Recent content by TitusDH

No separate F O R D letters and hood spears make it a 51 if I recall correctly

Some People melt a large hole in the piston head in order it can give some while whacking it out.

That is a wide crack. The cylinder wall might have lost most of it’s rigdity and may on longer hold a sleeve. Have a go at it. And some locktite, I guess.

Great, Mart! I was the 7th viewer to watch the video on YT. 7 is my lucky number….

My harness crumbled to dust by even looking at it. With large sections of bare wire exposed. Replaced all of it in one go.70+ years old bullet connectors would not even detach without breaking. If you leave your harness alone, you'd likely get the idea what burning loom smells like rather sooner...

Now, there you go. The $8 reamer. One trick is not to lean too hard on the wrench while cranking, as not to egg shape the hole. Be genle, the tool drags in all by itself when turned. I covered to socket with one layer of self adhesive aluminum foil, to take the last few thou slop away. Works...

Yep. The F1 King pin is 0.8125. I did it myself, believe it or not. I used the cheapest chinese made adjustable reamer from amazon to do the job. It was around 8$ shipped!!! It has a 3/8 square which you're supposed to turn the tool with. On this square however, I placed a 3/8 socket which had...

Was the 37 Cabriolet scrapped or sold to someone else?

It should. A stock 1970‘s VW 1300 is rated 34 to 50 HP

This is a random picture from the internet. I think you get the idea.

That‘s more than adequate. Most people start at 1-1.5 turns from a light seating. Then go for the highest idle rpm or preferrably the highest manifold vaccum reading.

Newc, did you have the fan shroud installed?

Hi Harty, fellow german. When I calculate the theoretical speed of my truck in direct gear and 4,87 rear end, I'll end up (7.50-16 Tires, 80cm diameter) with 73 kmh at 2500 engine rpm's. I would consider 2500-3000 rpm to be safe for long distance motoring. With the engine at redline (3600...

Had five 7.50-16 white walls fitted to my F2 rims last month. With new tubes, mounting and balancing the bill showed 2300 Euros. Now my allowed speed index is 190km/h LOL. Cheapest chinese lightweight truck tyres would have been 100 Euros a piece.