doubleclutchinweasel

He disappeared from JOT 4 years ago too.

Just as long as they aren't chicken-shaped chicken lights!

I think, in '73, the Maxis were still that gold color like 'train showed.

Well, it depends on whether or not it had a Maxidyne. Thermodyne and Maxidyne were different colors back in those days.

Not uncommon to lose spring pressure after the valves and seats are re-cut. This one sure has my interest!

Yep!

Okay! I have to do a “binary” joke and see if anybody gets it! There are 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary and those who don’t. Okay. Let’s hear it!

Curious to see how the lobes check on that cam.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you! But, it sounds like you are more than capable of figuring this one out. Can't wait to hear what you ultimately find.

Amen to that! I've had my eyes burned before. Not a fan.

I forgot to mention sticking rockers. Good catch! Sounds like valve train may be okay. So, like they said above, fuel delivery next? Sure did sound like valve train, though. But, then again, I HAVE been wrong before!

LOL! I'm the same way! I have trust issues!

Like FJH says, valve seat seems likely. Also, I have seen sticky valve guide before. Or, even too loose of a valve guide can cause leakage around the seat. Any kind of build-up on the seat? Burned spot on valve seat or seating surface of valve itself? Bad valve spring? Crack in head around seat? Loose seat? L:ifter sticking in bore? Has to be something there letting compression back out through the intake.

That's my point! JOT is a pretty good forum. But, this one kinda spoils you! I check in on the WAI thread about every day. I even won that a time or two. But, this forum is just awesome. And, it's mostly Bulldogs!

Cheater lenses are a godsend!!!

http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/Default.aspx

I do miss those guys. But, there are some awesome members on here now.

I do not disagree. I go there from time to time just to check up on those guys' activity. Have to see Jim's latest pictures! I do wish we had a What Am I? section over here. That's one of my favorite parts of JOT.

I had a picture of a steel-nosed DM-600 somewhere, but I can't find it now.

This is the forum I spend most of my free time on. Like I said, I do go to JOT once in a while. But, the discussions over there are not as much in my wheelhouse as they are here. I avoid the political threads here. That's not why I come here. And, we won't solve any of the world's problems in those threads anyway. Barry and the guys do just a traffic job of making this site great. Look at the JOT site layout for comparison. Very simplistic. Not very inviting. This one is super-well organized and easy to look at. All the different discussion and topic sections let me go to what I am interested in without muddling through a bunch of crap I don't care about. The notifications work. The messaging system works. The online users link is fun to look at sometimes. It is just professional in every aspect. Plus, the knowledge base on here is un-freakin-believable. I won't mention all the names, but you know who you are. If one of those guys doesn't know the answer, then you're asking the wrong question! There was a thread on here a while back that discussed in more detail what happened in "The Big Purge". There were 1 or 2 people who caused most of that, and most of the others just got caught up in the whirlwind. It happens! I mean, if somebody pissed me off badly enough, my response might get me banned from here, too! But, I try to avoid those situations so I don't wind up in a pissin' contest over something that doesn't even matter. For the most part, the folks on here are very respectful of each other. Ones who are not don't fare too well. One thing that JOT has which is very interesting is their "What Am I" section. Jeff Lakaszcyck, who has a lot to do with the JOT site, and runs the WAI? forum, has a wealth of knowledge and an unbelievable supply of old iron photos. Go over there and check it out, and let's hear some other opinions on that. Might lead to a whole new activity for us. It would be cool if somebody on here could come up with our own version of that. http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/Default.aspx

Sure wish I could find a warehouse full of these! ca36.pdf

Yep. Blue paint made it burn better. I've seen it happen.

I worked a lot to able to split shift with 2 hands and just as much to get good at "one-handing" the 2 sticks. A guy that rode with me once commented on that "one-hand" technique...said he'd never seen anybody "triple clutch" before. But, when I got used to it, I could do that ALMOST as quick as I could with 2 hands, and never missed a shift. Plus, I could steer better. Gladly, never had to do the 2-hand thing in front of a DMV man! Damn it! I'm off-topic...AGAIN! LOL!

Amen, Brother!

There WAS a massive purge a couple of years ago. Like Terry said, it had to do with a big blowup, with some members getting all out of sorts over something. Barry had no choice but to ban a bunch of these members. A shame it had to come to that, because some of them were extremely active and knowledgeable. But, these things happen sometimes. Some of these guys can still be found over at justoldtrucks.com. I go there from time to time myself. It is a good site, but this one suits my interests better. Jim Hancock is over there, and is still posting some of the coolest old pictures in existence. You might want to check it out sometime.