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If timing is a contributor to overheating, does it need more advance or less…?

Thanks guys…. Hoping it’s simply adjustment

Thanks…. Not happy to learn that, but hastbe done I guess..one ticking lifter, and hoped for a simple solution

Don’t have access to the car right now…so, question - is there a valley cover beneath the intake ? Or do I just need intake gaskets when removing the intake to access the valve train…? Thanks

Walt was my friend, and my hot rod is powered by a Walt DuPont flathead A big loss to the old car family…��

Re: ‘56 Mercury 312 canister Thanks Guys…

‘56 Mercury 312 canister My ‘56 has a canister toward the front of the block, where the breather pipe is…driver side. What is it ? Thx

Ok - thanks Guys...will give it a shot. Can’t leak any more than it does now! Thanks

Can the rear main seal be replaced without pulling the engine? Thanks

Need a 56 Ford Fairlane hood in good condition.

Still flummoxed over what to replace Type A... Sources here say Type F... several other sources say DextronIII / Mercon... This is for my ‘56 Sunliner Fordomatic... ?? Thx

Keep in mind, every time you write a check, you're giving out your routing number and account number .... They're right on the bottom of your check...

GM.... Not using stats.... Got the ones that Skip recommended, but took them out after initial run heated up the same way. (Skip recommended them, and said they opened up larger than other stats, but they have the same size opening - 1" or less - as what I had before) Going to run it as is.. Thx

....Hey GM.. I did the laser thermometer thing yesterday... Fairly warm day, and temp gauge said 200. Immediately did the laser on the head water neck, the chrome radiator hose tubes, the top radiator tank, and the radiator core. All readings were in the 150-160 range. Probably not truly...

WGA.... Radiator is 7 row built by Custom Auto Radiator in NJ. Bought it new. Supposed to be high efficiency. Not that old, or should say, not that many miles on it. Have not tested for exhaust gas, but will be my next step. The stats are the type that are mounted in a cylinder, so they...