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dvw replied to the thread 65 throttle cable.The rubber bushing goes around the cable where it goes thru the bracket. Then the E ring keeps the cable locked. Ive made them from... -
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dvw replied to the thread One to many spin and tire shake on the sprag.Nope. Have one in my street car due to no shield. Not a fan of the 1-2 shift with them. My friend Joel pointed out a tweek. We'll see if...
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dvw replied to the thread B&M Quicksilver Shift Cable.All stock floor shifter parts below the floor pan including the bell crank. All parts are in the factory location. The stock B&M cable...
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Went to change the fluid and found a couple of familiar pieces in the pan. As expected, a sprag failure. Caught in time. It has the...
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Isn’t the nut end of your studs 3/8-24 thread?
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dvw replied to the thread Motor-plate sealing recommendations.Made it out of .030" aluminum. Tin snips and blocks of wood clamped together to bend the edges. Made the fan supports out of the same...
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dvw replied to the thread Need help ordering crank and rod bearings please.The Clevite P series are the driver quality grade. If it's a higher output engine I prefer the H series. Doug
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dvw replied to the thread B&M Quicksilver Shift Cable.I have one in my Volare console. Ended up using the factory linkage thru the floor. Then cut down a melted cable to about a foot long...
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dvw replied to the thread Motor-plate sealing recommendations.The radiator in my race car comes out by disconnecting the fan plug, rad hoses, and 2 bolts. I've repaired the water pump in between...
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dvw replied to the thread Leaf spring shackle flip?.Very little. Moving one end of the spring or the other 1" would only change the pinion angle about 1 degree. Doug
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dvw replied to the thread Thurust bearing taken out on new build. Help.If the main bearing was installed upside down you would have way more issues that the thrust. The rods fore and aft of that journal...
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dvw replied to the thread Why me? Blown head gasket?.Oil in the coolant in my experience makes a gummy mess inside the radiator. We had one block that the oil passage up to the right head...
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dvw replied to the thread Motor-plate sealing recommendations.My intake is two piece as well. The first time I tried to seperate it Iwas stumped. Even using a pry bar and a block of wood under the...
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dvw replied to the thread Motor-plate sealing recommendations.Thats why the oil pan gets a gasket. The motor plate comes off easy with a light tap of the dead blow, not much surface area. I would...
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dvw replied to the thread Motor-plate sealing recommendations.No gaskets. Clean surfaces. Ultra Grey sealer. Same exact set-up as yours. Been doing it with this motor 12 years. Over a 1000 passes...
