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Darren- e-mail replied to.

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Ruckstell 13 Tooth Pinion:

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viewtopic.php?f=5&t=51777&p=388058#p388058

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Double check what Scott wrote above- most likely the main shaft bushing is not pressed far enough into the housing on the driven gear end. A little too far in is better than not enough. Remember to check for correct main shaft end play after your clutch hub is installed.

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A few comments: 1) If you are reaming the rear bushing to compensate for a front or center cam bearing bored off center, that's just plain bad practice. Replace the bearings or adjust your method of boring them to get them concentric with the OD. Reaming them to size in a bench vise is a good way to...

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e-mails sent guys!

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Ok- $10.00 /pair- can't do much about the shipping cost though!!!

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Sold pending payment. thank you Tom.

For Sale- very nice condition 35 tooth 8 Pitch road gear for use with the Ford Special speedometer. No visible wear. $40.00 plus $12.00 USPS shipping.
PP or check please. PM or e-mail to DMCGEARSatYAHOOdotCOM.

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For Sale- Ford 5Z-210 Flywheel Bolt Wrench. This is the wrench you need to remove or tighten the four flywheel bolts that hold the flywheel to the crankshaft flange. The offset makes getting behind the magnet bolts easy. $30.00 + $12.00 USPS shipping. PP or check. Please PM or e-mail to DMCGEARSatYA...

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For Sale- Ford factory tool #5Z-209 for removing and installing the piston wrist pin pinch bolt in connecting rods. Great shape- no markings or modifications. $25.00 plus $12.00 USPS Priority Mail Shipping. PP or check please. PM me or e-mail DMCGEARSatYAHOOdotCOM. KIMG2078.JPG KIMG2079.JPG KIMG2080...

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How about $40.00 ?

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For Sale- set of 8 original demountable rim bolts. Used but have been bead blasted and primed. Threads are in great condition. (the bent looking one is actually straight!) $15.00 /set plus $12 USPS Priority mail shipping. I have several sets. PP or check. PM or Email to DMCGEARSatYAHOOdotCOM. Thanks!

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For Sale- set of 12 rear wheel rim clamps for the 20" TT rear Wheel. (30 x 5 tire size). Bead blasted and Primed These are the rim clamps that have the FORD script. $120.00 plus $15.00 USPS shipping. PP or check for payment. PM or e-mail to DMCGEARSatYAHOOdotCOM. KIMG2062.JPG KIMG2063.JPG KIMG2066.J...

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For Sale= lot of 7 rim clamps for the 23" Rim. These are the 2 piece clamps with the captive
7/16 nut. $75.00 plus $12.00 USPS shipping. Beadblasted and primed. PMT via PP or check.
PM or email to DMCGEARSatYAHOOdotCOM.

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For Sale- nice rim jack for spreading the ends of 21" split rims. Makes a miserable job almost effortless. If you are changing tires on a 21" split rim, this is the tool to use. Beadblasted and painted- not a project! Pacific Rim Tool brand. $50.00 plus $22 USPS shipping. Pmt via PP or check. PM or ...

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For Sale- set of 12 Rim Bolts for the 23" TT rear wheels. New Reproductions. Rim bolt for Ton Truck rear 23" rims, 7/16 x 20 fine thread. 3-3/8" long from under the head of the bolt. $50.00 for set of 12 plus 3 original bolts. $15.00 USPS shipping. See my other ad for the hard to find 2 piece rim cl...

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For Sale- one set of four Hayes Wire Wheel hubcaps. New Reproductions ready to finish polish.
$350.00 plus $15.00 USPS shipping. PP or check. PM or email to DMCGEARSatYAHOOdotCOM please

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For Sale- Ford 3Z-501 Flywheel Bolt Wrench. This is the wrench you need to remove or tighten the four flywheel bolts that hold the flywheel to the crankshaft flange. The offset makes getting behind the magnet bolts easy. $30.00 + $12.00 USPS shipping. PP or check. Please PM or e-mail to DMCGEARSatYA...

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For Sale- Boyco Can with Screw On lid. Dent on back side looks worse than it is. Appears solid.
$40.00 plus shipping.
PP or check. Please PM or e-mail to DMCGEARSatYAHOOdotCOM. Thanks!

