As a kid I used to love doing the "Chipmunk's" impression by swithing the 33's to 78.

 

Hah!!!!

Man I still own a Sears Timing light and have a BRASS set of feeler guages somewhere in my tool box. Mallory and /accel points---I remeber getting my wrist cut whan I was helping a buddy set up the timing on his 390 AMX!! Ever been ZAPPED by a mallory high energy coil----yah, that smarts.

Back in the day when a kid had no money for a new set of points, or when you were gapping an old set, you'd run a dollar bill between the point contacts to polish them up before gapping.

Anybody remember setting up the float levels on the old holley carbs and running gas all over the intake, or getting a manifold leak, backfiring back through the intake and blowing the power valve out, causing the carb to flood the intake with fuel??

Yep--I'm an old guy--52 the end of Jan

The only difference between back then and now is trying to get down under the car and then try to get back up----damn I hate getting old.

 

20 years old here. so i guess im like 2nd youngest here??!!

 

Man, you ain't been zapped till you touch the flyback on an old TV or CRT monitor! I know it's not truck related, but you just reminded me of it. When you learned to work on one, you taught lefty's how to work on them right handed. The voltage hit the right hand & exits the right foot. You hit it with the left hand, the heart gets in the way & sometimes stops beating. THAT'S NEVER GOOD!!!

Try it at 41, after three right knee surgeries, two back surgeries, a left knee surgery and a double hernia that I can't have taken care of because I lost my benefits two years ago. I'd almost spot you the 11 years...

 

I voted for 1 and 2, and im only 20 years, We have multiple timing lights in the shop, dont know why just somehow acquired them over the years, I cant even remember how many sets of points i have changed/filed to get spark.

Heres the ?, have any of you guys messed with a MAGNETO, I have tore down a couple and still havent figured out how they work

 

Originally Posted by dhvaughan
i've also got a big collection of '33' albums. more bonus points for those under the age of 30 that know what 33 refers to, as opposed to 45 and 78 ?

anybody know what the 33 refers to ? c'mon, guess. kids only please....


That is the number of rpms. I got some 80's metal stuff that I find at the Salvation Army all the time. Also got some awesome stuff like Cool and the Gang, Saturday Night Fever, Scorpions, Zeppelin, and ZZ Top to name a few. I love that old stuff man. Did I mention I was 22. Yup, I wasnt even born yet. LOL.

 

That is the number of rpms. I got some 80's metal stuff that I find at the Salvation Army all the time. Also got some awesome stuff like Cool and the Gang, Saturday Night Fever, Scorpions, Zeppelin, and ZZ Top to name a few. I love that old stuff man. Did I mention I was 22. Yup, I wasnt even born yet. LOL.

 

Whoops. I messed that up. Oh hell with it.

 

No Thanks on the 11 year spot---I already been down the back surgery route once--I have partial parallysis (?) on both legs---"Oh my aching back", but I do understand what you're saying. I'm lucky enough to have a good job in the industrial refrig industy with a BIG Pharma company---we make stuff REALLY COLD!!! -100F +.

Good Luck with the knees--I don't envy you

 

That's OK, I read your post wrong, took it that you are 52 now. You are only 10 years older than me. See, you just got younger...