you have to be careful with who sells you the 555 units. The 555 name is one of the most pirated names in China.
Make sure the ones you buy are Made in Japan. They will have the logo cast into them and many times, space provided,
the word "Japan"
Depends how "old school" the 350 is and the way it was wired.
Back in the carburetor days, the voltage to the coil was taken off a now never used terminal on the starter.
That terminal supplied voltage to the coil. However if this engine had a...
A leaf spring can be designed to flex well but they need to be specific. A spring for a soft top 40 without any accessories will need
a different rate than a 40 with a hardtop, roof rack, bumpers, winch, aux gas tank and a tire carrier. There's...
no need to rush things. spin in up a few times a day, check things in between. When your comfortable, for a minute then shut it down. Check things like plugs for oil or burn, temp and oil pressures. It's just a common sense thing. Run it for...
If the clutch is engaged , the clutch disc is spinning. If the disc is spinning, the transmission input shaft is spinning.
It the input is spinning and you try to pop it in gear without depressing the clutch, you'll know real fast if the clutch...
I picked up an 82 fj40 that had been stored for 15 years. It was sitting so long the water had evaporated in the block leaving nothing but a dry caked up powder
in the block. I replaced the thermostat housing, radiator, hoses and flushed the...
If they are flanged with a gasket or copper crush ring ,they probably aren't a pipe plug. Probably just a metric thread with a hex drive.
The theory with pipe plugs in dependent on their taper. No gasket required
I haven't needed a metric set yet but they are available. I use pipe plugs on air injection rails. It seems 3/8 and 10mm are close enough, as are 13mm and 1/2"
They are obviously out there, at least from the big boys. Frankly, I'm not sure the...
square plug sockets are called pipe plug sockets, they come in male and female, 1/2" or 3/8" drive
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