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I get asked this all the time. I have a condenser tester but I do it daily. This will work for you. This is for an analog meter but a digital works--you will see the voltage spike. Hope this helps 1.) Remove the condenser from the engine (or at least disconnect the lead wire). Note the small...

I get a lot of questions where my distributor curve should start this is a great guideline of different engine combinations and a good area of where the mechanical portion of the curve should be. I have been looking for something like this for a while Thanks Mattax!

Really a good chart for factory paint colors 1964 - 1974 Factory Engine Paint Chart Footnotes: 1: Most 1969 - 71 383 4-bbl engines equipped with air conditioning and Carter 4-bbl were found painted turquoise. 2: Most 1970 - 71 high-performance models painted street hemi orange. 3: Some...

As a lot of you know I have been rebuilding a lot of distributors lately and by far the largest issue with them is this. to prevent this is really simple most of us old guys know about this, once a year just put a few drops of light oil, or engine oil on the felt pad under the rotor, it...

I found a smaller motor that is a bolt in replacement for the stock motor. AH451 New Universal Products 12V Easy one to do the pics explain it all. Before the mod New motor installed for clearance mock up. Size difference between the two the new body size is 3.75 long. Into the heater...