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Here's a conversion I saw on an otherwise stock restored truck at a show last August - a pair of oil baths welded together for use on an Offy dual carb intake - the decals are a nice touch!

Okay once again, my polite suggestions have not been heeded. I have had it with the "clowns" you know who you are. I am going to suggest that GGdad lock this thread as it appears to be going south in a "heart beat" hope you butt heads are happy with yourselves? If you want a T5 great, go buy every frickin one you can find, if you want stock stay that way, if you want an automatic do that, but for "F" sake, leave my A833 swap the "F" alone, if you don't like it or don't want it no problem, I get that. I intend to update my blog from here on in on this swap. What a bunch of big "L"s, trans swap, this ain't "Rocket Science", geesh go put in a Comet clutch if you want, I don't give a "Rs A", you want a Powerglide do that, just do it elsewhere. I have been patient and diplomatic on this thread, but no more, all of you who hate the A833 (pi$$ off), I was accused by GGDad about hating the T5, I don't hate the T5, just prefer a Chrysler intended better quality made trans, no big deal, doesn't mean you have to follow my lead. Don Coatney, you have been a lot of trouble over the years for a lot of people, myself included, you know exactly what your doing, and a lot of those who don't know you or your history are quite unaware. I call it as it is, and you are TROUBLE.....

Personally I think the factory oil bath air cleaner looks much better than this.

I took 1 corner in mine and made a welding /grinding area for smaller removable parts and sheeted the walls and ceiling with tin and then put one of those freight curtians, you know the plastics ones that hang down in strips, on a rail so i can move it. it helps control the sparks and debris... also helps on the fire control. ALSO FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND I MEAN MORE THEN 1!!! I say in floor heat and make the doors wide... 10 is nice

Hello Folks, Can someone please confirm that the brake (and clutch) pedal "grommet" on a P15 isn't really a grommet, but a draft seal which is fixed to the pedal arm and moves with the pedal arm under the car, thus creating a seal when the pedal is at rest (not activated)? I was operating under the (apparently) mistaken impression that the seal was actually a grommet that was fixed to the floor and the pedal lever slid through it. Thanks in advance.

Well, we finally got the dash back in the car. That's a good feeling to have that part done. The remaining wiring is the easy part. I needed to make a horn cable for the steering column. I used a short piece of copper nickel brake line and a little circle of copper sheet for the contact at the steering wheel end. I just soldered the two pieces together and crimped it to a piece of wire. I used a push on retainer to hold the contact tight to the ring that screws to the steering wheel. The whole assembly plugs into the horn cable with a bullet connector. Sorry I didn't get pictures of that part. Greg

I would suggest led shop lighting as opposed to fluorescent, they give off clean bright light and are cheaper to run. A mechanic friend of mine has recently done the switch over and the results are amazing. The inside of his once dark dingy shop is now like stepping onto the beach on a bright summers day. https://www.amazon.com/Hykolity-daylight-linkable-fluorescent-equivalent/dp/B01GJVEM4S/ref=sr_1_5?s=lamps-light&ie=UTF8&qid=1515936712&sr=1-5&keywords=led+shop+light

Here is a picture of the two panels. Hopefully this will show you all the bolt locations and help you locate them for removal.

TIme for everybody to step back from their keyboards for a few days.

For me, I always try to start with the obvious issues and work backwards into the “root”. If I was concerned about causing damage down stream, may be worth it to remove any of the respective wires from said device. I think there is only 2 at the most per device anyway, no? All of that being said though, the amount of time vested in chasing somewhat of a moving target may be better spent on just starting over and replacing it all. To be clear though, I would have to be compelled to believe there are multiple multiple issues, not 1 or 2 problematic functions. My experience with “clean up” of others “failed attempts” has been I inadvertently create another problem trying to diagnose the 1st one, bumping loose wires or things of the sort. Now, all that said, and not that I am professing to know the extent of your situation, nor am I “huge” proponent of giving up and starting over, but to be candid, there isn’t just a whole lot to wiring a 50’s model pickup. But what I am advocating is make sure you are being efficient with your resources. 2 or 3 days of my time, plus material, when I could clean it up in a day? I’m trouble shooting. 3 or 4 weeks trouble shooting when I could have all new, done right, done my way, all for 2 or 3 days of my time, plus material? Yep, no brainer. My advice is grab a bucket of ice and a couple beers. Start with fixing the known issues. If I make some real progress by days end, stay with the clean up initiative. But if I’m no closer, and/or out of beer by day 2, I’m really thinking seriously about will my continued efforts prove to be in vain...... Hope this helps, or at least gives you food for thought. cheers!

The olive branch?

Yes I am very aware this is a truck forum. I clearly missed your thread with the "conversion in a couple of hours". Well Don, Im not taking the bait. Installed your t5 18 years ago. Really.. I guess it took 4 years from install until you drove it. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/makes-all-the-work-worthwhile.16533/ Don said - "I am just looking for details on how to do an A833 upgrade with documented photos. I may want to do such an upgrade myself " .. Seriously Don no one believes that. Just so your aware Tom Langdon was touting the conversion well before 2000, well before any mention of you doing it or yes people stealing your ideas. Clearly I just helped enable you to dive into this thread for your 21,518th post. Sorry about that folks. I will not be making that error again. Bye Don time to join the many and hit "block"

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I am not the one who brought up the T-5 swap in this thread. Suggest you report those who did so. I am only making an attempt to post correct information both focused and in topic same as you. Looking for documentation on the 833 swap from those who have done the swap but for unknown reasons there are no folks outside of yourself who are willing to make such reports.

Hello Kubuhagiar, I had a hell of time installing those draft pads on my WC-12 Pick Up. I just cut them enough so they would slip on the pedal shaft and wrapped them closed with some very small gauge plastic coated wire. They seem to be holding up well. Say, I see you and I live close by. I’m down here in San Carlos. I know SSF well. I worked for the city for 28 years. It is a great city to work for. Maybe some day we can get together with our vehicles.

In my opinion the oil bath is a better filter than a paper filter but I do not have any documentation proving that. It is simply my opinion. I am running dual paper filters on my dual carburetor setup pictured below only because the carburetors are spaced too close together and the oil bath cleaners would not fit.

the wagon body is a very easy lift for one person, there is no need to use braces or fork though the open windows...the method I used was a one man operation and executed in short order..it was also explained to the author long ago in detail

I just had mine done by a trimmer. Fiber board with a plastic film backer windlace sewed on. He used the ones there for a template. 15 bucks a side.

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It's fixed to the pedal arm, not the floor. Learned the hard way.

So as I understand it you are not sure what the oil filter looks like or if your stock engine actually has one but you are ready to swap in a V-8? Trust me a bit on this but it will actually be a lot easier to learn about your original engine and oil filtering than to swap in a V-8. I know all the car magazines and the unreal reality TV shows make all this sound quick and easy but it is a lot more complicated doing an engine upgrade than doing repairs/rebuilds to the original engine. As suggested find and read everything you can about your vehicle prior to taking the plunge to swap engines.

Ya thats why I am here no clue on what to do. Lol

Boy.... that's for sure! Even at times I haven't a clue