I recently had my spare E-brake band relined here in the U.K. when I had my brake shoes relined, cost me £25.00 for the E-brake band which is around $30.00 to you much cheaper than buying a new one. My Plymouth service manual states a lining thickness of 5/32".
Thanks, yes plan to down the line when I get deeper in to it.
I've just pulled the head and was hoping someone has an answer to satisfy my curiosity.
Regards... Simon.
Hi all,
Just brought a replacement engine for my P15 Plymouth and I'm trying to establish what size the piston's are from the part no .stamped on them which is DPCD 954808 W and a heart shape. I can't find any reference to it on the net but have found the following -
954800 - standard
954802 - .005 oversize
954805- .020 oversize
but I can't find any info for any larger sizes.
It's a P15 block and I've got a P15 parts book but it lists different no's for the pistons.
Anyone shed any light on it.
That no.'s not listed but I've just cross referenced the '42-'48 no. with my P15 parts book and realised that the no's quoted in the Hollander are for the complete steering box assembly, the housing body has a separate part no. not sure which one is stamped on the housing. As usual with old cars it's not straight forward.
Is there a part no. on the box?
According to the Hollander Plymouth used different boxes for the following years -
'37-'38 Mopar no. 667206
'39 " " 691320
'40 854134
'41 867826
'42-48 953369
This is timely as I'm just starting to look into what's required to rebuild the steering box on my '48 P15, according to my newly acquired Hollander manual the bearings no's for your '38 box should be -
upper - Timken 5BC/6A
lower - Timken 5BC/6C
It list's the Ford '38-'48 bearings as -
upper - Timken 5BC/6
lower - Timken 5BC/6C
what the difference is between the 6 and 6A upper cup is I don't know.
Annoyingly the Hollander doesn't list seals but if have the parts book or the original mopar part no. for the seal you should be able to cross reference it to an up to date number using the link below -
https://www.allsealsinc.com/pdfs/Timken_Seal_Interchange_and_Cross_Reference_Guide.pdf
Below are couple shots of the Hollander showing bearing no's and key.
Hope this helps.
Regards... Simon.
Not me, the car was painted by the PO just after he imported it. It's a 50's VW colour, a near match for the original Airwing Grey, the photo does flatter it.
This set up worked for me with a small extension on the breaker bar !!!
I brought a used puller but it had no dogbone to use the BFH on.
Keep at it you'll win in the end.
Here's what worked for me, I'd brought a used five leg puller that had no dogbone so had to use leverage rather than the BFH. Came off with quite a pop.
Can you imagine the complaints you'd get from the nimby's these days! There's a large naval dockyard just down the coast from me where they've just built a housing development across the water and the new residents are complaining about the noise from the ships. I guess they didn't see the two aircraft carriers when they were buying their new home.You couldn't make it up.
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