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Hi Colin, Must have been a "Running when parked" type of car! Just dust off the spark plugs get a battery jump and you can drive it home with the parking brake! I've done that before!!!!! Later, Paul A "Paul Asgeirsson" 14990... MORE

Other than the choke cable, horn and horn push, it appears to be complete and original. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=39405&item=4547048934&rd=1 Go get it! Colin "Colin Dodds" 14960... MORE

I need to do the same thing. Have the same problem with my brand new looking rebuilt holley. Let me know what happens, and where you got the regulator. Tom Kashul, Park Ridge, IL. TMJCOMM@... 14965... MORE

Thank You everyone for your advice....I'm going to try the Regulator Fix Thanks Again Chris [Lebanon,Pa.] Oh,Yes it is a Holley. "chrischrisah" 14944... MORE

I have a 1959 for sale. The car is in excellent driving condition with only a couple very minor body blemishes that can be fixed very easily. The top and tuneau are in perfect condition and the engine has been restored a few years ago. I recently replaced the starter, generator, and put on a spin on oil filter adaptor in the past 2 years. It has very low origional miles on it and is good as a daily driver and close to concours condition. I can give more specifics to anyone interested. The sale is due to an... MORE

There's an odd noise I can't identify coming from the back of the bugeye when the car is moving. Almost sounds like a muffled bag of tools bouncing around. It doesn't sound exactly metallic, but if you were ruling out sounds, you'd be left thinking that metal is responsible for the sound. It's not a click, grind, whine, rattle. Maybe a bit clunk-ish with a blanket thrown over it. It's repetitive... maybe 1-2 per second. My instinct says driveshaft related. Maybe u-joint? Or some slop somewhere? On to the stupid question you've all been waiting for... I want to... MORE

Hello Gang! Working on a BE that has a Judson supercharger installed,using stock carb.that came with the kit,the fuel pump is a electric Purlator [4 to 7 psi.],the problem is that the gas runs out the overflow of the carb.,do we need a fuel reg. or is there something wrong with the carb. float?????? Thank You Chris [Lebanon,Pa.] "chrischrisah" 14888... MORE

Some strange things going on here. :-) First off, stock Bugeye springs have 15 leaves. The stiffer "rally" springs that Moss sells have 10 leaves. Your left spring is only using 4 leaves, as the bottom three are just being used as spacers. But why I wonder? Putting the three short leaves under the rest raises the spring mount by the thickness of the three leaves which would make the left side of the car lower than the right, assuming the equal "springiness" in both left and right springs. Hmmm...... The only really hard part about disassembling everything and... MORE

First loosen the distributor clamp. the dist should slide right out, but if it doesn't, remove the two screws which hold the clamp to the engine block and remove the dist and clamp together. "joe blxfstz" 14777... MORE

Thanx for the info about the rebuilt dizzy. My little brother works at an advance parts store, I will check with him when I get that far. Right now, my thoughts are leaning toward Mallory distributor and PerTronix Rev Limiter. Gonna be a while before I get that far. The part with the one bolt holding it to the block is the piece about to enter jeopardy. I find them available for 1500, but not 948,1095, & 1275. I have several engines set back, including the 948 my current project was manufactured with. I hope I wont need to... MORE

I just used a piece unraveled from a multi strand electrical wire about 2 inches long. it is placed between the cycl on the gasket. it just strengthens the small area of the gasket so it won't blow between cycls. "haynesh2000" 14744... MORE

Someone had posted two available a short while ago. Can travel from CT to Ohio area, south to VA, or North to Maine. Henry Moore him10@... 14740... MORE

What size wire? TMJCOMM@... 14742... MORE

My head has .070 shaved off it. When I installed it, I painted the gasket with silver paint on both sides and placed a piece of copper wire , unraveled from a multi strand wire, between the cycl. It seems to have worked for 10 to 15 years without leaking. H Haynes "haynesh2000" 14725... MORE

NO. the steering column is not grounded to the tube. The bushes are felt. You need the ground wire it's true. "joe blxfstz" 14724... MORE

BTDT... Oh, I agree, but my horn didn't and doesn't work without the little ground wire I ran from the steering rack to the radiator support bracket. It looks like the steering column is not grounded to the steering tube, and the little fitting the steering column attaches to, is surrounded with a plastic seal/bearing and with the oil/grease in the rack, somehow isn't grounded. Bob, Troutdale, OR "Robert Webb" 14721... MORE

I don't see how the steering shaft can not be ground. It is solid steel to the rack, which should be grounded. "joe blxfstz" 14719... MORE

The "hot" wIre from the horn connects to the slip ring in the steering column plinth. the brush rubs against this slip ring and carries power to the horn btton which is the switch. When pressed, this completes the circuit to the steering shaft which is grounded through the steering rack. Check, steering wheel off, whether the slip ring is hot. Just jump it to the steering shaft and the horn should sound. "joe blxfstz" 14718... MORE

Thanks for the response, Paul. I have a schematic too - my question is what are the physical components inside the steering wheel that complete the circuit. As I noted in my earlier note, the steering shaft is not a ground in my BE. So what is used as a ground to complete the circuit when the horn button is pressed? Also, I am looking for input about the horn brush as noted in my previous note. Thanks, John "jch1289" 14717... MORE

I'm still trying to sort out some of the electrical items on my BE. Can someone give a detailed listed of the electrical components that complete the horn circuit from the wire to the steering column to ground? Is the steering shaft itself supposed to be the ground for the horn circuit? Also, I ordered a "horn brush" from Moss and found that it appears to be about 1/4" too long - the horn button won't fit when the brush is installed. Is there a spacer somewhere that I am missing too? Thanks for any information. John "jch1289" 14715... MORE

List, I'm trying to lower my compression ratio enough to get it to hold a head gasket. Short of removing some material from the combustion chamber, I thought I might try using two head gaskets. Anyone had any success with this? I calculate that I'd still have nearly 12:1 compression ration with two gaskets, and I'm a bit leary of adding a another potential leak path and perhaps damaging the integrity of the gaskets. Just wondered if this has worked for anyone else. Thanks, Curt "cfisher1a" 14707... MORE

Can you put a tac drive on any generator?? Or is there a certain gen that is made for tac drives and their gear boxes "Max Harrison" 14700... MORE

There's something about rockers and the valve covers.... The rockers scrape a lot of the valve covers, it fact the aliminumn valve covers are often ground on the inside to allow for clearance... Bob, Troutdale, OR "Robert Webb" 14694... MORE

OK, I've been looking this over and have an idea I want to put up to everyone. I'll call APT tomorrow. But anyway, I was thinking about taking the rocker supports off, one at a time, and have a friend of mine wire EDM the mounting holes out .015" elongated. That could shift the entire rocker train over .015" and that would give me the clearance I would need. The roller is shifted over center the other way, so it would also center up the roller on top of the valve stem. The only thing is I would only... MORE

Kevin, I like the front hinge but do not like the idea of the external latches. I do not know how to do this but I would think it would be possible to weld the original hinges in a fixed position and then rig some sort of latch to them with pins in bonnet that would catch in latch. The release would be with a cable release similar to many newer cars. Just a thought. Norby "Norby" 14644... MORE