Mail Archive Search: <+from:lakek@oit.edu>

Results:

References: [ +from:lakek@oit.edu: 199 ]

Total 199 documents matching your query.

101. Re: [oletrucks] GMC Identification question probably '41-46 (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:51:01 -0700; My wife considers the ole' truck hobby a "terminal illness", so I guess it would be for life. Kevin Lake 56 GMC Suburban/napco -- HATcan1@aol.com; haist@jps.net; CyrusR@aol.com; oletrucks@autox.team.; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00599.html (12,147 bytes)
102. Re: [oletrucks] More Magnetic Stainless Steel (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 20:53:14 -0700; Depending on the type of stainless-steel that they used (if that is what they used) it can be magnetic. I have a partial sheet of stainless steel that came from an industrial surplus place and it is; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00694.html (8,968 bytes)
103. Re: [oletrucks] Drum brakes (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 21:29:46 -0700; Check the backing plate for a slot (about 1" long) near the bottom of the plate. You should be able to reach in with a brake spoon (or a "custom" screwdriver) and loosen the star-adjuster. If you hav; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00695.html (8,208 bytes)
104. Re: [oletrucks] 1958 Apache 36 Wheels (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 21:49:41 -0700; Amen! I would much rather pay the $15 or $20 to have it done by a tire shop than pay the multiple hundreds or thousands in medical bills (not to mention the injury). I watched my Dad change one on hi; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00698.html (17,859 bytes)
105. Re: [oletrucks] Parts Supplier? (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:00:58 -0700; Are you maybe thinking of RB's Obsolete Automotive? They are located in the Seattle area. RB's Obsolete Automotive, Inc. 7711 Lake Ballinger Way Edmonds, WA 98026 (800) 426-6607 (Order # exc. WA stat; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00742.html (7,680 bytes)
106. Re: [oletrucks] Stereo questions (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 21:39:10 -0700; Why cut anything. I was planning on fabricating a bolt in plate to go in the glove box (I never use it for gloves anyway). There are some of the new CD changers that you can hook into virtually any r; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00763.html (10,870 bytes)
107. Re: [oletrucks] trucks for sale (correction) (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 22:08:21 -0700; Slight correction, these trucks will "eventually" be for sale. The gentleman who owns them restores and sells these trucks. I took these photo's about a month ago. If you are interested, I can put yo; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00764.html (8,469 bytes)
108. Re: [oletrucks] Carb probs. (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 08:56:15 -0700; It won't be a "rebuilt", but you could try your local auto parts store and ask for the Edlebrock Performer Series carbs. They make quite a few different ones and they can be fine tuned. The carbs are; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00785.html (8,946 bytes)
109. Re: [oletrucks] Napco 1/2 ton wheel cylinders (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:31:36 -0700; They should be different angles on the tube going in from the left and the right, and they should both be a stepped bore. Mine has a little tube that is attached to the back side of the cylinder, and; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00786.html (7,928 bytes)
110. Re: [oletrucks] Fuel Pump Rebuild Kits and Frustration (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:53:15 -0700; Have you checked with NAPA? It amazes me what those guys and gals can come up with some times. They must have one heck of a large vendor list. Kevin Lake 56 GMC Suburban/napco -- action fuel pump for; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00795.html (8,567 bytes)
111. Re: [oletrucks] Listen! I'm torque'n here (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:37:12 -0700; You could also call your local auto parts store or fastener place and find out what the "standard" torque should be for a bolt of that particular size, grade, and thread. I don't know for sure, but I; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00818.html (9,769 bytes)
112. Re: [oletrucks] Fuel Pump Rebuild Kits and Frustration (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:59:07 -0700; You might take it into your LAPS and just look at other kits. You might be able to find something you can modify to meet your needs. There really isn't much to go bad in the things other than a diaph; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00819.html (10,302 bytes)
113. Re: [oletrucks] drivng rumble (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 18:08:42 -0700; It sounds like you might be starving for fuel. I had a 78 Chevy K-10 SWB with a small block 400ci in it. I did some "modifications" to the motor and didn't think to do anything to the carb. It would; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00831.html (8,528 bytes)
114. Re: [oletrucks] Title, Inspection & Tags in Texas? (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 23:28:41 -0700; Ask anybody who has ever built, or tried to title a kit-car about that one. An acquaintance of mine built a Porsche Speedster replica on a VW chassis about 10 years ago. I talked to him about 3 years; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00887.html (8,961 bytes)
115. Re: [oletrucks] Tekonsha Brake Controller (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 20:20:20 -0700; I don't know about that specific brand, but I paid about $30 for my electric brake controller at NAPA about two years ago. The one I have is just a standard brake controller. It has the ability to be; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00921.html (8,048 bytes)
116. Re: [oletrucks] On the road, BUT......... (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 13:01:49 -0700; Check your float level. An improperly adjusted float will do just what you described. Most of the older carbs will have a specific float measurement that can be quite critical to how the vehicle runs; /html/oletrucks/1999-04/msg00938.html (8,708 bytes)
117. Re: [oletrucks] Cooling problems (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 06:47:40 -0800; If for some strange reason you want to remove the thermostat, you can buy a flow restrictor plate (replaces the thermostat) at must hot-rod shops for about $10.00. I had one in a 68 F*#d Mustang that; /html/oletrucks/1999-03/msg00057.html (9,861 bytes)
118. Re: [oletrucks] Off-topic: Older vs. Newer vehicles- which is safer? (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:00:27 -0800; I couldn't have said it better my self. I often wonder about the intelligence level of some people. Why should you have to have a warning sticker to tell you that your coffee is hot, or that you shou; /html/oletrucks/1999-03/msg00065.html (12,381 bytes)
119. Re: [oletrucks] 5 speed trans (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:13:46 -0800; I think you are correct about the BW T-5 tranny. All of the ones I have seen have had an OD 5th. gear. They used them in just about anything that had a 5-speed in the 80's. Chevy (S-10, Camaro, and p; /html/oletrucks/1999-03/msg00066.html (9,889 bytes)
120. Re: [oletrucks] Sick 327 (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>; Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 17:12:35 -0800; First thing, you should try and back the idle down. If you have a manual tranny you should be idling somewhere around 550-600 RPM (unless the cam is radical enough that it won't allow that). If you; /html/oletrucks/1999-03/msg00177.html (10,413 bytes)

Current List: 101 - 120
Page: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]