Thanks a lot, thats a real nice surprise. But now I'm worried about what else you know about me.
  2. Niel Hoback
    Special DeLuxe has stainless trim around the windshield, a full horn ring and much more. I am sure there are more differences than this, but I never had a DeLuxe.
  3. Niel Hoback
    There's an interesting display of electric brakes at the local TSC. It looks like you could put them on anything you might want.
  4. Niel Hoback
    I think its to allow the piston to expand and contract with changing temps. It also looks like it would help drain oil from the ring groove. Or its one of the many coin slots I have found to put more money in the car.
  5. Niel Hoback
    The most fun is checking used car prices in the classified ads. See what you can get a good used Pierce-Arrow for.
  6. Niel Hoback
    It would seem so, if they have no slot at all.
  7. Niel Hoback
    The original pistons have a somewhat vertical slot about an inch or inch and a half long on one side a couple of inches away from the pin hole. The slot runs down from the oil ring groove.
  8. Niel Hoback
    Old timers have told me that they used to fill the pump with grease before they put it on so it would be able to suck oil. I've never tried it. Just pull the plugs and crank on it until the gauge shows pressure.
  9. Niel Hoback
    I don't think it really matters which tower it points to as long as you know it and connect the wires to the correct plugs. But, yes, put the pump shaft slot horizontal and the rotor should point about 7 O'clock which is the tower for cylinder number 1. That way it will be clear to anyone that works on it.
  10. Niel Hoback
    My service manual says the same thing, so, I would go for it.
  11. Niel Hoback
    I met a guy at a show and shine in Illinois a few years ago that called Andy Bomb brain. Seem to remember him being upset about something.
  12. Niel Hoback
    Capt. Fred, older Trabbis have 6 volt electric wiper motors. Maybe we should be looking into them. A little mickey mousing might be the answer.
  13. Niel Hoback
    Possibly a heat problem, but more likely it is possessed of an evil spirit. It enjoys playing with you.
  14. Niel Hoback
    Or was it Krusty the Klown?
  15. Niel Hoback
    Thanks Norm, I'm still looking. I have this hard German head thing going.
  16. Niel Hoback
    My 48 has a black rubber formed mat that covers almost all of the floor area. It is original. I think I remember seeing a number molded in it.
  17. Niel Hoback
    Having seen your cars and read your posts, Rodney, you are the William Jackson to the rest of us. Use what he taught you.
  18. Niel Hoback
    My point was I don't see how fluid can move from a sealed cylinder without something to replace it. If the fluid can actually travel downhill to anywhere else, the cylinder is either allowing air to enter, or its getting smaller. Am I to believe that gravity pulls the fluid down with such force that the pistons are retracting? I am really stuck here. Physics says nature abhors a vaccuum, yet losing fluid from a sealed container, the wheel cylinder, would cause just that.
  19. Niel Hoback
    I am missing something here. Dezeldoc writes, "Norm, the valves keeps the pressure rated on the valves(2# or 10#) on all the time, because the master is lower than the wheel cyl the fluid runs back to the master." How is it possible for fluid to run downhill to the master cylinder without a leak allowing air into the wheel cylinder? Something has to replace the fluid in the wheel cylinder.
  20. Niel Hoback
    Exhaust valve sticking, I bet.
  21. Niel Hoback
    Tested timing lights today. The radio battery eliminator ain't got the guts to power the timing light. Only had 750 ma's. My antique Balkamp non-inductive light works great on 6V. The Sears Craftsman 161-2136 also works good, but non-inductive on 6V The Sears Craftsman 161-2134, inductive, works very good on 6V A real fancy looking chrome plated adjustible advance light called "Professional Timing Light", doesn't work at all on 6V. So, I think I'll dump them all but the Sears inductive light.
  22. Niel Hoback
    I think a fun thing to try would be to wire a 12 volt light to one of those little battery eliminator transformers for portable radios or telephones. Then you could just plug it in. Hmmm, maybe tomorrow.
  23. Niel Hoback
    Truck 721, where are you?
  24. Niel Hoback
    Maurice, how about posting the dimensions of your jack box so we can try making our own? Thanks in advance.
  25. Niel Hoback
    I bet there's a neoprene O ring at the hardware store that would work. I think I'll take a look the next time I get bored.
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