so waht ya doin today?
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The J2? Sure your not thinking of the Olds Toronado that came along a few years later? About had to pull the motor to change plugs on that one.
57 J2 Maybe it was the accessories that required it, but yup. Just loosen the motor mount jack it up a bit and reverse. Some would cut a hole in inner well or pop the well. 56 ford crown had an air box that went to the front of the engine, passenger side. Dad had one of the tornadoes, never looked under the hood but it would pull through the Ozarks hills like crazy.
Never had that issue with 57 J2, it's major change from the regular 371 V-8 was the intake manifold and the 3 two barrel carbs. The Toronado came out in 66 and the issue with the plugs wasn't so much the big block but that the big block was stuffed into the front of a front wheel drive car, not even cutting holes in the fender inner liner would gain access to the plugs, I tried.
Pistolero
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Making an adjustable length HP pin for a Lyman 311316 mold that I got without the pin.
Glad to hear that table saw didn't really bite you, Kevin.
I started watching my father make furniture when I was in the first grade. By the 4th grade I was
actually helping. I have ALWAYS been VERY scared of and respectful of the power tools, which I
now have and use. Good old cast iron Delta HomeCraft table saw, shaper and drill press.
But man, they don't care what they cut and like you said, it only takes a second.
Bill
Glad to hear that table saw didn't really bite you, Kevin.
I started watching my father make furniture when I was in the first grade. By the 4th grade I was
actually helping. I have ALWAYS been VERY scared of and respectful of the power tools, which I
now have and use. Good old cast iron Delta HomeCraft table saw, shaper and drill press.
But man, they don't care what they cut and like you said, it only takes a second.
Bill
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KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
Just ordered some replacement stocks for my new GP100, they look real pretty in the picture. Checkered walnut finger groove style with the Ruger logo carved into them. I'll post pictures when I get them.
Signed the contract and made the initial (25% down) payment with the excavator. They are ready to start pushing dirt around! Will be finishing my taxes and filling out the bank loan papers this weekend. I'm stocking up on tylenol...
Signed the contract and made the initial (25% down) payment with the excavator. They are ready to start pushing dirt around! Will be finishing my taxes and filling out the bank loan papers this weekend. I'm stocking up on tylenol...
KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
Probably post a few selfies and site shots sooner or later. Once the building is delivered and the ground is prepped it won't take long to erect the shell. Then I have to get all the individual contractors lined up. We can work right up to the day we unhook the wiring and unbolt the machines to move to the new shop. Figure it will take a couple weeks to level up and wire in all the machines. I've made arrangements with the university to use the machines in the shop I designed for them, so I can carry on some level of production during the move. Of course I'll make a nice tax deductible contribution into the engineering department account at the university foundation if I do use their stuff.
I'm going to buy a GOOD hammer drill, one of those $400-$500 ones, not a $99 HF special. I plan to mount and level our machines and teach the apprentice and our new third man how to do it. I've done it several times before so no problem there, I have a precision level and lots of shim stock and anchor bolts. I can't legally wire in the machines but the deal I have with the sparkies is to put the proper junction boxes in where I want them and they will come back and hook up the machines as the last step.
I'm going to buy a GOOD hammer drill, one of those $400-$500 ones, not a $99 HF special. I plan to mount and level our machines and teach the apprentice and our new third man how to do it. I've done it several times before so no problem there, I have a precision level and lots of shim stock and anchor bolts. I can't legally wire in the machines but the deal I have with the sparkies is to put the proper junction boxes in where I want them and they will come back and hook up the machines as the last step.
Kevin Stenberg
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I have had the tablesaw 30 some years. An this is only the second time i have been bit.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Every tool related site I am on there are people raving about the dangers of man killers like the buzzsaw, chainsaw and radial arm saw, usually in that order. Yet I've seen more people hurt with tablesaws and skillsaws than any of the others. Glad it wasn't more serious.
Gotta move seating at the church and then get fence posts today.
Gotta move seating at the church and then get fence posts today.