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For Sale- One pair rear spring perches for small drum rear end. These have new steel bushings installed. Very light surface rust. $25.00 plus $12.00 USPS shipping.
PP or check. Please PM or e-mail to: dmcgearsATyahooDOTcom. Thanks!

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Sold to Rich. Thank you Tom and Brent for your interest- wish I had three of them. Dan

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For Sale- nice KRW oil well cutter tool for Model A main bearngs. This is the tool that cuts the oil wells on the parting lines of the main bearings after line boring. $100.00 plus $12.00 USPS Priority Mail shipping. PayPal f to f or Check. PM or e-mail to DMCGEARSatYAHOOdotCOM KIMG1977.JPG KIMG1979...

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Here is a link to the new forum thread regarding the Bakersfield Swap Meet:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=51718

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This has sold pending payment. Thanks Greg!! For Sale- new 11tooth rear end pinion gear. This is a left over from a recent project where we needed a new 40 tooth ring gear but not the pinion. These sell from the usual vendors for over $200.00. This one can be yours for $150.00 plus $15.00 USPS shipp...

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Hoist sling with a basket hitch positioned just aft of the #3 cylinder and around the bottom of the pan works pretty well. Does not scratch the paint and can be purchased just about anywhere.

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I have felloes, but I'm in California..............

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Sold to Charlie. Sorry Ed, thank you . you are 2nd in line if Charlie does not take it.

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For Sale-Reduced Price! Pan Corner reinforcement brackets. These help prevent cracking of the oil pan and should be used on all engines. They bolt onto the bottom of the oil pan in the corners where the pan flares out for the flywheel. $10.00/pair plus $12.00 USPS . PM or e-mail DMCGEARSatYAHOOdotCO...

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For Sale- Drive shaft, Housing and Radius Rods- shortened 16½" for Warford Transmission for passenger car.
Will Ship, Deliver to Turlock, CA swap meet or pickup in Oakland,Ca. PM or e-mail to DMCGEARSatYAHOOdotCOM.
$100.00 plus shipping

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Just for the record and to prevent any confusion for future readers, Ruckstell did make and offer their own ring and pinion gear set. The pinion was 13 tooth and the ring gear was 40 tooth. These were stamped "Ruckstell" and "13-40". The ring gear was similar to the more commonly seen 13-39 tooth "3...

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This stuff works pretty well for preventing corrosion on bare metal:

https://www.mcmaster.com/10245K52

LPS also works well or Boeshield, but its much more expensive.

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Chaffins has new front plate distributors for sale. Just FYI

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Bump to top. Only a few remaining!

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Your age is showing Kevin!!

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To the top-1 set remaining. All sets with the tubing and mounting bolts have been spoken for. New price for the Cover and outlet bracket only is $100.00 each including FR shipping. Extra outlet fittings- either 3 dip or 4 dip or both are available. 3/8 copper tubing and mountng bolts can be purchase...

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And you have cast iron pistons and an original unreground cam shaft!

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Pretty sure TT front wheels are same as passenger car. Could be mistaken but............what is different?

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Can you use a Model A drag link?

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Fastenal Freight if you are west of the Mississippi. ??

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Thanks Kim! sorry all.........

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A nice touch would be Christmas lights around the windshield. If they were blinking lights- even better!
Assuming you DO have a proper Santa hat to wear while piloting your sleigh. If not, I have an extra one around here somewhere.

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Biggest issue will be finding an off the shelf exhaust valve with a stem that long. Many engines like small block Chevrolet have valve stems just over 5" long. Chevrolet 216 qnd 235 ci engines had a long stem that can be cut down if the head diameters are close. Also at one time Egge Machine had val...

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Rootleib made the dropped rear cross members. They are on page 39 of their catalog and are listed as part # 823.

Not sure if they still offer them.

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Mark- I'll take the distributor cap. Send me a total if you don't mind. thanks in advance- Dan

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Battery Cables.com

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Mark- all you are missing on the Jahns set is the red cellophane wrapper that each piston was wrapped in back in the day and the little kraft paper envelope that had the Jahns water transfer decal inside! Some memories die hard. Dan

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The recommendation from Jerry was to use Autolite AG32, AG42, or AG52 plugs starting with the AG42. These plugs are obsolete now but there are modern equivalents available.

