Jump to content
Welcome Guest! Please read more information about our club!

Mark Maras

Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    3,703

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    26

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Mark Maras

  1. Mark Maras
    I'm guessing it was for ground effects and not getting rid of exhaust in the cabin. I wonder if it worked for either one?
  2. Mark Maras
    I liked my 240 seats until It went on the track. I couldn't believe how much I slid from right to left and left to right. One shouldn't have to concentrate on staying in the seat while keeping the car on the road.The next race I packed myself in with a pillow on each side. That helped a great deal but seats that fit would be a major improvement when it comes to spirited driving.
  3. Mark Maras
    I haven't used any 3M rubbing compound in a few years but I remember using it with a damp (water) rag. Now I wonder if it's a petroleum base why and how does water mix with it? My first thought is it has something like alcohol in it. The reasoning is, alcohol is one of the few solvents that will mix with oil and water.
  4. Mark Maras
    A brief Google search for hydrotreated light petroleum distillate synonyms, I found dearomatized kerosene. Evidently they dearomatized many hydrocarbons. If one couldn't find dearomatized kerosene I wonder if odorless mineral spirits would work?
  5. Mark Maras
    This may be too obvious, but have you tried water? I think it's water soluble.
  6. Mark Maras
    You mention time, bodywork and paint. Bodywork is the big time killer in your project. The metalwork will take a long time but not as long as getting it ready for paint. Just the sanding seems to take forever. If the paint job is a large part of the quote, I'd get a quote for the metalwork and a separate quote for the bodywork to get it ready for paint. Then paint it yourself. It's not that difficult unless you're going for pearl or metal flake.
  7. Mark Maras
    I should have included valve seals but i meant changing the valve seats to prevent premature wear due to the lack of lead in today's fuel.
  8. Mark Maras
    I don't know if the ferrules are available but I'm sure you've already thought about how to make them.
  9. Mark Maras
    I'd pull the pan and check out the cylinders, and bearings. Then the head and change the valve seats. Other than that, at 40,000 miles, i'd expect to still see hone marks in the cylinder walls.
  10. Mark Maras
    Life is like driving a new road, you don't know what's around the next corner.
  11. Mark Maras
    Maybe a pin hole that only opens under pressure?
  12. Mark Maras
    @siteunseen, @Dadsun Have you tried easing the choke on during the flutter? Over the years I found the choke to be an easy method for checking lean mixtures.
  13. Mark Maras
    They were very common here back in the day. Most people stuck them inside one of the bumpers.
  14. Mark Maras
    Is it a magnetic mount, It looks like a "Hide-a-Key" box from back in the 60s and 70s.
  15. Mark Maras
    Or Lilith.
  16. Mark Maras
    I've always thought the 240 looked much like the 68-73 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 (Daytona). If we looked long and hard we could probably find someone who thinks Goertz designed that too.
  17. Mark Maras
    A few years back @rossiz grew tired of screwing around with his EFI and installed SUs on his 280. It ran great and no more tow trucks after the change until an accident brought another one.
  18. Mark Maras
    A looong time ago we used to pull the spring from one of the centrifugal advance weights to get full advance at lower RPMs..
  19. Mark Maras
    I'd be tempted to submerge the cap or the o-ring (if it's removable without destroying it) in wintergreen oil to soften it.
  20. Mark Maras
    Did you get it off?
  21. Mark Maras
    I believe you have to give it a bit of a twist to remove it. I'm not sure about the twist part. I've only worked on 4 screw carbs. @siteunseen
  22. Mark Maras

    L20b Cody's Goon

    Mark Maras replied to Patcon's topic in 510

    Hopefully they aligned the dowel pin holes in both parts.
  23. Mark Maras
    After the mech. pump.
  24. Mark Maras

    Early Radio

    Mark Maras commented on 270AD's article in Interior

    That is what I remember in my late 70 build 240. Antenna switch on the right, AM only. I don't remember an auto-tune on mine.
  25. Mark Maras
    If it's lean and stumbling, ease the choke on, it will improve. If it's rich it will run the same or worse.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Guidelines. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.