If you are talking about a standard H6024 7" bulb, they only use 40 watts. Regular incandescent bulbs take more. I put 7" reflectors that use...
I'd buy one. Here is one from Summit Racing Summit RacingĀ® Piston Stops SUM-900189 It needs to thread into the spark plug hole and be...
A piston stop is basically a bolt with a rounded tip. It screws into #1 spark plug hole. The tip of the bolt extends slightly into the cylinder....
You could find a place to mount a pointer near the balancer, use a piston stop to determine TDC and then scribe your own mark on the balancer.
215/85R16 would only decrease RPM by 10%. Probably not worth the money.
What size rear tires?
The 55.2-59 GMC Maintenance Manual shows a 4A fuse in the light switch that protects the dash lamps. I think the Chevy is the same.
Possible that the armature has a dead spot. Also possible that the starter solenoid is the cause of the problem. Put a test light on the big lug...
Good diagnosis Paul.
Congrats Bill. You forgot to brag about this on the phone Friday.
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Stand on your head.
Black wire that Mr. Brubaker refers to is the meter's black lead. Thanks for the review Bill.
This has nothing to do with the gas gauge, but I was just curious. Does the ammeter work otherwise? Turn on the headlights with the engine off....
Need to start by understanding a few things Paul. 1. The picture above of the gauge faces shows zero oil pressure hinting that the engine is...
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 11:18 AM Bill Hanlon <bill_hanlon@comcast.net wrote: Your story at...
Zig needs to get his gas gauge working. They are stock (1950?) GMC gauges, which means they were designed to work on 6 volt positive ground...
Did a search and found that the sending unit wire should be nearest the "F" on the gauge while the power wire should be nearest the "E" on stock...
Always! Stock gauges? 6 volt or 12? Someone else on the forum needs to remind us which side of the gauge attaches to the sending unit wire.
What about it?
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