Frank DuVal

New Old Reproduced Stock? Something not right with that series of words.😁 Say a set of brand new 25 years old Standard Ignition Parts Blue Streak DR2240X points show up for sale. They are NOS, just blew the dust off the box, but never were offered as original equipment on a GM car. So, they are NORS. 😉

Right, as long as you can stick your fingernail in the grooves between commutator segments, they are deep enough for now.

Highly doubt that was happening. It is just a piece of wire with another coil of wire wrapped around it. Current flows BOTH ways (not at the exact same time, though) in normal ammeter use! That's why there is a D (discharge) and a C (Charge) end of the scale with a center 0 (zero). Just sounds like the ammeter had an "open" circuit internally.

Black snakes are wonderful to have around the house. Not in the house. 😉 I live where we only have one poisonous snake, the Copperhead. That's enough. See them usually every summer.

And you haven't driven it with the exhaust removed yet? Yes, I know it is loud.... as long as no fire will ignite anything..... do be cautious. The car has to be driven to make it fail, right? Idles just fine forever in the driveway?

YES! I rarely use the 75% column tap drills when doing hard material.

Buick engines for jet engine start carts. Model A engine with two cylinders firing, two cylinders pumping air as an air compressor. Saw it at "Field Day of the Past" in Rockville, Virginia Also saw an Oliver tractor that had a GMC V-12 stuck in it. One of those rare GMC V-6s cast en bloc (as in one block) for over the road tractor use in the early 60s. 702 Cubic Inches. Seen several different car engines on old sawmills on farms in Southside VA.

Used Cars.😁 Has a flying Edsel. Atomic Brain Invasion, has a Graham Sharknose in it!👍 No, I've never watched it.... And of course, Fritz Lang's Metropolis! Very famous move from Germany in 1927. Features, not just happens to be in shots, the Rumpler Tropfenwagen. Very futuristic car, well, for mid 20s. Yes, at least two are destroyed, out of maybe 100 made.... Only one known to still be in existence.

Terry, you do know that SDC is the Studebaker Drivers Club? Ever since August 1962.....😉 Like when I complained of chest pains, the cardiologist said get on the Cath table, because the only way to know is take a look inside!😲 Soak those bolts and be prepared to drill out broken studs. It is just the way it is. The plugged exhaust may not be the problem, but to eliminate it as a possibility it has to be removed! If it was bad wires inside the metal protector, just soaking them with water should reproduce the issue when cold.

Someone did!😆

I Googled, and the Chevelle had a different style of 14" cover. Corvairs and Chevy IIs had 13" covers.

What test did you perform to determine this result?

On some master cylinders the rod from the brake pedal is adjustable. If the rod is too long, the master will not release properly and system pressure build up . BTDT.🤬

Agreed on "feel" is different between brands. 🤔 One cannot write a specification on "feel", for purchasing agents. Like obscenity, you know it when you see it.😁 Agreed emergency use can get by with not as good a "feel" than everyday use 8+ hours a day. And AGREE on that!😉 And we agree the HF pullers have very few uses.... with modification, mabe a few more, but not for high loading removal at all. Thread too coarse, lips too broad, of course I only know the 30 year old stuff from them in pullers.... But the 37 year old 12 ton press is working GREAT, even after abuse in the shop environment. Bent a little... but still fine... no hydraulic leaks... Not sure if current production is similar, so YMMV on new stock.

And 1964 Greenbriers. 😉 Maybe not in the parts book, but dealers would install them.

ReStore is the name around here. I too found tools and hardware at one. And Cuttler Hammer 90 amp breakers at another, at a VERY good price.

Yes, Harbor Freight does not have the resources to make special tools for one person, nor do they need to find used tools for one person. But, they have their place in the supply chain. You would me amazed at what they actually make well for home mechanics. Not everything in the store... But some are good, and the new ICON line fells great. I have not used any yet, as I am not in the market for any wrenches. I'm sure if 99% of the people on this forum asked their local Snap-On dealer for he same special service you did, we would get NOTHING! A professional mechanic needs the tool truck to come visit to keep production up., But, if a wrench you need breaks 2 hours after the truck leaves.... the next day the truck is 75 to 100 miles away in this area. It took two months to get my Snap-On torque wrench back from being calibrated. My other off brand torque wrenches did not need calibrating! I agree with a professional mechanic needing tools that work well, but if an off brand (SK, Cornwall, King Dick, Harbor Freight) wrench works, just how is the finished result better using Snap-On brand tool? That sounds like you drank the Kool Aid! I am not talking about poor fit wrenches that leave your hands bloodied and fasteners rounded off, that's obvious. And once you leave the wrench/screwdriver category, better equipment is available from other suppliers, like Miller, Lincoln, National Detroit, Milwaukee, Schaumacher, Channellock, Ridgid, etc. that are better at what they build. I only own a few Snap-On pliers because they just are not as good. Not the right "feel". But I have friends in the business that buy everything Snap-On because the truck stops by and instant financing. My cheap Solar plasma cutter works just as well as their Snap-On version that's twice the price.

We welcome travelers to stop by Fredericksburg, VA on the way to the tour, our "June" AACA show this year is Saturday, May 29th. This year due to bridge reconstruction issues, the show is at the new Fredericksburg Nationals ball park! Details on HFRAACA Facebook page, or PM me on this forum.

My dealings with Fastenal is if they need to order in a fastener delivered to the store for me I am charged the shipping anyway! Yep, memory rusty here. Always good for refresher learning.👍

Time to revisit this from page one of this thread.

Ah, time for a fastener lesson. Go to the source and see these are the bits to fit their screws.😁 https://www.tamperproof.com/ I have not seen the spoke adjustment you mention, all my spoke work was on bicycles of 60/70 time frame, never a motor vehicle, and the spoke adjustment was on the end nut at the rim, adjusted from outside the rim with that Schrader valve 4 way tool.🤔 But I have seen the large screwdriver split tips, so they fit something that is not the two hole screw head!😉

Way back in that link to 41 Champion (same engine) tune up specs, in the small light print, used a 24" monitor...: Pressure: 3 1/2 lbs maximum Capacity: 1 pint or over in 1 minute.

If you like pinching yourself.... I tend to not do the painful routine and still use my KD or Lisle red handled brake hold down retaining tool from 50 years ago.

I've had plenty of stainless steel 18-8 fasteners shear off....... Not a cure, but better than the weak Hillman brand of zinc/low strength whatever. I also have had many stainless steel screws/bolts into stainless steel nuts seize/gall and need to be cut out. Always use dissimilar metal nut to a stainless steel screw/bolt. Bolt Depot is good. So is MSCdirect (the old Manhattan Supply Corp) if you can navigate their online catalog.

Of course, "normal" engine in this case, spending too much time with Corvair engines, since the timing mark is on the crankshaft and the piston is on the crankshaft...... no way can cam or distributor timing be tested this way (unless a Corvair, where the distributor is driven off the crankshaft 😉). So, this is a test of the timing mark on the damper. A good test, as the dampers do fail (slip), depending on construction.