Recent content by dakotafarmboy

Cadillac….I loved the quote from Smokey Yunick. He has to be my favorite stock car celebrity! He could go a ways further on a tank of gas than anybody else one Sunday and he got inspected after the race. He was running a 2 inch fuel line!! Smokey correctly pointed out that his tank was within...

Thanks Merc! I will hone in on one of those meters.

Lathe = cool. My wife will object if I buy a lathe. Tubman….do you mind sharing the brand and model of your dwell meter? Thanks

Where can I buy a decent dwell meter for a 6 volt system? A couple days back I promised I would check the dwell on my 53 that I have gapped at 0.016, but I don’t own a dwell meter. I had hoped my Fluke 115 Multimeter could do this but it does not have a duty cycle function (that I can find...

Success. Found the 8/32 screws for points at the hardware store. 12 cents each. Installed the NAPA Echlin points and condenser. Started right up. I’m assuming it was a bad condenser as Ken suggested. I bought an extra condenser for the glove box. Thanks Ken! And Corvette, I will put the...

Thanks for the advice! One step forward and two back. I have 6.4 volts at the coil. Then I proceeded to change out the (4 year old) points and condenser and managed to drop a points hold down screw somewhere in the bowels of the car and still can't find it. Spent an hour looking and it's...

OK. I need similar help but with a 53 v8. I thought I was having carburetor issues (I still think I am) but now I am not getting any spark so I will begin by solving the spark issue. The cap, rotor, points, condenser, coil, and plug wires were all new 4 years ago and the car really has not...

If not already mentioned, I would buy a cork gasket to put on top of the sediment bowl. I have had trouble with rubber gaskets (even new ones). Cork seems to seal better than rubber.

Okay. Thanks, fellas. Very helpful. I ordered a new power valve (actually another kit) from Daytona Parts this morning. That will give me time to go back and find Mart's video on rebuilding a 94 carb.

Ok. I put a vintage speed kit into a Ford 94 last summer. Including a new power valve. The motor seems to be running so rich that it floods itself out at idle…if that’s even possible. After adjusting the air screws a little, I started thinking it was a float adjustment thing…and that may...

In the 70's, my Dad welded a short length of chain from the frame of his combine to the ground under the theory it would shed static electricity and thereby keep dust from sticking to the windows of the cab.

I usually just call Van Pelts on the phone. Good parts, good prices, and great advice.

I vote for GB's '47 truck. Nice ride there.

I have seen "8CM" stamped on Mercury heads. Not sure which year.

I looked at the Bill Hirsch site and he sells this Ford Orange color for both 52 and 53 motors. I have not researched this.