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Things look good for a preliminary test to see if it'll start at all...and then I can move on to the real fixits. Compression OK in 7 of 8 cylinders, sits about 30 psi on #2 for some reason (probably bad valve). Anyway, from sitting decades, the whole cooling system is dry as a bone. I'm going...

New project for me. Light restoration of a 41 Ford stakeside 3/4 ton--more about making it usable than restoring much. It is original as far as I can tell. Found in a barn where it had been stored for decades. flathead V8. Not stuck or anything major visibly wrong on a cursory examination...

Working on this old doodlebug and bench tested the starter. Only 12 V available at the time and the RPM seems to be roughly 80. (I kept tests really short due to 12v but long enough to reach the max speed.) Before I reinstall, does that RPM seem adequate or is it slow? Thinking when I go to 6v...

This thing has an old semaphore signal and control chain attached-- no reason, probably just "because". Though the metal parts seem era correct, the lens is plastic so it isn't likely all that old--but that lens is broken. On the slim chance someone recognized it or had an idea of where to...

What have I gotten myself into....:) I volunteer for a local agricultural museum and ended up with a doodlebug tractor...apparently half a model A with 2 transmissions (are those from an A also?) and an international truck transaxle which I have to bring back from the dead. So ugly it makes me...