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Yeah the 1949-50 Chrysler aluminum 8 housing is four bolt and uses a vertical mounting surface where as the 51-56 Hemi aluminum housing also uses four bolt mount surface but is at about a 30 degree mounting angle. So three aluminum housings using the same full flow filter element. Okay so the six cylinder Chrysler two bolt mount aluminum housing part # is..NA The only way I can find the filter housing is as a package kit# 1311122 1949-54 Chrysler six...complete filter assembly. This according to several MoPar parts books.

Good idea but I wouldn't get too carried away. I'm sure the dealers back in the day didn't either. The time to be careful is when R&R 'ing the trans.

All six cylinder, straight eight and Hemi cars from 1949 -56 use the same filter element....say Old# Fram CH192PL

Welcome to the pretty "Red Button" club Brent!.... And...when it's all together... up and shifting how about some split shifting video's..no rear end grinding either!?

There is a paper cardboard gasket surrounding all 1946-48 Chrysler gauges and the speedo....to seal against dust intrusion. A very tough thing to remove a gauge with out damaging that gasket.

I have always liked the B&B carbs. Have always been easy to service and always reliable...an owner of several cars and trucks using these carbs for over 45 years....jmo.

It does clear up hagfish mucus...

Delete..

More so with a type of grease...Vick's Vapor Rub!

I use oil.

You can take the floating pickup off then stick a 3/8" rod in the pipe....unscrew the pu pipe. No marring of the pipe.

As mentioned Olsen's will have that gasket and any others if and when needed. The 1948 DeSoto oil pump cover uses a square cut rubber O-ring...don't mess with it unless necessary...some what hard to find. No paper gasket used on the cover plate just that square cut O-Ring.

It's a problem with parts stores getting counter help to find odscure parts at times.

Tell a quality knowledgeable parts store to look up ... Fel-Pro 3045 This is a sheet of 1/64" (.015") thick Felpro gasket paper...Felpro, Karropak and a few other companies make many different gasket materials and many thicknesses.

NO silicone sealer....just use heavy gasket paper and carefully make one exactly to match the pump mounting surface. Gasket paper used for this gasket is .012"-.015"

I have to admit I got that thread spec off the look up your car drain plug 7/8 X 14 tpi off the chinese crap Dorman site. I never actually measured the plug thread...should have. My mistake...will not do that again?

The cam gear hubs changed too according to the parts book..don't know why or what's different.

Yes that is the correct one. They sell a few of the FD parts and have for quite some time.

Flathead oil pan drain plug is 7/8" X 14 tpi

Glad to help and that I had some parts clusters and a dash to help ya out! I had to try it myself the easy way on the bench.... in the car is difficult on a 1946-48 Chrysler. 1949-50 are way more difficult. Need to pull the cluster out... not fun.

Simple studs....not in there too tight either....drill em out...don't drill too deep!

Measured threads per inch using a Starrett pitch gauge..20tpi. Outside thread diameter--- .864" What size is it?

Contact...seaplym@hotmail.com Sells 40's 50's Plymouth parts

I'll check later today..

All I know is from people who have had them rebuilt only to find out they had vibrations after the so called rebuild. And or the old FD was not rebuildable after it was cut open. I think so called rebuilds are somewhere around a $1000.00? They cannot simply be rebuilt like a torque converter....noting to rebuild ..just a front bearing, graphite ring and very specialized high quality machine surfacing work for the graphite ring seal surfaces, maybe a new bellows if they can even find or have one. Then the re-welding the unit back together so it is as accurate and balanced as factory new... that's where the rebuild failures seem to happen from what I've seen and heard.