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    Vapor Lock ...???

    If you have vapor lock, one way around it is to install a "T" in the line between the fuel pump and the carb. The center outlet from the "T" solder it closed than drill a 1/8" hole in the solder. Run a fuel line back to the neck of the filler tube. This will give you a constant flow of cold...
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    Balancing an engine - necessary or not?

    When you install new pistons, rings, take the plugs out in the crank and clean it out. Tap and install new plugs in the crank. Today you do not know to what speck things are made. Yes I would balance it.
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    Starter plate

    Wanted starter plate for 49 to 53 ford truck or Merc. The boss on the plate where the starter bolts is parallel with the plate. A 80 plus friend has bought a 36 Ford PU with a 49 to 53 motor and he has the wrong plate which angles the starter and causes the starter to bind and chew up the ring gear.
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    Vapor lock is alive and well in Fl.

    An old trick was to put a "T" in the gas line after the mechanical fuel pump. In the out let of the "T" solder it closed, then drill an 1/8 hole in the solder. Run a line from the "T" to the gas filler hose. This is what came from the factory on the old Cads.
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    2015 Florida "Barner's Bash"

    February sounds good form me.
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