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Fun

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More fun:

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Perspective: : the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance 1,339,000,000 people in India. Thats BILLION 1,269,000 square mile country 1251 Coronavirus cases. 32 deaths due to the virus Average Annual deaths due to Malaria: 205,000 Country locked down for 21 days Crops ...

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I know. I tried to make it as hard a choice as possible.

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Everyone of us is but one or two generations removed from some ancestors' vile, (by today's standards), acts or beliefs. Each one of us will be viewed by our grand or great-grandchildren as having obviously ignored, overlooked, denigrated or abused someone or something or missed an opportinity to "f...

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A valve guide reamer is $61
A valve is $8
Measure the hole and buy a valve that matches that size
Done

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Metric vs. Imperial

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Perhaps that was used as a sound-effect in "The Grapes of Wrath" movie.

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Brake levers at rear wheels should be pretty much laying backward a little when hand brake lever is all the way forward. If little to no wear anywhere, the brake levers should be approaching verticle when hand brake is verticle, and you have "neutral" and so forth. If the clevis' are so slack, then ...

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There may be more Sibley/Freuhauf's now than originally...or not...who knows?

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Wayne, your last sentence sums it up pretty darn well.

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That little '15-16 Form-a-truck got around! Originally published in Motor Age, July 8, 1917 and reprinted in the Old Motor April 30, 2015:

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Steve Jelf has or had a '24 non-starter TT. Hopefully he'll chime in soon with some answers re: bell crank etc.

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Per below, the HF lists it as an '11 already fitted with the Form-a-Truck kit before being married to the trailer, and that due to demand, this eventually became the Freuhauf Brand. As linked by Rich, the Museum lists an entirely different year, likely being the year of the truck's addition of the t...

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Clear side view. It's the "L" shaped metal on the firewall which, through pivoting, changes a 45 degree pull at the dash, to a vertical pull in the engine compartment as well as slightly increasing the choke lever lifting movement relative to the "pull" movement Someone will have a very rusty firewa...

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Robert, part of your self-description to "do it right" included valve seats. All of that takes a machine shop of course. Trust me a Neway cutter and new valves is a very good step in the right direction and is short of a major rebuild, (compared to lapping), "doing it right". A very credible job can...

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- New valves are not all that expensive...buy 8 - take the new valves to a good shop and have them kiss them incase one or more has shipping damage (they only come in a little paper sleeve) a cheap can of clover valve grinding paste is one of the most expensive things you can buy for your car. I lea...

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JB

contrats on the 50 years, and by the way...you're welcome.

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James

are you single?

or just trying to be?

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Jerry and by scaling, one can even see what has to be a 2" or extremely similar pipe rising out of the sloped panel. It was visible in further distance shots, but with the photo blown up it is quite evident and easily estimated as to size. Childs construction paper trimmed and laid at that angle wit...

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#3 above can be augmented by a very slight schmeer of high-temp silicone sealant on the engine side of the copper gasket. I would guess somewhere near 10+% of all old T motors could benefit from this, though probably less than 1% actually get treated with it. Poor running seems to be almost a braggi...

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My county: over 6,900 square miles within it's boundarys. 4 people per square mile. One case. Businesses closed and friends going bankrupt. STUPIDITY. New York City: 302 square miles. 28,525 people per square mile. Tens of thousands ill. Remain home. Not so stupid. We are not a homogeneous people li...

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David

appears you're really passionate about the subject!

(one for each post)

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Marshall with due respect I'd say that if you want to do it ONCE and RIGHT, none of your plans would really meet that criteria for me. If the engine is all over the floor it isn't like some $$ are not going to be spent on this thing even if it is on a budget. And who right now is NOT on a budget? FW...

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there is no circuit from the burning bulb to the unlit one...isn't even getting there to go to ground...Like Dan said, it's grounded at the first bulb through the base.

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You may not need to, either. An awful lot of very early cars never saw the service necessary to wear out a transmission.

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The Russians and Chinese must be giving themselves a dope-slap thinking about all $$ they spent on all of the nukes they built to bring down the Free World. Who would have thought that a virus would have nations willingly give up their freedom, their wealth and security all while living in a state o...

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Mike

I believe that you have solved your problem. Good for you.

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Neil, there is just no end to the benefits to aligning the front end correctly!

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Dan, glad you made that clear. I sure didn't and am sorry that I didn't. It makes complete sense as you control the finish, toughness and size that way, which is important in that you are supplying a "system" that would be incomplete otherwise. I hear nothing but good stuff about those things, and f...

