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We will be running the NDRL event at Kil Kare. Our closest track is Milan Mi, 115 miles round trip. Have some long road trips this year, 3 close to 1100, 1 over 800, 1 over 600, 2 over 500. Biggest expense is diesel fuel. It’s nuts. Along with buying a large trailer. Hopping for10 mpg. We will...

I’ve been through them all. Car is ready, trailer is close, truck repair will start when vacation is over on the 30th. I’m excited, at 71 don’t know how many more seasons are left. Broken stuff has or is being repaired. When you are retired the only time limit is your energy, so far mine is very...

That pressure plate tells me that you didn’t have motor oil. That unit was HOT. Even the pressure plate is suspect. Start fresh. Doug

I used the umbrella style boots for years. Never an issue. Let’s face it these cars aren’t going off road. Along with the fact that they are well maintained and lubed. Water can’t go where there is grease. Doug

All the head bolt holes are blind. Bolt threads aren’t tight enough to hydra lock when tightened. The liquid will just push out around the threads. Blowing them clean a a drop or two of oil (or suggested lube per manufacture) for more actuate torque for sure. Doug

Carb cleaner is the best thing I’ve found to remove the brown varnish. Far more effective than brake clean. Mineral spirits won’t touch it. To be honest I haven’t tried acetone.i wouldn’t worry about seals. Don’t use them. Let’s see the frictions and bands. Doug

With a factory linkage and adjustment that cam will be right where it is shown in post #13 at idle. Setting against the stop bolt. This is why there is a spring holding the linkage against the carb pin. When that spring is missing shifts an be late at part and throttle. Doug

Something is strange here. I’ve had these screws out hundreds of times. Never seen a stripped hole in one of theses carbs. How does the screw feel going in? Does it bind. You state it wasn’t even tight. We’re all the screws started and partially snugged? Was the lid setting flat? How many are...

I make the idler arm seals out of dense foam from craft stores. A piece of sharpened tube and a hammer will cut it. Doug

Hydraulic press, ball joint press, threaded rod and a piece of pipe, big hammer and some pipe. Just about anything. They aren’t that bad. Doug

Heat the push rod itself. Get it red, then quench it with water in a spray bottle. Same idea as removing stubborn stud or block plugs by welding to them. It'll come out. Doig

There will always be an area in the travel that's does nothing. Even with the factory linkage. I've never seen a cam adjustment that was off by much. Unless someone was messing with it. Just a heads up. Or if it had a incompatible throttle shaft. There are shafts that have the cam 180 degrees...

The first portion of the throttle shaft cams movement isn't even close to touching the throttle valve itself. On the bottom of the throttle shaft there is a cam. When the shaft rotates far enough the cam will depress the throttle valve. That's why you don't feel any resistance during initial...

A friend works with reared lubricants for an oil company. All he does is Ford stuff. They can now even mix and match ring and pinions. Doug

An Eddy carb is like most carbs. 2 mixture screws and a primary idle speed screw. Treat them the same as you would adjusting one carb. All screws out equally. With 2 carbs the air draw is half. So speed settings won’t require much opening. Won’t need the mixture screws out very far either...