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Originally Posted by Lawson Cox
I just went through taking the intake manifold off of my 35 PU because I thought I had dropped a washer down the throat of the intake. I didn't feel very strongly that I HAD dropped it, but didn't want to take the chance. I HADN'T DROPPED IT DOWN THE INTAKE. Found it under the truck AFTER I went through all that.
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Lawson: I did the same thing years ago,
A fresh built 3/8 stroker with new Jans pistones I could not afford, putting the second carb. on, and one lockwasher was missing, I had it all layed out, on the cawl. BOY did I thing about for quite some time ?? it was late at night, but I did pull the intake off, and there it was. in a port, could not get it out, with a wire, magnut, greese on wire ,?? put shop towel, one layer over, small tip vacuum cleaner pickup, and picked right out..... yes I did it too. .... OLD....BILL
........things you remember 1950's ??