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I don't use mechanical t/s at all anymore since my brain has decayed and I leave them on or they fail to cancel. I use the motorcycle all electric set up which blinks 7 times with a quick push, 11 times with a 1 second push, and 22 times with a 2 second push. Push both buttons and you have 4 way...

We do not let any vehicle leave our shop anymore with a carburetor on it except for a high point restoration. Everything else gets a FiTech throttle body. One of the last available in kit form was for the 235/261 Chevy but the kit is now available for $800-$900 and worth every penny. Instant...

The rolling has nothing to do with the rear end but with what holds the rear end in position. New shackle kits, spring eye bushings, and TUBULAR shocks should help. If hauling heavy high loads a sway bar (at least 7/8" diameter) is a big help but one has to delete the spare tire rack. Inspect...

Nate, We need re-educated on what these old 50mph babbit rod trucks sell for. We put a $20k Detroit Speed chassis under 52 and I got a smile producing $800 for the factory one that ran great.

If you have a regulator either internal or external you shouldn't get anywhere near the alternators max output showing on the gauge. Mustangs in the 60's had a "shunt" where just 16g wires run to the amp gauge. Have Bill explain shunt. An amp meter just shows charging rate while a volt meter...

Lock door, disable all phones, turn on every light plus several more you've borrowed, clean ( with lacquer thinner) 5x10 welding table for lay out, tune in to a classical music station with selection from Brahms or Strauss and not Rossini or Paganini, remove front seat if under dash work...

I believe my next step would be to COMPLETELY eliminate the truck wiring system. Set battery on fender and run two new cables---one to post on starter and the other to an ENGINE ground. You are now bench testing the starter on the truck. Try through the switch and if zip put cable to contact...

I would take the starter to a rebuild shop to have them check the armature, the brushes, and the fields. The shop I use in Sherman, Texas charges $125 for a rebuild but I see that new, rebuilt, or even used are over $200 on the web. If interested I have several for but with just two posts you...

Good chance it's the starter switch. Use a spacer like a paint stirring stick between the foot stomp arm and the switch button. If this doesn't work a new switch may be needed (Standard # SS521 $12.77 Rock auto). You can use a heavy gauge wire to the contact under the switch to test the starting...

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Go to TCI "speedometer gear calculator" to get the correct speedo drive/driven gear formula and eliminate any ratio corrector. Your speedo is reading too slow now so what we do now is to use a gps to find the PERCENT difference between indicated speed and actual speed and then use a set of gears...

The 54 engine is the least durable and desirable of the 235 full pressure engines. The head and lubricating system was by far better on the 58-62. Originality means zero to me so you may want to put this advice in the round file.

Yeah I know, Nate. That's why I had "quickly" in caps. A box as good as it was from Lare's would run $700 o I thought someone would jump. Got to remember the shop is a commercial operation so each space has to bring in X amount or the utilities get turned off and the guys don't get paid. I was...

Probably the easiest and by far the best would be to find a set of 52-55.1 doors and then get the Altman Trique Latch bear claw latches. Infinitely better than the factory latches and since you get both the latch in the door and the striker pin for the door pillar there is no mismatch of...

Am I still allowed to stop for a visit when I drive my toy your direction?

Next time cut the lines close to the brass fitting and use an small impact (3/8) and a 6 point socket to zip the fittings right out. The brass fitting has copper washers under the hollow bolt and between brass fitting and mc that must be replaced. The three lines on the brass fitting have this...

It's been whacked.

Beautiful car even with the chop and windshield leaned back. The Buick's of the thirties had great styling but I chose the 37 because it's ALL steel. I can beat steel panels but have yet to make a decent birdhouse from wood. As Dirty Harry said, "Know your limitations".

We have a 50 3100 in the shop with a zero wear steering box. You can't move the steering wheel 1/16 inch before pitman arm moves. The truck is getting a Mustang ll ifs so the column and shaft will be cut off at the top of the gear box. If you have an old crap unit all we need is the tube and...

Andy, Did you receive my reply on the V8 bell housing? On anything but straight email I never know if I did it right. The picture of the one you sent is for a 55-57 car and not a good fit but I sent you an ebay number for a truck one---$80. I just used my last one on a 1928 Chevy dump truck...