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John gives good advice now for a little more advice: 1. have two people raise it the first time; lifting a tight windshield by only one corner, on an early car is a nearly guaranteed cracked glass 2. Always raise or lower the windshield from the CENTER once it is free enough to be manipulated 3. Nev...

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Should pins with 1 1/2 thou be replaced - My opinion: From an engineering standpoint, the answer is "yes" If you're paying an enormouse amount of money to have it remanufactured, the answer is "yes" If you're doing it yourself, the answer is "it depends" I have had excellent success using pins like ...

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Keith

that's a great photo and good of you to post.

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If you have opened the link I supplied, you have seen an original version of a very similar spring, doing the exact same thing (sitting on seat bottom and extending over the top edge of the body), on an early car. I think somewhere you stated that your spring cannot go lower and yet in the picture i...

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Well, I cannot believe that I missed the note on the drawing AND Dick's pointing it out, but apparently my brain substituted "gas" for "dash. There was quite evidently some sort of tank with access through the firewall. It would be perfect for time trials or anything related to limited duration runn...

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Henry, he and his family and all of our first responders will be in my prayers

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Law enforcement is in a terribly difficult position with this. The Constitution, under the Privileges and Immunities Clause, and Case Law is clear that they may not ask you "where you are going?", restrict your movement with regard to travel nor detain you unless for suspicion of a crime. You are NO...

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I'm with Jerry to your queston, no, the side view does not indicate that it was mounted vertically. It is a standard side view of the direct view, whose primary purpose is to indicating which direction the "pooch-out" goes in relation to the straight on view...meaning that the viewer looking at the ...

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Les I would bet that it's fair to say that you invented the two piece shaft as an answer to excessive runout of tail shafts and based on other older posts from you, you had extremely small runout on your tail shafts when installing your ball bearing 4th main (even prior to the two piece transmission...

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Mike SO glad to hear this follow-up from you. I was frankly shocked to hear the claim on Wearever bands and didn't intend to pursue it without seeing it with my own eyes. Thank you for clearing this up for the company as well as their customers. Kind of surprised they didn't jump in with this info t...

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If you can get tail piece TIR to less than .001" or use a modern two piece transmission shaft it would probably be fine. Since you do not know the condition of the transmission, TIR of tail piece or if the transmission has a modern 2 piece transmission shaft (my assumption) I personally would not us...

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Jim my '23 project is just like you suggest. However, that spring is vastly different than the early-type spring that Mike is dealing with. Take a closer look at his spring and see that it has far fewer coil rows than the later springs and is far taller than later springs, and if lifted off the seat...

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I don't think you're paranoid at all. Those are very good questions for almost anyone reading this but me at this point. The cash I handle hasn't been touched by anyone for years and very little is needed right now What's a newspaper? I'd have to drive 35 miles to find a vending machine, and then I'...

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looking harder at it, I think you simply need to drop the spring assembly down to sit on or nearly sit on the bottom seat frame (like Allan said now that I reread his post) and then everything will look fine when stuffed. Don't over stuff the bottom portion, though. The bottom seat cushion needs to ...

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I posted this on another topic where this related. I feel that it deserves its own thread and while I believe it is of importance and use to members, it would surely be taken down if put in general discussion heading if placed there: I am going to make a suggestion to everyone: get "Informed Deliver...

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I am going to make a suggestion to everyone: get "Informed Delivery" from the Post Office. You will register YOUR address and email account with them and every day you will receive an email with a PICTURE of all of your mail. You will also receive notification of delivery of any packages. ANYONE can...

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Well, I like to do things right...whatever right is :? I know that Marshall and others came up with the definition of "right" for cam lobes vs cam gear "o" mark SOMEWHERE and I wanted to find it's source. Enter the trusty Dyke's Manual. Very clearly under the section of valve timeing and cam rotatio...

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Back up to the top

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Back up to the top

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There is but one reference in the entire Ford Manual related to actually installing the large gear onto the cam shaft, and the reader is sent to this instruction a couple of times in the course of normal work regarding gear mesh, gear wear, cam straightness and cam bearing wear and gear installation...

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I think I get what you're saying but will not go further as while this sounds "on topic" for the OP it is not and can lead to much confusion for him and everyone else.

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"Shorten"

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There could actually be two timing marks on the cam gear 180 apart and either one would work.

If all other things are equal, you might want to rethink that.

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Marshall you are still asking the correct way to do something that cannot be done wrong (so long as the timing dots/marks on cam and timing gear mesh). If you had to walk around your house from the front door, is turning right or left the correct way to navigate around your house? It simply does not...

