A Nice Day We wheezed & puttered along those (in)famous Desert Back Roads through Lucerne , Johnson valley , Landers , many more dusty wind swept...
What I Did In the '67 ~ '72 Forum I will post the ugly pix of the brake & heater repair fiasco that consumed ALL of Saturday but Sunday morning...
Unlike most , I actually drive and work my old '69 Chevy C/10 shortie stepper . About 800 miles every 7 days when I'm not doing any traveling...
It'l loosen up with the normal thermal cycles and leak .
Carby Insulator I assme we're talking about a 235 here ? It's *very* imporant . Once in a while the original ones will suddenly develop...
Exhaust Flange Fasteners It's because the thermal expansion will cause bolts to loosen up and cause leaks . Strange but true . The correct...
Anticipation My Son called me last night & told me to pick him up at his InLaw's house in Phelan ,Ca. to - morrow and for GOD'S SAKE Dad , DON'T...
Gasketing & Torquing O.K. ; It's early (not really , 05:54) and I've not yet had my Coffee so NO WHINING if I make mistakes here ,'K ? ....
Aircraft Are they all static displays or do they fly them ? . Here in the good old U.S. of A. , many regional airports have many dedicated...
Gettin' OLD ~ :rolleyes: It has it's moments . I had a much worse childhood , I pine for my 40's , 17 or younger , not so much :p . Life is...
Gasketing You're using the Fel-Pro blue head gasket ? . It's good , I'm just old and prefer copper head gaskets , too many failures with tin...
I'm pretty sure the rear brake drums changed i the 1970's.... A spacer between the axle flange and the brake drum should work but you'll have...
! Yay ! Remember my mantra ; never , EVER toss out anything until the job is 100 % finished and working to your liking , this typ of deal is why...
Yep ; I have tried to be an example to my Son and he's certainly turned out better than I ever hoped . We enjoy many of the same things , any...
Road trip ! Lord knows I could use a vacation ~ yesterday got worse & worse as the day went along , by quitting time I barely made it to SWMBO's...
Weeps & Seeps Really Charles ; The ports are clean and dry so the oil weeping almost has to be deck leaks . In this case , I'd chamfer the...
S'nice ! I really like that ~ I want to live there.... I agree , Charles should drive to visit , it's not like an old Chevrolet 235 won't make...
Radiator Cleaning I've never seen it at the Grocery Store but yes , if it's baking grade Citric Acid Powder , that's the stuff . NO SUGAR !...
Tubing I don't know about the stainless steel tubing , if there's an alloy typ it's prolly fine . I don't understand why you can't find one...
Juice Lifters A couple of things : They require more oil flow and pressure than the 235 is designed to provide so once the engine is fully...
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