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Technical Tips by Doug Howard
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OVER-FILLED
TRANSMISSION
Over-filling the transmission can be a mess
to fix. For this and other over-fill problems, add about four
feet of fish tank tubing and a spray bottle nozzle to your tool
box. If you overfill, take the tubing and connect it to the
bottom of the spray nozzle. Then feed the rest of the tubing
down the transmission dip stick tube and start pumping. When
finished, clean the nozzle and tubing and store them in a
resealable plastic bag.
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BAKED BOLTS......
Did you ever try to
paint bolts when your detailing your engine, only to have them
scratched up the minute you put a socket on them? Well, here is
the hot tip. As soon as the enamel paint is dry to the touch,
put the bolts on a cookie sheet and pop them in the oven at 325
degrees for 25 minutes. After they are cool, wait about a
half-hour and carefully bolt them up using a six-point socket
and voial--you have a neat, scratch-proof fastener. This works
best when your wife isn't home.
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ROCKER SAVER
Running higher than
stock spring pressures with stamped steel rocker arms on a
small block Chevy can cause the pushrod to punch through the
end of the rocker arm. One way to help prevent this is to
grind the casting flash off the rocker oil hole. This helps
prevent stress cracks from starting. Use a Dremel tool with a
fine tooth burr to clean the rocker arm oil hole and leave a
smooth finish.
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HIGH-LIFT Helpers An
inexpensive way to gain more horsepower and more torque is to
experiment with a set of 1.6:1 ratio rocker arms. With 1.6:1
rocker, you can gain up to .030 inch additional lift over the
stock 1.5:1 rocker. Generally, the exhaust flow on small block
Chevys need to be enhanced, so try 1.6:1 rockers fires. Then try
them on both the intake and exhaust; then on the intake only.
Use the combination that yields the best results.
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Holley Chap Stick.....
It’s frustrating when every time you pull the float bowl off
your Holley carburetor to change jets, the bowl gasket tears.
This is especially aggravating if you don’t have a new gasket at
hand to replace the old one. One slick way to prevent this
headache came from a good carburetor guru. Coat the float-bowl
side of the gasket with cherry-flavored Chap Stick, leaving the
waxy substance to eliminate tearing. This trick works especially
well with those nasty, black adhesive gaskets that Holley may
use.
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October 31, 2009 |
 
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