Recent content by Jeff Elliott

I need quite a few parts - @Sajan, how confident can I be that we will get a 25% off discount starting on 11/21?

Man, wasn’t thinking I’d get that deep. This truck has <100k on it. Do I need to go full send here?

Well, what started as a simple head gasket job has quickly spiraled into a "while I'm in there" project and I've pulled the motor. Honestly, it needed a rear main and a upper pan re-seal anyway so no biggie (hopefully). I need to pull the head and get it to the machine shop in the next couple...

Hey @Malleus and @roadstr6 , what did yall take him when you dropped the head? He’s only a couple of days out now so should be a quick turn. It’s a 90 min drive one way so I want to make sure I only make it once! He mentioned grinding the valves - do I need to take the shims, valve guides, etc?

Thank you both gents - good enough for me. Will give him a call and get it headed that way.

Hi All - Finally retired so I'm getting at my long list of "to-do's," one of which is doing the head gasket on my 80. Any good machine shops in the charlotte area that you guys would trust with the head work? I'm up north of the city but can drive a bit for a reliable machine shop /...

Won't disagree with anything you've noted but will say they're working well and they seem to match other reputable brands on the market so hopefully many years of service ahead.

Update: All installed with no leaks. Gonna call this a success! Thanks for the input.

Out of town - y'all have a beer and burrito for me!

In searching some more, it appears Slee's kit uses fittings like the ones I have: I think I'm going to give it a go. It'll either leak or it won't. Will report back. Feel free to stop me if someone knows more than I do at this juncture.

Well, these were free so I suppose that’s my rationale if they fit. I also have the truck on the rack as I thought I had everything I needed to do the job. If I need to order more parts, the truck has to sit there until they arrive which is a pain.

I would have thought the same BUT metal tech has lines on their site for an 80 series and a close up enough picture for me to see the fitting... it's the same as what I have on my new line:

Replacing all my rubber lines with braded lines gifted to me by the PO. The drop line to the top of the front axle from the frame seems to have a different connection than the stock line. The stock line is a concave flare while the new line seems to be more of a compound flare. Can I use...

Sad news indeed... The roller coaster that was his illness (being told he had it, he didn't, etc.) made this particularly challenging and he handled it well all things considered. I first met Eric when he messaged me saying he was close to my house already and wanted to pick up some parts I...

Second Dean @ H&H. Knows cruisers really, really well.