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Some cars from the 50's had vacuum wipers that ran only off of the intake vacuum. In these cars when you were stopped the wipers ran fine but when you opened the throttle the intake vacuum would drop and the wipers would slow down.
To help this situation the car manufacturers added a vacuum...
If that tank was still holding the gas you might be able to clean it and reuse it. Mine was the same way and it cleaned up really nice. I used Eastwood motorcycle tank cleaning and lining kit. It came out really clean and then the liner has been in mine for years now. So don't trash that...
Airbrushing is very close to doing a water color with a brush. You use the color of the base paper, canvas or board to provide your light. Then the challenge is to add the correct shading to provide the shape and coloring of the item. Vargas was a master at this and making his images glow...
In the airbrush world if you have a single action, the button you mash opens the air flow, then the air passes over the opening of the paint cup and uses the same venturi effect that a carburetor uses to vaporize the paint and spray fine droplets on the paper. On these single action brushes if...
Your airbrush work looks good! When I was a kid I did some airbrushing. I got tired of cutting stencils to mask all the bits and pieces of the work. I have a few Paasche airbrushes, both double and single action. I think I still have an ab turbo if I can find it.
Another good place to find that can mount the tires on the old split rim (I meant to say lock ring rim), is a place that works on farm tractor tires. Some of them are still being used that have lock ring rims. Alan
The previous owner did a quick paint job before it went up for sale. I will try to improve the Mule and enjoy it for awhile. There are a couple of Mule guys in my club so I might use their engine guards as a reference.
Anyone have or know someone that would have a 2 Cyl air cleaner assembly they would sell?
It is also missing the engine guard. So I am looking to buy a replacement engine guard.
If they are rare is anyone making them or has made themselves one and could give pointers as to how to...
Hi Guys,
Almost 4 months ago I ran across a guy that was wanting to sell a mule. I had him send me some photos and I told him I was interested.
He mentioned a price but also said he wanted to have his aircraft mechanic look at a few issues it had before he sold it. They got the old...
It's taken almost a year of working on getting this find home. But you can still find stuff out there if you hunt it down. It is supposed to be an older rebuild that was done for a municipality in up state NY. This older guy was clearing out stuff so his kids don't have to do it. So the...
I agree. Given what you have left to do to the xm211, what has been done does not really boost the value of it. Plus later if you want to try another M211 you may find a better one.
I did a M38A1 that took 5 years to get done and there is no way I will ever make back what I paid for parts and that does not include my sweat equity.
I have a M37 that I have started and that's the same. I just love working on them and sharing my accomplishments with others like us that...
I always thought that bell housing matching was silly. How would you have a manuf process to create reliable trucks for the Army and then have a truck dead lined due to a miss matched bell housing. So where are the specs listed for matching them up again once one is destroyed...