Recent content by Brentwood Bob

Re: Newbie’s List for Spare Parts Safer to do troubleshooting and repairs off the road. A cross country tour is a different matter.

Re: Newbie’s List for Spare Parts Experience is important, a local club can supply some. Old ugly (#9) has good advice, keep your inventory of parts at home base. Baby steps initially. Your attitude is excellent.

When you open the valve cover, and clean, include clearing the channels to the cam and mains. Likely plugged up.

The muffler flange clamp has a right way to install, and several wrong ways.

Need to look under Marco’s high point roadster.

PM sent.

Always had time to say hello, and genuinely interested in what I was doing. Met him at the super committee meetings for the 1998 Reno national. He and his wife were special.

Do not run the motor with the top off the transmission. Oil all over the inside of the car is not your friend.

There are forged hooks, and pressed hooks, two hole attachments, and three hole attachments. There is an inner spring too. A wire brush is your friend.

Steve’s adaption includes the hook and flat washer in his total weight.

Thanks. Will try to remember. Will mention it at next club meeting. Dry ice might be a alternative. Used dry ice to cool a flywheel.

Charcoal works, make sure bevel is correct. Preclean the bed in the flywheel. When the ring is seated with a drift punch the flywheel should ring like a bell. The Restorer magazine article I wrote describes the charcoal heating procedure.

Excellent talk Steve. Your DIY test apparatus is good. Thanks.

Mark the orientation of the steering arm. You will want the steering wheel in its original position when you reinstall the column. Also protect the column from scratches, bumps when you detach it.

Remove the battery, then the clutch, and brake pedal, then the steering column/steering box assembly out thru the cab drivers side door. Then change out the horn rod on the bench. That’s how I have done it.