Young Ed Posted April 8, 2015 Report Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) Are you saying you got your truck running all by yourself with no outside assistance????? Well someone must have provided him that matchbook..... and PP what are you doing playing with matches?? Haven't you learned your lesson!? Edited April 8, 2015 by Young Ed 3 Quote
48Dodger Posted April 9, 2015 Report Posted April 9, 2015 Well someone must have provided him that matchbook..... and PP what are you doing playing with matches?? Haven't you learned your lesson!? Good job Paul...but Ed... That was brilliant! lol 48D Quote
DJ194950 Posted April 9, 2015 Report Posted April 9, 2015 Paul,Paul,Paul,--- It was 5-6 months ago when I was in your shop to get some tools and helped get the "fire truck" running again. I set your points with a match book since you did not have feeler gauges any more. I told you it was good enough to run But needed to be checked with a feeler gauge to really get it right. After all this time you still won't spend $6-10 bucks to get some Harbor Freight gauges? All you really need is a 0.020 feeler gauge. Maybe you just buy that size? Quote
pflaming Posted April 9, 2015 Author Report Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) Was on my way to get feeler gauges then chanced upon a friend at a thrift store. When I told him where I was headed he asked if i had one of those pocket knives which have a tweaser in the end, I replied yes, He said that tweaser is .020 so I should save my money and use that. Shakespeare said, 'grapples good friends to your heart'. Wow, Willie was wicked wise! ps: I found that match book cover in my drawer of electrical tools. It sures pays to put things away. Since I don't smoke, i wondered how it got there. Thans Doug. Edited April 9, 2015 by pflaming Quote
Don Coatney Posted April 9, 2015 Report Posted April 9, 2015 So PP, who did you talk to on the phone that walked you through the point adjustment? Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted April 9, 2015 Report Posted April 9, 2015 back the truck up.....first...what were you doing in the thrift store and why were you looking for feeler gauges...on the chat you told me that you had no dwell meter but had feeler gauges...then we breaking out knives in public..going over the uses of tweezers with strangers..(California thing I guess) and then there is the introduction of a book of matches in here right out of no where..now I am beginning to see the big picture in PP-land Quote
Jeff Balazs Posted April 9, 2015 Report Posted April 9, 2015 So PP, who did you talk to on the phone that walked you through the point adjustment? Don ........Careful now.....just 'cause the phoenix is awakening.......don't mean the owner is. Maybe it is time for a Pertronix.set up?......no gapping required. ????? Jeff Quote
TodFitch Posted April 10, 2015 Report Posted April 10, 2015 back the truck up.....first...what were you doing in the thrift store and why were you looking for feeler gauges...on the chat you told me that you had no dwell meter but had feeler gauges...then we breaking out knives in public..going over the uses of tweezers with strangers..(California thing I guess) and then there is the introduction of a book of matches in here right out of no where..now I am beginning to see the big picture in PP-land Maybe a Central Valley thing, but not a California thing. 1 Quote
DJ194950 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) Dang I guess I have wasted money on feeler gauges! Never measured to the thickness of tweezers! Wonder how he knew that and how he measured that, must not be so "thrifty" as some and have a micrometer! Does your friend have the thickness of other common things to use in place of feeler gauges? Adjusting valves with?? Edited April 10, 2015 by DJ194950 Quote
TrampSteer Posted April 10, 2015 Report Posted April 10, 2015 People with blue eyes have built-in micrometers I think. My brother can do that. Drives me crazy. 2 Quote
DJ194950 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Posted April 10, 2015 I believe that I may the source of Paul's point problem that they closed up the point gap by the adjustment screws being too loose after using the matchbook to set the gap, Unless Paul used the tweezers to readjust later? Sorry Paul if I did that! Quote
TodFitch Posted April 10, 2015 Report Posted April 10, 2015 I believe that I may the source of Paul's point problem that they closed up the point gap by the adjustment screws being too loose after using the matchbook to set the gap, Unless Paul used the tweezers to readjust later? Sorry Paul if I did that! Might also have been fast wearing plastic on the cam follower on the points. Seems like my points setting gets off faster nowadays, even with the adjustment screws tight, than used to be the case. And I do use the points cam lubricant that is supposed to help on that. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted April 10, 2015 Report Posted April 10, 2015 yes..it is horrible you pay the price you do for parts and cannot get phenolic rubbing blocks Quote
