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As I remember, you drill the impellor off, and then press the bearing out from the back. Then it is easy to set up to press off the pulley. I'm talking about a Ford bearing type (truck) pump as an example. This reamer is just to give you a flat clean surface for the seal to run against, similar...

Depends on what engine. Earlier motors have a relief in the gallery under the inlet manifold.

If that is a copper washer that seals the front screw in bit, then you should anneal it.

That looks pretty right to someone who has never seen a 49 Merc master cyl. Does the front of the piston have a starry thing riveted to the front? No idea what the small rubber is for.

Apparently its the milli amps that kills ya. In this case, it makes no difference if you're metrically or imperially inclined. Dead is still dead!

Can you put a vacuum gauge on it just to check the valve function?

Re Phill's post, select top gear.

Ther is another aspect of wear that many people do not consider when attempting to fix a problem gearbox that causes jumping out of gear. If you go back to Macs pictures there is a ring of matching teeth below the bronze syncro cone (balk ring) These are part of the gear. These lock into the...

Can you post pictures of the break? Was there an old crack?

The bit that Seth missed out after his first paragraph was: Once you have established there is play (a vertical wobble) you then have someone apply the brakes. Then you check it again. If it still wobbles you have king pin movement. If it has diminished, then some of the play is in the wheel...

Maybe no piston to head clearance?

Following on from JSeery, The flywheel is, as it was, Henry Ford's design of choice, having factored in his chosen specs of everything else; The fuel available, The weight of the car / truck and the load, Cam specs, bore stroke,compression ratio, gearbox ratios, final drive ratio, tyres...

As the original poster said it only happens after 30 minutes of running, I have a question that is from a different angle. How fast is the engine idling at when it's hot? If your throttle spindle is worn, or the butterflys are worn, (or for what ever other reason) Is this engine running a bit...

Well Mart, I just don't know what to say.:eek: All that top notch advice and now this.:) (not really meaning to poke you in the eye:)) The stuff below is for those that don't know, from someone who has never done one of these diffs: (I have done the truck 3 ton (full floating hub) axle) Factory...

Mart, for pinion preload, if you know the spec and don't have the Ford tool. Fix a long piece of steel to the pinion. equal lengths out both sides so it is balanced. then hang a given weight to the bar, If say spec is 10 to 12 inch pounds, hang a pound weight 11 inches from the pinion centre...