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From: JD on 13 Jan 2010 18:22 JD wrote: The good news is that the Shovel was indeed recently rebuilt and the parts used were pretty much top drawer stuff. The bad news is that said parts were likely ordered out of a catalog and assembled without benefit of precision measuring tool. Cylinder to piston clearance was ~.007", kinda loose. Bob says further that the Wisco forged pistons are fine for dragsters but don't last in a street environment. A pair of Keith Black forged slugs coming up.
From: Old Crow on 15 Jan 2010 05:36 <nospam(a)home.com> wrote in message news:drivk5hdtggjdg7b0c28pit5jag7qcg742(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:55:52 -0600, in rec.motorcycles.harley you > wrote: > > >>> >>> do you know just HOW DAMN ROTTEN YOU ARE! May your road freeze with a >>> foot of ice so you can't go to work today! >>> >>> <grin> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>So? I'll just stay home and work on getting that 302 into my '61 F-100. >>I made the aquaintance of one of the DJ's on the local classic rock >>station. >>He did a 3 day remote at the dealership I used to work at. >>The first day I came to work in the Jeep with the top down. The second >>day >>I rode the Shovelhead, and the third for some reason I rode my wife's >>Superglide. >>His question? "Don't you own anything but toys?" I thought about it for >>about 30 sec and said, "Uh, no, what for?" > > > heheh, I'm still kicking myself in the rear for not buying the '53 F-1 > for 1200, still had the Original Flatty V-8, and the wood in the bed, > it was in VERY restorable condition let alone making a cool truck out > of, I mean no rust anywhere through it. > > I had just bought the house here and waited to talk to the mrs about a > project truck, she said yea, I thought about it over night........... > > DUMMY! replied to this in an email. Didn't bounce so I guess the reply to was good? -- Old Crow '82 FLTC(P) 92" '87 FLTC '61 F-100 302/C-6 BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, SLOB#13, MAMBM
From: Old Crow on 15 Jan 2010 18:48
<nospam(a)home.com> wrote in message news:5sm0l5d1cikr5lr2277s7tdmbhbo1qmc0d(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:36:50 -0600, "Old Crow" <walliscrow(a)yahoo.com> >> >>replied to this in an email. Didn't bounce so I guess the reply to was >>good? > > > never got it, sometimes when I mean to respond to usenet I > accidentally hit R instead of F and then it sends it to their email > instead of to rmh, my email on rmh is a fake > > t > at > b i ke rs hut DOT net And now you expect me to remember what I had to say 2 days ago? <sfsf> Wasn't that important anyway. -- Old Crow '82 FLTC(P) 92" '87 FLTC '61 F-100 302/C-6 BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, SLOB#13, MAMBM |