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Pretty sure top set is Egge- bottom set is Jahns. AFAIK Jahns never made permanent mold piston for a T engine.

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bump to top please- these need a new home.

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I have the following Vintage Ford magazines for sale. 35+ issues total. $40.00 for the lot plus shipping at cost. Many have T speedster or speed equipment articles if it matters! PM or e-mail to dmcgearsATyahooDOTcom thanks! Adding a few more to the batch: a few duplicates but................. Volum...

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For Sale- complete TT truck chassis with engine. Great start for a truck project. Includes a Ruckstell rear end. If you are local to the San Francisco area and are interested, contact me. Price is negotiable. Chassis is in a storage container in Oakland. this needs a new home. I'll try to post some ...

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Forget the WD40 and just use mineral spirits or paint thinner. A wadded up scotch brite pad on a metal rod works well also on a drill motor. Finish up with Industrial Purple and hot water.

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Steel works fine, but unless you are good about maintaining your coolant, they can rust out. Copper seals well and obviously won't corrode. Just my experience.

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Russ Potter had done them in the past, but stopped when they were all going to Montana to get rebuilt. Jim Potter might do them again as he has taken over for his dad rebuilding T carburetors.

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Looking for a set of the clamps that hold the front top bow of an open car to the windshield posts. These were also used on '28'-29 Model A tops.
The bolt into the front corners of the top bow where it fits over the windshield.
Please send e-mail or PM. thanks! dmcgearsATyahooDOTcom.

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Allen is correct on the ABDC. Eric is correct on the ATDC valve event. Kevin does have cams available. Best to contact him at the above #.

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There is s slight typo in Kevin's timing tag that makes the timing events a little hard to read and might be somewhat confusing:

The red circled line should probably not be there for the intake timing event:

a minor point, but..............

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Many hack fenders never had the Ford mounting brackets mounted or included. Probably due to the fact noted above that they tend to be a bit narrower than a Ford fender. The pictures below show how a fender without the Ford style eye-bolt bracket could be mounted. The mounting bracket below is on a c...

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One great feature of a 4 valve is you can install them on a car without having to cut or modify the firewall. Just something to consider.....

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Larry- these Delco distributors are designed to run at crank speed. There are 2:1 reduction gear sets in the unit to run both rotors and the point cam at camshaft speed. Hope this clarifies your concern.

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Check the hardness of the ring gear with a file. A ring gear should not be so hard that you cannot file the edge of a tooth. Those look like brittle failures, which a hard gear might cause. Just something to easily check.

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Check the hardness of the ring gear with a file. A ring gear should not be so hard that you cannot file the edge of a tooth. Those look like brittle failures, which a hard gear might cause. Just something to easily check.

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Pretty sure it is referred to as 1/8 Oval.

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You may find that the rocker stands are not Frontenac, as all models of Frontenac heads used a single bolt to hold the rocker stands to the head. B and BB Rajo heads utilized a two bolt rocker stand that may well fit the rocker stands you show above. Just something to be aware of. Redrilling the top...

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Martynn- the one I posted the picture of was a front bearing. The non-modified end has a large radius on the bore on one end as do the later front bearings. This radius was necessary to allow clearance for the radius on the front cam journal adjacent to the flange. Too bad the one I have has been mo...

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I will try to dig out an example of the style that John refers to above. On Edit- here are a few pictures of the true early cam bearing. This bearing has had the rear side ground off at some point (on the left in the pictures) so it appears shorter with the notch removed. This is the only example I ...

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I will try to dig out an example of the style that John refers to above.

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As far as a method to equalize the pull on a cable setup, an early Ford V-8 brake equalizer works very well. These are available from multiple sources but here is a link to one from CW Moss: https://cwmoss.com/products/hand-brake-cable-equalizer?currency=USD&variant=8355629891627&utm_medium=cpc&utm_...

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The "early" front cam shaft bearings have a notch on the rearward facing end. This notch was to provide clearance on the top side of the bearing for the #1 exhaust lifter. The earlier cams had a narrower front lobe than later camshafts. The notch was troublesome because the rear face, being interrup...

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Run the composite gasket- sealing a solid copper head gasket on a T motor is problematic due to the lack of sufficient head bolts to develop sufficient clamp pressure. The composite gaskets are pretty much trouble free. Coating them with white grease before installation works well. Spraying them wit...

