RE: 235/261 Steam Holes ! YES ! a very good idea indeed , look over on The Stovebolt Page as someone there posted a diagram to make it easier ....
RE: Vacuum Advance TEST O.K. disconnect the vacuum advance tube at the carby and slip a bit of clean rubber hose over it , now start the engine...
Unless it's really pouring the oil out , leave well enough alone . You didn't mention what engine it is and a 216 will have shims between the...
RE: Valve Adjust TOOL II Well cool ~ the Matco tool guy came by yesterday and I showed him one of the screwdrivers I wanted to use and he said '...
RE: Valve Adjust TOOL OOPS ! dummy me forgot to mention : If you can find a w i d e blade screwdriver , file it so the very edges have a tang...
RE: Speed Limit W/235 2 carbys are easier to adjust than three are but three will give you better power and fuel milage , a 4BBL carby in a 235...
RE: Restoration Shops Sadly , most rodders have NO IDEA of what it means to " restore " anything ~ the lack of quality and attention to detail...
RE: Helping Out What can I say ? _thanx_ ! :) _YOU_ all have helped me far more than I've given back . Please to remember : one hand washes...
RE: 1947 1-Ton: Top Speed What jesses said is the simplest way to go , also Gear Vendors used to make an overdrive unit for your tranny but it...
RE: Speed Limit W/235 So many questions ! . This BBS has various pages depending on the year and series of your truck , the Task Force series...
RE: Cheap 235 Lazy ; Go to the Task Force section of this very board as the hot rodderrs are ripping them out and selling all the time , don't...
Kent ; It takes a ' just so ' screwdriver that's short & fat to fit the adjuster screw correctly plus of course , doing it once (or a few...
RE: Steel Rubber Co. I dunno ~ I had a time with it too , it's prolly simple to computer heads , I clicked on something on the left side menu...
RE: 54 half-ton Good deal ! let us know if you get it . I looked at few '54s before buying my '49 , I really wanted vent windows (I work in...
RE: Hot Rod Addendum Oh yeah Tom Langford's Stove Bolt site has good stuff on it too . I see lots of really nice high dollar hot rod 235's...
RE: Speed Limit W/235 This should be simple as my old tired _stock_ 235 goes the speed limit now . First thing : learn how to tune it ' just...
RE: HEI Into 216/235/261 It's not quite a bolt up deal as the drive tang is at a different height , I see many vendors selling this at swap meets...
RIGHT NOW go park the truck outside of your garage ! . I hope the propane heater is at _least_ 3' off the ground as required by federal saftey...
RE: Cliffords 235 Rebuilds..Anyone Sounds good to me ~ remember that carefull attention to detail when building even a stock engine gives...
Wierd , isn't it ? I was fiddling with mine in my '49 way back when I bought it too ~ it doesn't seem right that one door handle works in one...
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