Recent content by Professor Fate

No need to change boxes. Did you get a '73 and up manual steering pitman arm or a power arm? They are different sector sizes. I think you got a power arm.

:rofl: No, it's just the camera angle of the carb inlets! Sock monkeys would be great, though!

Yeah. Maybe when I was young and dumb, but now that I'm old and dumb there ain't no way.

Nope.

Okay, NOW how quick could you change a Bug engine? :lol:

'73-'76 A bodies had them. They looked similar, but there were 2 different versions. The '73 had 2 rubber lines from the cap, 1 to the radiator, and a discharge line clipped to the side of the body. '74-'76 had one line to the tank from the radiator, the overflow was a molded-in part of the...

A big block hose should work if it clears the alternator and dipstick handle- the ID is the same as a small block. For twelve bucks it may be worth a shot.

BTW, my guess of 15.20 is for a quarter mile, not an eighth... I'm not sure the guys guessing 13s are clear on that!:lol: JK- it will be interesting.

Don't think I'd trust it with fuel. Easy way to plug the fuel line is to stick a piece of fuel hose on it, shove a 5/16 (or whatever size your line is) bolt in the end and hose clamp it.

Hemingway? Faulkner? I'm more of a Jack Kirby kinda guy.

You said you found TDC on the compression stroke (with a piston stop, I assume) of #1, but where was the timing mark on the balancer at that point? At TDC, mark the balancer at the "0" mark on your balancer. That is your new timing mark. Still no power? Are you 100% sure your distributor isn't...

Me neither. I'm no clothes pony like Junior Samples.

I suppose it's all Moon Boots and parachute pants now? I don't get out much.