Recent content by TexWillis

Thanks everybody. Interesting food for thought. I have kicked the idea around to see about taking fan blades off and putting an electric fan on. After checking, the radiator is 18" wide, but you still need a water pump, and the shaft sticks out, sow now you only have 10.5" at the bottom of the...

Thanks! I'll try that! LOL!

Thanks Jeff! I have another one in the works if we ever get more than a light dusting of snow here in NE Texas!

So, two blade fans tend to break easier. Four blade don't and the six blade plastic ones won't. Between the three, does any one type of fan blade pull more horsepower from the engine than the other? Along with this, there are many stories of a fan breaking, so the driver broke off the other...

It's cold out there.

@ DAVe, No, I cancelled my hotels. We have been sitting with Chana's dad on Hospice, and he passed away early Monday AM. We need to help her mom with making arrangements (Thursday, 2:30PM at Restland, Dallas), and maybe sit with her through this weekend. We'll have plenty of opportunities for...

A Mike V., 1) I tuned it last in March before leaving out for the MAFCA Spring Tour in Texas. It did fine there and back, On the State Tour, then on into Mexico. Ran like a sewing machine up until this incident. 2) I replaced the points and condenser about 1,000 miles before this happened. 3)...

Thanks. It sure had me baffled, and I'm still scratching my head!

12v coil with an internal resistor.

I drove about 750 miles to a car show in Saltillo, Mexico in June. After filling up with gas in Monterey, I started having firing issues. Before making it to Saltillo, I stopped a few times, and eventually just replaced the distributer and carburetor. I could only get up to about 30mph or so...

Ok... I'm in! Just registered.