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06-11-2008 03:25 PM #1
My Johnson Rods are out of alignment. What do I do FELLAS?
Well I was told by the guys down at the Pizza Shack in Little Italy that, the first thing you do is jack the truck up about 3 inches. Then you reset the Binotz fittings with a medium-sized flavitz bar (GM part #4ImADummie). Be careful reading the dial, though, as some mechanics have accidentally stripped Binotz fittings through over-torquing. That should realign your Johnson Rods very nicely and to factory specs. Check your Service Bulletins, though, as there might have been a slight change to this procedure in the mid '50's. While you're at it, this would be a good time to check the grease level in the Fallicalator. It really is a pain to be stuck on the side of the road with a seized Fallicalator (not to mention, misaligned Johnson Rods).
So ya think they are right or do some of y'all have a better procedure for this adjustment??
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06-11-2008 03:39 PM #2
well that sounds pretty good, but while your under the car, it might pay to change the starter hoses and check the headlight fluid alsoYou don't know what you've got til it's gone
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06-11-2008 04:46 PM #3
Headlight fluids???? Damn I knew I forgot something during my Spring check up. No wonder my lights have been so dim lately. Car lights, that is.Bob
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail....but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying..."Damn....that was fun!
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06-11-2008 05:40 PM #4
ah u dozn't haf ta cal em johnson rods. u kin cal em j rods, or jon rods, or jist cal em rods
Richard
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06-11-2008 06:39 PM #5
Originally Posted by ford2custom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoYsfbq3vMc
Don
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06-11-2008 06:50 PM #6
If you find your Johnson rods are just worn out and need replacement THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO BUY THEM. Lots of other cool parts as wellOur race team page
Chuck
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06-11-2008 06:51 PM #7
Had a few pitchers with that pizza didn't ya?
Make sure your clabbershackles are not in a bind too.Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon
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06-11-2008 07:23 PM #8
Originally Posted by Itoldyouso
My wife said, do I have to call you Johnson to get a reply?
I have to play that again. Thank you for the link.
Richard
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06-11-2008 06:25 PM #9
Don't forget to add the fluid under the 710 cap. And the sequential blinker fluid.
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06-11-2008 07:54 PM #10
My johnson's been out of alignment for years! :-)~
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06-12-2008 08:07 AM #11
Muffler Bearings and rocket tubes?? How about them thing-a-majings on the rear cylinders and them do-gee-wobbers on the back-up lites? Do they need to be adjusted also?
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06-12-2008 09:14 AM #12
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06-13-2008 06:25 AM #13
Actually,I've never heard of realigning a johnson rod without first pulling the finnegan pin,and recalibrating the thermodroxel to 107 degrees F ambient. Perhaps your way is simpler,but with mine it's rozzer to slip a cracker the dropsy in snide. Hope this helps, Hank
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06-13-2008 07:20 AM #14
Maybe you need your prostate checked.
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06-13-2008 05:07 PM #15
I was gonna mention the muffler bearings, thanks gusaroo for pulling out the stops and having a picture. Everyone seems to forget that the kanooter valve should be changed every blue moon or so. Or else you could have an oveabundence of the supercalifragalisticexpiallidosious levels in the fluid level in the headlights./ Not to be misstaken for the typical overflow you get from the headlight fluid. This is a whole nubber lebbel !!!!!!!
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