Frank DuVal

Soak it more. Should be stuck from old fuel. Not stuck from deformed metal. If deformed metal, then drill may be only option. Hopefully Carb King will tell us his experience with these, if metal deformation is ever an issue. 🦃 🦃 🐖 🍠🥔🎄 🕎 ❄️

It should do whatever the barometric pressure is at your location that day! i.e. it should get close to perfect vacuum on a 0-30 inch scale. If it cannot, the internal check valves or diaphragm may be leaking. The force from the input lever pushes on the diaphragm to make suction. So it should go to maximum vacuum (barometric pressure).Pressure for output comes from the internal spring only. Now for this dead head test the outlet needs to be open, so the spring will return diaphragm to bottom of stroke. I agree with putting a rag into the fuel fill opening and then stick an air blower in there to pressurize the tank with a few psi. I've done that on stubborn cars where I replaced parts of the fuel system. Don't drop the blower into the tank!😮 Oh, rubber disc is even better. Glad it is running now!👍 🦃 🦃 🐖 🍠🥔🎄 🕎 ❄️

I think this is funny, I answer Pertronix questions on Corvair forums too many times.😉.. According to these directions, the black wire goes to the ignition switch on positive ground Pertronix igniters. This should be the wire that used to go to the - terminal of the coil before you removed it to hook up the black/white Pertronix wire. https://static.speedwaymotors.com/pdf/4471282P6.pdf

Oh that was a common scene at traffic lights back in the 60s and 70s. The column would wear allowing the shift fork ln the column to not pull the rod to get out of third gear, then the driver would go for first, and the fork would allow the rod to first to move, and the transmission would be in first and third with the vehicle not moving! Then the driver would set the parking brake and raise the hood and grab at the rods hoping to get them to move. Youse floor shifter people have no idea....😉

Yep, Axalta is what it is called now. The painter till calls it DuPont?

The gear selector will not move when the engine is running, or also not moving with the engine off? Yes, go down the first page of topics to Buick Pre-War.

Find an older locksmith? It looks like a small "drive screw" holding the cover on, but in person probably looks quite different. There may also be bits of spring remnants on that drive screw. There should also be a nib under that cover for the spring to work against (i.e. develop force between the nib and the cover). What vehicle is the lock from?

If not driving for months, then leave it dry until ready to drive it for the season.

DEX/MERC is basically Dexron III, as Valvoline states: "Valvoline Dex/Merc ATF is the automatic transmission fluid that has been uniquely engineered to meet and exceed the requirements automatic transmissions in vehicles that specify Dexron-III fluids." So you are good to go. 👍 Others may chime in with differing views... ☺️

aka Three Point Bore Gauge....😉 I have one that will do 0.5" to 0.8", might be a bit small for engine cylinders....

Well, that is so the kids do not unscrew them and choke on the small parts! No problem for me, I have lots of those "security" bit and electronic servicing tool sets, ... cough....choke....😮

Isn't that the truth! I've used a Sunnen hone to open up two Corvair engines that were too tight with new pistons and a fresh bore job. It took two the three thousandths to get rid of the scoring, to a total of 4 thousandths, and they ran great after that. That's 4 thousandths total, not per side of piston. That's another gotcha, some piston's specs for clearance are per side of piston, i.e. a feeler gauge measurement, not total bore. So "they" see 1/2 to 1 thousandths and bore to 0.0005 total larger. Very tight!😮 🦃🦃🦃🦃🍲🍯🍠🥔🐖🍾

Well our family was under median... My first car (1973) was a '62 Biscayne. I paid $15 for it and drove it home. Hit in the rear, but I still drove it for several months before I picked up a trunk and rear bumper. Sold it a year later to move up to a '66 Biscayne station wagon.😃 Before I bought the '62 I had looked at a lot of $5 and $10 cars in the "Trading Post" a 25 ¢ newspaper version of Facebook Marketplace.😉 🦃🦃🦃🦃🐖🍠🥔🍲🍯🛠️

