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Old 05-28-2020, 10:24 AM   #16
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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Default Re: Engine inspection (with pics)

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Originally Posted by Licensed to kill View Post
I'm not going to get TOO carried away as I doubt that I will put 5000 miles on this car in my lifetime. The car is not anything special. It's what you refer to as a "junk restoration". It's basically stock with many jobber parts and a few mods (second tail light and signals, want to maybe add a voltage regulator, that sort of thing). Basically your run of the mill $10,000 model a. If I can get it to stop useing so much oil and improve the brakes (maybe cast drums and learn to set them up properly), I'm a happy camper.
Whoa, WHOA, ....W H O A!! I never called your car a "junk restoration"!!


Yes, it is often difficult to find a stopping place, but replacing guides & valves, re-ringing it, and tightening up the lower-end clearances should put you on your way to many happy miles.
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