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1948Skip

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About 1948Skip

  • Birthday 02/21/1939

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    Two Sons/3 Granddaughters/1 great Granddaughter
  • Occupation
    Retired Toolmaker

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    Elverson PA
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    Model Trains/Granddaughters/My 1948 P-15
  1. Gentleman, I have been a Toolmaker for the past 50 years and had to press in pins on a great many jobs. I had never had a press fit failed due to the hole getting smaller. Many of the jobs were put under greater stress then a puny fuel pump. I just had a pair of fuel pumps rebuilt in New York due to inferior material that would not work with alcohol. I installed one of these pumps in a '48 Plymouth Coupe. Never examined the pump when I took it out of the box, it went straight into or on the engine and that is were it is after 6 years. 1948Skip
  2. My first car was a 1930 Model A at 14 years old, 1953. Second car was a 1946 Plymouth Coupe, Third car was a 1936 Plymouth Coupe, Forth car was a 1947 Plymouth Sedan, Fifth car was a 1959 Cadillac Coup-De-Ville with Tri- power and air ride. Now my daily driver is a 2005 Buick and a 1997 Dodge 1500 Ram Pickup and tucked away in the garage for the winter is a 1948 Plymouth Coupe. Skip
  3. Good morning Fellas, Yes the electric wiper motor from a D-24 will fit into the P-15. I did this swap back in the late fifties. I had a 1947 P-15 sedan while my father had a 1946 Dodge sedan that he was in the process of scrapping. I removed the wiper motor, arms and switch and put them into the P-15. What a differance this made when going up hill. And if I remember correctly it was a bolt in swap. 1948Skip
  4. Roadkingcoupe, To answer the key question: Hex head key--Ignition/Door Round head key--Glove box Round triangle key--Trunk At least it is this way on the P-15 Skip
  5. Don, Thanks. It was a physics or science course in school. Google is great. Bingster, I think Spock invented the warp factor. Skip
  6. Gentleman, Here is the definition of vulcanized rubber: The story goes that on a cold February morning in Massachusetts, 1839, Goodyear was showing off his latest concoction of gum-and-sulphur at Woburn's general store. Ridiculed, he waved his fist in the air and a bit of the substance flew off to land on a hot pot-bellied stove. When Goodyear scraped it off he noticed an elastic rim had formed at the edge of the hardened material. Vulcanized rubber had peeked at Goodyear. He reasoned sulphur and heat were key, but in what proportions? Renewed in his research, his poverty continued to weigh on his family. Of the 12 Goodyear children, 6 died in infancy, one during this period. Unable to afford a funeral, Goodyear borrowed a cart to take his dead infant son to the graveyard. Finally Goodyear came upon the key: the application of steam to sulphurized rubber for several hours under pressure, at a temperature of about 270F (132C), resulted in weatherproofing. Now rubber could be made into almost anything! Goodyear wrote his well-to-do brother-in-law who worked in the textile industry. The first application of what came to be known as vulcanized rubber, made its debut in the form of puckered ruffles on fancy shirts. Unfortunately Goodyear sent samples of his weatherproof rubber to British rubber plants before obtaining a foreign patent, and a man who had been trying to make weatherproof rubber for 20 years saw one of the samples. The Englishman's name was Thomas Hancock, and he noticed a telltale yellowish powdery residue on the surface of the sample. In short order he reinvented the weatherproofing process in 1843, four years after Goodyear. When Goodyear applied for a British patent, he found Hancock had beaten him to it. Goodyear sued, but lost the case. The term "vulcanized rubber" did not come from Goodyear, but was coined by a friend of Hancock's, who named the process after the Roman god of fire, Vulcan. Today in the United States the rubber industry employs some 300,000 people and produces $6 billion in products annually. None of which would be possible without vulcanized rubber. Skip
  7. Powerhouse, That coil of wire is a resistor. And I think only a two speed switch. You can see a connection in the center of the coil. Skip
  8. Mr Coatney, This is the same tool used on P-15s. Lockheed brakes. Skip
  9. Mike, I can't talk to the multipal carbs but the single wire is all you need. This is the hot lead and should be fused. The ground will be the pump it self. Make sure the pump is ok with positive ground if you are putting it on an early Mopar. Skip
  10. Rodney, check the exhaust system and make sure it is not clogged. If the engine can't breath it will ack like this. Skip
  11. Thanks Guys. This will give me a lot to look for. I like the idea to use a .22 cleaning brush in the fuse holder. I'll let you know what I find in my clean up and testing. Skip
  12. Bob T The wiring has never been touched in the last 62 years and I know for sure in the last 22 years since I have the car. I will however take your advice and start checking individual wires for any shorting or heavy current draw. What say you other drivers? Skip
  13. Ok fellas, I was on my way back home from a peashes and ice cream car show in Oley Pa last night when I lost my running lights. I had to run a couple miles to get to a safe place to get off the road. I had enough light from my buddy who was folllowing me to make the couple miles. Here is my problem. When the lights went out I reached under the dash at the head light switch and got burnt from a hot fuse holder. Remembering from my past other P-15s I have owned, the fuse and holder was hot on these cars also. I could never find a good answer as to why. What say you guys. Pull your head lights on and after a few minutes of running feel the fuse holder and see if it is hot and let me know what you find. I would appreaciate your answers and help. Skip
  14. Way to go Don. Can't have too much information. On a side note about McMaster Carr. They are easy to deal with and I think their prices are fair. Skip
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