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Fan When confronted with the problem of my fan hitting the lower radiator hose on my 48 Chevy I marked the end of each blade with 1 inch masking tape and the cut off that inch with a die grinder. No problems with balance as the same amount of material was taken off each blade. Still moves more...

Sales tax In Washington St. we have to pay sales tax on out of state purchases only if the vender has a physical presence in the state. Example is Amazon, if you buy something from a vender on Amazon and the supplier is out of state and shipped from out of state we pay sales tax because...

Tires I may be wrong, but I don't think there is a federal rule about fixing tires over 6 yrs old. It sounds like a sales trick that the dealers use to get you to buy new tires, or they are afraid to fix anything anymore. Google it.

my girl friends big rubber Dick, there is now way I could fill that ........, so I gave up. LOL

Cad v500 Google maximum torque or the cad company, it will tell you all you want and need to know about these torque monsters.

Alternator With big belt pulley and no vent it is for tractor or heavy equipment use.

Cad. 500 472/500/425/368 ci engines all look the same and there are no numbers to tell you what you have. the only way is to measure the stroke. This can be done with a stiff wire down the sparkplug hole. Stroke can be measured through spark plug hole if the engine will turn over. 1968-'74...

Milage I have a Chevy Druamax and have gotten 23mpg empty on the freeway. I once had a Ford with a 460 and got 18 mpg, 9 in the city and 9 on the freeway, lol.

Safety sw. It bolt to the trans using pan bolts, will fit almost anything. Used it on my 700 r4. Very easy to adjust.

Safety switch Order on from Summit Racing, $29.00. part # lok-bl1400u

Road trip Great pictures form the top of Chinook pass.

defroster hose. NAPA caries defroster hose in bulk lengths and is sold by the foot, and cheap.

Brakes I used a Speedway universal kit with the Corvette master cylinder and mine also had a deep hole in the end of the cylinder shaft, BUT it also came with a insert with a dimple on one end so it could be used for power brakes. What they left out of my kit was the plastic bushing that goes...

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Sharkhide Great stuff, used it on all the polished aluminum trim as well as the wheels on my 66 Satellite. Available at Eastwood. Just follow instructions.

Overheating Timing!!!!

Garbage TV

Dura spark This is interesting using a gm modal and a dura spark distributor. Google it for full instructions.

O2 bottle Saw the upper 1/3 off in a power hack saw, they make a wonderful bell. Trim more as needed to tune it,lol.

What would be a good Donor car for a heater/defroster for a 48 Chevy. It would have to have manual controls.