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33208
Oh crap . These things happen , just wait for warm enough weather to let it all dry out and see if it's cracked or leaks when you re-fill it . You may well get...
vwnate1
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Dec 1, 2006
3:48 pm
33209
Because it filters better and makes the oil bath typ of filter self - cleaning ~ the accumulated dirt doesn't stick up inside the mesh , all of it will wind up...
vwnate1
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Dec 1, 2006
3:53 pm
33210
Thanx Albion ; I've never had both types apart at the same time for comparing . Thr three speed tranny should have the speedo drive gear on the left rear...
vwnate1
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Dec 1, 2006
3:56 pm
33211
That looks pretty easy to fabricate , I'm surprised no one carries those in re-pops yet . A word about hand cranking engines : they can and will bite you , ...
vwnate1
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Dec 1, 2006
3:58 pm
33212
I hope you took the time to clean the regulator points as the buzzing you heard was them making & breaking fast , not a good thing. -Nate ... problem ... exact...
vwnate1
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Dec 1, 2006
4:00 pm
33213
Looking backwards again, rear bumpers were always optional, but until 1955, the rear bumpers was like the front bumper in that it was mounted on irons that...
Steve Ley
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Dec 1, 2006
5:50 pm
33214
In the old days, when we worked on starters and generators, you always put the armatures in a lathe and turned the commutator. You also had to back cut the...
Steve Ley
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Dec 1, 2006
5:57 pm
33215
When you use a paper filter, the fibers in the filter material are what catch the dirt and other gunk that we don't want in the engine. The efficiency of the ...
Steve Ley
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Dec 1, 2006
6:06 pm
33216
When you use a paper filter, the fibers in the filter material are what catch the dirt and other gunk that we don't want in the engine. The efficiency of the ...
Steve Ley
sley80111
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Dec 1, 2006
6:09 pm
33217
Great site! Thanks for sending it. Always great to see those old trucks. Tom Caperton '47-2nd Series ... in Whiteville, NC tcaperton@... ... From:...
Tom C
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Dec 1, 2006
6:53 pm
33218
The K&N is probably the better paper filter, but I don't think they dare say it is better than the oil bath. With the use of ATF or 10W oil you have a very...
K M Lehmann
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Dec 1, 2006
7:11 pm
33219
You are welcome; evidently the gentleman has several different links to see some very cool things; like covered bridges from the 20's and 30's ... ...
charles olson
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Dec 1, 2006
7:17 pm
33220
Nate...I just know that I am going to have to try this sooner or later..I'm just that kinda guy. Could you explain how I would determine high center on a...
rmarks10
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Dec 1, 2006
8:31 pm
33221
Hi Lee, what is the national origin of your last name, Lehmann? My middle name is Lehman, only one 'n', and no one in my entire family knows where it came...
charles olson
tikuayla
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Dec 1, 2006
8:32 pm
33222
Okee dokee...thanks to Bill, we now now what they look like. Next question is does anyone have one they would part with or loan me? I know of at least two...
rmarks10
t80c26
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Dec 1, 2006
8:35 pm
33223
I can loan you mine, as I will NEVER use it again. If you set this up in CAD-CAM it my go better; there is a dog-leg down there behind the bumper. You need to...
Bill
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Dec 1, 2006
8:50 pm
33224
yur gonna HURT yourself !!! ... later..I'm just that kinda guy. Could you explain how I would determine high center on a compression stroke? ... carries ... ...
Bill
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Dec 1, 2006
8:56 pm
33225
I would add, use a heavy leather glove (should be in your truck anyway). The 216s are actually not too hard to start this way and it is a major advantage of...
Alan Lubow
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Dec 1, 2006
8:58 pm
33226
In 1903, United States Patent No. 745,157 was issued to Clyde J. Coleman of New York City for an electric automobile self-starter. He had invented the first...
Bill
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Dec 1, 2006
9:10 pm
33227
Hi Charlie, my grandfather and his four brothers brought the name from Germany. I am told grand father is the only one who use the double n for business...
K M Lehmann
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Dec 1, 2006
9:36 pm
33228
Bill..I can't tell you how much I would appreciate it. I am kind of a nut when it comes to the old neat stuff...probably because I am old myself. I'll get it...
rmarks10
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Dec 2, 2006
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33229
Hmm..beginning to think that my original thought to not actually try it might be smarter. I've been thinking its sorta like the split rims. Dangerous if you...
rmarks10
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Dec 2, 2006
12:09 am
33230
Lee Now that kind of entrupaniour is what made this country great. By the way Plucker is also a good German name. My ancestors came in the late 1700's or early...
Mike & Inez Plucker
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Dec 2, 2006
12:30 am
33231
Has anyone here taken a stock oil bath air cleaner dissected and modified it to accept a K&N or paper filter? I wouldn't think it would be too difficult. A die...
Zort C. Brown
mtrsickleman47
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Dec 2, 2006
1:16 am
33232
r we bored? Then what would you have? Have you fixed everything else on the vehicle and it drives and runs nice? I do not mean to be a downer. ...bill 1937...
Bill
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Dec 2, 2006
1:26 am
33233
Yes Mike those ancestors certainly paved the way to the better things we have today because they had no time for nonsense. Granddad could still saddle his...
K M Lehmann
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Dec 2, 2006
1:44 am
33234
Geez Bill sorry to upset you. Most guys these days would just yank the 6 popper out and drop in a crate 350 and 3 spd automatic. Which I would not even begin...
Zort C. Brown
mtrsickleman47
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Dec 2, 2006
2:45 am
33235
Time out. I actually was enjoying the variety of opinions about air cleaners, because I know that I certainly don't know everything. Because I wish to ...
charles olson
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Dec 2, 2006
3:53 am
33236
I have like 5 trucks all apart and the ones that are together arent helping me because all of them were 'farmered'. At the Roch B Carb, there is a linkage that...
Deve
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Dec 2, 2006
4:10 am
33237
Deve I went and looked at my 1950 3100 and the spring you're referring to is about 6" long and appx 3/8" in diameter and attaches from the tab on the carb...
Kenneth Cluley
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Dec 2, 2006
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