Recent content by RickInVA

Many thanks Tom! I will give them a call.

Hi, I want to rebuild a Trico wiper motor and I looked for a kit that included the slide valve, felt spacer, retainer, valve rocker, rocker home, and the rocker spring, in addition to the usual parts in the standard kit. Suppliers still sell the standard kit but the larger kit is out of stock...

Thanks everyone! I finially have a picture in my mind of what needs to be done. When pictures are taken up close without surrounding details it is hard for me to see where things fit in. But, I have it! Thanks.

Hi All, I have searched our forum, on line, and in model a books and I still do not have a clear picture of how to install seat belts in my car. So far I have learned that some people have decided that the seat frame is a suitable structure to attach the seat belts to. A piece of angle iron...

I was going to build a Burtz engine but plans changed. I ordered a bunch of parts for the Burtz engine that I now want to sell. The following parts are new and most are still in their original wrapping. They are more than 800.00 in parts that I will sell for 425.00 I will be glad to send a...

Thanks to one and all for your advice and suggestions. I get the idea!

How do you use a rear hub knock off tool? After you remove the axle nut and thread the knock off tool on, do you threat it all the way to the hub or do you leave a space between the tool and the hub before you strike the tool? Should the hub you are trying to remove come loose or is the the...

I was taught a few things years ago I would like to throw out here and see what you think. The study of fluid flow in physics, or hydro dynamics, has some basic rules when a positive placement pump is used. The volume of the fluid flow is determined by rpm and is fixed. You can change the...

Oil pump question. On the Burtz site there is a guide for modifying a stock oil pump to use on the engine. These insturctiions are to inlarge many of the openings on the stock pump. I was taught that a gear pump was a positive displacement pump. As long as the rpm remained fixed so does the...

Big Kev Thanks for your insight. I also see both sides of the coin and I agree it is a matter of personal choice, based on individual wants and needs. There isn't a binary right or wrong answer, we all love a very special car.

There comes a time when many will be confronted with installing a Burtz engine or have a trailer queen that is just polished. My engine has been bored .100 over and the crankshaft has been ground .020 under. To buy a rebuilt engine I must supply a rebuildable engine in return. To try to...

Only one R and the dot is a little big =)

Hi All, I have recently purchase a 1930 Coupe. After scratching the paint off the engine number I read it as R 7994 UTAH there is a dot in the open spaces that my keyboard will not allow me to make. According to what I have read this is not normal! Any idea of what is going on?