Recent content by samatulich

Not surehow to "follow" but I'll look for updates. Once you make it up here (Alaska) keep me in mind if you have trouble or need anything. Valdez is a cool little city, a little out of the way, but worth checking out if you have time. Good luck, have fun and take your time. Wish I had spent more...

Don't know about the originality, but some polish and wax will make that thing look great.

You'll be glad you took the forty. Have a couple fuel cans, some good tunes and just enjoy the ride. Plenty of help along the way.

Got some 2F therapy. Pulled it out of storage on Friday, went for a nice drive this morning.

I used a length of rope (3/8 x ??') and stuffed it in the cylinder, turned the crank until the the cylinder compressed the rope at TDC, that kept the valves from dropping into the cylinder while I changed out the valve stem seals. Borrowed the spring compressing tool from Auto Zone. Took a...

First one looks to be the only one that would give you enough height to clear a Fj40s top.

No sunroof

Pulled the '05 tundra out of the driveway yesterday and water began dripping from the overhead console. Pulled the headliner to have a look. Can't tell if there's a leak or it's just condensation. I'm leaning towards condensation, based on what I saw. Water dropped all over the underside of the...

From my first spring in Valdez 2022

Just an average snow year, I was just unprepared and inexperienced. Lesson learned.

Had a blast fishing from the 17'er. The oars worked ok, made trolling a bite easier

Had this 17' Grumman for a few years. Lost it to the snow load last winter Here's our 13' Grumman. Moving it a few miles north to another lake.

@Pighead Good to know, wasn't aware of this.

Why did you NOT replace the Idle Fuel Solenoid? I'd start there. Also, running with full or partial choke makes me think there's an air leak. Carb base and intake manifold are culprits. It is not uncommon for cracks to form inside the intake manifold, remove the carb and look.

Backfire out the carb= lean; backfire out the tail pipe= rich The plugs were fouled? How so? I'd make sure the carb it jetted correctly for your elevation.