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  1. Jerry Roberts
    Here are the part numbers for your Auto-Lite IGS-4111-1 distributor ; cap IGC-1107S . rotor IGS-1016B . contact set IGP3028ES . condenser IG-3927G . breaker plate assy IGS 3004 . The parts stores can find the parts using your distributor number but I like the NOS Auto-Lite parts that you can find on ebay with the individual part numbers .
  2. Jerry Roberts
    If you decide to remove and reinstall a head bolt , put sealer on the threads as some of the head bolts go into the water jacket . Also ... if it feels like the head bolt is too tight and it might snap off , go to plan B .
  3. Jerry Roberts
    We are talking about a 1951 Cranbrook .
  4. Jerry Roberts
    If you don't know how to tell a 6 volt battery from a 12 volt battery , count the caps . 3 for a six volt , 6 for a 12 volt . What these guys are getting at ; if you are running 12 volts , you are going to have negative ground . If you have a 6 volt battery and you want to stay negative ground , that is OK too .
  5. Jerry Roberts
    I wonder if your starter bendix is sticking or moving forward when it shouldn't . If so , it would be hitting your flywheel teeth .
  6. Jerry Roberts
    Also you can have someone turn the steering wheel back and forth while you are looking underneath to see where the slop is . It might not be in the steering box . There are several other places that the slop might live .
  7. Jerry Roberts
    Sounds like good news Joe . And Moose is a hero .
  8. Jerry Roberts
    On priming the oil pump , Vintage Power Wagons recommends submerging the pump in oil and turning the shaft until it stops making bubbles .
  9. Jerry Roberts
    Thanks for checking that Jeff , I hope that you didn't have to spend too much time digging out your old glass . I have a two car garage and we park two cars in it . My own stash of other parts gets to be really buried .
  10. Jerry Roberts
    The wheel bolt pattern is probably different too .
  11. Jerry Roberts
    I am trying to verify that a pair of rear corner windows that I have are for the 1948 - 1955 Pilot House trucks . Does anyone have a window out that they can measure ? I have seen other similar windows for what was probably Chevrolet . Measured across the curved exterior it is 11 3/8 inches . Measured across the exterior top to bottom it is 10 inches . See photos . Thank in advance .
  12. Jerry Roberts
    If replacing the adjuster doesn't solve the ' too loose ' problem , perhaps there is room on the threads for a jamb nut or locking nut . If so , this might prevent having to pull the cam .
  13. Jerry Roberts
    Your " Thanks very much for the link " covered it well enough .
  14. Jerry Roberts
    Tod , Does your car have lock nuts for the tappet adjustments ? My 1939 Dodge car engine doesn't have lock nuts but somehow there is resistance built into the design so that the adjustment doesn't change on its own .
  15. Jerry Roberts
    Scour the wrecking yards for another float to improvise with ? Make one from scratch from sheet brass from a good hardware store ?
  16. Jerry Roberts
    The nuts look stronger on the old bolts , more threads to grip with . As the threads look good yet , I would wire wheel the threads on the old bolts , put a little oil on the threads and use them again . Other opinions may vary .
  17. Jerry Roberts
    Looks great , what is the story ?
  18. Jerry Roberts
    Some of the small airplanes also have fuel burning heaters in the cockpits .
  19. Jerry Roberts
    One more possible solution ; Where I live , there is a business that specializes in bearings . So if that were my problem , i would bring the starter with the armature in for them to measure .
  20. Jerry Roberts
    I found the 12 gauge bolts at Orchard Supply Hardware . The size is 12 - 24 . I ran a 12-24 tap through the new nuts so that they fit my existing threads better . They have about 70 stores in California and Oregon .
  21. Jerry Roberts
    Amazon has ; Remote oil filter mount wix 24755 and they also have wix filters 51050 ( 10 microns )
  22. Jerry Roberts
    I found odd diameter fine thread stud sizes on the Pilot House studs that mount the stainless trim horizontal bars on the front of a pilot house truck . The common 1/4 inch fine thread nuts are too big and a 10 gauge fine nut is too small . Has anyone else come across this problem ? I first though that the diameter had been decreased by rust but there are some existing nuts that fit well . Anyone know the oddball size ?
  23. Jerry Roberts
    The earlier trucks had wooden blocks between the cab body and the frame , your truck would have rubber pads perhaps 3/16 or 1/4 inch thick between the cab and the frame . perhaps these are referred to as " body shims " . The springs would go underneath the frame and the idea was that there was some flex so things wouldn't break . The left front corner wasn't allowed to flex because that is where things were fastened together , like the steering column . There would be more information on the 1939 - 1947 Dodge truck forum and perhaps some photos in the files or photo section .
  24. Jerry Roberts
    On those ' rod angles ' those parts were probably just installed incorrectly in the past and then left that way . Persistence wins the game .
  25. Jerry Roberts
    You might have to put a lever on the lever ... like a pipe .
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