Recent content by TobyB

Not always. My vote is for the bridge between 2 cylinders to be completely blown out. It happens... t

Practically speaking, if you let it pump until the needle stops rising, it doesn't make all that much difference. As long as you do it exactly the same for each cylinder. t

Sure- you can tow lots. very very slowly... heh t

The small ones get in through the back vents, I have found. Didn't believe it, but in and out they went. It's been a really bad year for mice up here. They got the pickup, too. t

It takes FOREVER in WA- if you know a towtruck driver, you can speed things up considerably... t

Work on the negative side. That way, when the wrench bumps the body, it doesn't get a chunk out of it. Textbooks that recommend the positive terminal are good to use to start fires with abovementioned wrench and spark. And some hydrogen gas from a battery that's been charging. Although that...

In the old days, the recommendation was to change your oil after an extensive run with the choke pulled. I don't know how much validity there was to it, but the idea was to get the unburned fuel and extra pollutants out of the crankcase. I can't imagine there'd be enough washdown to matter...

I'll bet you it doesn't get even lukewarm at idle! OS is dead- on- in lots of cases, it's acting as an oil heater. It'd be pretty easy to hook up a water- to- water heat exchanger in the coolant system somewhere... t

1- also curious 2- a scraper, driven into the gap between block and pan. The thinnest one that you can hit with a hammer. Don't drive it in too far. The 2F has the most 'stuck- on' oil pan I've ever come across. Also, ironically, the leakiest... t

"knowing its there is a little irk, but ill get to it one day" this describes most of the projects in my life right now... t

Make sure your sender is grounded solidly.... t

Hmmm.... where there are weld ells, there are often... TURBOS! heh t

"Stuff like this is really going to confuse self-driving cars." Especially the guy who made a trailer out of the other half.... heh t

"I started using full synthetic" ...which burns with much less smoke! heh t

Sorry if I missed it- how did you hone the bores before re- assembly? In my youth I messed that up once... I haven't found any brand pf piston still available except ITM, and they aren't very... confidence- inspiring. I used them, and afterwards, really wished I'd spent for OEM. Yes, it's a...