Author: shadango

Happy new year to all! Starting off the new year, waking up early and cant get back to sleep because the mind starts chewing on things that need done. I apologize for the length of this post – been crafting it since 7am (its 830 now)… I know that tur…

My son has a Carter 2bbl on his slant six….

It was a NOS carb when we put it on and in like new shape. That was a good 6 years ago.

Seems that part of the casting where the aircleaner hold down "bail" is attached has broken, shown in the …

Found that my brake lights were not working at all…..all 4 dead……did the usual checks…bulbs, fuse….

Turns out the witch on the pedal was not…er…switching. It was loose on the mount so first thing I tried was to tighten it up a bit…no …

I have an angry cam in my 318 and have always struggled to get it tuned good for idle — edelbrock 600 carb -recently tore it all down and cleaned ot all etc and have been tinkering to reset stuff….have the idle as good as it will ever be, but in my…

Hey all

When I originally got the car a few years back the cruise worked….used it on the way home from the purchase even. About 38k miles on the car. Yes it is a “survivor” as they say.

But anyways….at some point sometime the cruise stopped working…I don’t do a lot of highway miles with it so I haven’t been too concerned.

But of course when the tinkering bug takes hold, look out…LOL

I have the service manual…..went through the items. The brake stop switch is way up under the…

81 Diplomat Cruise control fuse?

So what car covers are y’all using for your cars that have to live outside?

We bought a Coverite cover from Pep Boys some 9 years ago (braded as a “premiumtech” but made by Coverite)…..

it works well, and is MOSTLY used inside……

Went to look for the same cover and premium tech is out of business, as is coverite….or at least you cannot seem to buy them anywhere…I figured out that they appear to have made the Barret-Jackson line of covers , but that line is ALSO not available…

Car covers

I have been running Valvoline 10w30 conventional in our slant 6s and my older (92 and 78) 318 engines for years…..

Seems now that straight 10w30 in Valvoline at least is selling at $28 for 5 quarts but the "max life synthetic blend for high mil…