Grandmas73

2 or 3 uggah-duggahs... :D Torque specs are at the end of the specific engine sections in the shop manual.

I want to thoroughly thank the members of this forum who helped me out with this. If not for you guys I’d still be sitting here stumped...

While I don’t have a tach, I did pick up power for my Pertronix right at the throttle position solenoid. If your rubber boot is still...

The direction for the Pertronix 1281 system (I am not speaking of the Pertronix II or Pertronix III, as I have never worked on those)...

This past weekend, I pulled an offenhauser intake off a 351 that was installed with Fel Pro gasket that did not have crossover holes...

Well, you took the words off my keyboard!! As most know, I have posted on this subject before. What I came up with was to insert a piece...

Wow, that's a real mystery. Just for the heck of, here's a pic of what I did to block off the crossover on the manifold. You've seen it...

I am in the, "Unbolt the carb, rebuild it, and if the aluminum threads do strip retapp andor helicoil them," camp. It could be worse...

As previously stated, you must pull the carb and open it up. Who know what you'll find in there. IF by chance you mess up the carb...

73 Vert I bought the TinMan subframe connectors for installation on my convertible. I wouldn't call myself a welder, but I think I can...

Prep for install on the lift, only lightly tack one side of each connector, then put the car on the ground for final welding.

You really want weight on wheels when welding in your SFCs. You can make up some tire cribs out of 2x4s to set the car on and have...

You can use a set of wheel dolleys from harbor freight. I use the 2 post to lift the car up for most work. Then when I need to do...

I did mine with home made tire cribs. My arms did get tired.

IMO, the only way to do it correctly is to stitch/tack weld them in with the sprung weight on all four corners. Pre-fit/mock them up on...