RustCollector
U-joint
Last Activity: Today, 07:05 AM
Joined: 07-28-2019
Location: Eastern Massachusetts
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It's worth taking it apart and cleaning, then re lubing. I don't recall details, but it wasn't that hard to do. I lubed the gear near the motor, and the cable with NAPA sylglide, cuz that was the best... -
My '73 air cleaner is black underneath all of the filth.
To get an image to embed (correct word?), I save it to my desktop, and then click "Upload Attachments" and choose my image...Leave a comment:
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I also installed a grounding network, using a Blue Sea terminal block with maybe 6 terminals on it. It's mounted to an engine room bracket that might be for a Kodiak heater (but I don't have that heater)....Leave a comment:
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Very appropriate badge. Old air cooled Porsches are known for losing even more oil than Rovers are, but Porsches usually release it as smoke and not liquid.
When I was racing cars (not Porsches,...Leave a comment:
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If you install an exhaust with the tail pipe on the opposite side of the steering wheel, you might notice less exhaust noise. Mine is that way, and I only notice the exhaust note (which I do like) when...Leave a comment:
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When I was a kid riding the school bus, the driver would keep his eyes on the road and lazily reach over for the gear shift. The lever would flop around in a big circle while under way, and the driver's...Leave a comment:
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Does that give you a theoretical fording depth of 6 feet now? : )Leave a comment:
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I should have done that when I sprayed my bulkhead and rad support. I was lucky I didn't get too many bugs in it.
I would say that you now have the skills to do the final paint in that same...Leave a comment:
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Related - ish: My boy and I were getting ice cream Saturday night, at around 7:30. In the dark parking lot facing South East, we saw the SpaceX rocket flying by. We didn't know what it was at the time,...Leave a comment:
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Can confirm. I live in that dark gray zone. When I watch those car building shows and they have all these nice rust free old "junk" cars that they find behind a barn, I figure that must be a...Leave a comment:
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I'm going to guess that this part was made just for this video and not for use. There's enough shrinkage as any casting cools to make exact copying impossible with this technique. But it is a cool...Leave a comment:
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Those are light weight, air portable parts....Leave a comment:
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It look like a nice tent. I think the term "overland" has the same effect on prices as "marine" or "military" does....Leave a comment:
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Tom,
Thanks for the kind offer! I will PM if I need some.
I removed and then reinstalled my Fairey, but I didn't crack it open. I did replace the "clutch sleeve", which is...Leave a comment:
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