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The generator gear should be a snug, sliding fit on the generator shaft. If the gear is wobbling or lose on the shaft, something is not correct- either the gear bore is incorrect or the generator shaft is worn. Is this an original gear or a reproduction? If you have an original gear, you might try i...

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Others have done the same thing using RTV and it seems to work- probably not necessary to plug the valve chamber drain holes- just put some duct tape around the throttle rod to seal up the hole on both sides . A shop vac is not going to even know those small holes are there in the big picture.

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These heads work great with the Egge high dome pistons.

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me thinks ya need to hear a Gallivan.....................

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Here is what factory Roof rocker arms and stands look like for the twin intake cylinder head. The single port head had the rocker stands cast into the top of the head and were not removeable.

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It uses a regular Fronty or Rajo 8 valve overhead head gasket. Roof made two versions of the 8 valve head and they both use the same generic head gasket.

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Check the radiator- is it an old original?? Most likely the head is not the problem but an old radiator that can't transfer heat from the tubes to the fins properly.

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Bryan- e-mail sent.

Dan

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John- your equalizer assembly was made by me for use with my small drum AC brakes that I reproduced for many years. Just don't want folks to get confused with original versus reproduction parts. Dan

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Checked today- the MODEL N cover screw spacing on the two screws closest to the throttle body measures 2 7/8" where the Model M covers screws are spaced 2 3/4" apart. Side by side, the two are noticeably different.
M on Left N on Right

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Pretty sure the Model N cover is larger than the Model M cover. Just went thru this with Rene. The Model M covers are 2 3/4" across the wider mounting screw spacing. This cover is wider than that. Just FYI. Tied to call Winfield, but one answered...............

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Restoration Supply

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A 3/4" pipe tap is the perfect size to screw into the old driveshaft bushing. With the tap in place, its an easy job to use any stiff rod to drive the tap and old bushing out of the driveshaft tube- no special tools required.

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Mark- I have the drive nuts for Matco crossdrives if you need one in the future.
Dan

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To clarify for everyone- the reproduction brakes made by Jack Sutherland (prior to the version currently being manufactured ) were supplied with a one piece cast iron brake drum that incorporated an integral small brake drum in a single casting along with the larger diameter drum. This was Jack's wa...

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as above,the expander will be ok but check the end gap on both rails. Did you also check the gap on the top two rings? Top two need about .018 gap. About .012 on the oil minimum.

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Steve Conniff =

Rocky Mountain Machine Co.
15931 Lake Mist Dr.
Monument, CO 80132
Phone 303-905-4605

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Terry- PM sent.

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Trans is definitely not a Warford. Probably adapted from some other car make.

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Bob- I'll take the post mount. Please PM your PP acct and a total for
USPS or ? to 94501 and I'll get you paid. thanks, Dan

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Unless you rebore the housing you will not be able to use that seal that is .062 larger. Here is a seal from Zoro that would work based on your dims: https://www.zoro.com/dds-shaft-seal-tc-1062in-id-nitrile-rubber-in2698381635tc/i/G100473916/ here are two on ebay that will work as well: https://www....

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Sacramento Vintage has some that use a single large hole. Not sure if they have any of the flange mount style.

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resent a few minutes ago

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Mark- PM sent. Dan

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This is a timely subject that was discussed by members on a tour last weekend. Who can comment on what combination of draglinks etc contribute to T steering going "over center" when the wheels are near full lock? None of us considered that the longer pin in the sterring gear case on later cars was a...

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Just my experience- I only use dry mag with powder for castings- heads, blocks, trans drums etc. Always wet mag for steel parts like spindles, axles, crankshafts and conn rods. Not sure what industry practice is, just what has always worked for me. And for Jeffrey's question below, yes there are blo...

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There several different size seals with 1.062 inside diameter but different outside diameters and widths. You really need to know who made your hubs and what size they used.

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Hang 'em on a string and tap them with a hammer..............

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there was some repro junk out there in years past do be cautious!

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Charlie Yap had an article on the Nissan distributors in one of the Secrets of Speed Mags several years ago. You might contact him and get a copy of that edition. Not sure if the electronic module in those will operate correctly on 6 volts though! Quite possibly that might be an issue to be aware of.

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