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Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell
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Re: Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell
Originally posted by 70chevyC-10Excellent pictures Brian - my favorite was your helper in the wheel well with the wrench you were soon to be looking for !!Phil / Omaha
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Re: Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell
Hey, at least the 46 year old bearings still look bitchin'.
Pull the bearing out, look at the back, see what the date code is...might not be as old as you think.
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Re: Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell
Great coverage. A couple of comments -
1. I know the "Royal We" (as I call it) form is the expected method - but sometimes it just doesn't make sense. When you start talking about "our wife" it sounds like Keri is practicing plural marriage, which I don't think she is. Sometimes it works better to say "me" and "I", depending on context. I've had this discussion with David F and he comes down on the side of the way you wrote it, and I know that's the accepted standard.
2. For many years I thought rings ALWAYS came individually packaged like that. I think every set I ever installed up until 1985 or so were in those packages, including NAPA, Sealed Power, and Hastings - maybe others. The first time I got a set with top, middle, and bottom packed in boxes of like kind I figured the world was going to Hell. I may have been right.
3. The bearings and crank DO look great. If the OP was good I wouldn't touch 'em. I don't think any of my 250s have needed crank work either - the crank is not a weak point in this engine design. I'm not sure why the crank in John's 292 was turned, but who knows?
4. The shots of Tom are priceless. I hope he didn't get TOO greased up - I'm thinkin' he's in the vicinity of all kinds of grease Zerks. I learned early that grease will make Mommies yell. I still don't understand it (although I now have two sets of clothes).
Dan
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Re: Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell
Originally posted by kstanbachOh man, a Cummins 6bt would be perfect for that truck.
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Re: Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell
I'd be inclined to believe that you could swap a smaller suction cup onto the tool you were using. When I rebuilt a head on a small import a few years ago, I used a Briggs and Stratton valve lapper because the size was just right. I found that both the standard valve lapper and the Briggs version had a suction cup on each end, giving me a total of four sizes to work with. I've since lapped everything from small blocks to dirt bikes. The suction cups from a hand lapper might fit nicely on your Father in law's lapping tool.
BTW, Bud Light isn't really drinking.
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Re: Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell
Originally posted by WeldangrindBTW, Bud Light isn't really drinking.Escaped on a technicality.
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