Mike "Hubbie" Stearns
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Campers generally don't have shocks on them from the factory. I think you can put them on, but are quite expensive.
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This has probably been discussed before, but I didn't find one. With spring just around the corner and time to start checking our trucks and trailers for the warm weather towing. I have a 07 Chevy 2500 diesel and a 30' camper. The camper weights in at about 7000 lb with 750 lb tongue weight. I always use the Equilizer weight distribution hitch. I've notice last fall that I'm getting a lot more bounce from the hitch area. The truck is stock. I believe I need to replace the shocks. I would like your opinion on what shocks I should get. Thanks Mike
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Mike, I do like the color and look forward to seeing it all assembled. I'm like you also, blue isn't my favorite color as I like the reds. I've had several trucks of various colors and the current one is my favorite and I'd victory red
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Mike, love to see the progress you have made. Looks great. I can't wait till I can get back to mine. I'm just wondering why blue?
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Sorry, the Henry is too small thanks
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I'm looking for a 15H engine block. It's a flat head inline 6 cylinder with a 4.5" bore. Will consider all or any leads. Thanks mike
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the block does need sleeved and new valve guides and seats. With that said, I'm just looking at my options. I've found a company that specializes in welding it by furnace welding and can do the machine work also. It's about a 2 day round trip. Been looking for a metal stitcher company and a replacement block. The ladder is going to be quite hard to find. There isn't much info available for 1928 continental engines on the web. I really need to locate a cross reference book since it seems that some forklifts used them. Thanks for your input, Mike
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Just a quick update. Got a call from the machine shop earlier this week. After a quick chat over the phone, I stopped by. He had planned on pinning the crack. After he had cleaned it, it is worst than he thought. As you can see in the picture, the crack goes around the inside under the valve seat. There are 2 of these cracks and several other smaller ones as well. He recommends it be welded. So now I'm going to have to look for someone that can do this or try to find another block. Either way, it's going to be a challenge. Mike
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I had taken the block to the machine shop to get the crack fixed. It's a 15h continental 6 cylinder flat head. There's a crack that starts at the exhaust valve of number 2 cylinder to the cylinder. He had already planned on sleeping the cylinderThe shop called me today and we( both the machine shop and me) don't know what was in the cylinders. What I mean is he hot tanked it and when he washed it down, the the bore grew 50 thousandths. It's not the end of the world. Does anyone know what it might have been? He did say the whatever it was, was magnetic. Thanks Mike
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I'm a plumber and at times we use water to test piping (usually underground cast iron) for inspectors. Our test is 10 foot of waster which gives us 4.34 psi at the bottom. Water will give you .434 psi per foot of rise. Since gasoline is lighter than water, My question is how many feet of rise is needed to get 2 psi using gasoline ? Thanks Mike
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I finally had time to do the math. According to the math, I would need a 6X7 ( dxh) filter. Unfortunately I won't fit directly on the carb. Ill have to make something to get it to some free space. Will probably use some 3 1/2 or 4 inch tubing since the carb is 3 inch. Mike
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I loved the video. Just wish restoring a vehicle was that fast
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I'd like to wish all of you a safe, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from central Indiana. Just don't eat and drink too much. Mike
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Bud, will do. Mike
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Bud, I tried Monties and they don't have any manuals that cover my engine. I really don't know how I found Faxon Auto Lir Sales, but they do have a manual that covers it. It's a 1930 manual. Unfortunately it's out of stock at this time. It should be available in January. I was surprised on how many items they have for sale. Mike
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I agree luv2wrench! There's a lot of good information in these threads and I've learned something new every time I read a post. I can't wait till the weather warns up so I can get back to mine. Thanks to all of you ! Mike
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My first car was a 65 bug. It didn't do bad in the snow or ice. Me and my friend use to go drift bustin out in the countryside. Run it about 25-35 to hit a drift and go up and over it. I got pretty good at it until we hit one that was a good 3 foot high and about 12 foot long. We got stuck about half way through. We spent about an hour getting it out. Turned around and headed back to town. We passes the snow plow a mile down the road. We turned back around and found the snow plow stuck in the same place we were. We helped him get out. He was very great full for the help as his radio had quit working and Was on his way to the garage to get it fixed. It took him 3 times to get through.
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M-mman, would you post or send me a picture please? Thanks Hubbie
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1939 Buick, my engine is 6 cylinders with a bore of 4 1/2 and stroke of 5 1/2. With a rear end ratio of 6.90, I've been told it will top out at about 45 mph wide open. I'm not planning on doing that ever. Hubbie
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Thanks Tinindian. Here in the Midwest, it can get quite dusty in July till September. I really don't want to run any engine without an air filter. That's why I'm open to ideas of size I should. I found a web site that said to use an air filter that is 6X18 round which seems over kill
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Thanks for the info. Learned something new today.
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I have seen the prestolite tanks before, but what are they? Or their purpose?
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That's may be the case, but would like to know about what size it would be
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since its too cold to work in the garage, I have been doing some research next to the fire place. My 28 Gramm has a continental 15h engine. If I done the math right, it's 525 cu in. It didn't come with an air cleaner. Does anyone have any idea what size it would need? The carb is 3" inlet. Thanks Mike
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I've had the camper longer than the truck. The camper is a 2008 and purchased new. The truck was purchased used with 22K on it. It has always done it. I was thinking about going to a good gas filled shock, but really don't know