Thread: Meller's "Last" Hoorah - '62 Fairlane

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Originally Posted by MelloYello

[U][B]Thanks Gents - - -It's obvious that I probably need to get a life but "for the moment" - - - this is it.
So I will continue to bore Y'all with my Barrio Brothers (henchforth to be known simply as BB) discoveries as I see them. More especially if I find them as funny as my new discovery.

UM... Meller?!?! There is NO way you are boring us!! I believe it is US who need to get a life..

Little things make such a big difference!

I got my floor shifter knob in and mounted and "I like it".

Here's a BEFORE



and an AFTER



couldn't get the reflection from the brass cartridges to allow the cylinder chrome to show but the cylinder is chrome not brass

(fire away-pun intended)

What caliber?

Pheauxtee Pheaux

"Here lies Lester More, shot six times with a 44, No Les no Moore!" famous grave stone from the old west.

It was also a Burma Shave roadside sign series that I've seen quite a few times as a kid traveling with my Grandparents.

Love those old Burma shave signs

my favorite:

He lit a match

to check gas tank

that's why

they call him

Skinless Frank !

Burma Shave

Making up the HEI ends of these plug wires are eating my lunch. I've already used up 2 partial cans of WD 40 and I have one wire on. Would silicone spray work better than the WD-40? Of course the condition of my old hands and fingers from mistake gone by ain't helping none either.

Anybody got any tricks or gimmicks to getting the boots on without destroying the wire core in the process?

TA,
Em

Try a little Vaseline and if you have a heat gun warm the boots to make them more pliable

don't use vaseline or wd40---get some dielectric grease at ant auto parts store--you need it anyway for the plugs/wire boots

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

don't use vaseline or wd40---get some dielectric grease at ant auto parts store--you need it anyway for the plugs/wire boots

Em, did those Taylor wires come with a little instruction sheet? My MSD's did and they said to use dielectric grease just like Jerry says. WD40's good for a lot of stuff, but dielectric grease is your friend here. The guy at the auto parts store will try to sell you their little blister pack for a buck, but get the big tube for about $3. Good to have in your tool box and much, much more economical.

thanks, gentlemen, headed to the Parts House now - - - more on the 6 o'clock news.

thanks, Roger, the instructions said silicone spray or WD-40 and since I had WD-40 (duh) - - - I'll definitely pick up a large tube and use the hair dryer prep (aka heat gun) to soften the boots. Something else that I think I'll do is to take my sheet rock knife and slightly tapper the end of the cable insulation so there's no edges to catch inside the boot. Think I'll be good to go, gents, once I get back from town - - - gotta take the Wiffy out to eat first but that's a small price to pay, huh?

Em