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by ramair
Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:48 pm
Forum: For Sale: Parts
Topic: Brake drums, hubcaps, starter
Replies: 5
Views: 17733

Re: Brake drums, hubcaps, starter

Hi, What kind of hubcaps are they, full or dog dish? Thank you, Michael TOA 691#
by ramair
Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:44 pm
Forum: Technical Talk
Topic: Octane?
Replies: 6
Views: 16168

Re: Octane?

Hi, I would rather error on the side of caution and use the highest octane you can buy. Here in California that would be 91 octane. These cars were made to run on 97 with lead. I would start with a factory spec timing check with vacumn advance plugged. Fill the tank with the gas you are going to use...
by ramair
Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:09 pm
Forum: General Talk
Topic: Manuals
Replies: 5
Views: 15127

Re: Manuals

When looking for parts or manuals on Ebay try typing in Oldsmobile. If you do not want to look at all the items you can type in the year of your Toro or the name of the part (manuals). You will find that there are a lot of parts that will come up for you if you expand your search. Sometimes I am in ...
by ramair
Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:29 pm
Forum: Technical Talk
Topic: Dash lube
Replies: 6
Views: 12660

Dash lube

Hi, getting ready to pull dash out of 68. Wanted to know if anyone has lightly lubed any part of the speedometer? I can only imagine less is best on this item. Also it would be great to get some brand names of lube for speedo, clock and speedo cable. Thank you, Michael TOA 691#
by ramair
Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:13 am
Forum: Forum Suggestions and Comments
Topic: new forum title
Replies: 6
Views: 27743

Re: new forum title

Mike, I was thinking of catagories that would allow for a fast look up for a Toro owner. If anyone has used the archive on the TLIST knows that sometimes you can not find a keyword that will bring up what you are looking for. So I propose catagory 1" Power train" which would be limited to ...
by ramair
Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:20 pm
Forum: Forum Suggestions and Comments
Topic: new forum title
Replies: 6
Views: 27743

Re: new forum title

We have alot of things going against us . Some of us are trying to keep 40 plus year old cars on the road as a hobby others are trying to keep their cars on the road as every day drivers. I remember almost 25 years ago finding it impossible to buy front brake rotors for my 68 Toro. I am afraid that ...
by ramair
Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:11 pm
Forum: Forum Suggestions and Comments
Topic: new forum title
Replies: 6
Views: 27743

new forum title

It would be great to have a place were people could go and tell us what luck they have had with parts. I propose a site were you can type in the year toro you are working on, the name of the part, the part number, the price you paid, if there were any issues, the company name, phone number, EMAIL ad...

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