Long Story but I discovered a broken valve spring. Pulled the heads and found a bad roller lifter. So pulling this apart for a complete rebuild. So my question is I have heard a cam can be reground. I assume that makes the cam smaller? The cam has one lobe with a tiny shiny spot on the lobe. The...
Curious about anyone with some Diesel pusher experience. Looking at a 1998 with 57K miles. Cat with a Allison. Unit is super clean inside. Outside has some fading from the sun. More concerned about that vintage Cat? Seams to run great. Looking to try this and see how we like it before jumping...
So a friend met this guy online. She im sure told him her life story. She is a widow. She was scammed out of 80k. This was a couple years ago. Guy was always going to come and visit her. She just kept sending money. Just a little back story on how stupid this girl is. So fast forward. She finds...
I have a 76 Schiada V-Drive 454 Turbo 400. Boat is a project. Needs total interior. Gel coat is probably a 9 out of 10. Ellis trailer with new tires. 15K firm. located in Up-State NY.
So I have this 22ft 1976 Schiada V-Drive. 454 Art Carr Turbo-400. C-500 Casale. Ellis Trailer. I have owned this boat about 20 years. It is a project. I bought it without an interior. I tossed some old seats in it and ran it a few years. At some point I bought a used interior. Buckets and a rear...
I sold a 66 Impala Convertible. The guy lives in Florida. He sends two goons to look at it. They give me part of the money in cash. They then say we will be back in two days with the rest of the money. Two days later they show up in the same clothes. they have a story that the one guy flew from...
So I added a 28x60 addition on my 40x60 Pole Barn. I called a couple local lumber yards. I had a builder but I agreed to get the materials myself. So I got two estimates. One was about 4k less than the other one. So I went with the cheaper guy. Basically the same exact materials. So they dropped...
So I picked up some new wheels and tires. Went to spin one of the hubs and it doesn't sound good at all. So im thinking of changing over to disk brakes. This is a 82 Ellis trailer. PO unhooked the brakes years ago for some reason. Just wondering if the disk brakes are worth the cost or should I...
Has anyone ever seen one of these before? Anyone know anything about them? Has a blower motor with a Turbo 400. Says it runs a 100. Not to much more info. Im thinking this was converted from a Whacker but im not sure. Thanks for the Info....
So over the years I have sold many things on E-bay. I always thought the fee they charge was fairly reasonable. I have not sold anything real recent. So a few weeks ago I sold an item for 2k. They charged me $200. So I thought WOW that seams Ridiculous. I called and the girl at E-Bay oh it has...
Looking for a V-Drive BBC Oil Pan Flywheel Forward. Prefer 12-14 quart but maybe a 10 will work.
BBC Timing cover Cast aluminum.
Water Pump River Rat or Magnaflow.
This 18 year old kid has been in trouble for several years. At 15 he stole his neighbors car who was on vacation. He spent a evening driving this car like a drift car. Used the emergency brake to skid it around corners. It looked like a car from a demolition derby when he was done. Smashed on...
Can someone give me some good dimenions? Maybe a couple good pictures. I have tried to find a used set of tanks but have given up. I have a friend with a fab shop who will build me a new set. Thanks Dan
I have a line on a 22 ft Schiada. It has no motor. It has no Trans. It has sat outside un covered for about 6-8 years. It has a V-Drive. It has plates on the back. Floors are rotted. It has nice fuel tanks that may or may not be any good. The boat is on a halfway decent trailer. It has lots of...
I bought this house two years ago. I thought in about six months I could have it all fixed up. Ha Ha Ha. The house was built in 1969 so its not super OLD. However it needed EVERYTHING. The last owners were a little WACKY. They kept farm animals in the house. Goats,Chickens,Ducks and who knows...
I have a 76 22 ft that I have owned for about 6-7 years now. I bought it with a 454/Turbo-400 trans. It has a C-500 Casale box with 18 % gears.
When I bought the boat the last owner decided he wanted to make the boat faster so he took the complete original interior out and tossed it in the...