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40 Deluxe · 10-01-2019, 03:59 PM

So many; where to start? How about: "Check the timing first thing if it won't start". (Tell me, how does the timing suddenly get so far off that it won't even start??) Or, a common one: "You need that there zinc additive"!! Or: "You have to use non-detergent oil"!! Next: "You have to pull the car to start a freshly rebuilt engine"! (Like that poor mis-led guy on Haggerty.)

10-01-2019, 03:59 PM	#24
40 Deluxe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: now Kuna, Idaho Posts: 3,818	Re: What's the most absurb advice you've received in the old car hobby? So many; where to start? How about: "Check the timing first thing if it won't start". (Tell me, how does the timing suddenly get so far off that it won't even start??) Or, a common one: "You need that there zinc additive"!! Or: "You have to use non-detergent oil"!! Next: "You have to pull the car to start a freshly rebuilt engine"! (Like that poor mis-led guy on Haggerty.)