Reg Evans

The bird might be rehersing for the upcoming movie...BIRDS 2 by Alfred Hitchcock Jr.

Any Photos????

I'm interested in taking you up on your kind offer. You can PM me if you like. Thanks, Reg

That would be great Christopher. You can PM me with the details.

Thanks Tod. Man....those eBay ones are getting expensive and the bidding frenzie isn't over yet.

Ed, any way you could call them and see haw many and how much $ they want for them good buddy old pal:D

Anyone here have one of the sealed type oil filter canisters available for purchase? My ole 40 Plymouth could use one.

Sure Ian, The first photo is of the rear oil cap. You just lift up the little spring loaded lid and drop in a few drops of oil. The second photo is the one at the front of the generator.

Ummmm Ummmm Good.

This is just too cool even though I've never heard of a FUSO or Apitong. What kind of engine does the Fuso have?

You are welcome Tony but those are not my photos. They are Steven Hoods photos.

Hey...really neat site Merle. Some more wall paper for my garage !!!!!!

That's a great addition to the site Bob. Thanks for providing this to us. One question though.......where's yours??????

Speaking of stake beds I have a hell slough of ~6' long new oak stakes with metal ends. Anyone interested in buying them?

Hold the phone !!! Stop crating up your old trannys !!! I just went out in the garage and started looking at the engine. A few days ago the generator started squealing so I changed to another genny. The squealing went away and the water pump pulley felt fine then. This morning the fan and water pump pulley have a lot of slop and are rattling around. As I jiggled it a water leak started. Yahoo !!! Much easier fix than a tranny. I got out the grease gun and put lots of grease in the fitting. The leak stopped and the pulley got tight but I've never had one take so much grease without it coming out somewhere. Must be going into the impeller. Time for a new pump. Thanks Merle !

My 38 coupe has suddenly developed a rumbeling sound wheather or not the clutch is in or out and wheather rolling or not. Engine rpm doesn't seem to change the noise. The U joints are tight and the clutch,pressure plate,and throwout bearing only have 2K miles on them. I could use a good used 3 on the floor tranny I guess. Any ideas where I can find one?

That reminds me of an old truck I had that was prone to running a little hot in the summer months. I use to have a heater core I installed in the long hose running from the water pump to the heater inlet at the firewall. Instead of running the heater through the cab heater I just hooked the hose from the water pump to the back of the head inlet with that bare heater core in line swinging in the breeze. It helped.

Yes. Any kind a goo will do.

Well....in my old 35 that was all clogged up I didn't want to open Pandoras Box by afiddlin with the water distribution tube so I just used a long piece of hanger wire with a hook on the end and reached in there and scratched all around until the water was flowing through all the water jacket ports again. She runs cool as a cuke now.

No. The 3 main freeze plugs can be r and r'd from the drivers side. Remove the one near the rear of the engine first and if you find lots of sludge remove all 3. I used various lengths and shapes of coat hanger wire and gouged all the crud out. I also had a garden hose running down the inlet on top of the head and had removed the thermostat so the water would flow thru and carry all the crap with it. If you do find a lot of sludge behind the freeze plugs I would also remove the head and clean out all the water jacket ports. Is your engine timing correct?

Yup ! Just had to change one yesterday. The bushings were squealing no matter how much oil I put in the little oil caps. No flying metal though. Time for a rebuild.

Have you made sure the inside of the block doesn't look like this? No amount of flushing will get rid of this stuff without removing your freeze plugs. My 35 Dodge looked like this in the block and some of the water ports between the block and head had crusted over stopping the flow of water. A piece of coat hanger wire dug it all out and she runs cool now. Before I did this it would overheat after a short drive up or down hill. Was your radiator ever boiled out?

The R means resistor type for vehicles with radios. Not sure what the TS means. Maybe someone at the auto parts counter can tell you.

Well....Looks like Bob and Norm were on the right track. Jim Benjaminson on the POC forum thought it was a late 30's Chevy clock too so I started looking on eBay and found a 40 Chevy with this clock in the glove box door. The strange thing though is the light and dark colors are reversed in my clock.

Most flat head 6 guys are recommending AC 45's