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Normspeed

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  1. Pete, I've seen those E Z harnesses. They sure look well put together. I like the idea of the wires being marked at intervals.
  2. Normspeed

    It LIVES!!

    In Southern Cal, we might reply, Bitchin, dude!
  3. I want to say welcome to all the new folks. You've found one of the best places on the web. Seems like once the forum went to the new format, we gained quite a few more old car nuts. To you guys who are modifying yours, hang on to the old drivetrains, suspensions and stuff, folks on this forum sometimes swap parts. I hope all the new folks will at least add their state or city to the profiles, and a pic of their car, or their dream car. browsing the members list is like walking the best Mopar car show ever. Except that pic of MikeMaker. That one scares me.
  4. Norm, I agree, that is a little too much. What he really meant was, "an engine in a rather small attached workshop." " he even had an engine in a closet in the house. Now granted, that is a little too much."
  5. Here's the one I used. Well made, operates flawlessly. It will handle a 6 amp 12 volt load. Converts 6v pos ground to 12 v neg ground. http://www.pressenter.com/~cmeyer/
  6. Arthur, at least it's usually easier to remove and replace the tranny the second time, if you need to do that. I did mine 2 weeks ago and it was not bad. Do you have a transmission jack? That can be a big help. My clutch disk was marked on the flywheel side. You had to look for it, but it was marked flywheel. If you pull the clutch, be sure to add a small amount of short fiber grease into the pilot bearing (not on the shaft) like they say in the manual. Unless you did that the first time.
  7. I rewired mine and kept it 6v it was inexpensive and easy. Just tag everything before removal, and transfer the tags to each new wire as it's made up. I also installed 00 battery cables. The car starts easy and the lights are bright. I installed a 12 volt step up under the dash to power my XM portable satellite radio and other small 12v stuff. Here's a pic of the new harness going in. Once it was in, I covered the wires with black split loom covering.
  8. Classic 30's look. Sure doesn't look like a SoCal gangsta ride.
  9. You could post a pic over on the DeSoto DeSpatch forum. If it's DeSoto they can tell you.
  10. Rob, check the link below. There are several of these charter cars based at Union Station, including the Scottish Thistle and the Overland Trail. One of them has a banner advertising availability for holiday party charters. Imagine a vintage rail car loaded with folks dressed in period clothing, ringing in the new year while rolling across the countryside! http://www.railcharter.com/pvtrail/usacan/CALIFORNIA/
  11. I dropped the rear with 2" lowering blocks and I have a pair of cut down coils to try up front. Tim is right as far as the dropped spindles being a great way to go. For me, I'll try the chopped coils first, like Norm, then if I don't like the ride or handling I'll think about spindles.
  12. I went ahead and ordered online. Hate to pay $5 extra for S&H just to avoid the treadholes at the NAPA store, but heck, it would cost me that in gas to drive there and back so it's a wash.
  13. Bob, am I right that if you do that you would want to bring it up to speed, then push in the clutch and then hit the brakes? Without pushing in the clutch first it would stall the engine no matter what.
  14. Nice find, and welcome. Lots of hands-on knowledge on this forum and the greatest bunch of old car nuts on the internet.
  15. Arthur, whatever it is, I think it's in the flywheel/clutch assembly. The clutch is not disengaging or if it is, the input shaft is still being spun by the motor. Some ideas, possibly a very tight pilot bushing? Can a clutch disk that's reversed cause this? Or one that got bent during the tranny installation? Just throwing ideas out here. First I would try adjusting the clutch linkage even further, to get maximum push on the clutch fork, and see if that helps. If you chock the tires real well, put it in high gear with the motor off, push in the clutch and bump the starter, will the engine turn over or start, or does it refuse to spin over? Or better yet, try that with the distributor coil wire unhooked for safety's sake. Norm I know what you mean about the rust. Especially if the fresh metal got handled with bare hands.
  16. Thanks Norm, I may try NAPA. Problem is, the NAPA stores near me are staffed by some real dorks.
  17. Thanks Robert. I'll give that a try. I'll also contact Idaho Transmission Warehouse, Blueskies says they are top notch suppliers. A few weeks ago on ebay there was a reverse slider for my trans and I believe it went unsold. Shoulda grabbed it then.
  18. A couple weeks ago I located a KEM carb rebuild kit for my B&B carb, at a good price with free shipping from this online outfit. After 2 weeks, no kit, no communication from them, so I emailed and asked what's up with my kit? Here's their reply: "I have been informed by KEM themselves that they have no stock on this part." Back to the search. Hard to beleive that KEM has no stock, since some other forum guys have bought KEM kits. Lucky for me, there's no hurry, I have 2 working carbs. Just trying to put together a matching numbers carb for the set. Prices sure vary on the rebuild kits. Anywhere from $20 to $45 or even $65.
  19. Has anyone got a Mopr parts book, that could tell me the part numbers for the reverse slider gear and the reverse idler gear for my 53 Plymouth 3 speed? I see a couple gears that might work on ebay but they are listed as 46-48 Chrysler/Desoto parts. The reverse slider # they show is Mopar #1112459.
  20. A treadhole is what I imprint on the backside of door-to-door salesmen.
  21. Hey, I just noticed I'm a senior member now. OK, you don't have to say it, I will, I've reached that level by being a blabbermouth.
  22. We had a carbide lamp that we used for night fishing when I was a kid.
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