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It’s done. I removed the 1/2” bolt from the front of the radius rods at the tt. Then I loosened the 2 bolts at the rear. I jacked the rear wheels up and placed ramps under the tires facing opposite directions. I hammered the end of the tt and bounced the car up and down but still couldn’t get...

Rockfla, Thanks. That’s a generous offer. No need for you to go to all that trouble. I think I can just pick one up here at Ace hardware tomorrow. Richard

Kube, It does sound like something is off .but it seems that if it was bent the rod would be shortened? With the hole extending 1/4” beyond the bolt it would seem to be longer!! I’ll have more information in the morning. Richard

Rich, That sounds like a great idea! There is no way to lever it back from the torque tube position at the front but with the bolts removed from the back I can bolt it at the torque tube and lever it forward until I can get one of the bolts in and the hopefully the other. Genius! My brother is...

Tim the passenger side rod is about 1/4” forward of the hole. Needs to slide back. Mart I will try that. Seth, I have the 1/2” bolt, it just won’t line up to go through the passenger side radius rod. I will need a castle nut. Richard

Good morning Tim. Here’s what I’ve tried. I jacked the car up and put ramps on each wheel facing opposite directions and rocked the car up and down. Rod didn’t move. Wrapped a strap around the passenger side axel and attached it to truck trailer hitch and pulled. No movement. Is this what I...

I recently had work done on my 1933 rear end. When I got my car back I noticed unusual noise coming from under the car. Upon examination I found that the bolt that secures the rear radius rods to the torque tube only halfway through the hole with no nut on the other side. I was able to get...

Looks like we escaped any severe wind damage. We didn’t even loose power! Storm surge didn’t happen here in coastal communities south ofTallahassee. We were lucky with the eye coming in east of us. The storm blew the water away from shore out into the gulf. Low tide helped too. Richard

Bracing for the worst here in Tallahassee. Hopefully it will come in east of us pushing water out of the bay here. Good luck too all of us! Richard

Alchemy, google “Iron trap garage”. Then click on “videos” Richard

Alchemy, there is a detailed video doing this online at Iron Trap garage. Lots of other videos at this site too. Richard

Was this devise really effective in offering better stabilization or was it more akin to intake manifolds that promise substantial increase in horsepower. How was it attached. It looks like just a smooth round cylinder. Richard

Kube, nice looking ‘36 and beautiful wood graining on the dash! Richard

That looks great Glen. Can’t wait to see the finished product! Richard

Thanks everybody for all the information. B & S, I’ll contact H & H again and see if they will give me the information. It would be really helpful to have. Richard

Phil, I would desperately like to know what’s inside this engine. I have the name of the person that H & H built the engine for but so far they have refused to give out any information on the build. Richard

Thanks Cadillac, that’s a good description that even I can understand. So a cam designed for low end torque instead of high end power will yield higher compression figures? Richard

Hey Guys, Cadillac, I bought the car last year with this engine in it. It has an aftermarket cam but I don’t know what it is. Terry, again, I don’t know what kind of pistons it has. Ron, how long does it usually take to seat the rings? I’m no expert but it looks like any or all of these...

Hey Guys, I have a 21 stud flathead with Eddie Meyer heads. My research shows that the heads are rated 8.25:1 CR but my heads are about 89-90 lbs at each cylinder. If my math is correct, this comes out to around 6:1 compression. The engine was built by H & H Flatheads and has about 800 miles...

Tony, make sure you are measuring the actual shoe itself and not the part that the shoe is attached to. Richard