Happy Thanksgiving. The brake topic should have it's own thread.😉 Anyway... 🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃❄️🦃🐔🐔🦃🦃 🍲 🍠 🍲🥔🍠🫖🥔🦃🍯🦃🥔🍠🍲❄️🦃🍲🍇🫘🦃🚗🚗🚗🛬🛫🛩️🦃🛠️🍔🍾🍾🦃🦃🦃🦃🍠🥔🫘🍇🛩️🛫🛬🥔🍠🦃🍾🐖🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃

Um, none? Oh, you said people, not electricians following the rule. 😉 First, turn off the power. If that is not an option, then suit up for the arc flash. Lots of tools and hands slip, not just slotted ones. BTW, combination head screws have been the norm for electrical goods here for many years. Some slotted/phillips but most now are slotted/square (Robertson, Scrulox) combinations. I can tell relative age of equipment by the screws involved. 🦃 🦃🍲🍲 In the wood construction industry they like square/phillips or Torx head screws. 🦃 🦃 🍲 🍠

The key part numbers are the clue. See the link I provided for the B&S catalog. A Google search for B&S part number 72738 brings up this catalog, and on page 8 I find this blank to be a groove 12, a double sided blank, with a round head. That explains the L and R boxes, as each side of the double sided blank get three cuts. Insert key into carriage from the left for three cuts, remove and insert from right for other three cuts. Blank part number 72740 is the same, but with an octagon head. How to get from this page to the Curtis model 14 settings would require the model 14 instructions, I think, or some experimenting. I do wish page 10 of that catalog link was clearer. Lots of blurry data that seems to be important. 😞

No one has reported a battery "just sitting there" in this thread. They were all either taking in (charging) or putting out current (starting vehicle), so current was flowing. ❗

Bitting is the cuts of the key. What the code refers to, like 424324.

Because there was no containing the force, it abated rather than rupturing. Rupturing requires containment for the containment vessel to rupture. Sparks happen because of internal joint failures. Sparks happen because of corroded battery terminals. These are all explosions, not simple gas build up. All flooded lead acid batteries have vents. Your chicken coop balloons had way more Hydrogen in them than could be gotten from electrically breaking down a few ounces of water.

Um, you mean what the pump lid says, use Type A...... Ha! Type A was replaced with Dexron, and it's suffixes (I II III) that are backwards compatible in transmissions. Not sure of compatibility with power steering systems, but I've used it with no issues in the past.😉 I did start using the clear fluid found in FLAPS* in GM cars 80s onward. 🦃 🦃🪡🚗 *Friendly Local Auto Parts Store

I won't tell you how a friend's brother used my hydraulic press one day to fit the king pins in his 63 Ford pickup front axle.....😱 Hey, that was 40 years ago and I watched in amazement, against my objections, that it actually worked....somewhat.... Passed state safety inspection, that's all he cared about!😃 🪡🏎️ 🦃

Motors that have permanent magnets will run backwards, as the magnetic field is the same as it was, now the armature magnetic field from the current running through it is opposite, so the shaft turns the other way. Motors that have electrically derived fields will run the same way, as now the field and the armature have the same relationship. Hence why starters operate fine on reversed polarity. 🐳 🐈‍⬛🚋

Post a picture if you do see a part number on it. There is a very common arm set that works on a lot of GM switches.

Do the green hoses still have the plastic restriction in the heater hose that cracks? I just remove them and put in a "coupling" i.e. piece of pipe. Not sure what the restriction does. ❓

These are explosions, not simple gas build up. How many psi of Hydrogen and Oxygen do you think a few ounces of water in several cubic inches of space can provide? Certainly not enough to remove the top of a battery case. I had to take a co-worker to the ER after they twisted a battery cable to make a better connection as another turned the ignition switch. Spark + Hydrogen + Oxygen = Bang! It certainly had not had time to make any gas pressure.