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Old 04-14-2023, 07:28 PM
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I think I am going to need a bigger Torque wrench for these main cap bolts!
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Old 04-14-2023, 07:41 PM
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I have quite a few pictures of that engine somewhere on my computer.

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Old 04-14-2023, 08:19 PM
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Wow. Wonder if you can remove balancer bolt with just hitting starter? I know.

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I think I am going to need a bigger Torque wrench for these main cap bolts!
No problem.

Hazzard Fraught has a coupon...

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Old 04-15-2023, 06:35 AM
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I will have to rent a pick up truck from Home Depo to get the new Torque wrench I buy from Hazzard Fraught back home.

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Two pairs of brown leather flip flops, never seen more then 2 mph.

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Girdle dowel pins are far away like along the pan rail. Main Caps are double-Stud per side which is nice.

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Get one of these. Makes big jobs look like child's play.


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You can make a coffee table out of the plasti-gage they use to check the bearings.

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Old 04-17-2023, 04:27 PM
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If I was there I would be worried about falling into the Bearing clearance gap and never being found!

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And he was not talking about 1/8 or 1/4 mile ETs!

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Two dry rotted 14 x 10 Micky Thompson slicks.

1) un-mailed in gift coupon from a 1972 box of corn flakes.
Two pairs of brown leather flip flops, never seen more then 2 mph.

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Note that the hoses in that photo are going into his Chest.
I would then guess that the machanics where hydro.

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And he was not talking about 1/8 or 1/4 mile ETs!

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Two dry rotted 14 x 10 Micky Thompson slicks.

1) un-mailed in gift coupon from a 1972 box of corn flakes.
Two pairs of brown leather flip flops, never seen more then 2 mph.

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Hope their not using Chinese lifters for the cam break in…..

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Old 04-17-2023, 11:29 PM
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Hopefully you can change the rear main seal without removing the crank.

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