In every automotive deal there is the guy doing the work and then "the friend". I am working Saturdays on my Hemi Jeep project and the goons drop by and walk around my project commenting negatively on the 1/4 eliphtic suspension which I know they have never ever seen nor do they understand it. (My rail has it too) Asking about the 5.7 hemi and offering advice on how to do that and this. It seems strange because I do all their motors and tuning . Why am I doing that if they know so much? Occasionally they put their finger thru the paper so to speak and get to meet what my old racer friends call THE OTHER DON DULMAGE. Then it gets real quiet and they go away. However my late friend Frank Post , a great Mopar guy who loved our early 60s mopars once told me. "dont get made at that guy Don. You're the only friend he's got." It made stop and think and perhaps a bit more tolerant. Some folks just want to talk and be noticed. They dont really expect you to do what they say. They just want to be there and be notced. i guess that is no crime so be his friend but occasionally set him straight when he gets overboard. "How did you build yours ?' usually shuts them up since most have build diddly squat but somehow became experts anyway.
Don----- Original Message ----- From: "SB" <polecat2@xxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:07 AM Subject: RE: crank dampener install
Thanks for answering my question, and for making me laugh, Don! He is a bit of a numbskull at times. He's trying to tell me now that a 1975 Carter 318 BBD is too lean for my 1969 318. Maybe I just need new friends!! Don Dulmage wrote:Tell him your seating it and then ask him "Do the intials MYOB bear any significance to you?" I have seen literaly hundreds instaled that way both in machine shops and by amatuers. I have never seen one ever once damage a thrust. . I know it doesseem a bit rough but back in the day 40 years ago there was nothing else. I usually set the damper in front of a heaterfan for about 1/2 hour and lube the shaft well. the first pop till it gets to bolt depth is so easy sometimes you think you could almost push it on. How do you thnk it gets installed at the factory? Quickly would be # 1 there. Sure an installer would be nice but ----------- well you know.DonSubject: crank dampener install > > I always install the crank dampener with a hammer and a block of wood,> until it is on enough that the threads on the crank bolt can reach, > then> finish it with the bolt. My friend says I am damaging the crankshaft > main thrust bearing by doing it this way. Is that true?----Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks!'62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.
---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.
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