Jorge La Porta

Thanks Adam, I will try to remember about a 70 years old car and be more patient in my car rides, and maybe car will be ok for more 70 years,, In truth thats a strong car , considering that I decided to rebuilt it .........................Plymouth was in a bad shape as you see in the pictures but all pieces were restoring and just three things are not original, 12 Volts in place of 6 Volts but just change dinamo by alternator , start motor is the same and it is not possible to turn on the electrical 6 volts choke but it is there and possible to work , an auxiliary fan ( I leave in Sao Paulo and traffic is a mass) and a new upholstery ...take a look in old one..............................so thanks for your compliments I do appreciate,,,Regards

Adam, thanks to reply, I am in Brazil but our oil here is SAE 90 API GL-4, so what you recomended. So if I understood correctly it is not normal to have a slight crash on gear box from second to third at higher speed ( above 20 miles per hour)???? A worn clutch can be a problem?,,,,,what is amazing to me is nothing happens at slow speed that can be explained by a worn clutch. I rebuild the clutch during restoration process. Car is OK right now it is running very well, but the noise during gear shift is disturbing me... and I dont want to remove clutch again to rebuild.......but maybe it will be necessary ........

I have two questions about 1949 Plymouth P18 , first is related to gear box capacity? and second is about some noise in gerar box to change second to third in higher speed, if I shift at 15 miles per hour is Ok if speed reach above 20 miles per hour it always dificult to change whithout some noise as a light crash in the gear box, if we use double foot on the clutch is Ok, but just one it sounds a crash on the shift gear ...just it...It is normal for the age of the car and specs of gear box? Thanks for experiences changes.

Thank you all about water pump information, I will work on it and I will observe all advices about seal the threads on the backing plate and gasket seal too, possible holes on backplate and bolts tighten. For sure I will be free of leaking............I hope..................................Regards

I already did it during mechanical rebuilding, I do not thing problem is in the internal parts (i replace the shaft and shaft bushing recently). The leak is on the back of the pump, betwen pump back and head and as I wrote no leak while engine is running. Maybe you are right about but when I saw pictures above I do imagine metal plate behind my P18 pump can have some holes too. Do you think it is possible?

I am new on this forum, so first of all let me thank administradors to let me in..................I have a Plymouth Special Deluxe 1949 P18, i rebuilted the car for 6 years and now it is running weel, but some problens are appearing from time to time. Water pump is one of them, engine and water pump are originals and water circulating is working well, no leak when engine running but few ours after engine stop it is possible to see a leak in the back of water pump, i guess in the midle of it. I did gasket replacement one time during water pump rebuild but problem is still there. So please any help will be wellcome. Thanks