Dodgeb4ya

Wow! All I can say.

If sitting for long periods of time....Crank the engine over a couple of times for 10-15 seconds. Leave to do something else for 10 minutes...come back, pump the gas pedal four or five times- start the engine. Has worked for me for years with my MoPar flatheads.

I have had many of those NP 420 transmissions in trucks I've owned. They are pretty much bullet proof. Maybe some new gaskets and a rear output shaft seal. Gaskets might be hard to find. I would not do anything more to it unless you had noise or grinding when shifting.

This is OE Stromberg KD bullet connector special wire clip..

Informative and nice clean work!👍

I have never needed a pcv on my old MoPars I've owned most for over 40 years. I change my oil in them yearly. I understand how they work and what they do. They are a good crankcase negative vent system. Each to his own.

LARGE single window with out the vent rolled half way down ..slam the door closed....cracked glass. Common problem back in the day on the B series Dodge trucks. Make sure the track guides and fuzzy strips support the glass perfectly. I'd leave the vent. I had a 46 eight cylinder N' Yorker for over 30 years...loved the vents.

There should be no oil coming out of the draft tube on a properly rebuilt MoPar flathead. Or even the the need for a pcv setup except maybe California or on a worn high mileage blow by engine.

Good going.I didn't realize your main cap had studs. Whole new ball game. 1946 up never used studs. A small slide hammer would pull the cap out too. A picture of a Dodge truck four bolt main cap I wiggled out not long ago...3" mains...

Great to see you Wally using and enjoying your FA dumper. Always wonderful pictures of what these trucks are capable of doing even today. I used to use my 48 JA FB almost daily for nearly 10 years hauling tons of stuff around Seattle. It's now retired. Replaced by a 52 JA property only FB dump truck... oh and big red mainly used now just for farm valley leisure cruising..😁 Happy two speed shifting on the fly Wally!

Put two 4-6" long 5/16" X 18tpi bolts in the main cap. Wiggle and pull out the main cap. Also using a steel 12" long 3/8"+ diameter rod pushed into one if the cap bolt holes to help loosen the main cap helps too. You can remove those caps easy enough this way. I have done many like this. It appears that they look like .010" under rod bearings.... But I would use a micrometer on the crank pin (journal) to be absolutely sure. Rotate the crank away from the rod to do so.

No way to spin a MoPar flathead oil pump with a very long blade screw driver unless you cut the gear teeth off the pump...

Tom only paid $125,000 for Lenny's parts in the end. He shouldn't need to raise any prices. Were all tired of endless price increases.

The 12" drums you are looking for are front L/R drums with rivited on hubs. You have a 8 passenger long wheel base Dodge. It uses the heavy large Dodge ,DeSoto and Chrysler LWB, heavy chassis suspension parts. Same as any 1949-50 Chrysler New Yorker 8 cylinder sedan, cpe, wagon or 8 pass sedan 131" WB car... Std 12" Chrysler Royal, Windsor, DeSoto drums use a small drum hub with a 4-1/2" wheel bolt pattern. The heavy chassis LWB 12" drums are large hub with a 5" wheel bolt pattern and large hub 4" hole. That's what you need. Ask the person showing the separated hub and drum for the drum hole diameter...it will most likely be just under 3". Don't buy just a drum...way too much trouble keeping drums true and properly and accurately mounted. If you were close I would sell you the needed drums but way too expensive to to pack, ship those heavy drums from Western Washington.

Shouldn't weld on the frame flanges. They will start cracking.