brad
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You can still be impaled by the column shaft. I know of at least one Avanti fatality from a steering shaft.
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I think a reservoir is different from a sump. I believe a sump is integral, and a reservoir seperate from. At least that has been my understanding.
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Maybe. There is the bonnet itself, the flapper. two screws on the spring end of the flapper, a mesh over the hole, and a retainer for the mesh, and two screws holding that i place. Then there is a chrome washer, and a wing nut retainer for the bonnet. I guess it depends on what you are counting.
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Be really careful that the replacement headlight does not stick out from the stainless mounting ring further than originals. you must maintain room for the glass headlight covers to clear. Many LED headlights will not clear the lens.
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Oddly enough, the first Studebakers to utilize dual exhaust (55's) also used larger tail pipes of 2" instead of the later 1 3/4 " .
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The front one is a little lighter than the rear spring.
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I always wanted to make one out of a slab of 'tigers eye'. I used to go to the gem shows in Tuscon.
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I'm not sure about the two, but they were fixed (non opening) in 89.
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Yes, the tubes on the valve covers are also larger.
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False, you're .010 too much
the 299 is .060 over . the 304 is .093 over
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Running a vacuum hose to the intake and flooding the enviroment with clouds of smoke from sucking out the oil is not my general idea of being a good neighbor. One could suck it out with a siphon syringe, but that doesn't get the stuff from the bottom of the sump.
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If you are counting rocker shaft "welch plugs" then your count is incorrect.
Your question specifically said "CORE PLUGS"
That is by definition only for CASTINGS.
NOT for sealing up a machined tube. So you can subtract 4 right there.
There are 6 in the sides of the casting, and three in the belhousing area (one behind the other in the distributor hole.)
That makes 9 the Technically correct answer to your specific question.
Don't change the rules to fit what you want it to be mid question.
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They even have the Twin Traction clutches in two different grips. Street, or strip.
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The output hose. The magnesium impeller is brittle.
It's a pain to change the oil. It runs hot.
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false, it takes many rpm for the drive to retract. it has to overcome a centrifugal lock to retract
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Be sure and tell your body guy the small ones are the front, and also that the thin edge is the top. They do not carry the load of the bumpers, the steel brackets inside the fender do that. Make sure you have all the brackets, or the fiberglass will not hold the bumper.
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Not without the disc brake specific spindles. They have a flat machined into them for the caliper adapter bracket.
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There are two pins also, (and don't forget the lock washer)
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The original R12 freon took something like 3 lbs! The envriro safe replacement I use takes about 12 oz.
R 134 takes about 1 lb 10 oz.
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Well, let's count......one aluminum ball driver, 5 balls,2 outer races, and one center output shaft . I'd say 9.
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They were Stewart-Warner fuel pressure, and oil temperature gauges. Not the paxton faced ones. The scary part is the fuel pressure was plumbed direct reading,with fuel right into the cabin. I remedied that with a fuel pressure isolator hidden inside the pressure box.
I wonder if the Paxton gauges were rebadged Stewart-Warner?
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But, the R2 had positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) so it would be cleaner as it is forcing the fumes out, not merely venting them.
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I also have seen the numbers stamped into the frame But they were part identification numbers, and not matching the cars serial number.
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I have two at the shop.......right next to the Halibrand wheels!
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Actually My post listed 10.