Jeff Balazs Posted April 10, 2015 Report Posted April 10, 2015 People with blue eyes have built-in micrometers I think. My brother can do that. Drives me crazy. There is some truth in this. Some of us can get amazingly close just by eye. I don't think it has anything to do with eye color.......just how we use our eyes. Or rather how we have trained ourselves to use them. Jeff Quote
48Dodger Posted April 10, 2015 Report Posted April 10, 2015 Maybe a Central Valley thing, but not a California thing. Maybe a Fresno County thing, not a Big Valley thing..... 48D Quote
pflaming Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Posted April 11, 2015 I have discovered that I have some accumulative electrical problems: possibly weakened spark plug wires and points as starters. But totally dissassociated from this, I just noticed that the driver's side front bumper is down, so I measured and it is down one inch. It was lever prior to the fire. Questions: why, will this affect driving, is there a danger lurking, for Plymouthy is the cat hiding in the fender well. Whatever, A fuller examination of that corner is required. Quote
Young Ed Posted April 11, 2015 Report Posted April 11, 2015 As the bumper is hard mounted to the frame I don't think it could be affected by fire. So that leaves you either the tire or suspension. Do make sure the truck is on good ground for measuring and that your tires are inflated properly. Oh and you do have matching tires left and right? 1 Quote
MBF Posted April 11, 2015 Report Posted April 11, 2015 Did the fire get hot enough to maybe take some temper out of the spring(s)? My 1 ton leans to the passenger side about 1/2", and the 2.5 ton leans towards the driver's side a little more than that. I've learned to live with it. Don't forget the left side has the weight of the steering column, battery, gas tank etc that the passenger side doesn't, and that weight is constant. Quote
Desotodav Posted April 11, 2015 Report Posted April 11, 2015 I was thinking the same as Mike. Given that the fire was hotter on your driver's side of the truck, it is highly likely that the heat caused your leaf spring to lose tension on that side. I have a slight lean to that side on my blue truck that I have to fix one day. Quote
pflaming Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Posted April 11, 2015 I'm thinking it may be tire size. The driver tire blew so I replace it with a tire one size smaller to get subtle rake. Maybe I should have purchased two tires! Quote
Dave72dt Posted April 11, 2015 Report Posted April 11, 2015 One shorter tire on the front would have worked fine---------- if you had a tricycle. Let some air out of the pass side front tire until it's the same height as the driver's side tire. Then check the bumper. Then go get another tire. Quote
DJ194950 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) I'm thinking it may be tire size. The driver tire blew so I replace it with a tire one size smaller to get subtle rake. Maybe I should have purchased two tires! Mighty frugal even for you! A slight rate to the drivers side! Edited April 11, 2015 by DJ194950 Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted April 12, 2015 Report Posted April 12, 2015 I'm thinking it may be tire size. The driver tire blew so I replace it with a tire one size smaller to get subtle rake. Maybe I should have purchased two tires! it has always been that the tires do not need to match at all four corners..but the tires should match per axle.....match in equal size and hopefully make and model tires is a big plus...handling characteristics vary per tire..mismatching tires will lead you down the primrose path toward problems that are not real but self induced.. Quote
Jeff Balazs Posted April 12, 2015 Report Posted April 12, 2015 Paul ? Say it ain't so ....... honestly sometimes you scare the crap out of me. Quit worrying about rake and stance and get it safe before someone get's hurt! Jeff. If no one else is going to say it I will. 1 Quote
Don Coatney Posted April 12, 2015 Report Posted April 12, 2015 PP, quit trying to give advice and concentrate on the advice you have been given. You disappoint me and several others. I would hate to see the cost of medical expenses to dig your head out of the hole you have buried it in. Quote
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