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Give it a soak in Kero or some other solvent (like turpentine, brush cleaner of similar) and see whats left of the filter material. There was a guy around here who used a red wool sock for a number of years. Basically when operating correctly, the should be a low pressure area taking air into the engine, to ventilate the crankcase. This however is only the case when the vehicle is moving down the road and the draft tube creates the draft. If your engine is worn, suffering from blowby or loss of compression past the rings, the crank case become positivley pressured and the filler tube is probably at a bit of positive pressure relative to the atmoshpere. But in either case the pressure and or vacuum is slight. So the filler tube is basically a pressed in fit. Line it up the way ot should be and place a block of scrap wood over the top and give it some light taps to seat it back in. Should be ok. the breather tube if not servicabel after cleaning will need to be replaced. Should be available at NAPA Jums maks sure you get one for a non PCV equiped application.

Got the concept down pat the craftmanship leaves a little to be desired; http://www.bebo.com/FlashBox.jsp?FlashViewType=TV&FlashBoxId=2378138555

Man, when I was a kid, i used to drink a ton of that stuff. Then later I discovered it was pretty good with Vodka also........... This seems to be from about the same era;

There used to be a fellow on this forum who had a Dodge from up in the Hannible area. He hasn't been around the forum for a while I think his name was Terry. Tall fellow with a big beard, he was also into Harleys. Is your car the one he used to have??? You might want to consider a front clip to do your job. Tim Adams of this forum has mentioned that early Dakota Pickup make good doners. They are plentiful in wrecking yards, they are cheap, they are realitively easy to do, and you get upgraded brakes, rack and pinion sterring, and the wheel bolt pattern is a match. I'm sure if you contacted Tim he could give you a blow by blow of how to do it. If you were going to swap frames you'd need to fab all the body mounts and stuff. With the front clip swap you anly need to fab up new fender and radiator supports. I know there are quite a few Dodges from the era in a yard up by Watertown, but nothing will be available till spring, as the owner is not well and has shut down till spring.

Dave I believe thay are pressed in welsh plugs. Probably just pry em out with a screwdriver and replace with new ones.

Where is the frame bad??? Can it be repaired? Where in Central NY are you?? I am out side Syracuse.

Where is my none of the above button????? I want that choice. The slate of candidates hereabouts didn't qualify for Dog Warden. All they did was point fingers and sling crap about each other. If you believed half of what they were saying about the other they both should have been indicted for crimes against the state. If they are incumbents, you know they are so beholding to special interest, they couldn't vote their conscience if you held a gun at thier head. Oh!! I forgot we're talking conscience here, not a requirement for anyone above the level of town council, city council, or village trustee. If this is the best we can do it is a sad time indeed. Yep I voted, and you can be sure I will complain. Now we gotta wait and see if our new governor keeps his integrity (former attorney general) or caves in lke the rest of them.

Sure weld it and then grind the weld smooth. Might want to v grind the joint a bit then mig it. Shouldn't be a problem.

Suspension is a little different......looks like transverse leaf spring lower "A" arm Upper "I" arm, and frame mounted hydraulic shocks. Pic from the National Studebaker Museum in S Bend, In.

Nice Pic!!! Recent????

Plugs are tappered and should be driven out from the smaller end. They are also machined flat on the side toward the pin fitting against flat spots there. Soak them up real good before hammering on the. They go in for opposite directions on the opposit end of the axle. Sorry don;t know which end is which sitting here now. But look at the diameter of the ends and drive out toward the big end.

Probably not as off brand as you think. I believe Chrysler and Studebaker may have had some engineering genes out of the same pool. And it seems they sourced thier subasemblies from the same suppliers. Good luck with it.

Mostly sunny and 60 degrees today. Guess I'll get Kate out of the garage for a bath, drive her around some, straighten out the garagebay, back her in, disconnect the battery and snug her down under her cover. I woudln't mind driving in the winter but there is so much salt being used that even on sunny dry days (which we will have about 20 of between now and April) the salt residue being kicked up is still a thing to be avoided. So hibernation is in order. Check the oil, fresh top up of gas, and some strategic placement of decon mouse pruf and she should be comfy.

Here is a link to an interactive gas price map; http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx

There is more wierd stuff here than meets the eye. The rear window is not a coupe window, nor is it a Biz Coupe window,, they were flat glass about 8 inches high, and the top and bottom edges are straight. Also the coupes had a forward slanting "C" pillar. This looks like it might have started life as a more door, and not based on either of the coupe body styles. But based on those observations I would say this is not a business coupe. Shown is a local 42 Biz Coupe for comparison.

Hey Frank, was wondering when you'd come ever to the new digs.

Hey Pete, your pics aren't coming through. Anyone else having trouble seeing them??? Others seem to be no problem.

PM??? Yep! Check yours.

Glad you made it through. I am 5 years on from mine. Listen to the Doc's, do your therapy with enthusiasm, keep you rmeds schedule, and get ready for a life style change. Throw the turkey on the barbie. Actually Turkey is pretty versitile, turkey chili, tacos, meatballs, meatloaf, and on and on. Mixed with some good ol beef it aint bad.

I purchased 8 or 9 yards for my business coupe. I did the seat cushion, the seat backs (the coup has hard backed folding seats with a leatherette cover, so no material was used there. I also dis the two door panels, the package shelf (which on the coupe is about twice the size of the sedan, and a drop down panel between the package shelf and the leatherette of the space between the trunk and back seat. I have about 2 yards left over. My guess is that you would need 16 to 18 for a four door.

I believe Goldwings have a reverse deal where the starter motor powers the bike back wards. I think these stabilizers (calling them training wheels may have elicited and un-Christian response) are part of that deal.

Disconnect the coil wire and turn the engine over on the starter till the oil pressure gauge reads some pressure. I can get 20 psi on my engine, Then plug in the coil and let her rip. Good luck. Car canisters use NAPA 1080 Gold. think I got mine for 9 bucks.

First song is the sweetest!!!! Great news. Don't forget to retorque the head.

The needle reacts to the regulator regulating. Mine after a first start up will jump up and show a good measure of charge, after a few minutes it wil drop down to zero or just above, putting a turn signal on at idle will cause th eneedle to move into the negative area with each flash of the lamps. The meter measures electrical flow into and out of the battery, and senses by that flow when to energize the field coils of the genney to induce it to start making electricity. So some movement is normal and reflects what is going on with your cars electrical system, big erratic movements could indicate a problem with the VR points as mentioned above. And being made up of bimetalic strips, electromagnets, and resistance wires, every one will react differently to the given situation. You might want to swap the VRs between your cars and see if they react the same way.

Rodney, If you get a PM you can just reply to it just as you would a regular post, only it will only go to the party who sent the PM. If you wan to initiate one, to a person who has posted, click onthe name which will take yoy to the person's profile. On the profile page there is a dialog box with the send private message option.