Recent content by Roadster Rich

I would never drive with this in the down forward position. But it sure is useful for me when I have to trailer the car on an open trailer. I wrap in moving blankets in the down position and wrap with a strap, then take off the top and bows and travel with the back of the car forward. Any...

I used the kit from Berts. The carb had been on the car and not driven for 30 years. It did not leak any gas but I never tried to start the car. Took it apart and did the replacement of all the parts and when I went to put together it was unbelievable how warped the top to bottom was. Even...

I would be in it, but it is a ***** when you don't have a working speedometer! Maybe that should be the next investment?

Bert's sells them also. But I emailed Steve about two months ago to tell him that their on line shopping does not mention anywhere the "Best" name. He answered me that I was correct and he would get that changed right away. I have not checked to see if it is changed, but they do sell that gasket.

I have the standard FSI distributor and have had it on my car for about 15 years. I set the slow idle position at about minus 3 degrees with a timing light and it has run perfectly for all that time. Only one time when I left the ignition on after running out the gas from the carb, and burned...

Ask my wife. She learned how to do that at 17!

Every since my amateur restoration done when I was 14 and 15 back in the 60's, I have not really been able to drive much with the top down in my standard roadster. The wind would move the windshield back significantly and even make the wing windows dig into the door if you forgot and opened the...

Thanks for the advice. I would never have put that fan back on. But if I had not soaked the casting, I might never have seen that crack. Steve at Bert's has given me a good price on a sound casting only so I am going that direction. Rich

Actually the preview was messed up but the post is how I intended, sorry for that last sentence.

Just pulled the water pump casting from the carb cleaner dip and this is what I see, for a crack starting at the forward neck. Here is how it looks from the inside of the casting. Do you think this can be used? I have lots of parts but no extra water pump casting. Also here is a terrifying...

I just am painting my engine now. 2 parts John Deere green and one part Rustoleum black, is as close as I can see. It looks exactly like my engine repainted in the late 60's.

Thanks to all for the help. I will paint the top of all the flat bosses on the head. And I will try some of the high temp black for the exhaust manifold. The engine was blue on this town sedan from some time back when, and I don't like it. I did buy a can of Ford Engine Green a while back...

Head is off, valve cover off and I am repainting both and then will try to paint the rest of the engine in place. I have a few dumb questions that some of you could help me with. Do the machined flats for the head bolts and spark plugs on the head get painted? I can see that it looks like...

Thanks, DUH, I never thought about getting the drills, just thought I needed wire since that is what instructions say. Sometimes the obvious has to hit me in the head before I think of it.

Rebuilding a Zenith and a Tillotson carb and wonder where to buy the right size cleaning wires to verify the clear openings? I have a set that looks like an allen wrench folding set. The sizes are from 0.3 to 1.6 mm so the conversion does not exactly line up with some of the sizes I need...