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    Shock rebuilder

    John Holland and Brentwood Bob
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    12 volt 2 3 psi fuel pump

    Aircraft Spruce and Specialty will have the best price on quality Facet pumps. 6v and 12v
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    Water Pump ID and Questions

    Ok, sorry I missed it, the collar is useless in the position it is in. The collar must be behind the fan or in front of the brass packing nut to prevent rearward movement of the shaft. In order to put the Teflon washer between the packing nut and fan you must remove the fan and shaft from the...
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    Water Pump ID and Questions

    Many times the collar is too thick to fit on the shaft behind the fan. If the collar is to thick it will not allow the fan taper to seat properly on the shaft taper. It all depends on where the impeller was set on the shaft. If the two tapers are not tight the fan taper woller out. In Dallas...
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    What roadside repairs have you made to keep your A going

    Here are a few... Muffler clamp fell off a car on a tour, no one had a spare clamp, rope or wire to strap up the muffler from dragging the ground. So they tied it up with a bra. How can you drive with all that noise? Don’t ever follow a Model A with the muffler disconnected. Can you run over...
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    Chickasha Pre-War Swap Meet 2019 Roll Call

    Jim Huseby, my favorite eating places are Jakes Rib: steak, catfish, bbq, etc., overwhelming portions - get there by 6pm, fills up fast. Blackberry cobbler is the best. Western Sizzling: steaks and buffet. The buffet has everything and is very large. Lots of seating I hit them both...
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    Chickasha Pre-War Swap Meet 2019 Roll Call

    I have been going to the Chickasha PreWar meet since the first one. If you have never been you need to know that a few vendors start lining up outside the meet starting Wednesday night, with 75% showing up during the day on Thursday. Noone is allowed to enter and setup on the the fairgrounds...
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    Speedometer drive question

    If you remove the gear assembly and look in the shaft hole, it may be a round hole with a slot at the edge. This would be for a keyed speedometer cable. Purchase a square shaft and retainer to replace the keyed one in your drive assembly. The round keyed shaft uses a shorter retainer than the...
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    Wanted- 1940 60hp 92a connecting rod NOS

    1940 60hp connecting rod, NOS in original box with no rust on journals Have 7, just need 1 more.
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    Horn Repair

    Center up the armature in 4 jaw chuck in a lathe, bore and tap for right handed 10-32 screw. Install and tighten screw, cut off screw head at required length. All other horns are right hand tread. Use loctite on thread if you like.
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    Machine Videos

    Where is the head and block resurfacer. Where is the boring bar, who chases a cylinder bore on mill. Needs sleeve and valve seat installed. Forget about boring oversize, let's just hone it dry, it cuts faster. We dont own a cylinder honing machine, or boring bar. It's a blue printed "race...
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    New guy with questions.

    Check that the crankshaft pulley is tight on the crankshaft. Two piece pulley? I bought an engine once that everyone said had a wrist pin knock, tightened the crank pulley, and it went away. I had first pulled the pan to check the rod bearings and noticed the loose pulley in the process.
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    Sidebowl filters

    Originals have casting marks for mold position. As this "G 22".
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    The right way to use waterglass

    "Waterglass" is another term for "liquid glass" or sodium silicate. Irontite Ceramic Motor Seal is the oldest and most known manufacturer. It works, creates a ceramic seal in the water jackets.
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    Thompson Products S975 V8-60 valve usage

    I would like to know if the Thompson S975 valve is an intake or exhaust valve, or can be used in either location. Thompson catalog designation would be helpful.
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    Horn Rod Lube?

    Enlarge the inside diameter of the shaft, by running a drill bit down it for a few inches. Find a bit that fits the shaft hole, then get a bit 1/64" larger in diameter and enlarge the hole. Then test the horn rod for binding.
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    CB antenna mount

    Vise grip CB mount. Any location, any position. Easy on and off when you don't need it. Google it, many for sale everywhere, although I make my own.
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    Chickasha?

    Good amount of A parts there last year, but more T than anything else. Vendor entry and setup is at 4pm Thursday. The lineup starts outside the grounds on Wednesday night up until 4pm Thursday when the gates are open. There is a lot of selling going on in the lineup outside. Each load gets hit...
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    Generator Output

    Another simple bench test is to see if the generator will " motor", run like an electric motor connecting a set of battery cables from a battery to ground on the generator case and the output terminal post. If it won't motor it won't put out charge current.
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    Generator Output

    Try polarizing the generator. Momentarily connect a jumper wire between the the two posts on the either side of the cutout. An 8" wire with bare ends can be held by hand against one post and touched on the other.
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