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88ss408 · Mod

what's new/winter updates

cr55 · Moderator

I got a Carter afb from a friend..had so much trouble with a Holley ..turned out to be the best carb I ever used...have bought them ever since!

poncho62 · Senior Member

Have had good luck with Edelbrock (Carter) carbs and Qjets......The Qjets can be a bit finicky, but once set right are excellent mileage. Holleys, I find are great for the track, for the street, not so much.
I have also used the Princess Auto fenders on both my trailers. Good quality and price.

As for me....mostly playing with tractors these days.....money is tight.

rjsbu · Guru

The first edlebrock I had was the best carb I've ever owned. Then I tried one on a zz4 crate motor and couldn't get it to run right for love or money. So put a Holley on it and no problems. Lately I can't get the Holley to run. I have an Eldelbrock not even sure what cfm it is but I might put it on. The edelbrock I had at first had an electric chock didn't matter how cold it was all I had to do was pump it to set the choke and it fired and ran. I just can't tune an edelbrock to save my life, one thing about Holley their easy to tune. The old 750 I'm using now sat for a couple years so I'm sure a good cleaning will make it work.

88ss408 · Mod

Well we are in the middle of a power outage. We just past the 48hrs mark.some have been out longer. Power crews are hard at work. Some people have regain power. But many are still out.

cr55 · Moderator

I'm feeling your pain..went without power a few times..longest was 4 days. But it was summer. How are you making out with heat and keeping your pipes from freezing?

rjsbu · Guru

I remember when I was a kid, our water used to freeze, I think going without water is worse than no heat sometimes.

88ss408 · Mod

I have 2 infared heaters to keep warm. Water is still flowing. Hope nothing freezes!

88ss408 · Mod

Well. Power out sense Wednesday. Power company said it will not be back by Monday night.
volunteers crews from Maine and nova Scotia. Are coming to help. But there's so much to be done.

cr55 · Moderator

Ouch! Hang in there..gotta appreciate the guys out doing that. .hard work that's nit recognized by most

rjsbu · Guru

I don't have cable or any local channels been using rocu, so I cant see the weather. DId a storm take out the power lines

88ss408 · Mod

Yeah. About 5 miles down from me there's like 10 poles in a row. And further up north they declared a state of imergency

rjsbu · Guru

Do you have a fireplace and wood. Keep warm let is know if theres something we can send or help with

88ss408 · Mod

No no fire at my house. I decided it was time go get in the times so I got a air to air heat pump.
but after fighting with the power guys .we got our power today. And I got him to admit that they F up. And we should have had power
Thursday night. They forgot to turn on the switch after there trouble shooting. There was nothing wrong with our lines.

cr55 · Moderator

Wow..that's a major screwup...glad you finally got power tho

88ss408 · Mod

Yeah me too and about 30 people that live around me.

oh and Rick thanks for the offer. I appreciate it!

-- Edited by 88ss408 on Monday 30th of January 2017 08:14:41 PM

cr55 · Moderator

I used to lose power often a few years ago when I lived in a wooded neighborhood..used to really get to me when my neighbors to the left had power and me and everyone to the right would go days without power..thankfully I had a generator!

88ss408 · Mod

Yup. I still feel very sad for the people further north. The national guard touch down yesterday to help out. So hopefully they fix this up quick.

cr55 · Moderator

You don't realize how much you use things like electric and water until they're not available!

88ss408 · Mod

People could not live without electricity now in days that's for sure.

willowbilly3 · Guru

Here is a trailer I built a few years ago. I had 12" x 3/16" strap bent in a brake. Just a lip on the outside and I think 2" on the inside. I had to notch and bent to fender shape. $75 and I have fenders I can drive on, hook ratchet straps too. This trailer was made from travel trailer torsion axles with shocks and has been the best trailer I've ever owned, pulls like a dream.

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willowbilly3 · Guru

willowbilly3 wrote:
Here is a trailer I built a few years ago. I had 12" x 3/16" strap bent in a brake. Just a lip on the outside and I think 2" on the inside. I had to notch and bent to fender shape. $75 and I have fenders I can drive on, hook ratchet straps too. This trailer was made from travel trailer torsion axles with shocks and has been the best trailer I've ever owned, pulls like a dream.

cr55 · Moderator

Very nice! The trailer I had seemed like the fenders were made from tin foil..look at em sideways and they bent!

cr55 · Moderator

I'm diggin the truck too! Love that body style!

88ss408 · Mod

The fenders I was looking at are 1/16 thick. But are only 9 inches wide.