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Thanks for the responses.

I have a ZZ4 crate engine that has been in my Deuce for about six years now.  

I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't pay much attention to what the spec sheet said about maintaining the cooling system so as to prevent corrosion of the heads.  I've heard everything from, "you need to use distilled water in the radiator to "no special treatment is needed."

Right now I'm just running straight antifreeze and it's time to drain and flush the system so I'm wondering what additional things I need to do to help the aluminum heads live a long time.  

...and have I potentially done any damage by letting this go this long?  

Thanks

I haven't been on here in forever.  Got a new computer, switched to a MAC and love it.  I'll be around a little more often now. This was always one of my favorite boards...not as much drama.

Today I'm not doing anything car related, taking a break.  The NC Legislative Delegation came to call on me earlier today...

I recently changed the transmission in my 5 window and rather than futz around with trying to get the SW Wings speedo calibrated and working with the new trans I bought one of the new Classic Instruments Sky Drive GPS speedo units.  This thing is advertised as working with ANY electric speedometer.  

The first unit didn't work...sent it back and it tested bad.  They sent me a new one, which I'm sure is wired in correctly, but it won't calibrate.  Classic Instruments Tech Support hasn't been much help.  The last guy I talked to today said that the unit MAY not work with a 12 volt square wave speedo.  He suggested I call SW to see if they could tell me how to hook it up.  

Having delt with what purports to be tech support at SW before, I'm turning to you guys first.  Has anybody had experience with this GPS/speedo combination and does anybody have any thoughts, tips, etc as to how to hook it up??

Thanks.

I Got It Out!  Thanks for all the good input.  This morning my 86 year old next door neighbor came over and showed me how to use a couple of long 3/8 inch bolts and nuts through the axle flange to get it out.  It was stuck for a fair-thee-well but with some appropriate grunting and cussin' we got it out.

I'm trying to remove the axles from a new 9 inch rear in order to test fit a Wilwood brake kit.  Right now it's just the axle housing with the axles and bearings installed.  There is NO center section.  I have removed the  flanges that hold the axle to the tube and flailed away with a slide hammer until I about passed out and the * thing won't budge.  I've never had one not come out.  What's going on here?  Do I need to heat up the end of the housing in the area of the bearings?  
...and don't anybody say, "Get a bigger hammer"...
Thanks.

Tom, I tried a PM again.  Hooley

Hooley, PM still not coming through.  I sent you a PM just now to see if you can receive on your end.  My email addy is in the PM to you.  May be easier to use email. -Tom

Tom, I sent you a PM.

I checked my PM's just now...the PM didn't come through.  Don't know what happened...try again. - Tom

Hooley,  I live about an hour and a half from the Maxton Mile.  I've been to a couple of events there and right now plan to be at the one in September (as a spectator).  If I can help point you guys to some of the local sights to see while you're out here just hollar. -Tom

go to a place that cuts vinyl signs, they have a self adhesive cover paper that they can cut a stencil into. Stick it to the screen, and spray paint over it.

Thanks...will post a picture when I'm done.

On the Rat Fink video at one of Roth's parties the show a film of Von Dutch lettering the front of Roth's truck backwards so that people could read it viewing it with the rear-view mirror in their car. He was doing it free-hand. Maybe the heat's getting to you. You could read your thermometer like they do in Australia. Read the celcius side. The numbers are smaller. GPster

That's exactly what I want to do, but there must be a way to do it without having to find somebody with the skills to do it freehand.  Von Dutch is dead...and some day's I don't feel too good myself.

It's 98 degrees out today and I'm bored.  'Thought I'd take a shot at painting a reverse "Move Over" graphic on the bug screen on my Deuce.  

Then I realized I have no idea of how to correctly do this.  I guess some sort of stencil is involved.  Has anybody done this and how did you make it look right, with crisp edges on the lettering.  It strikes me that it would be easy to go to a commercial graphics shop and have them cut a stencil...but how do you paint the letters onto what is essentially a piece of screen wire without making a mess???

... 'Hope you will have a change of heart and keep RRT going, but if not best wishes and thanks again for the site.  
If/when it is shut down will there be any way to archive the tech section...it would be a shame to loose all that good info.

'Just went back and read ALL the posts.  I'm glad to see things are go for a while longer.  I, like a lot of others, visit and read the posts without logging in.  Don't want to waste bandwidth if I don't have something germaine to say.  I'll try to log in more often...got to keep that post count up.  

Of the three rodding forums that I regularly follow, the RRT has consistently been the most helpful when I posted a question.  It is also far and away the most courteous and polite.   I appreciate the effort it takes to keep something like this going.  Thanks, Frank for all you've done.  'Hope you will have a change of heart and keep RRT going, but if not best wishes and thanks again for the site.  
If/when it is shut down will there be any way to archive the tech section...it would be a shame to loose all that good info.

Crosley Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:23 pm    Post subject:  

I suspect tach problems IF the trans is in 4th gear with converter locked or not  
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Looks like it is a tach problem.  Thanks for all the input guys.