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The tanks were never painted. They had a zinc coating to inhibit rust, making them look like bare metal. The stock zinc coating is a very good rust inhibitor, and you only run into issues in extremely corrosive environments after the zinc is broken down. If you replace the tank with a new...

Yes, you can test it. Simply cap it off, make up a fitting adapter so you can screw one of the AC Hose Set hoses to the one end and apply compressor air pressure through the gauge set to pressurize the condenser. The condensor is designed to run at over 200 psig, and your compressor won't put...

Once the radiator is out, the cam will come out - there is enough room. Lars

That's correct: Dry nitrogen works great, too, and it's less expensive than freon. Problem is, most people don't have access to a K-Bottle of nitrogen in their garage, but they do have a little extra freon if they're servicing the AC unit. If you have a bottle of N2, use a little of it for...

The GM '74 systems still used standard expansion valves. You can buy the expansion valve from any NAPA store.

There are 2 failure modes of the Receiver/Drier: 1. The desiccant bag that the freon flows through acts as a filter, and the bag can get plugged enough to cause a restriction through the receiver/drier. When this happens, the receiver/drier acts like an expansion valve, and system efficiency...

Why don't you just verify whether there's power at the pump or not..? If there's no power, you troubleshoot forward until you find the power. If there's power, you replace the pump.

That's not entirely correct. Except for tears and cracks caused by impact damage, the "cracks" in urethane bumpers are not cracks in the substrate (parent material), but cracks in the topcoat primers and paints above the substrate surface. Repair quality of substrate and above-substrate...

As 'smoke states, the bumper can be easily repaired - even if it's torn or has holes through it. Evercoat, SEM and 3M all make urethane bumper repair products that are all very good - there is virtually no limit to the damage that can be repaired. I've been using the 3M product line with...

On a 4-speed, it's a lot easier to attach the tranny to the engine on the floor and to stick it all in the car as an assembly - it goes in quite easy. Be sure to install a new pilot bearing while you have it all out of the car. Leave the fuel pump off the engine as it tends to hit and...

My alternator uses the convential hookup. The 1-wire units are not recommended for several reasons - e-mail me for technical info on the subject if you want it. Lars V8FastCars@msn.com

Here are a couple of photos of the install on the engine: My car is a '64, so I'm using the external amp alternator with an amp gauge. After running the battery nearly completely dead while working on the car with the doors open all day, I got the amp gauge to go to about 35. Most of the...

I used this one from Summit and bolted it on with no other mods: TFF-7102NAP It's available as either internal or external regulated. It's polished - not chrome, and it looks very good.

As 84Turbo indicates, there is actually more to carb selection than the formulas provided by some of the carb manufacturers. The carb manufacturers provide those formulas as a guideline in order to limit their warranty claims. A small carb is generally much more forgiving to tuning errors, and...

You might want to measure the actual deck... I've never seen a stock block with quite that much material above the pistons. Most of the stock small blocks I tear down have about .015" - .020" of deck height, and I generally mill them .010" to get the deck to a "street-safe" clearance of...

If the carb you bought is a commercially rebuilt carb, the carb is likely to have a multitude of problems that will take significant effort to repair, if they can be repaired at all. I can guarantee you that this carb, if commercially rebuilt, is not "remanufactured, rebuilt, and adjusted to OEM...

My car is a Roadster, and I don't believe in ever putting the top up or rolling up the windows on a Roadster. I haven't had it on any trip over 100 miles yet, but I have gone just short of 100. You have the option to roll the windows up on your Coupe, so you can manage the sound level much more...

I'm also running the STS Baffles, and I've drilled 1/2" holes through my center caps. Even so, the pipes are not loud enough to prevent normal conversation in the car, and the STS baffles do not cause a noticable hp loss. I can actually listen to the stock radio while driving (although I need to...

Just put a pressure gauge on the fuel line test port. If the pump has power and no pressure is noted at the port when you turn the ignition key to the "on" position, replace the pump. Lars

Good. You need to be aware of the issues you may face. I knew that the sidepipes were a real mixed bag of challenges, but I chose to take it on due to the facilities and tools I have available. If you want the look, feel, and sound of the sidepipes, go ahead and do the mod, but make sure you...