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Personally, I'd swap front for rear and drive 'em for as long as they last. I would not replace that tire. Unless you drove in the rain all the time...and maybe not even then. It really isn't much less adhesive to the road than a tire with tread, and the only time I ever slid was in Largo, FL when c...

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Steve, you are absolutely right about that! Excellent point and advice.

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Or at least come with an obvious warning that further work was needed and priced accordingly...which admittedly is a less than ideal product for the average guy or gal. Personally, my next set of bands will be done with the Dykes/Kohnke method and will need to be both shortened AND dipped/sealed so ...

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Dick trading has shut down automatically several times already. That would be a closure. I think what you expected to happen in fact happened. Stocks trade based on their earnings and expected growth. The more potential for growth, the higher buyers are willing to drive the P/E ratio withoug getting...

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Gear goes on either way. The gears certainly don't care. Put the front cover on and stop worrying about "0" or "180 out". Set cam manufacturer's clearance for valve lash with pushrod on the heel of the cam. Crank engine over to #1 compression and 12-15 degrees ATDC and set the timer. Be done with it...

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Was this causing the wear? Didn't help, that's for sure How loose are your kingpins in the axle and how loose are the spindle bushings on the kingpins? The top axle hole should be a very close fit to the kingpin and the bottom axle threads should be "no shake" when the castle nut (lock nut) is slac...

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Herb thanks for posting If it has a leather belt and goes clickclickclick when running, it's my passion. For me, this was a very disheartening video knowing that this will all be broken up and the building likely leveled. The roof appeared to be in great shape and machinery preserved in place. So sa...

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That body has been brought up for sale regularly, for years, for pretty much the same price. It's future is still that of it's past: unsold. I can't speculate on what it's worth, but am certain that whatever it was really worth 2 months ago, it's worth less than that today and will be worth even les...

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Wayne, your search for the $$ tap made me chuckle. They say money cannot buy you happiness, but I have found that it does a fine job of financing the illusion. The lack of money is frequently my inspiration to look harder in dark corners for stuff I know I have but cannot find. We are kindred spirit...

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Aaron if there are that many adults in the house, it isn't the child who is at fault when they're all over you. I wish you luck in educating the adults around you. I on the other hand have an invincible father approaching 90. His idea of social distancing is to drive further to visit friends. You're...

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.625 is the correct tap drill. You're holding the parts, not me, so I of course cannot be sure, but I'd sure suspect that you're dealing with a minor bur on the thread and little else. Taps are taps. Larger drill or smaller drill simply leaves lesser % or greater % of thread engagement. At .625, the...

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doing a compression test dry, then squirting oil into each cylinder will indicate whether or not the rings are perfect. It will not indicate relative wear, discern between worn or broken rings, nor account for the cumulative effect of several or many faults that an engine may have. a vacuum gauge an...

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Has some wear. Is not new, but if you're on a budget, this might work for you. Would outlast me for sure and would probably outlast you and maybe your kids. $35 plus postage. I will box up and when I go to town next week and find out what shipping will be and post that info then in the meantime, her...

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Stan, your guy is funny and very sad at the same time. Your snow tomorrow is going to be our snow on Monday. Flannel-sleeve weather today. Gorgeous.

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$17 plus postage.

It is what it is. It of course will need cleaning and rebabbiting.

I will be going to town next week to find out shipping cost and will have that cost then.

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Thank you Tim

Coincedentally, I opened YOUR package this AM and am just as pleased with my side of the transaction as you are. Many thanks to you, too.

and Hank, thanks, too.

Always high praise when it comes from capable folks as you all.

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I had a backlog of boxes to open and wanted to make a shout out to Tim Morsher for a great trade. I traded a part and some $$$ for some NOS parts he had listed. I've never had a bad dealing with Tim and have always recieved quality product packed very well. His wife, Connie works hard at it. I recen...

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A funny thing happened with these parts...I made a few for my own use. Made a couple extra and offered a few for sale, and got more response than I had parts. So I made more parts. And after a couple initial sales, the checks stopped. People stopped responding to emails. ZERO ZILCH NADA. I still hav...

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Steve

those look like Universals. I like them on early cars as they do not look as "hunky" as the Ex-Size tires that everyone else makes. They look terrific on a car and ride very nicely.

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Adam I was wondering the same thing in thinking that moving the split washer to the backside, it would look pretty normal...and If the rear axle is really bent to the extent that it has been explained, I would have thought that putting in the outer axle bearings would have been quite a wrestling mat...

