Recent content by JWL

I sure appreciate your situation. It seems many of us are in the age group where the cancer malady rears its ugly head. I wish you all the best in your fight.

The stock Ford squirt holes are aimed toward the camshaft. Some rebuilt rods, such as Federal-Mogul, have modified squirt holes which can require some thought.

With stock, uncut heads, .050 can be safely removed.

Does this car have OD trans?

Weigh the plugs and add equal weight pieces of clay in their place. Do not install the plugs until the final pristine cleaning operation is performed just before engine assembly.

A very rewarding and satisfying first project. Good show.

Hope you are doing well and Happy Birthday.

Just keep on keepin on. Happy Birthday!!!

Awesome fortitude, Craig. Congratulations and thanks for the reminder.

Tap the inside of the cup to 14mm. Use slide hammer with 14mm stud. Can even reuse old plugs if necessary.

I cannot say I recommend it. However, I examined an engine from a high mileage 46 pickup which had 8BA rods on the 59A crank and I saw NO problems with the insert bearings nor the crank journals. So, this is not absolutely as clearcut as we might think.

Amen.

Cutting the divided section below the carb is terrible for normal street driving just as adding an open spacer is.

Buying and installing components appropriate for the intended use is NOT an act of "cheaping out". Buying gold parts for a copper system is , in a word, stupid.

Awesome old Wood Wagon. Love it. And fishing gear is a bonus. Now, with walls and floor space filled, what next? In my case I usually have to clear a place on a machine table before I can use it. A friend told me the mistake a milling machine makes is having a flat table.