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    New Mini Starter

    Now I can’t wait to get home & look at them both.
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    New Mini Starter

    Old one came out with the optional removable snout.
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    New Mini Starter

    Follow up: took it out & back to O’Reilly’s for a test; passed. I guess next I’ll use a mirror to see if there are broken teeth on starter plate thingy……whatever it’s called….
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    New Mini Starter

    Yes, so I just put in a NEW Ultima starter on the Newport (70). It cranked awesome the first two try’s, third sounded like pinion didn’t engage all the way & every try since then is just starter spinning. Suggestions?
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    Bulb Sockets

    Hi guys. Replacing the tail light bulbs, 3 of the 4 brake bulbs came out glass only. Having a heck of a time getting the metal backed out; which tool is best or another idea?
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    Dragging brakes

    Clean…. because I was always filling it. Leaked at the booster.
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    Dragging brakes

    It is. I noticed when I put it on that some kind of nut is on the end of the rod; I assume it can be turned.
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    Dragging brakes

    Hey guys. Last fall I put on a new master cylinder on the 70 Newport. It’d been converted to front disc brakes before I got the car, so I knew about the different sized resovoirs. Things have been fine until my last 2 drives; it’s only when I back into the garage that there’s a dragging problem...
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    mixing hp and non hp manifolds

    Just last night I bought a passenger side HP manifold from Tony’s Parts; did not know they were prone to cracking.
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    Vacuum Advance

    I shouldn’t have said stronger. The engine responds quicker & really likes to reach rpm faster. At the cost of I don’t know what.
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    Vacuum Advance

    Hello again. Refresher on vacuum advance? My car runs stronger with it disconnected, but I don’t want to hurt anything.
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    Master Cylinder Function

    When bench bleeding my new one, I notice that the piston stroke is quite short, like a bit less than an inch; normal?
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    Oil Leak

    Oh, yummy.. crow. Yeah, ok. So that oil under the car was caused by leaving the drain pan underneath & it got kicked, I now remember. Getting older comes with some mental lapses at times. Alright, on to bleeding the master, installing & bleeding the system.
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    Oil Leak

    Thank you, very much appreciated as always men.
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    Oil Leak

    That sounds like what I have, small magnet sticking out at the tip. Scared me the 1st time I used it & saw a shaving on it; because I cross threaded. I’m sure it was metal from the pan.
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