Nothing better than buying tools. Picked up a boring bit for my milling machine (up to 4" hole ) and just in time ! Hoe is home so fixing a few pins and bushings. Semi retired life= catching up on all my projects.
A boring bit. Has a slider to adjust bore size. Can also use in a drill press.
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My generator is on a timer that comes on once a week for 15 minutes it did not start we always listen for it I went out to check and I see oil under the unit pull out the dipstick and there is no oil. Refilled with oil and started it up to find the crimp fitting leading to the oil cooler from the oil filter had broken pumping all the oil out luckily these things have an automatic shutdown in the last time it ran it mustve pump the oil out and then shut off.
Since this mega thread has gone quiet, I'll try to wake it with this.
The 69 Rag,
After the addition of a much better CS130D alternator, and now in the pursuit of brighter lights, I added an amazon central power point as I now had a good spot for it now with the regulator gone. Modified it a bit to be able to secure the cover. Added ATC fused relays, low beam-10amp, High-20. And a all new headlamp harness along with way better grounding. The alternator sensing wire now is fed off the power point buss, a more efficient way for it to sense the system load. The 12ga body feed with it's original 5" 16ga fusible link is now on that buss, along with the big aux firewall (conv top) breaker feed wire.
For added safety, I added a 5" 16ga fusible link on the positive charging/feed wire off the battery terminal. Added a 7.5 amp ATC in line fuse from the horn relay across to the buss and the big feed to it was now disconnected and I wanted the horns and relay to be fused.
I really intended to keep the old harness intact for preservation, but the wires were in tough shape, and one plug had been melting for 55 years. Cut open at any spot, most of that old copper was black and the green and tan insulation was rock hard. Amazon Ceramic plugs added at the lamps just because, but If I did it again I'd build new plugs using the original style connector bodies. The amazon plugs are all 3 point HB/LB. The blue wire on the HB bulb below is not hooked up to anything. (Where can I find the female spade connectors for this?)
No more big current to and from the headlight switch. They look brighter even with the engine not running (need to do the carb, tomorrow).
The aim on them isn't all that bad. I gave them a tweak when I bought it, and it's all pretty good. The bulbs are still decently bright. I should really replace that missing HB spring, but doesn't look too easy to do without your fancy grill coming out.
I'd like to do all H4 Hella glass housings with performance LED's at some point. Bucks for the genuine glass housings, cheap for the china LED's. I've bought this brand 3 times and I can 100% recommend. They are pretty much the same price a incandescent halogen but far better!
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
I did just the high/beam with Hella glass H4, halogen bulbs still, only the 2 bulbs. The night driving with them is as good or better than my modern vehicles, the light cutoff and light spread is perfect
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
I did just the high/beam with Hella glass H4, halogen bulbs still, only the 2 bulbs. The night driving with them is as good or better than my modern vehicles, the light cutoff and light spread is perfect
I always find it neat to bring an oldie up to a good lighting standard. I've taken as of late of getting into the habit of running with lights on in the day. The thought being that the fact you have no lights actually makes you blend in more to inattentive drivers. Can't hurt.
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
