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At one time about everything had zerts .Then in the 60's they cheaped out and had plugs which could be replaced with zerts .Then they eliminated any method to lube them .Things might last 80,000-100,000 miles before they needed replacement .Then like U-joints that didn't have OEM zerts the...

The heat causes the oil to melt out out of the grease and often dribbles out on fire when you pump in new grease .I have no idea what the pressure might be on a grease injector but it's higher than the standard 5,000 PSI on a standard grease gun .Some guns have higher pressures but I don't own...

Heat it up with a torch .Old trick .Here's what happens .Grease is just oil with a thickening agent which is kind of like a soap .After much time the oil leaves and all that's left is the soap which gets like concrete .They make an injector you smack with a hammer that works some times ,The...

My bud Tom who owns a tree service I often mention had an old POS bucket truck with a Chevy 292 inline 6 with a leaky water pump. Couldn't find a pump or a rebuild kit.I took it to work,took it apart .Went on the hunt .It just happened a Ford 3 liter used the same arbor and seals .The...

I first looked up the specs on an F134 Jeep engine to get the stem diameter of the intake valve .Then I looked up Chevy small block,283 -350 etc .No go .smaller .Then I tried Ford 289-32 ,same same .Then Ford big block( FE -Ford Edsel ) ,bingo.All that stuff I did on the internet in about 15...

Here's another one .The 1965 CJ5 Jeep I have is the last one my dad put together from parts from two or three .He was over 80 at the time . Probably never checked the head or just dropped another engine in it .IOE engine intake in the head exhaust in the block,odd ball engine .Bad valve...

I have on some things but it's not real quick .The 1951 Ferguson TO 20 I have at the house broke the valve retainer and swallowed an intake valve .The stem was long enough all it did was go up and down with the piston .This retainers are a cup like thing with the pin .So I drove 22 miles to my...

Gas grills are a pain in the back sides .The Chinese don't really have a good command of the English language when it comes to writing directions .The bolt lengths are so close if you get just one length out of place you have to hunt for the correct one .The Indians aren't much better at it...

Mechanically speaking nothing is impossible .However at times you have to get real creative .For example the track rollers on my old Oliver crawler .They were originally made by Atlas track and parts became NLA decades ago . Track rollers use plain bearings because of the shock loads...