David,
You forgot the most iimportant thing with the 1500!
Oil Starvation! Boring out the oil galleries to
provide more oil to the mains and the rest of the
engine!
Dan
--- DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> In a message dated 8/15/2000 11:54:19 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> pomfretm@tampabay.rr.com writes:
>
> << what can anyone recommend to clean and restore
> the bumper. >>
>
> Mark. I drive a 1979 RB. The rubber bumper can
> actually be filled and
> sanded very similarly to the body. My bumper is not
> in the best of shape,
> but I improved it with some sanding and painting
> with one of those "Rubber
> Bumper" paints from Advance or one of the local
> suspects.
>
> As far as choice, if you have one, I would go for an
> earlier Chrome Bumper
> model with the 1275 engine. The early '70's models
> are sharp with their rear
> round wheel arches. I am running the 1500 and love
> it--it has carried me
> long distances with relatively few problems and lots
> of power--but it has
> been modified to the extent of having been de-toxed
> and the thrust washers on
> the crank have been pinned to eliminate one of the
> most difficult problems of
> the 1500.
>
> Most of this post is arguable, of course (shut up
> Ed).
>
> Good Luck.
>
> --David C.
=====
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
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