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junkers72

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  1. Sorry for stepping on you, Plymouthy Adams.
  2. If nobody messed with it it is positive ground
  3. The DeSoto clock is a little bigger than a Plymouth clock . Hope it works out for you.
  4. I replaced a few and didn’t use any sealer. Just made sure the block was clean. Used a wire brush for a drill and sprayed with brake parts cleaner. They weren’t all too easy to get a straight shot at with engine in the car but worked out for me.
  5. Also, make sure your idle speed is adjusted to proper spec and your throttle linkage is working freely. Ran into a similar issue recently while driving my 47 DeSoto . Found the screw to be loose where the linkage arm goes onto the throttle shaft . Just sharing my issue . BTW I rewired my car in 2021 due to many wires under the hood to have cloth covering worn off . The more I looked the more I couldn’t believe anything worked at all. Happy Thanksgiving
  6. Looks real good to me . Get it home and enjoy it .
  7. I work for Reading & Northern in old KME truck service garage .
  8. 1940 & 41 have squared lower corners ‘42-‘48 have rounded lower corners .
  9. That's my 47 DeSoto Deluxe . I work in Nesquehoning . I drive it pretty often. Guy with the Packard is not me but I know him and he has quite the collection . I just stopped and snapped a few pics of your Chrysler the other day .
  10. GrumpyJim , Do you recognize this car ?
  11. I agree with Plymouthy Adams, this is not for everyone. I had a co worker who was going through his Jeep Cherokee at the time when I was getting deeper into my project and he loaned me a backing plate to check it out . When I thought It was do able I purchased a few pieces local, used, & affordable and moved forward. Brake shoes, hardware, & wheel cylinders were purchased new after I got it all fitted. Is not a quick, direct bolt on and I used AMC Eagle cast drums to solve the minor depth issue. My original DeSoto rear brake parts were beyond usable and didn’t feel like coughing up the loot for Restoration quality parts. Hope this helps the OP
  12. Scarebird disc on front. Removed seal holder and trimmed excess off to better suit “new” backing plate . Where the spot welds were removed is where I welded it to “new” backing plate. Drilled holes accordingly. Had to message the upper edge of axle housing for it to seat as it should . Shimmed axle end play as per DeSoto shop manual. Had centering lip machined off of original rear hub after removal of DeSoto drum so new drum would go on and seat properly.
  13. I had adapted backing plates from a 90’s era Jeep Cherokee onto original DeSoto axle . My park brake band was in poor condition so I did use jeep e brake cables and found that I would have to make up a lever to assist with the pull because the hand lever didn’t have enough leverage to properly set the brake to hold on an incline while parked. Was going to move forward with that idea but then scored a very good original brake band and removed all the jeep cables and park brake levers to have a very good functioning original set up . The Jeep drum brakes on the rear are working very well though.
  14. I rewired my 47 DeSoto and kept it 6v positive ground . Added headlight relay that is 2 circuits . I put a fuse between feedwire and the unit has a fuse for each beam . Also put in 6 volt halogen headlight bulbs . Works well and I’m not afraid to drive it at night . As a bonus I added a relay for the brake light circuit.
  15. Nice car . It’s very similar to my ‘47 DeSoto . Enjoy it and welcome .
  16. No more standing on our heads to see it .
  17. This is a pic of Scotty t ‘s p15 manual rack . It’s from an old thread he posted years ago titled Not for the Purists
  18. That looks like the same material my replacement gasket was made of . Stripes and all . If it’s the same material it worked for me .
  19. I got a new gasket from my local Napa auto parts 2 years ago . It is still listed as Part #FPG 4267 and at the low price of $2.82
  20. The toggle switch is for the dash lights and has 3 positions dim, off, and bright. The round switch is a heater switch with a light bulb to illuminate the missing knob when it’s on . It probably has off, low, and high positions if it’s like the one that was in my ‘41 Plymouth
  21. This guy is current posting his current projects on YouTube under the user name Savin’ Junk . You may be able to get a quick response if you message him there.
  22. Thank you for the heads up. My ol’ DeSoto is due soon for a change .
  23. I put a brand new stock replacement master cylinder on my 47 DeSoto with the Scarebird kit . I removed the valve from the master cylinder as recommended and added an inline 2 lb residual valve to front brakes and 10 lb inline to rear which are drum . The brakes work very well .
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