Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

Found this at a garage sale. Had a price tag on it for $15.00, bought it an left quickly before anyone changed their mind. It’s an Admiral, made in the early 50’s. It has vacuum tubes & paper wrapped capacitors. Missing the needle for the record player. Haven’t plugged it in yet cause the power ...

Ordered it from Jegs. Laying on my front porch then to the work bench an took off the plastic bag an notice the bag was heavy still. Anyhow I’ll use it as a handle on some thing.

I’ve mail ordered a few cranks before but never had a handle come taped to the bag...
Hmmmm, WTF is this???

2 more pics
IDK??

When I go get this thing balanced should I bring it along w/ piston,rods,rings,bearings? To be honest I don’t know what it is.

Wasn’t hot to the touch. Maybe a depleted uranium rod.

Ordered a new Eagle cast steel crank it arrived today with a ufo. Small steel rod with fixtures on each end. I guessing it’s for balancing?
I know now, it’s a nifty carrying handle, I found 2 screws also.
It was inside a bag that was taped to the bag the crankshaft was in?

Made this today out of aluminum street sign. Thought I’d make a heat spacer out of plywood & glue it on top of the aluminum. Might flat sand the plywood on some glass, IDK? If it wasn’t such a bitch to make another aluminum gasket shaped plate I’d glue it on top of the plywood, one on the bottom...

Can I make a heat barrier for my Eddy 750 out of regular plywood? I have some 1/2 plywood hanging around to use. I do have some solid pine but its much thicker like 1in thick. Going to use a gasket as a pattern.

Mineral spirits in a 3 gal bucket with a screen about mid way up so all the heavy crap goes to the bottom. Spray on oven cleaner for cooked on grease & oil. Car wash sometimes if I'm in the mood to be splattered with everything I'm washing off.

I usually connect to manifold vac but have read that no vac advance is needed at idle.

Chevy 357 ci gen1, ported Vortec heads 062's, regular HEI dist, Edelbrock Performer intake for Vortec's, Edelbrock 750 carb. (1407) CR 9.8. Just played with the timing yesterday, installed a MSD vacuum advance stop plate, doesn't advance anymore than 10° now. Mechinal advance stops at 10° also with ...

What about Aron's Falcon on Gas Monkey Garage. But then he striped it down to nothing. But who knows might be some info on what was done that could be helpful.

Thought about using the one on the head but I think I get a more accurate reading from here.
I don't think the candle wax thing would work with sealent on the threads.
Red hot with aluminum srounding the screw, don't know about doing that.
I'll do the heat an quinch thing. Thanks.

If this was cast iron I'd have it out by now but since its aluminum I'm not sure how to do It. Heated the area around the set screw with a propane torch, tried loosening by hand, nope, still to thigh.Then heated again an tried my air ratchet, broke the allen bit. I do have an acetylene/air torch but...