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Originally Posted by fcompoccio

I can't figure out how to start a new thread, can anyone enlighten me?

I'm trying to figure out how I find the size ona Holly Carb.

Thanks

I'll try. At top of screen, left side click the "Forum" tab. Scroll down, and select the Sub-Forum that you want to post in, like "Engines", and click that sub-forum name. Left side, about mid-screen you should see "New Thread" - scroll up or down if it's not where you see it. Click that "New Thread" box and you're good to go - Type in a title, your message, and hit "Submit" at the bottom.

I will say that occasionally I have to hit the "Home" tab first, then "Forum", but it should work direct, one step. Good Luck!

about a year ago my pinto developed an intermittent miss .. would go a week running fine then would make me worry if i was gunna make it home ..felt like a spark plug wire breaking down .. new plug wires helped for a week . miss came back . then i noticed a lot of corrosion on the dizzy cap .. new dizzy cap fixed it for a week . miss came back ..then i found the coil was loose .. tightened the coil up .. fixed it for a week .. then i remembered i have had one of the original plugs still in the engine cause i could not get it out with the engine in the car ,, i cut up my fender-well and fashioned a special tool to remove the plug .. it was perfect already ..i was not going to go into the dizzy and start replacing parts cause that was just a guessing game for me .. so i ordered a brand new dizzy on evilbay . a week later it comes in .. the fine print tells me i MUST use the accompanying special coil ... dint say that when i ordered the dizzy ( distributor ) .. so another week of waiting and the coil arrives .. amazing the difference in performance and how well my pinto would start now .. cold starting was always a problem with this car .. it`s the reason i bought the toyota 6 years ago ... anywho i went along for about two weeks happily not worried about it failing on me till it struck again ..i barely made it home ...i had been running the other dizzy on the stock pinto ignition wire which most likely was not a full 12 volts due to it being a resistance wire for the first five years it ran and it was ok .. but i learned i needed to switch my hot feed to the ignition post on the solenoid so i did .. i wrapped a wire around the ignition post and went on my way ..then my missing started .. a year ago .. yesterday i checked that wrap job i did and it was loose ..my effort to fix a problem led to a problem ,,,hence the old saying " if it aint broke ... dont fix it !!!!

1973 i was still in school .. i know i worked now and then for a fellow laying carpet .. he must have deducted taxes on me .. 74 5 6 and 7 i worked at the junk yard .bought a 428 mustang .. bought a 69 440 six pac super bee .. built a ton of V8 pintos .. a whole lot of cash but not much in the way of a paycheck ( dont tell the IRS) .. 78 i dont know what i did .. how does one not earn a penny ? 79 is a blank as well ... 80 i got married and had to get a real job .. an R&R man at a transmission shop ..worked there till the late 80`s .. got divorced and have been poor every since ..

happy birthday Barb .. good to see you still look in ...

hey mellow !! is this real ? and where is bama ?

Originally Posted by HOSS429

hey mellow !! is this real ? and where is bama ?

I can tell you that when you leave Corpus Christi, heading for middle "more zuri" it FEELS like that!! The OK line was the half way point, as I recall....

i dont think iv`e posted as much as i need to about my love of history and the civil war .. this skit by conan is great ..
https://youtu.be/e_gWsWcs3Qc

question ? .. do MSD boxes go bad ? .. i went to MSD ignition 10 years ago and it immediately stopped my problem of fouling plugs every week or so .... i never really paid attention to how it worked while it worked well .. now i am back to fouling plugs too often and my engine will not smooth out till about 3000 RPM .. it has a big cam but not one that big .. it`s a 6 AL i think ..

It's a capacitive discharge system and like most things electronic over time it can wear out.

Conan was funny, but that sketch kind of turned me off because I was a reenactor for quite a few years, and turning it into a comedy skit was a little offputting. Our group portrayed both Union and Confederate, depending on the battle we were recreating. These two photos were taken at a reenactment of the Battle of Athens, MO on 05 AUG 1861. We were the secessionist Missouri State Guard opposing the Union Missouri Home Guard.

Everything we did was by the book - clothing, weapons, rations. I made everything I'm wearing except the hat, shotgun and boots.

These photos hung in my office for several years, and a lot of visitors thought they were period photos.

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Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Conan was funny, but that sketch kind of turned me off .

then this one will surely be better

https://youtu.be/AkSZGXmuvIo

That one leaves me speechless..

very good .. i`ll be looking for a new box and coil then ....thanks ..

Originally Posted by HOSS429

very good .. i`ll be looking for a new box and coil then ....thanks ..

Hoss, beware of counterfeit MSD components! There's several writeups out about how to recognize the fakes, made overseas and sold by evilBay vendors as the real deal.

Jack--did you know there was a Confederate training camp over northeast of Scottville??