Recent content by Slipping727

In the old days when doing a brake job, they would arc the shoes to match the drum. It made a huge difference then just replacing brake shoes. Don't know if anybody does that now a days.

People following the speed limit aren't having any problem

Well deserved congratulations. For every one thousand MLB contracts signed, only one player ever gets to play in the big leagues. A dream come true

Back in the day that's what the bumpers were for. In the city people would bump the cars in front and behind until their car was in.

Yes, very easy for me to misunderstand as he explained everything at once and it was all new to me. It looked like he replaced half the alternator with another half. Can't remember which half. Didn't take him very long.

I've had a '71 440 block that had a 9 9 69 casting date.

Had the same problem. Brought my alternator and regulator to a small rebuilding shop and he tested it. Was less then 30 amps. He took it apart and put a larger rotor in and tested it again. Now has closer to 60 amps and it works perfect. No more dim headlights at idle. Charged me less then a...

I would hold off on LEDs until you fix the cause. I had dim brake lights on my '70 plymouth. Turned out to be a weak connection in the turn signal switch. I then cleaned all connections and grounds. Works perfect now.

It's been awhile since I installed a shift kit, but I believe the solid plug is for the governor passageway to eliminate all auto operations as in a TF-3 kit or B&M manual-pack kit.

Horse hair was used. I used some white breather material from local parts store to replace it. Then I used a very thin layer of silicone along the outer edge of bottom plate before I crimped it back together. Works great and doesn't leak a drop. I think these are disposable parts as I remember...

I've seen factory rivets holding chrome trim on the leading edge of front fender on 1970 satellites and roadrunners before.

Vandals broke-in to their shop in the middle of the night and smashed their engines with sledge hammers??

Jean Arthur, a sweet heart. Always thought she helped bring "flapper girls" into the modern world.

I used this stuff. No additive needed

This guy started hanging around my garage 3 years ago when he was a little kitten. First time I went to give him some lunch meat, he jumped, wrapped his paws around my arm and bit me. Even though he drew blood, I didn't flinch. I just looked at him and asked "What are you doing?". He looked up...