Parenthood It's a tough job allright :( I had ZERO experiances to fall back upon but I gave it my best shot and raised a kid in the Ghetto who...
Vacuum Wipers = EASY PEASY ! Yeah ; ALL the trucks (and most of the cars too) back on the farm had 'em . Keeping the valves adjusted and...
Speakers On the sides , that's where they are in my '49 , works great .
Lastly ; Let's do a posative clutch test before you yank the tranny out : Engine idling , depress the clutch to the floor and engauge first...
Need PIX ! As it's been some years since I worked on a 216 and the old alleged brain isn't what it used to be .
Seat SPRING Cover Burlap or canvas is good , both are sturdy (not old Burlap sacking) and will prevent the overlay padding (cotton is best there)...
Mufflers I don't run mufflers and the sound is pretty nice to my ears . Smitty's used to make 40" glass oacks , those had a deeper sound than...
Ammeter My guess is Evan will make more sense than I but here goes : The ammerter must have the hot wire from the battery going through it to...
Good All 'Round ! Nice museum ! just remember : Citroens are FRENCH cars ! :eek: I used to work in a Citroen garage , owned a '59 AZ 2CV too ....
Right On Ken ! And , he taught you to like those better " Bowtie " trucks.... :rolleyes: I too am of that generation but I had no father...
Lack of a keyway makes the pulley useless for timing marks...
Proper Brake Adjustment FORGET that ' back it off 5 clicks ' B.S. ! that's WAY too loose ! . You want the shoes as close as they'll go without...
" p_a_t_i_e_n_c_e " Is a learned value , mayhap you can make do with drive carefully for now , if you survive that (I did , many others didn't)...
The Open Road Strange how it has a magnetic pull isn't it ? . No matter how badly my road trips have gone over the years , all I need is gas...
Yes , that is what I meant . A 216 with proper tuning should easily push your truck to 65 MPH with the 3.55 R & P . if it's too noisy now ,...
The only converted Diesels were stationary APU's & generator sets , since they run at a fixed RPM's the lifetime is exceptional . Gasoline...
Well & Good ! He'll be riding right along with you whenever you drive it so no worries .
Acronyms Actually , I seem to recall that was done a while ago.....
Pretty Slick ! Personally I'd want them pushed at least 1" inside the bedroll so they'd not be visable until they illuminated . The screw...
LPG Conversions Like the man said , it's dead simple , just take the time to do a good job and be aware you'll need to take ALL those fiddly...
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