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When I was working on the manifold leaks I noticed that there is an oil leak down by the oil pump. It is not streaming out, but the engine pan is wet and there was oil on the bottom of … Continue reading
Category Archives: Repair and Upgrades
Got the manifold back yesterday from M & M Head Service. They resurfaced the mating surface and it is nice and flat now. I am lucky to have a good machine shop in the area but they are super busy … Continue reading
The engine has not sounded right since I adjusted the valves. I already found one exhaust leak, which helped, but it still sounds wrong. Time to bite the bullet and figure out what is wrong. … Continue reading
I was taking my neighbor for a ride and the door did not want to latch. The problem was not hard to find. … Continue reading
Since I did the valve adjustment the car has sounded like it has an exhaust leak. I thought it was the manifold gasket. But I was only 1/2 right. After driving the car for a while I spotted this: Besides … Continue reading
I wanted to do a better job routing the wires for the new front turn signals. This is what I came up with. These are essentially the same as the clips Studebaker used to attach the wiring harness to the … Continue reading
My plan back when I did the wiring last year was to put a set of Unity vintage fog lights on the car for front turn signals. But I waited too long and Unity discontinued their vintage line. They make … Continue reading
Back when I did the new wiring harness I said that everything was working perfectly. It turns out that was not correct. I did not realize at the time that the new turn signal switch had a light in the … Continue reading
There has not been a lot of Studebaker work this summer because I have been working on this: We build a new 40’x26′ shop with a BendPak lift. It is going to rock but has sucked up all of my … Continue reading
Friday night Maria and I took the Stude into town. We left at dusk and when I turned the headlights on nothing happened except the instrument lights got really dim. Parking and taillights work fine. So today I started tracking … Continue reading