Recent content by 29 Tudor

I believe it was the best car-related show on the radio. I download their podcasts to my iPod and enjoy them whenever I am in the car on a trip. I have the iPod set to NOT DELETE so I have quite a number of their shows. He will be very missed by many across the car hobby. RIP Tom. Steve

If this is a basically stock "A" engine, you will seldom see any oil pressure after the engine get warm. I have a gauge on mine and before I installed the oil filter, the pressure was about 5 PSI or so cold and went to zero after it was up to temperature. After adding the oil filter, the gauge...

I've had one installed for a year or so and I'm very happy with it. No (more) leaks. Steve

Visiting the family farm, a cousin told me to check out the battery in Uncle John's old '47 Model B John Deere. As was his habit, he scratched the install date in the side of his batteries. I was amazed when I lifted the seat and saw "12/98" on the old Optima. That makes the thing 15.5 year...

That is TOO funny!!! sd

I had the EXACT problem with a tube I bought from someone other than Bratton's. I bought two of his tubes (so I'd have a spare) and NO MORE SLOW LEAK. As said above, buy Bratton's tubes and forget the problem. Steve

I and many others have had the Pertronix Flamethrower coil fail in a 12V application on a Corvette. Perhaps it will be better in a 6V application but I for one will never use one of their coils again. In my opinion, their ignition system (for 12V) is great, Their coils, not so much so,

I also cleaned VERY well and used JB weld and then installed the '31 bracket to take all the load off the tank.. No leaks, no weeps. Steve

I have a fun projects regulator and while it "works" it is low on output voltage (~6.9 volts). I contacted the manufacturer and he was less than "cordial" when I told him the problem. I have been around electronics my whole working career (Tektronix for a few years and then implantable medical...

Pooch, Obviously you're correct. Try a quart in 112.5 seconds. My pencil must not have had enough fluid in it....... I'll correct the original post so someone else doesn't use the incorrect math. Thanks, Steve

I had a bad needle an seat in mine. I calculated that the worst case flow I needed was enough to support 5 MPG. I know it doesn't burn that much fuel but I wanted a safe margin so that's what I used. At 40 MPH, it takes 90 seconds to go one mile. At 5 MPG, you need 1 quart in 112.5...

Oops... Didn't remember he was running a Tilly. I was referring to the main jet plug on a Zenith. I'm not familiar with a Tilly. SD

Have you dropped the plug under the main jet and measured the fuel flow you are getting THROUGH the carb? That will quickly tell you how much fuel you are getting to the carb. A little math will allow you to determine if the flow will support the engine at given speeds. I did that with mine...

If you do an fleabay search for "6 to 12 volt converter" you will find several 6 to 12 volt converters. For some reason, the one I used is now priced at $99.75 when I paid something like $4.99 for it. I suspect their pricing is wrong. Anyway, that will give you an idea of where I found mine...

Yup, that old + and - stuff will get you! The ones I got weren't plug ins and I wired them directly into the circuit. Work great as long as you don't need more power than they will deliver. At 18 watts, you would need a small heat sink with the ones I used but you can find them with the heat...