Plymouthy Adams

I also have seen these items swapped side to side...I have seen where folks have done upgrades to many B-body 8 3/4 axles to have right hand on all corners (I did the same as my compilation had right hand thread front rotors...) when messing with the old and used and handed down...nothing is written in stone....a buddy, husky guy, swore he wrong them water pump bolts off just using his hand.....I feel he forgot to mention the grunting.....man came into the shop one day wanting a piece of 3/4 flat bar cut....Oz said hand me that, I can bite that in half.....

and yet, the modern car with the absence of this feature continues to defy this mystical force....?

sure a lot different Parkerizing than I have ever seen.......

we started paying attention to wheel nut torque with the impact disc brakes were making on the market....of course those shops that did not care about their customers and their cars continued the heavy handed gorilla tactics they knew oh so well.....Most British and other foreign cars were so far ahead of America and disc brakes at the time....these rules were quickly adopted......these specs and patterns for work habit are for a reason....just not to tick off some slap happy so called mechanic...but for sure it did do that a lot also....they needed to fall by the side and lay in the ditch, not the car they working on....

that is a truck chart.....not so much a pick up truck chart where 1/2-20 was the morn....I do have a truck here with 9/16 60 degree studs....and I do go 125 ft. lb. looks like I should up it a bit to at min 135

my old Motors manual uses pound/ft. specifying the "X" value....but in general most all folks just say ft. lbs.....it is not something that trips the average torque wrench user up for sure. I still default 1/2-20 to 85....never lost a wheel yet, never broke a stud...still mount wheels with a 4 way.....but always use my torque wrench....if along the road...first order of business at home...get the spare off and the right wheel back on....then torque proper. Along the road even at 1/2 grunt is enough....

delete....was thinking Dodge...

seems you trust the modern gasket compound....I cannot see any concern here with a proper gasket and just 'tweak' the seams with your favorite gasket maker compound.....all a gasket does is allow seal for not matched surfaces....if your pan is that out of whack, try to reshape it and fit it dry to inspect your progress...once you got that right, any gasket set will do the trick and again, just tweak the joints with compound.

journals are smaller

this is one of the major reason Lucas has a bad name....the problem is not actually Lucas as much as the folks using their components and switches etc where the grounds are daisy chained across a wooden dashboard of these little cars....secret is when mounting your harness and grounds is to nut the component in place then use a couple washers to sandwich the grounds between the first nut and a second nut....run an dedicated ground to the chassis also... grounds still are the very first cause to new cars with so many sensors and such with the EFI and other systems....

on the dash....lower left of steering column.....

it is odd to see the over riders placed behind the bumper bar.....yes I know they are as many pictured as are many on the internet, just still odd to see them mounted as such...unique to be sure.

last run in 1955.......that must entail a lot of pushing and winching when loading and unloading at the shows..... car does dress up with all that bling bling on the front....

I do not like the post war as well as the earlier as the fender flowing into the door makes the car look shorter...the front fender staying forward of the cowl/door is IMO the cleaner look and one of the reasons I let a 47 business coupe leave the property. That is bad when I let a two door car go...

Porsche wheels? if on that red desoto...even the angle of the side view you can see these are not Fuchs

company name is Vintage Glass....they may have a local office near you.....if not call the Lawrenceville Ga office...as found in the internet....LD was the salesman...

so everyone has to exercise patience while these guys cause accidents and what not.....problem with the world today...to many ME people....how about exercising some common sense...these dang seniors have been along long enough to know better, before senility set in they were expressing the same concerns as I....I would bust them for impeding the flow of traffic and creating a nuisance in general...if stupidity was against the law, I'd write that on the ticket also....?

Like most all things, there is a following, you don't have to agree or understand it. The annual Cushman Club or whatever it is they call themselves is going on now. They have been in the area some 4 days now. Heard a dreaded drone coming down the street and in front was a guide on vehicle and about 11 of these obnoxious scoots going by followed by a clean up truck (towing trailer to collected failed units) Yesterday one was on the road without the power to proceed at speed, struggling against a short and less than steep grade with cars strung out behind him. This borders being a nuisance and a danger in my opinion. If I am towing something at lower speed I will pull over many times and lets cars go around me...it is only considerate and safer for the public as many will try to pass in otherwise less than favorable conditions. Give me my mini bike....almost the same thing....but best part is not allowed on the highway like these slugs. Going back to my first statement, I understand the attraction, I disagree on its highway use. My soap box topic for the day....!!

twist them in, crank them down and let the big dog eat............!!!!!!!!

I'll give you the first in line Knuckle, but I will hold reservations on stating "recused"

never in my life have I ever seen these gaskets carded and hanging on any parts counter wall...never were they part of the Autolite or AC tune up cabinets as stocked by jobbers at the shops I worked as a youth...as stated by many people, they get used many times over...and as Greg stated...how many racers worry of this and these guys are usually very picky on parts and practices...and if you worried and they are copper...just soften them for reuse.....

can't spoon feed everybody Greg...so many folks get a new toy...pop about here and there looking for info and did not leave a breadcrumb trail of their meanderings.

funny you should mention that, I am sitting here drinking the last cup of coffee, have just put on a fresh pot to perk up having JUST CAME IN from the garden setting out some of my starter plants into my bucket garden. I have 50 pots online this spring and bought while available yet, 25 more for future expansion. Win or lose be a good sport and hopefully a few fresh veggies for the table later.

come on guys, the post was up for days and no one else was even considerate enough to help this man unload this burden and now all of a sudden you folks jump on the wagon.....for shame for shame....it would be in good company with my two other town sedans...

well, if you just bought it and have no clue what to do with it....perhaps you should not have bought it....best just drop that pig off at my house and cut your losses......?