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    1935 Plymouth PJ

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    A simple guy that enjoys working on and driving old Plymouth and Dodge cars.
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    Old cars, film photography and travel

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  1. Keith, I sent an email to both of the links you provided. Perhaps in a few days I will find paydirt! Fingers crossed. Thanks for the help!
  2. Keith, So, it sounds like the gear box in this '35 PJ is early and smaller in size. Too bad all the good info on parts is hard to find now. Sniper, I was checking and hoping, but no numbers or identifying marks. Bearing supply house - hummmm...
  3. Second photo showing seal gap to the actual shaft.
  4. I pulled the steering box out of my 1935 Plymouth PJ since it felt just a touch loose and the bottom seal was leaking. With it all apart I'm ready to put it back together and found that the replacement bottom seal is too large to fit in the Gemmer box itself and there is a gap around the seal where in contacts the shaft. So, that tells me that the 1935 seal must be smaller than the 1936 and up seals. See attached photo. Left seal is new and too large, right is slightly mangled original. My hope is that someone out there has the correct seal or knows where I can get one. I'm stuck until then.
  5. The transmission and driveline parts are still not installed into the car, so I made one more large format image on film of the group together on the bench. Maybe next month it will head back into the car!
  6. westaus29 - I think you are on to something. Thanks for your help! The '35 manual describes #4 as a "drive pinion bearing washer" and it sure does look like it fits properly on the extra input shaft shown in the picture. Of course, the manual does not show a picture of the washer.
  7. Sam - I would much rather do the work here at home and I do have a medium sized bench vise. The job will require a pipe or special tool to hold the bearing?
  8. Things were going pretty well and I just about had the transmission back together when I found this clip or washer and can't remember where it fits. During disassembly, I took plenty of pictures to help, but not one pictures taken shows where this clip belongs. Isn't it always that way? The picture attached is of the old one, there is a new one in the small parts kit. So, where does it fit?
  9. All of this help is sure appreciated. I'm sad to read that others have had to deal with low quality parts and find out after it is back together in the car. Nothing like doing the job twice! The Federal catalog page is very helpful. I see a few old stock bearings #1054 are available on ebay, so I think that is the route to go. After receiving one, it's back to the mechanic's shop to have them press off the noisy new bearing and press the Federal bearing on.
  10. I'm finally getting this transmission together and questions have come along with a bit of frustration. Hopefully, someone with the same experience can pass along some advice. The new throwout beaing from Bernbaum's is pressed onto the bearing sleeve, however, when I rotate the bearning by hand it seems noisy. Is that normal or is grease from the grease line able to enter the bearing through the tiny hole? Or, are the replacement bearings just not of great quality? Also, the end of the grease line that connects to the bearing sleeve has me scratching the ever increasing in size bald spot on my head.... How does one fill the line with grease? I attached an image of the end of the line.
  11. 6 cylinder distributor and a long forgotten dwell meter, captured on 8x10 film.
  12. Keith - great idea! I don't have any engine parts for our flathead 6, however, perhaps an image of a '60s cam, lifters and a valve.
  13. I have a new NOS input shaft for the transmission in my 1935 Plymouth PJ. I'm trying to install the needle roller bearings into the input shaft from my new small parts kit. All but 1 of the bearings will sit. Measuring the old needles vs the new ones and both are .0216" each. Am I crazy to think the Mopar NOS shaft inside diameter is just a few thousands too small which will not let the bearings seat? What if I run it with one less needle bearing?
  14. I do have an 8x10 contact printing frame, paper, chemistry, etc. However, for now scanning the big negatives and sharing digitally is as far as I have gone. The results with these vintage lenses have a "feel" to them, almost 3D, which makes me want to capture more. Hummm, what other car parts would be interesting to see on film?
  15. The transmission is out of my Plymouth PJ and on the bench. I have waited and finally received replacent parts, etc. Before the assembly process begins, I made an image of the gears with a J. Lancaster "Extra Special" large format camera from about 1890. Captured on film with a vintage lens these gears look pretty cool, so sharing them here seemed appropriate.
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