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Wouldn't get you a thing over a better carburetor except for less altitude sensitivity, but I see that you're on the east coast, and that's not likely to be an issue either. I know plenty of people have done TBI on things with Megasquirt, and it works fine, but the mixture distribution in the...

No reason it won't work, but I've never heard of anybody doing it. Putting injector bungs in that intake manifold wouldn't be the most fun in the world. It would likely get you a little fuel economy, but no more power. The big problem with boosting the efficiency of a straight six is the...

You can cut an inner race off the shaft without damaging the shaft - it requires a delicate touch with a dremel tool and cutoff wheel, but it can be done. Once you get a good cut about halfway through the race you can usually pop it off with a smack at the cut with a cold chisel.

I don't know just where that location is - if it's under the ridged metal, then it would be a lot of work to do something nice. If it's something flat or gently curved, then just cut a panel out a donor truck in the same area, fit it like it was a patch (with the flanger or without as you...

This is for exterior body panels - like where you're doing a quarter panel or something similar. I used an air flanger to recess the existing edges, then cut the patch panel (an almost complete quarter panel in this case) to fit the flanges. Clamp in place and drill a few holes through the...

I prefer lap repairs as well - they're stronger, and usually easier to get alignment right. I've generally use aluminum pop rivets after the clecos to clamp the patch panel in place with panel bonding adhesive in the lap joint. Once the adhesive has set, hit it lightly with the body grinder to...

I wonder whose F-104 that was. I hope...I really hope the photo was taken from bleachers/truck roof/reviewing stand and the wingtip isn't actually as close to the pavement as it looks to be. He's in mid roll - you can see that the ailerons are deflected. Knowing what a brickbat an F-104 was...

As everybody else has said, yes you got a great deal, as long as it's a runner, which it probably is. Heck, parts MEP-002As sometimes go for more than what you paid these days. As for the paint, I'd definitely go the house paint route. Cover up all the holes and seal up the control cubicle...

I've had the thankless job of being a judge at car shows. One of the least fun things I've had to deal with was telling an owner with a car in the factory restored class that I was taking some points off because something in my purview was over-restored . I've seen '65 Chevy bumpers with...

AVR board, the various boxes in the control cubicle, and the speed switch for sure. They're small, high value, and prone to failure. They don't fit anything smaller than an MEP-004A, but they do fit the 005A as well.

The only big unit of 'stuff' that's easy to strip is probably the bed. If you have a crane or serious jacks and lots of cribbing it can be had off pretty easily. The good news: it certainly weighs more than 300#, so you're definitely underweight once it's off the truck. The bad news: you are...

Be sure to follow factory recommendations on the grit of abrasive to use and the angle of crosshatch. You don't want to be too out of tolerance on this, as the factory ring package was probably specd in assuming a particular range of values. The way your bores look (after evaporust), I am...

There have been, at one time or another, about five Connies in flying condition since 2000 or so. The problem is that there's a well-known center wing spar corrosion problem and you basically have to take the wing apart to fix it. Big money, and these airplanes are expensive to fly in any...

I had written the 2007 engine off as a rebuild item because of the bores. Amazing how well it cleaned up. Evapo-Rust to the rescue again. Does it have any effect at all on the pistons?

Interestingly, my parents and my kid just visited NMUSAF earlier this month. Mom commented that the one display she was not thrilled with was the presidential airplanes display on WPAFB. That said, they have Columbine III, which is very closely related to this acft preserved indoors. There is...

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Lots of good stuff in that paragraph. Please try breaking them up with 2x enters between major ideas - not everybody is as fast a reader as I am... Anyway, first, thanks for that note on the value of a hard start capacitor. The only time I ever put one on was years ago on a 12 KW window unit...

Yes, the Airman's Medal is the equivalent, and yes, he definitely earned it.

On top of that, it needs to have power to charge all the batteries, too. After starting the 6.2 and probably running the glow plugs, you've got to put those amp-hours back in the starting batteries, plus you need to top up the deep cycle you've got hooked to the inverter running the cab AC...

I have to say that it would not occur to me to try to cool a deuce/5 ton cab with an AC unit. No seals, canvas roof, no insulation...not going to work, at least not while the truck is running. I suppose you could put an MEP-002A and a tent AC in the bed and do it that way, but it wouldn't be...