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scottb

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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #30 on: March 02, 2020, 05:22:20 pm »
Quote from: Raydar on March 02, 2020, 07:22:30 am
Heh... I'll bet I could still gap a set of points. Been decades since I've done it.
And I remember enough about Holley carburetors to know that I still don't like them.  :D

where are you going to find a book of matches? thats what I was taught to use to set points gap

still would much rather have Holley than a quadrajunk
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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #31 on: March 02, 2020, 06:27:41 pm »
I liked the AFB's.  I had 2 of them on my 54 Olds.  I ran a gas station in Doraville and had a customer who worked at the Doraville GM plant.  He was stealing AFB's left and right when they first came out. 
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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #32 on: March 02, 2020, 06:53:29 pm »
Often, people here buy some land covered in brush, bulldoze a path and clearing, then build a shop in the clearing.  30,000 sq ft, in one case.  They tell no one, so nothing happens.
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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #33 on: March 02, 2020, 07:26:53 pm »
Here, you wouldn't be able to get power or water without proper building permits. 
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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #34 on: March 02, 2020, 07:29:42 pm »
Quote from: scottb on March 02, 2020, 05:22:20 pm

where are you going to find a book of matches? thats what I was taught to use to set points gap

still would much rather have Holley than a quadrajunk

I actually have a set of feeler gauges. (Used fairly recently when I set the valve lash on the Honda van.) AND a dwell meter.
I don't mind quadrathreats. But my favorites are AFBs and Thermoquads.
Still have a Thermoquad in my garage. It ran fine the last time it was bolted to an engine. About 35 years ago.  :o
I don't like Holleys. Simply for the way they're constructed. Why have fuel bowls with vertical seams?
That's just begging for a leak. Which is what most every Holley I ever owned did.
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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #35 on: March 02, 2020, 07:31:32 pm »
yall realize I was being a smartass when I said matchbook cover correct?
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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #36 on: March 02, 2020, 07:40:28 pm »
I've heard of a matchbook cover being used many times.  I believe the thickness is about .016.  Enough to make most pointset engines run. 
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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #37 on: March 02, 2020, 10:12:56 pm »
My '53 olds 303 that is slated for my '40 has a single AFB, I think.  I also have a three Stromberg intake for it.  I still like the old stuff.
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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #38 on: March 04, 2020, 01:43:36 pm »
Quote from: scottb on March 02, 2020, 07:31:32 pm
yall realize I was being a smartass when I said matchbook cover correct?
We would be disappointed if you weren't being a smart ass! Somebody has to do it. That burden falls to you my friend. But I reserve the right to add my smartassedness to any discussion.
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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #39 on: March 04, 2020, 02:46:38 pm »
Quote from: scottb on March 02, 2020, 07:31:32 pm
yall realize I was being a smartass when I said matchbook cover correct?

I had a friend who had a "sparkplug gapping" thumbnail. Allegedly.
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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #40 on: March 04, 2020, 05:43:30 pm »
Quote from: MikeMac on March 04, 2020, 01:43:36 pm
Quote from: scottb on March 02, 2020, 07:31:32 pm
yall realize I was being a smartass when I said matchbook cover correct?
We would be disappointed if you weren't being a smart ass! Somebody has to do it. That burden falls to you my friend. But I reserve the right to add my smartassedness to any discussion.

I agree.  Scott can handle this responsibility.    :D
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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #41 on: March 04, 2020, 05:45:27 pm »
Quote from: Raydar on March 04, 2020, 02:46:38 pm

I had a friend who had a "sparkplug gapping" thumbnail. Allegedly.

I've seen people do that.
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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #42 on: March 04, 2020, 06:09:44 pm »
LOL.  I've seen a few toenails that could probably gap a .050 plug. 

My 54 had a 324 originally.  I ran across a J2 engine with the three 2-barrel setup but couldn't afford it at the time.  I later installed a 64 425, bored .030, cammed, Offenhauser heads, dual exhausts with lake plugs, and the twin AFB's.  Replaced the traction bars practically every week after a night at Forsyth, Dallas, or Yellow River.  An occasional driveshaft and transmission, too. 
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Re: 88 Alternator. NEED ASAP
« Reply #43 on: March 04, 2020, 06:11:51 pm »
Gross, but some people get toenails that are about .25" thick.
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