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No, that doesn't sound right. I would be looking at the fuel shutoff control on this one. If it is stuck off, it could behave this way. If you give it a shot of ether, the engine should be making quite a clattering noise as it runs off of the ether. Ether will always fire off in a diesel...

Hi Mike, When I spent an extended time in LA/Malibu in the 60's, the state was clean and neat. The air was brown in the valley, but nothing is perfect. I thought it was an idyllic place... Beaches within walking distance, convertibles, surfing, pretty girls... I returned in the '90s, and the...

I read about it in the Washington Post, but a simple google search finds quite a lot of links. Here's one: Gas Tax slowly replaced by GPS-Enabled Road Tax WMO and WVO are going to get taxed. I knew it the first time I saw an article on a veggie mobile. It is just a matter of when the states...

Try not to be presumptuous. I am a very polite person, especially when I am behind the wheel. I am not an aggressive driver by a long stretch. And I would sooner die than live in California. It used to be such a pretty state back in the '60s, but now... well at least the Los Angeles basin...

BMW is now selling an electric only car, and Honda, Ford, and Toyota are selling, or will soon be selling, plug-in hybrids that can take on a charge from your house power. Various nanny states are in the legislative planning stages of requiring all cars to carry GPS powered road tax meters that...

I've been stuck behind a Prius that was trying to get up to highway speed more times than I care to think. They are much less peppy than the old '81 210, with its 1.5L engine... And no way it took 20 seconds to get an '81 210 up to 60MPH. They were little dragsters compared to the B210 MPG...

The old 5 spd Datsun 210's got 40+MPG around town, and 45 MPG on the highway. Crazy is all the money people are spending on hybrids to get the same kind of gas mileage they could get for cheap in 1981. -Chuck

Don't. If you are putting out screaming fits of white smoke, you are not burning the fuel you are already injecting. Adding more fuel will just make your deuce not burn more fuel. Your problem is probably low compression, or slow cranking. Your deuce should light off like it is the middle of...

Hi Jon, That is right, SAE 50 engine oil (meant for an engine) is not functionally the same as SAE 80/90 gear oil. The mineral oil base is, but the additives put into that base are meant to handle vastly different conditions.... For example, engine oils generally run in a much more severe...

If Haggerty is anything like Gulfway, he had to sign a form, and check a bunch of boxes that told of the safety inspection he did before putting the truck on the road. If Haggerty insists on inspecting his truck before paying off the claim (most companies will in the case of claims of brake...

Hi Westex, It is simple, if the SAE is less than or equal to 70, it is motor oil. If the SAE is greater than 70 it is gear oil. The viscosity ranges of motor oils, and gear oils overlap. Here is a table that will show that: Motor oils SAE 10W - 41/6 cST SAE 20W - 71/8.5 cST SAE 30 -...

Yes it is correct! There is no SAE rated gear oil below SAE 75. SAE 50 motor oil viscosity is specified to be 270/19.5 cST (100C/40C) SAE 75 gear oil viscosity is specified to be 47/7.0 cST (100C/40C) SAE 90 gear oil viscosity is specified to be 285/20.5 cST (100C/40C) (these numbers...

There is no such thing as SAE 50 gear oil. SAE 50 engine oil is very close to the same viscosity as SAE 90 gear oil. -Chuck

There usually is no practical reason to down shift to second. If you are doing it to slow down, just use your brakes. If you are planning to run slow where being in second seems appropriate, slow down to the speed you were planning on going, and then shift to second. -Chuck

Those from OD Iron look good, and are new manufacture. The kits are a standard size, and can be sourced from numerous places, including NAPA. I think the problem is with the complete wheel cylinders. It is hard to know what is in them without disassembly. -Chuck

It's a leaky wheel cylinder thing. The first thing a responsible deuce owner does is remove every wheel, and go through the brakes. Some have found that the wheel cylinders on their deuces have the wrong kind of spring inside of them. The bad kits have a common cylindrical spring. The good...

If you assume that someone else is going to take care of this WI mess for you, you are wrong! Call your representative. Tell him you want your HMV's restored to normal registration status. If you live in WI, and you haven't called your representative on this issue, then you are sending a...

Thank you Madhatter! I think the testing in these articles is not indicative of normal use of automotive brake lines. In the first place, the salt water immersion testing for 60-120 days is very severe compared to what really happens in normal operation. In a real car, because of the...

That's quite a bold statement! Care to back it up? The absolute maximum pressure you will ever see in a brake line is about 1200psi.... and that is stomping the pedal with a couple of hundred pounds of force, and a boost unit. The steel lines are good for 10x that pressure when new. Even if...

There can be an additional reason. If the scrapper makes sales to individuals, in most areas, he would have to have a sales tax, and trader's license, which he might not need if he is strictly business to business. That simple change could cost him a great deal more than the small potatoes he...