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Hi everybody, I just want to say hello. It's great to have a platform like this. I bought my 1942 Dodge D22 Custom Coupe one and a half year ago in Texas and brought it to Germany. It was last licensed in California 1957. 1973 the last owner wanted to restore it and insatlled a ne interior, new tires and gave it a paint job, but as I know, it was most of the time kept in a garage. There wasn't much to do to get it back on the street. I just installed a new wiring harness, new brake cylinders and tires and some little things and enjoyed the first summer. This winter I will get a look at the transmission and engine, and perhaps I try to fix the interior, because the 70s style fabric is really creepy ;-) Here's a little video of the car and the "restoration" Have fun: Kai

Hey all, was a real pleasure to have 1 of the Members Bamfordgarage stop by today. Chris and His Wife are in the area to attend a wedding, so was able to meet with Chris today, for an enjoyable few hours, and to talk Old Mopar, and to get a 1st hand view of Chris and Jerry's adventures in the 47 D25. Just before Chris arrived, Forum Member RickD1973 and Paul H, both Vintage Mopar Owners arrived to pick up a C38S 251 engine. Rick and I picked up this engine, and loaded it on His Trailer, had the Wheaties for breakfast today. Pulled out the Fargo, Paul drove the truck, and then I drove it with Chris, for a short ride in the area, was very happy to give both a ride, and to get there opinion on how the truck is running and handling. We all, at Paul's request ventured into the Kitchen for Coffee, Homemade cake, courtesy of Mrs Bamford, and enjouyed a fantastic slide show of The 1947 D25 adventures. I had previously seen some of the pictures already, but it was sure a lot more interesting, with Chris's narration of the excursions. Chris and Jerry, very brave and adventurous types, real old car role models for sure. It was a great afternoon, and do hope to be able to meet with more of you Guys in the future.

I have used the siphon style sandblaster before with great results. I made a blasting cabinet out of plywood with a plexiglass hinged "roof" and two holes cut in the front with some heavy duty industrial elbow length rubber gloves screwed in place to protect my skin. I used a chicken wire grate over a sloped floor to allow my media to travel down into a catch bucket. My clean sand was in a different bucket. I did small items like screws/bolts, trim clips, hinges all the way up to intake manifolds etc. I used it outside of my homemade cabinet as well, it does tend to make quite a mess, just make sure you are wearing long sleeves, gloves, eye protection, and some kind of a mask (preferably the full double filter style respirator used in a paint booth). The silica dust created by the sandblasting is not good to get into your lungs!!! In my experience with using this type of sandblaster...you HAVE to make sure your sand is COMPLETELY dry...I mean sahara desert dry...any moisture in the sand will clog the siphon tube and cause you a lot of frustration (ask me how I know...LOL)

Better shot of factory grill gaurd, looks like they may be dealing with a flooded condition, perhaps a spot of putty might have helped.

Does this help, Chris?

There is a test in the repair manual to determine proper fuel flow volume. It has been referenced on this forum several dozen times. Every suspect fuel pump should be put to this simple and effective test as part of a fault finding procedure.

I'll try and grab one over lunch for you.

I think that most of us have been in that situation Jeff. I had issues with my fuel gauge a while back, but it turned out that there was no float left in my cork float so was an easy fix in the end. I've been well and truly tested over the past few days whilst wrecking another one of my old rusty trucks in the paddock. Wifey told me that I'm only allowed 5 of them and I may have a 6th one arriving next week - I'm not sure whether she was joking or not but best to play it safe! It struck me today whilst working away, I wonder how much blood one can actually loose from cuts or gashes before one becomes dizzy! I'll pull the motor tomorrow and then start working on saving all that I can from the rest of the truck. Seems that a local lizard has moved in and made itself at home in the engine head (see photo). One has to keep on ones toes in our paddock when it comes to critters moving as there are plenty of snakes, lizards, goannas and other nasties over there.

Here are a few pics. Better ones to follow. Wayne

Spotter guide for '48 here

Here's Part 2 http://smg.photobucket.com/user/wstory/slideshow/Reno%20Chapter%202%20-%20The%20Races?sort=6

Trust me, the drive down to Puyallup to see the guys at Hagen's is worth the trip. And they pobably had your replacement dizzy on the shelf or in the storage building bins. Anytime you have a parts need (or a haunted part) run down there. They not only carry parts from 1909-current, they know how to fix the old stuff. If I was still out there instead of in west TN, they'd be doing any machine work on m 218 and 230 engines.

If you can do both, get them. Then print out the info you need from the CD and takes those to the shop/garage and get the finger tracks on those rather than in the manual. the manual makes for easy reading but printable pages keeps the manual readable.