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Patcon

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  1. That's interesting. I have thought about doing an offset grind with a V07 crank but would have to work out the deck height piston issues. I have never calculated what the displacement would be though
  2. Would be interested to see pics. I have a tumbler that is not quite that large that I run brass cases in normally. I may order some green pyramid media and try that...
  3. I have tried fine corn cob and whiteblast which is crushed glass in my vibratory tumbler for 24 hours and the parts still weren't polished up. This is after the blast cabinet
  4. What are you using for media? I would be surprised if 6 hours does it?
  5. Your new fuse holder for your pump could be your "Dongle". Everybody wants one...
  6. That's my kind of home décor!! I should see if my wife is good with me static displaying my triples in the living room. I bet she would go for it. Hmmmmmm????
  7. Post that in the Eastwood forum and see if one of their techs will chime in with an answer. Then let us know what they say.
  8. Grannyknot, I think you need bigger cables! Just kidding. I love the wiring in your engine bay. Bigger cables are good...
  9. Site, The round table is very cool
  10. We came down through Wyoming and Montrose, Colorado. One of the roads was in New Mexico near where the Andretti's live. Got a ticket in New Mexico on a road like this doing like 80 in 60 with no cars anywhere. What was I gonna hurt the telephone posts or the fence posts???? Went on into Texas from West to East. Super flat and nothing to see
  11. I drove cross country with my wife in maybe 1995. Before we went I did some searching and found a Road & Track article of Americas 10 best roads. I think I hit 4 or 5 of them. We covered 7200 miles in 17 days. I had 4 or 5 days where I covered 900 plus miles. Would love to do it again and take my kids this time...
  12. the "Stroker!" link is dead
  13. Excellent. I would be curious in how you perceive the difference in cooling between old and new radiator
  14. Patcon replied to Patcon's topic in Help Me !!
    Thanks Steve
  15. Patcon replied to Patcon's topic in Help Me !!
    Steve No I haven't met any of the upstate Z members. Hadn't heard about them. That would be interesting to meet some other Z people CO Thanks for the help. We will see where it goes. Bonzi I have power so I don't know about the links but I will look. I evidently won't be able to work on it this weekend. I am flying to Dallas on Saturday and driving back Sunday. That's why my projects take years instead of months.
  16. Patcon replied to 240260280z's topic in Funnybone
    Where is that?
  17. Patcon replied to Patcon's topic in Help Me !!
    Thanks, guys I normally can't work on it during the week and the weekends have been so wet it is making it difficult to make progress. Same with my plating efforts. Bonzi Lon I hate the all black cables! I need to rectify that too. Did the partially burnt link limit the current so it wouldn't fire up. CO The voltage numbers to look for are just what I needed. Glad you caught the vernacular Steve, I may just take you up on that if I don't make some progress soon. I would enjoy meeting other members in person. I would like to make the Z confab but I don't know if I can swing the money. A house call may have to be in order. I will have to ask around to some friends on the food...
  18. I would take the credit, my time is worth too much to pull the dizzy and retime everything. I also agree you could get another lemon...
  19. My 95 suburban was stalling out on us recently. We have had a small short in it for years. The electrical shop couldn't find it so we put a circuit breaker in that fuse spot. The circuit breaker would trip and then reset when it cooled. They told me when it got to where it tripped more it would be easier to find. Recently it was tripping a lot and right before it would trip you would here the idle drop and sometimes the truck would stall. Turns out the brake light switch was shorting to the brake pedal when you stepped on it. Long story of all this is when the alternator loaded up on the direct short it would stall my v-8 Chevy that probably puts out north of 350hp and 400 Ft lbs of torque. Your belt may have been weak and it may be misaligned but I wouldn't rule out something loading the alternator up, especially since your headlights were acting up too. When they try to feed a dead short they get really hard to turn... On the headlight bypass are the feeds to the lights fused? I have these from Dave but I haven't installed one yet. If the feeds aren't fused and you developed a short there the alternator would probably shred the belt...
  20. Patcon replied to Patcon's topic in Help Me !!
    Steve, I believe the points setup is stock but I don't know for sure. This car is not pristine, so who knows...I don't see a lot of loose connections like I would expect if an electronic ignition had been removed.
  21. Patcon replied to Patcon's topic in Help Me !!
    Another for electronic ignition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYx8J_5l5wY
  22. Patcon replied to Patcon's topic in Help Me !!
    I was having trouble totally understanding the operation of the points system. I found this video that boiled it down nicely. Lots of pictures always makes it better. Like I tell my wife 80% of all male communication is non-verbal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W94iksaQwUo
  23. Looks good. Was the plug end for a block heater?
  24. Is your voltage regulator connection still properly sealed?
  25. Patcon replied to Patcon's topic in Help Me !!
    Ok I will try manually triggering the points Thanks
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