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Jan 21, 2012 | 03:58 PM

#31

Scot

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From: 15 miles west of Venus

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Originally Posted by ALBUQ F-1

Tee-hee!!

Good for you, Twodogs, for taking the initiative to read first, and educating yourself! There are resources out on the internet that wouldn't have been possible even 15 years ago. Being able to connect with people across the world who are facing the same issues is priceless.

Amen brother! I put my '55 on the road in '89 (only to be run off the road with less than 1000 miles on it in '90 and have to do a bunch of it again.) Back then, info was hard to find and correct info was like a gold mine.

In high skrool, I went to the auto parts store and was assured that 360 and 390 rods were the same length because he had built "hundreds." So I started putting the engine together.

Well, a 390 crank with 360 rods and generic pistons will cause said pistons to come out of the hole about 0.020." So I call the the auto parts store again and he assures me it's right. Well the gasket is about 0.050 compressed so I suppose it will work.

As the pistons get warm, they start slapping the heads and when you turn off the key it runs for some period of time, quite well I might add, on compression alone.

And I am working outside and it is snowing 15 miles north of Galveston TX.

So yes, I will go to great lengths to answer any question and offer any help to the new guys I can.

Thank G-d Algore invented the internet!