Recent content by Big-Foot

If you close the choke slightly and the hesitation gets better, you pretty well know that it's a lean condition due to accelerator pump issues...

All will help the problem of heat soak - some more than others. You can make your own reflector/deflector quite easily using a carb base gasket as a template for the holes. Just having the two gaskets between the carb and manifold will help, but with a deflector in between them, better. You can...

Looking really nice! I swear that these cars are all built around the radiator and grille shell....

Sounds like the accelerator pump is not functioning... Sometimes - depending on the carb - the leather cup on the pump plunger dries up and refuses to start working again. Ethanol in the fuel doesn't help matters. You may be able to just disassemble, massage the cup with a little bit of oil to...

Bob, Can you put a floor jack under the oil pan to support the engine, then remove the motor mount cushions, then lower the engine? It may give you just enough room. You might have to loosen the exhaust..

I've left the pressure on my welder gauges for ~30 years between uses and never suffered a problem.

One other thing about electric senders I've found over the years --- The sender itself requires a good ground. The only way to get a good ground to your engine is to NOT put any thread tape or sealant on the bottom 2/3 threads of the sender. That means the first threads that go into the block...

Well that sucks..... Too bad he could not have been more honest with you - but you did the right thing. I think I would have given him a half-price offer and then rolled if he passed on it..

Bob, I would wager that the sender has had a diaphragm failure internally. I would get down to your local auto parts store and purchase a cheapo mechanical guage and install to verify you have oil pressure.

Sounds like a good plan! We're all (well most of us) slowing down a tad.... Make sure you ventilated that shed before you start painting in there... You'll need those lungs a while longer... ;)

I was beginning to get the shakes!!!!!

This is going to be a fun project car.. Are you going to hot rod it?

Good tip above.. Also I've found great value in the time and small expense to install brake line residual valves. Keeps the pedal much higher. Here are the ones I installed in my car --

This is interesting.. Just a thought for when you get the hankering to do something -- A couple gallons of white gloss latex on the walls of the shed will do wonders for your lighting in there...

Not to be a wet blanket but -- Cracked block and blown headgasket can also cause overheating. Want to know for sure that she's tight - find some of this online or at your local parts store -- http://www.blocktester.com/instructions.htm