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  1. Jim Shepard
    Anyone know what the normal (not excessively hot or cold) operating oil temperature range is on these flatties?
  2. Jim Shepard
    I did pull the air cleaner and look into the carb while it was running. It does appear as though the gas doesn't shoot out as much under acceleration. As I said, it'll idle fine but when I accelerate it stalls. I guess the pump could have just failed...
  3. Jim Shepard
    Seems to me if that were the case it would have started as soon as the tach was installed. The tach has been installed since the first of the year. That being said, it's easy enough to pull the coil wire and see what happens. I'm leaning (no pun intended...) toward fuel delivery problem. What would cause it to suddenly act up? If the issue is the pump, could the diaphragm be the problem?
  4. Jim Shepard
    Also, the only thing I’ve done recently is add a few gauges - oil temp, volt, vacuum, tach.
  5. Jim Shepard
    Forgot to mention: my ignition is Pertronix with Flamethrower coil. So, no points, no condenser.
  6. Jim Shepard
    Took the truck out yesterday morning and it drove great. Went out in the afternoon and it started acting up - sputtering and hesitating through acceleration and losing power at cruising speed. Pulled and cleaned plugs and they looked fine. Gas is not that old and it starts right up. At a fast idle (2,000rpm) in the shop it was hard to keep it steady as it kept falling off. At regular idle (450rpm) it’s fine. This is a 230 bored .060 over with mild cam, Fenton headers and factory two barrel Stromberg. Any ideas?
  7. Jim Shepard
    So the A833 is a manual? And your engine is a stock flat tie?
  8. Jim Shepard
    Assuming you were to put an automatic in your truck, which one would want and why?
  9. Jim Shepard
    Thanks.
  10. Jim Shepard
    Does anyone know what differential gearing a ‘52 Plymouth Coupe with manual transmission would have had?
  11. Jim Shepard
    I have a B2B and this is the heater that was in it.It's a MoPar Model 70 and they were usually found in cars. It does not have the fresh air hookups and simply recirculates cab air. There is a coolant shut-off valve on the back of the cylinder head and a reostat switch to control the fan. I believe, along with radios, the heaters were a dealer-stalled accessory. In the case of my truck, the dealer most-likey didn't have the correct heater (which I believe is a Model 60) in stock and instead installed one for a car. Mine is bigger than the correct truck heater and required cutting down the back of the glove box.
  12. Jim Shepard
    Not a truck but my first car...
  13. Jim Shepard
    I like to think of them as my Roy Orbison glasses...
  14. Jim Shepard
    Just ran across this. 1951Chrysler Long Sedan (cheap Limo) with three speed on the column and fluid drive. It came out of a funeral home in Merced, California and I bought it from an airman at Castle Air Force Base. This would have been taken about 1965. A lot of fun but was it slow. I could pack a lot of friends in this to cruise 17th street in Merced...
  15. Jim Shepard
    When I installed cast iron headers the heat shield wouldn't fit, nor would the stock fuel line (metal). I'm running a rubber fuel line and I made it long enough to get away from the headers. So far I haven't had any issues with heat...
  16. Jim Shepard
    Vintage Power Wagons could probably tell you all you want to know about this engine.
  17. Jim Shepard
    Interesting. How ‘bout a photo...
  18. Jim Shepard
    How does one delete a post? I posted twice on the above post...
  19. Jim Shepard
    Todd - don't be confused. There's too many other things in the world to be confused about. Almost all cars/trucks come with tachometers these days, even automatics. I did it because I'm curious about the RPM's , I had it, and it looks so cool...
  20. Jim Shepard
    Here it is mounted...
  21. Jim Shepard
    Mounted my old Sun tach today. Hated to drill the dash but there was no other location.
  22. Jim Shepard
    Got my old Sun tach mounted today. I hated to drill holes into the dash but it couldn't be avoided. The column mount wasn't at the right angle... Can't seem to get the photo to load.
  23. Jim Shepard
    Here’s where it’ll go.
  24. Jim Shepard
    When I went looking for a tach for my B2B mostly high RPM versions is what I found. I finally got this vintage Sun (with appropriate RPM range) and had Williamson Instruments modify it to work without the original transmitter. I’ll mount it on the dash...
  25. Jim Shepard
    Latest report says chance of rain between noon and two. Drive times should be ok...
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