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I had same thing after wheel repair. Found it to be a wheel weight hitting a linkage.

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Have a 1962 fc with a 1965-1968 replaced engine. need carb gaskets and was wanting to know if carbs were all pretty standard. Have a 62 shop manual but not a 65-68 book for part numbers. Do I need serial # off carbs? thanks for a quick help

Can it be eliminated by a single wire alternator? My mech wants to remove it by replacing the alternator with something he called a single wire. Anyone out there do this change.

can anyone determine the colors of the interiors ? Seat patters ,dash color, headliners, carpets and paint? I have a fc 95 that has the fawn paint codes. Does the interiors blend matching colors or are they fawn and tans or black? I found a piece of original seat covering and it looks like Fawn, but ...

The last 140 I built had $5000 in machine shop cost's and parts, deep seat heads are a must have item for reliability, those are $1200-$1800 alone, there is a big difference between a complete competent rebuild and a refresh, so price depends what you want? also no competent engine builder will ...

thank you for a good estimate

Can someone throw out some estimates of engine rebuild cost, I know it all depends on what they find. Include engine removal and install. Wanting to make the powertrain as reliable as I can for a driver not a museum restoration. Any trans rebuild cost and front end rebuilds. Don't need to get real ...

Ok got distributor back to original and it now shifts without stalling. Thanks to all the help. Anyone interested in an ignitorII with coil?

regarding above post, I think I found out the difference between the two door latches. but still would like info on washers or shims. thanks for diagrams but I'm looking for a diagram of the actual handle assembly exploded.

Trying to get the ramp and tailgate handles to work. Does anyone have a parts blow up picture of these? And are they the same for both the tail gate and rampside? I'm having trouble getting enough throw on strikers to unlatch. Would like to see if there are washers or spacers in the assembly and ...

thanks again guys , wont have time to look till around xmas time. I'm heading up around Hayward for some ice fishing and snow removal off my garage. I did get a plate for my distributor today old original so I may put it on.

thanks again, I'll have to clean off distributor to find numbers. got a plate coming from cal corvairs. Is there a way to post a picture on this reply.

heres my latest news. Head serial numbers 3878569 hope this close to my block sn tIIOIRG. someone mentioned a distributor number, where is it ?

All you guys are incredible. I'm learning a lot very quickly. info over load. My next move is to verify heads and maybe find a number on distributor. I do want a point and condenser distributor not electronic. Thanks again for info and patience to help a carpenter become mechanical. I'll post any ...

thanks for reply. Now for another question. When ordering parts for motor what year and horsepower will I use? Head numbers or block? I've already got some distributor parts trying to put back to points from someone's electronic ignitions changeover. Are coils proprietary to distributor or motor? I ...