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There are several old airplanes flying today (Doc and FiFi, The SuperConnie and numerous B-17/24/25's) that can't fly above about 12,0000 feet because above that altitude they need boost on the...

Probably a good idea. One of the almost lost skills is finding a shop that knows how to undercut the slots in a commutator and then true it up.

gmwillys has taught us that one of the secrets to welding sheet metal pieces onto old metal is to do it like house training a puppy; piddle a little and move on. Piddle some more and move on... ...

After the Holiday Parade last November, the truck made one more road trip and then it was time to go into hibernation. When I unrolled the big silver truck cover, I saw a puddle of stuff under the...

"Even outside of cars, if you haven't noticed my writing is not really superb!!"

I would take issue with that. Your writing is concise, well organized and grammatically acceptable to the forum in...

"...Yikes! 68 Octane... sounds like dishwater from the greasy spoon...."

If I can trust my failing memory, in Germany during WWII, much gasoline was derived from coal, not crude oil. During the...

" ...back in the day they only had 70 or so octane.."

Check the octane rating on this overhaul plate from a German Overhaul Depot after WWII.

And for the whole 45-seconds it takes to make your pass, the crowd will be going wild over a Jeep!

"... 11 o'clock was getting a little late for a school night, ..."

If I remember from your initial sign-in, you're still in high school?

"Those two little seats,,,,,, $954.00!"


I heard an ad for woodworking tools last week that said "Pay once, cry once"; the point being pay for good work once, cry about it but you don't have to...

BMorgil mentions fuel pressure. About half of folks find that new fuel pumps will develop more pressure than the float/needle combination will effectively regulate.

You can reduce fuel pump...

When I was playing around with the Carter on the '48, I went exploring to verify jet and orifice sizes.

I found that a set of micro drill bits did a good job in verifying jet sizes and - as a...

In moments of frustration with Solex carburetors, one person made the following suggestion:

A. Remove the carburetor.

B. Have a friend come over to your shop at night.

C. Ask the friend...

When I did a carburetor rebuild for the '48, I could not get the accelerator pump out of the cast body. Gunk and crud had glued it down!

I had soaked it in several different potions to no avail...

Did you do a ceramic coat on the exhaust? I wish I had done that on the '48 - cast iron rusts - yuckk.

WOW! That was a trip down WIllys history.

I liked the picture with the Christmas lights and "Alabama snow" on the windshield. It was an inspiration!

You might come close, but GMWillys' "Heep" is the standard for patina.

You really hit the jackpot - both with the Simpson meter and the emergency brake assembly!

I may have added to the confusion by saying that SAE 140 would not hurt on a steering box already loaded up with grease, - but it would have shown leaky seals.

Corn Head grease is good stuff for...

I'm just watching, but this talk about POR 15 tweaked my curiosity. As usual, Mrs. Google led me to some straight skinny about the product:
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Those are the two premium analog meters - Simpson 260 and the Weston Analyzer series.

That Simpson is one of the older series that still used the banana plugs for test leads. Later series had the...

The cage nuts do give you a little float if don't line up just right.

If I recall correctly, you have about 25% float with a cage nut to line things up. Nutserts and welded nuts have to be just...

You always find things like that at the last place you look...

OK - enough about the Old Guy and his Simpson 260 .. (grin)

Seriously - around an Old Jeep that is electrically very noisy, a digital multimeter (like my Fluke 77) goes crazy because of the...