Automotive terms people don’t know anymore (spark plugs, trucks, Buick)

[ScoopLV]

Timing stalk and throttle stalk. Don't see much of that anymore, even though 19 million cars had them on the column.

[Felix C]

balance and blueprint, 3/4 cam, fuelie heads, solid lifter, dual or single plane intake, spreadbore or squarebore.

[blktoptrvl]

Originally Posted by Tia 914

Is it o.k. if I toss a question in here?
Referring to a regular car, is there such a part called a "stump"?
I've been wondering if a neighbor who talked about this made it up. ?

The only thing I know related to Automotive and Stump is a "stump puller" but that is just a description of a gear set/range.

[Seafood Junky]

lead fouling..

[kanhawk]

Not on the car but automotive related. Fill 'er up with regular or Ethyl?

[HappyRider]

Do we still have hot and cold plugs? It used to cure all sorts of malfunctions.

[JaxRhapsody]

Originally Posted by Rivertowntalk

The steering wheel knobs, I have heard them called "Dead mans" by some.

Never :nderstood what was so bad about them. I had one on my pick up.

[Fleet]

The intake roar coming from a big 4-bbl carburetor. (Or 2x4-bbl or 3x2-bbl.)

[PeaceOut001]

Originally Posted by HappyRider

Change has a way of sneaking up on you. I was thinking how many automotive terms that some of us grew up with but the young have no clue what they are.

Carburetor, points, condenser, rotor, distributor, hand brake, shift knob, sealed beam, leaf springs, rear end, sway bar, I-beam suspension, vent window

All those terms for a regular car ... in the day when I could change my own oil and do tune-ups on my car. I used to know them but now they're computers and not meant to be worked on by people who used to know what they were doing and by mechanics who used to know what they were doing. Subaru made a change that made sense and put the oil filter where it's reachable, so had I bought one, I'd probably still be doing my own oil changes. We learned this test driving cars last year.

Gad, a carb. Engine's a little sluggish? Open the butterfly valve manually for a bit. These days, the butterfly valve is probably just on a butterfly . A kid would have no clue about this either. Life was really simpler when I was growin' up.

[pvande55]

What about cigarette lighters? Do any cars have change holders? Vacuum gauges, with "fuel economy" reading. Speed warnings. How about that (non-OEM) accessory from the 50s, fuzzy dice?