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This was just a feeble attempt at razzing. I hope no one was offended by me.aua I have never had the opportunity to needle anyone from the UK for their spelling or wording and felt I needed to take the shot provided me.:grin: I for one like the turn this thread has taken. Cheers Yall, Denny

Here's a little trick I use when stripping the paint off of a car with several paint jobs or good quality catalized paint. Apply a nice thick coat of paint stripper (in the shade, no direct sunlight) and then immediatly cover with seran wrap (celophane for wrapping food) and let it sit and get...

American trucks do Not wear bonnets! :cookoo:Our trucks are tough! :twisted: Only vehicles from the UK wear Bonnets and probably Nickers too. :roll: I asked my cousin about that the other day since he was in Nam late 69 to early 71 and he does not remember vehicles being named unless they were...

Mechanics like to play pranks on one another. When I was a wrench I would like to throw 1 extra transmission check ball on the trans guys bench after he got the transmission rebuilt!:whistle: He would go half :cookoo: trying to figure out where it came from. The guy was kind of a jerk so I was...

Running a single belt should not be a problem, he11 GM did it for decades. :shock: The newer generation a/c compressors take even less horsepower to run. Denny

I would call a different vendor and see what is contained in their kit. If their kit contains the necessary parts then hold the company you bought from over the fire to get the necessary correct parts. By any chance do you have this truck parked at the VFW on Heaton street in Knox sonetimes? I...

That sucker was just marking it's territory!:whistle: But seriously what is the fluid level in the transmission? Oil level should be atleast 1 nuckle below the fill plug hole. Oil expands when hot and will belch out bering retainer. Good luck, Denny

My Indiana title says AM General carryall. It is a 1971. Denny

That wagon looks more like a coronet. There were no charger wagons. Denny

One thing I have found is after a good day of working on my truck I need a goor chiropractor!:drool: Denny

Having the engine manual is a big help and half the battle right there. Just go slow, I used the kerosene and marvel trick just recently on a old Continental f162 and it works great I now have a good running 1956 terratrac 556 crawler with bucket loader. Too bad every piece of the hydraulic...

Be careful with that wisconcin engine. The valve stems on them like to rust and the valves will stick in the guides. When you go to crank it over once you get it to move it will rip the guides right out of the block (ask me how I know :doh:). The valves are at the top of the cylinders remove all...

For a minute there I was worried you were just going to patch those holes with just the cardboard.:shock: But I'm glad to see you changed your mind and used steel as it will hold up much better in wet weather and takes paint better.:mrgreen: Denny

We used to call Jaspers and the old sun engines grenades in a box. :shock: Mismatched bores, reground but not hardened cams, 1 or 2 different sized journals, sunk valves, one head milled to much caused valves to crash into pistons upon start up, unbalanced rotating assembly. Those are just some...

Wow! FM your mushroom cap has a different screen than mine. That thing has to be restrictive as all He11. Mine looks like a heavier wire gauge window screen. I wonder if mine was off of some other piece of equiptment or was yours? I would have to say that the scoop is bound to help compared to...

Hi HD, My name is Denny I'm from Ober indiana, just east of Knox down good old US30. Welcome to the insane asylum. I just got my first fmv a 1971 AM General m35a2 w/w deuce in august. Might want to check one out before making a final decision. I don't know if it is more fun working on or...

Kohburn you need to read more carefuly. The point I was trying to make, all though clumsily is, without any airflow you don't have any horse power. And yes in my experience on the engine dyno a larger cubic inch engine will need more air. I genericly attribute this to differences in volumetric...

The easiest way to check for a restriction would be to hook a regular old vaccume gauge up and see if you have positive or negative pressure. Positive pressure = no restriction, negative pressure means restriction. Of course remember to plug all openings in airfilter housing first. Horsepower...

While that is a beautiful looking scoop I think you will find it is more of a restriction than the mushroom cap.aua Now before you all line me up against the wall for the firing squad and start taking shots at me please here me out. First off I come bearing some experience. In the 80's & 90's...