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Excellent news!

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First Flicker of the year drummed on my roof this early AM. Thus starts the daily shoo-ing away of flickers from my cabin. Brother, they can do some REAL damage.

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Leo

it won't, because everyone knows MMO works for what you use it on, and gasket goop is just a preference

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Carson

I see on another thread that you are driving your car and giving lessons...good for you!

how did your tire rim issue end up?

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Longer slots toward bulb (and tab offset toward bulb) You appear to have it correctly aligned with your 3 parts. Be sure to check the screw for a cotterpin hole. Some don't come that way or at least didn't, so if necessary, drill the screw first, and cotterpin it after focusing...the repro screws un...

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https://books.google.com/books?id=WfEyAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA19&lpg=RA1-PA19&dq=arnold+autoport&source=bl&ots=vxPeOikkEw&sig=ACfU3U307pjyG5k8VWlLHZ4X1Fihywd7cg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9romi56noAhWAGTQIHZLzAaMQ6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=arnold%20autoport&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=dboyAQAAMA...

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the interior panel is essentially a fiber or stiff card-board panel the tack panel is wood. perhaps this will help: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/331880/332662.html?1357364469 Saturday, January 05, 2013 - 12:41 am: and here: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/298544.html?1342070005 S...

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George

that was a nice shout out to Nick...a very nice guy

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Frank

I love it!

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Well we know you likely have: broken rings or worn rings or bad valves or worn guides or timer roller out 180 degrees or weak valve springs or wrong valve lash or sealant on the head gasket is keeping it from sealing And we also know: that it would be a good idea to do a leak down test and that it w...

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Tim

why buy the book when you can read it on-line??

that's pretty cool...

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You know, the guy puts his address and phone # in his in his Biography, the business can easily be found on-line and exists with the same phone # as his bio...it's either legit or it's a scam. How hard is it to simply call, or is it more fun to question this on-line, and not really accomplish anythi...

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You're welcome Harold

funny what we can learn on this forum, huh?

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Well, now that makes me feel a little silly...you're right. I never even thought about it that way quite frankly. Thanks for the tip!

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Harold those cone shaped fittings have a curved frustrum and are not typical cones. They were used on model A's (that much I know) and do require a special adapter tip to charge the volume of grease. Said adapter is pictured here: https://www.macsautoparts.com/ford_model_a/model-a-ford-grease-gun-fi...

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Take the spring, then pressure plate off. Remove clutch plates, remove square-head bolt (side of clutch drum) and pull clutch disc drum off (it should be very tight and require a special puller) and you'll find 3 thrust washers. The thickness (wear) of those washers, PLUS the clearance between them ...

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Frank

I wonder if that came in a nice velvet box and a bag with a rope handle?

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Bob I do, and frankly it was far more serious than late-night comedians would have you believe. My wife worked for the 2nd largest insurer in the world then, as an administrative assistant. Due to programmer shortage for COBOL, in late 1996, her company gave "aptitude tests" to all employees who wan...

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My wife and I left work lives behind at an earlier age than normal, and moved to where we are, because of anticipation of "something like this". I must say, I never really actually expected the "something like this" to actually manifest itself at all, much less like it has. We simply felt we were be...

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My Dad's '19 has a Liberty meter, marked "Ford" with a nickle bezel similar to the one on Jims display. The charge/discharge sides are reverse of any other meter (no, it's not the wiring...it's the printing on the dial) and for the life of me it always gets my attention when I drive it as the needle...

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Actually I'm pretty sure that was Lincoln...

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Dave Hanlon somehow I missed your post the first time...if I had seen it I would not have repeated your advice. Once is enough, and it is good advice. Steve looking back on another thread it looks like I spy you using a Neway cutter prior to Clover compound. Lapping is not necessary and may even be ...

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Harold

if you study the Alemite fittings and hose/tube ends, you will see that the gun/hose twists onto the fitting and is tightly retained by the pips on the fitting on the vehicle. There is no third hand necessary.

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Steve at TDC compression, do a leak down test and listen to intake, exhaust, crankcase, for sounds of air escaping. One test each for all 4 cylinders. You will find the source of non-sealing pretty quickly with no guessing. Have the car in gear, wheels chocked, throttle open, and don't use too much ...

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You know, in the 1830's Joseph Whitworth created the three plate method to create a perfectly flat surface plate from nothing, by lapping them to each other... In the 1910's mechanics invented the "lower the seat hopelessly into the block using a single valve" lapping method. I've always been a fan ...

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