Recent content by volaredon

Been wanting another Lab ever since we lost our Bear, Bart and Scrappy several years ago/ but I keep getting shot down on that one. We have been on a cat "run" for a while now. We got our monster and Gizmo (cats) while we still had bart and Scrappy, who died off and the cats lived on. Monster...

I've done them by putting them on everything as far as possible then a zip strip on the crank pulley just by where the belt isn't on then crank it with a breaker bar and socket til it's all the way on then remove zip strip

$50 for a 1 bbl carb kit these days? Yikes. Last one I bought was like $18

The last 318 head gaskets I bought ( haven't used yet) are marine ones. I have a couple of sets, one set definitely going into my 78 fury when I do the top end swap (don't want to hear it, as far as heads// I'm using what I have in a cruiser that will never see a dragstrip// you can probably...

The ones I deal with usually swing the screen around so I can see it and I point and say "I want THAT one". I'm always asking what makes one version of the part I need. $40 and another of the same part $100. I am one I never get house brand unless they can tell me who really makes that part...

Free swap spots..... Hey Indy cylinder head show YOU LISTENING?

Illinois here, Iowa wasn't very welcoming to me last time I was there chasing parts. Only time ever in my 58 years of life, I went near cedar falls //and a week later a damned camera speeding ticket from there was in my mailbox. Fark cedar falls I was out there chasing D150 parts Gas was...

so you gonna change to "440 will run"?

Theres plenty of water in the drinks I drink... sweet tea, coke RC, Dr Pepper (its the first ingredient so its the most plentiful) but yeah I had one once... exactly 1 week after 9/11

I took the cover off the oil pump and packed the rotors inside with Vaseline

That's about 25 miles straight west of me

Well I ain't messing with the ones on the hood hinges, they're getting done with the springs as I don't know how id remove them without getting hurt

Yup a lot of them take the same bearings. I've rebuilt several of them, never had to replace a ring and pinion though. I just save any and all shims that were in it originally and put them back as they were

Yeah it sounded crazy high to me too. $380 seems a bit high even but I haven't priced powdercoat work lately either. I was thinking $250 ish for what I have, less if I don't have the multiples done. I talked to my son since he did powder coating as a job for a while. The place he worked has a...

Among my pile so far to coat, are a couple of hood latches. They have some small springs in them. Will they be alright with the heat or do I need to try to take them out?