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Have you tried Egge?: EGGE Machine Company - Parts and Services for Nostalgic Motors

Look into a White (not steamers, unless you're so inclined, though they far exceed that budget). I think the lower horsepower "gas" White's are one of the most underrated brass cars out there.

I like Abbott Instrument in Portland, Oregon.

Garlock is good stuff. How much end play do you have?

Thank you for encouraging me to look at your profile (your link only redirects the viewer to their own control panel). Googling your unusual username brings an interesting Wikipedia post to the top of the results, so I guess I wasn't that far off the mark: User:Marbles Mahoney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yes, I saw where it was answered above. I mistook it as a posted picture simply because it is so obnoxiously huge. Your link doesn't work, but given how you're trying to direct to the control panel I can only surmise you're trying to advertise or sell something.

There are some 1965 Lincoln's with a sunroof option that was supposed to have been factory authorized and the cars were shipped off the line with the headliner in a box and taken to an outside contractor to complete the conversion. That's the earliest I know of.

Ah, I see the little line there now. Most forums put limits on the size of signature pictures. That one is so big it just looks like an intentionally posted inline photo.

What does repeatedly posting the picture of the Buick Reatta have to do with this thread?

There is one on Ebay right now that's probably more than you want to spend: SNAP ON UNIVERSAL HUB PULLER SET CG4567 14PC W/BOX! - eBay (item 400186672549 end time Feb-07-11 13:02:28 PST) Snap-On actually listed these in their catalogs until recent years and I think it's since been discontinued. I'm surprised to see this one marked as Snap-On, every one I've ever seen is Blue Point. Mine is quite old and marked as such. Fair market value for the puller loose (no case, no trinkets) is $50 to $100 bucks depending on whether it's been mushroomed with a steel hammer, thread condition, etc. Best puller ever. Mine once pulled a LaSalle hub that the owner broke two other substantial pullers on trying to remove it.

Who said, "Hyundai -- as much fun to drive as they are to push."? Hint: he died on this day six years ago.

Not so. I know several Delawarians who do it, though I'm not so sure you have to go through a service to get it set-up.

Also, technically, 1958. If you check everything printed at that time, they kept Continental and Lincoln separate despite the fact they were the same car. Nowhere will you find the words "Lincoln Continental" merged either on the car or in print.

Packard - A History of the Motorcar and the Company states there were 13,030 One-Ten's for 1941, but goes into no more detail than that.

My older Machinery's Handbook doesn't go into specifics on that, but I wouldn't think it's much different than any lathe boring tool for that diameter. It's probably pretty forgiving. I wonder if he's dealing with lead-based Babbitt? Lead-based is supposed to machine with a dull gray appearance whereas tin-based comes out shiny. What type of finish problem is it? If it's prickly and he's using a sharp point on his tool, have him stone a slight radius on the nose. Also, what kind of set-up is he using to bore it? 4in. is a big honking bearing -- guessing stationary steam engine?

His other posts are relevant to their respective threads. I'm guessing his English is limited.

I would suggest that if you have a battery disconnect in the circuit, whether screw type or "heavy duty" switch, take it out and see if it helps. I've seen more of those stupid things fail and cause problems like this. First one really drove me nuts. If a braided cable isn't important to you, CarQuest sells really nice black 6v cables. When authenticity isn't important (or it's on a newer car) I just get them from them. They come in a variety of lengths and are very reasonably priced. I used to make cables until I figured out theirs cost less than I was paying for just the ends. They're nice and flexible with neatly terminated ends.

By the time he lets the smoke out of the starter and has to have it rebuilt, he could just pay a rollback!

Well, I should have been more clear. That to which I was referring is the P.O.S. Harbor Freight come-a-long referenced above because that seems to be what's so popular. There are better ones out there, like the one you bought, but they ain't $30 bucks. Of course, good-used is always an acceptable option and ones like mine can be had for pretty reasonable money -- I paid less than half for mine what you paid new for your cable type. You're good to point out the deceptive load rating. In addition, there is likely no safety factor built into that even if the number is accurate. My chain hoist is "only" rated for 1-1/2 tons, but that's in terms of vertical lift, so numbers can be tricky (this is true when buying rotisseries, too). Another advantage to the chain type is no spool, so if you have a long enough chain you can do it in one shot without having to block the car, unhook, and take another bite. Point being -- don't sacrifice safety for dollars. One trip to the emergency room would easily buy a new Warn electric winch many times over.

Come-a-longs can be scary when they fail. If you value your fingers, do yourself a favor and get a lever-type chain hoist: Better mechanical advantage, more refined apparatus, chain instead of a cable, so on and so forth. Also, regardless of the situation, loading trailers is just like handling guns -- don't let anybody be in the path of your potential projectile. I see people walking behind cars going up the ramps like they're going to catch it if it starts rolling back, or standing at the front of the trailer where they'll get crushed if the heap you're loading with no brakes gets away and pinches them against the tailgate of the tow vehicle. There is always a safe option. Just use your brain and visualize for where not to be should something go wrong. There are lots of people out there moving heavy objects that have no business doing so and putting the ignorant in harms way in the process.

A couple of years ago I sent a somewhat large package to a town only 60 miles away. It took over two weeks for him to get it. After the postal clerk got snotty for me inquiring he explained that a lot of it is due to the use of more contract carriers. When things start to go between small towns, they wait for the pallet to fill up to make it worthwhile to move it. I was shipping from a small town to a small down, so there probably wasn't much traffic that direction. This was before they had real tracking and what I sent wasn't really replaceable so I was getting nervous. This is why USPS gets a big fat "F" for service. I told the clerk that when you supply a service comparable to another firm for the same rate, you have a reasonable expectation of similar performance and that FedEx would have gotten it there in a few days, at most, and at the very least would have been able to tell me where it is. His answer: "Than you should have used FedEx".... and that's precisely what I've done with every package since.

Just call that place I mentioned above. The parts stores won't be the cheapest alternative, and they are well aware of the problem, having made new components impervious to ethanol. There's a chance that what a parts store will sell you will be old stock, too. There's not too many Toro fuel pumps jumping off the shelves. Thanks for the comment on the Lincoln's. Only one has come along any significant way. Two are to the point I just need to get over the hump with paint. The Limo has only been stabilized and is waiting for its moment in the sun. It runs well, but thanks to a giant rat having used it for its home before I bought it, it needs virtually everything.

I've worked on several of these and never seen one with cracks, though that's what old stamped or spun brass is prone to do. If there are no new ones on the market, I'd just suggest finding another good used one.

Yep, the design of that road seems too new for the 1910's, even if it is a palace, or some such.

That, or probably just because it's an obvious oddity.