Recent content by Kilroy

I wanna drive it, just occasionally be able to 'roll coal' like the cool kids... Oh, wait...

I loved those catalogs too... I heard all the negative rumors about Jack and i think I only bought a couple things from him over the years... But that was mostly because I could find things cheaper elsewhere. I called him several times and always found him free and generous with his flathead...

I believe they did... One of mine has 48s. One has 43s. One is boogered and I can't read it.

I recently came into a few 48s and am thinking of running a hybridized pair on my 260 one a super Navarro intake... What would be a good starting point for jets and power valves? I found 69 and 43s for the 97s with search... Is it the same for 48s or would that lean it out too much with the...

Because it eats metal... But that wouldn't matter on that bolt and nut because it's so far gone anyway... Hence, why I suggested it... It seemed like a better EXPERIMENT... Since simple water is pretty obviously not going to have much effect on anything other than surface rust.

Soaking that in water is just going to make a nice place for a fish to hide... I think I'd be more inclined to see what Molasses does to it. I mean, if you're thinking 2 months anyway. That said, I don't think 'unscrewing that' is in any kind of realistic future... That looks like no matter...

I have this 49 Merc transmission that I'd like to see what I can salvage from it... It didn't look bad on the outside but the inside is frozen with some combination of rust and old grease. It's been soaking in penetrating oil and Posphoric acid in rotation for a couple days now and it's...

Nice... We're in City of Orange too, and we like it here. :cool: Thanks for the info. I guess there's no real way to tell for sure until I can get everything apart and compare.

I hear you, and that's what I figured... The Rear would be the weak link. The plan there is a closed drive QC... I built the chassis with a QC in mind and it would look funny without one. I couldn't bring myself to dump $3500 for the whole Winters/Speedway rear with the posi and new axles...

I just picked up a bunch of overdrive parts, in my quest to have an overdrive, torque tube trans in my roadster behind my flathead, and am curious about the r10 tailhousing and compatibility across the years. Specifically, I have a nice Zephyr torque tube r10 assembly and a really nice tbird (I...

Definitely. Did that too. And clayed the valve and piston clearance.

This is something to think about actually. I'm going to take a closer look at the wires now and see if that may be part of the problem.

No issue with the rings. The gaps were all right on and they slid right in with no problem. If anything, it kind of freaked me out how smooth it all went. So I double checked everything. After I installed the crank, it spun on the assembly lube with minimal resistance. After hearing Ron's...

I did that. I think it was in the Tex Smith book or one of those... :cool:

Well, I'm getting about 46 on the torque wrench after the initial 180 degrees or so to free it up from sitting over night. (It was up around 60lbs for that). Higher than I thought but I'm going to assume that's OK. The machining was done by an old 4 banger and v8 flathead guy who was known...