L Ross
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Thanks for the comments guys. The street/rat rod is a 32 Chev 5 window coupe powered by a 64 Imperial 413. Power to weight ratio is favorable. There are some space constraints and right now there is no fan shroud and I'm losing too much air under 25 mph. I hate to go to an electric fan but that might be the best solution. The Olds is a 371 with the J-2 package, (three 2 barrels), after I bought the car I noticed the extra two carbs wouldn't open up. The original vacuum linkage has been replaced with mechanical linkage I finally got it freed up and viola', with a cool sucking sound and a big puff of rusty exhaust, acceleration! But the engine is tired, oil fouling two plugs, leaking on the shop floor, time for a change.
fiver
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i would imagine the torque to weight ratio is on the favorable side too.
I had a 65 new Yorker with the 413 RB engine in it that had a whole bunch of goodies on it.
I got the car in a trade deal and it come with about 90% of the engine in the trunk.
I was gonna just swap the 383 that was in the Newport in it and drive it, but then I scraped the oil and dirt off the block.
I couldn't resist, so over about 2 years I put the thing back together, painted it, and dropped the engine back in.
it was probably the best low 13 second family car ever.
thinking back the nitrous was maybe a little too much.
well crud.
I thought today was Sunday.
we are supposed to have snow over the next 4-5 days and I thought maybe I could sneak in a hundred targets and grab some cement pavers to put a little 3-4 step walkway around both ends of the shed to maybe save some lawn there.
I was gonna snag some bags of top soil too so I can level off a few spots in the back lawn before it warms up.
I had a 65 new Yorker with the 413 RB engine in it that had a whole bunch of goodies on it.
I got the car in a trade deal and it come with about 90% of the engine in the trunk.
I was gonna just swap the 383 that was in the Newport in it and drive it, but then I scraped the oil and dirt off the block.
I couldn't resist, so over about 2 years I put the thing back together, painted it, and dropped the engine back in.
it was probably the best low 13 second family car ever.
thinking back the nitrous was maybe a little too much.
well crud.
I thought today was Sunday.
we are supposed to have snow over the next 4-5 days and I thought maybe I could sneak in a hundred targets and grab some cement pavers to put a little 3-4 step walkway around both ends of the shed to maybe save some lawn there.
I was gonna snag some bags of top soil too so I can level off a few spots in the back lawn before it warms up.
RBHarter
West Central AR
First full season of joy , the cedars are apparently going to be a problem in the fall . I have been out here with no I'll effects to wade through the curb deep pollen drifts ...... knowing my luck it's the dogwood , the address is on aptly named Dogwood Springs Ln . This did set in with the lawn bloom though so who knows . The virus under bug may be helping though .
Thursday morning was absolutely stunning to see on the way to work . Pictures of course don't do justice to the explosion of colors from the dark cedars and pines getting back filled by the oaks , hickory's , walnuts , dogwoods , red buds , assorted vines , fruit , and other nut trees . It was at least as beautiful as the Vermont fall . There is stuff here that blooms in the dead of winter , painted ladies and some other surprise lilys come to mind . There's passion fruit on the front fence .
As a desert rat and now reformed pluviaphile I refer to this as the green hell , but I'm finding that like the 33 flavors of mold , this place grows on you .
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
Sounds cool, L Ross - reminds me of a favorite song.
It happened on the strip where the road is wide
Two cool shorts standin' side by side
Yeah, my fuel injected Stingray and a 413
We're revvin' up our engines and it sounds real mean
Tach it up, tach it up, buddy gonna shut you down.
Declining numbers at an even rate,
At the count of one we both accelerate,
The Stingray is light, slicks are startin to spin,
But the 413's really diggin' in,
Gotta be cool now, power shift here we go....
Not a lot of 413s still out there, I would imagine. But you got a place in a famous song.
Any pix of the rat rod?
It happened on the strip where the road is wide
Two cool shorts standin' side by side
Yeah, my fuel injected Stingray and a 413
We're revvin' up our engines and it sounds real mean
Tach it up, tach it up, buddy gonna shut you down.
Declining numbers at an even rate,
At the count of one we both accelerate,
The Stingray is light, slicks are startin to spin,
But the 413's really diggin' in,
Gotta be cool now, power shift here we go....
Not a lot of 413s still out there, I would imagine. But you got a place in a famous song.
Any pix of the rat rod?
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