Recent content by RustbucketBick

Its interference fit with the front plate of the trans, part 034 in the diagram My guts telling me its a bad idea to file off the burr and send it lol

In an effort to remove a rather stubborn input shaft seal tonight, I found myself digging a pick into the inner diameter of a pump bushing(see attached). Does anybody know if i can send it, and if not, how bad is it to replace? Thanks

Spring Break got boring, so I decided i'd start a little micro-project. Anyway, my old speaker grilles have been driving me crazy - and I can't find an OEM replacement anywhere - so why not just make them myself? It should be noted that I modeled these on campus based off an incomplete set of...

So i’ve had my junkyard find cruiser for almost 8 months now, and in the past couple months, ive noticed this non-rythmic knocking coming from (seemingly) the right side of the engine. Its slowly gotten more consisten, which concerns me. The video ive attached does a pretty solid job summing it...

Problem solved! Thank you to everybody who insisted on it being a linkage problem: when i reinstalled the linkage on the back of the carb i mustve not torqued a bolt down all the way and one of the plates slipped out of place, which caused this whole mess. It wasnt visable on first inspection...

Yes and yes, sadly neither did the trick.

Solid idea, but im 99.9% sure it isnt that. Nothing is seizing on me.

Before i begin, allow me to preface this by saying that i’m new to the forums and this is my first post, so please be patient if this is in the wrong place. First cruiser, just trying to be part of this awesome community. Thank you :) But i digress. A handful of months ago, I bought an 87 fj60...