Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Gary, very impressive work. The wood wagon is so nice...just my kind of build except your mastery of wood working is far above mine. Love it! My '26 "T" drag car used the same window operator system....
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 01:26 PM
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
When I was a young'n working at the garage in the little town I grew up in, we did a lot of valve jobs on old (now) tractors and cars. Lots of metal faced head gaskets. We always brushed both sides...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 09:52 AM
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
I get more comments and compliments on how smooth and quiet my Merc is than any time I've had good sounding duals. Mine is single 1 3/4" with a stock 1957 Ford six muffler. It's sneaky quiet but...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-15-2024, 07:23 AM
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Re: New engine
Ron, do you have any pictures of a head with bronze fill in the exhaust transfer area? That's interesting.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-15-2024, 07:08 AM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-14-2024, 07:22 AM
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Re: Spindle pin bore
Nice fix,Lawrie. You can tell a guy's run a lathe before when he uses a four jaw chuck. :)
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-13-2024, 04:50 PM
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Re: Evening Drive in the Merc
Nice drive and crop tour,Ralph. Wish we had some of your 60F temps here today...it's 102F with high humidity. Winter wheat harvest has started here in KS so lots of grain moving.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-12-2024, 09:39 PM
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Maybe to use late heads on an early block...I can't remember all the details but I think that's it. If you have an early block handy see if that hole overhangs the deck.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-10-2024, 09:44 PM
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Re: ‘53 ran hot, then missing badly. Head gasket?
Exactly. No problem there. If it's a steady miss at idle, remove one plug wire at a time from the distributor cap. If one makes no difference, that is the cylinder misfiring. From there you check the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-10-2024, 09:33 PM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-10-2024, 11:33 AM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-09-2024, 10:21 AM
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Quote:
"It don't take but country smarts to build a driveshaft"
Ol' Smokey knew his stuff! :D;) And so do you. Love the home built shaft plan. :cool: That lathe sure has been a handy...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-08-2024, 09:59 PM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-07-2024, 12:47 PM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-07-2024, 07:10 AM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-06-2024, 09:39 PM
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Re: New versus old valve springs
It does sound as if you have the late "rotator" type springs but the early retainers. The early springs are longer and will fix your mismatch. That's the way I'd go.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-06-2024, 06:12 PM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-06-2024, 06:02 PM
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Re: 80 years ago today
We owe those allies a lot. Everything, in fact. We should all do our best to make sure our young people don't forget-starting with our own families.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-05-2024, 05:37 PM
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Nice pics. Standing on the front is classic! One thing different when I put the later engine in the '41...the carb mount pad on the manifold is at a different angle than the early engine's and the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-04-2024, 10:00 PM
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Well, you got me. The belt is routed down around that idler (cut down from an idler on a John Deere 4 cyl) which mounts to a threaded hole in the slingshot bracket. The alternator is cheated forward...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-04-2024, 09:52 PM
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Re: 1940 master cylinder repair kit
As Kurt said above, the washer goes in the cylinder first, and sits at the very bottom of the bore...clear at the end. Then the check valve and spring, cup and piston. The washer's job is sealing the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-04-2024, 06:01 PM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-03-2024, 06:51 PM
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