From: Don Dulmage <big-d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: crank dampener install
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 7:10 AM
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 does
> seem 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.
>
>> Don
>
>
>> Subject: 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?
>
>
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