Thank you both for your inputs. The lamp wire is indeed red/orange so I'll install a light. I'll wrap the white and black ...   10-05-2014 03:04 am

My JH-5 is close to resurrection after and engine rebuild, transmission rebuild, and engine compartment restoration. I’ve got some questions about the wiring harness ...   10-03-2014 08:56 pm

The seal should be sticking out .100, away from the engine. I machined an aluminum disk to fit into the recess on the engine ...   06-15-2014 05:34 pm

I used the Safelite Auto Glass shop in Camarillo, CA. Of course, they told me that do not guarantee the installation when they don't ...   06-01-2014 03:46 am

I used Safelite for all of my race car windshield replacements as well as reinstalling the MASERATI windshield after restoration and have been completely satisfied. ...   05-18-2014 03:01 am

OK guys. That's what I'll do tomorrow. Thanks, Claus ...   03-11-2014 04:24 am

Per the attached article, there is too much oil going to the camshafts and buckets. Restricting the feed passage provides more oil to the ...   03-10-2014 03:09 am

John Fitch provided this in the aforementioned post. O-Ring Counterbore Details: .......... SPEC METRIC / Calc'd Inch Decimal / approx inch fraction Dia. ...   03-08-2014 07:02 pm

I found a metric o-ring at McMaster Carr that is 1.6mm diameter x 8.1mm I.D., #9263K622, 100 for $6.32 but I don't know if the ...   03-06-2014 05:15 pm

In 2011 there was a CAM OIL PORT thread with discussion about the recess size to be cut into the camshaft housing to accept an ...   03-05-2014 04:29 am

Thanks Brett, I did notice that the polished area on the crankshaft was close to the block side of the flange so that makes sense. In anticipation ...   01-20-2014 06:20 pm

Greg, Please post your sump photo if you can. My engine is apart so now is the time to modify it. Thanks, Claus ...   01-20-2014 02:22 am

To date, I have rebuilt Triumph TR6, Porsche 944 Turbo and Maserati V8 engines. All of these have shaft seals where the outside surface ...   01-20-2014 12:25 am

I now have answers to what happened. The vacuum switch did have a crack in the diaphram. The carburetor fuel bowl needle injested ...   01-06-2014 10:33 pm

I have determined that fuel is dribbling out of the rear Stromberg emissions fitting that mark Rosenbaum labeled "Calibrated Leak" in his sketch. Can ...   12-30-2013 08:15 pm

That vacuum switch has a hole in the diaphram but I am lucky enough to have another vacuum switch that is good. So I ...   12-30-2013 12:07 am

Hello all, this is my first post about my new 1974 J-H 5. Carburetors are Stromberg 175CD-2SE. I know nothing about these carburetors ...   12-29-2013 11:53 pm