plymouthcranbrook

My parts, few that I did buy, from AB have been ok. Right parts and pretty fast shipping. I have come to believe that China has many facets for parts manufacturers. We joke among ourselves whether the parts we bought were made on the good side of the street or the bad side.

I have communicated with him a few times about this and that and always gotten a quick response.

The old car mechanic I use when I really need help suggested it. Told me it was a low cost protection that couldn't hurt. I know that others have different opinions but I decided to go with his suggestion.

I mostly use Blain's Farm N Fleet 10-40 in my old cars. Then I add ZDDP and away I go

When re- installing the new filter be sure the top gasket for the lid doesn't move when you tighten it. You might have to hold in in place as you start.

My wife inherited a home on Taft Highway in Dustin Acres a couple of years ago. We have since sold it but the desert was very interesting to visit. Met a lot of great people.

Very please to hear of your good report!

I had mentioned earlier in this thread that I had joined the 47% after 40 years of Commercial Printing. Now I work summers driving a train in a Six Flags park. Best Da*n job I ever had!

Now I have seen everything, again...

There is a place near me(about an hour away) The Volo Auto Museum that has cars on consignment with a similar but not so extensive experience. Kind of nice to go there one in a while.

I often wonder if one of the reasons that people hang on to old cars and I am sure other things as well is the fact that some time during their early ownership someone told them that " Wow that car is worth 10,000 dollars" That thought settles in their mind and as the car or whatever slowly deteriorates and they get offers for less that $10,000 they still have it in the back of their mind that it's worth $10,000 and I am not gonna sell it for less. My wife sees this all the time selling for people on E-Bay. They want way more that what something is worth either because they paid a lot for it and it must have gone up in value by now or they see online what others are asking for something and feel that theirs is worth that too. Many are adamant and will not accept the fact that things are only worth what someone will actually pay.

I am so old I can remember going with my folks to see "Little Oscar" (the original one) when I was a child. Got a couple of Wiener Whistles. Must have made an impression cause I still eat a lot of Hot Dogs.

Rats, I guess I won't after all. Great photos though.

I'll be there in a couple of weeks. I will hope to see it.

Mine go night-night this week. Nice vid.

More reasonable that the 318 Westlake!

As the engine heats up and I blip the throttle the heat riser does move freely.

Make sure the vent in the master cylinder is open. Several threads about this in the forum.

As I mentioned in a recent post I have had issues with mine where after each moderate drive I am able to retighten all my bolts about a 1/4 turn. I did not use thread sealer and maybe I should have.

If moves freely and seems to have a resistance to moving it by hand. 1968 was the last year I fooled with flatheads before getting this one and I really don't remember ever even having a problem like this. How much resistance should it feel like. Lots, or little or?

so maybe you can help me with a moderate problem with my 1952 Cranbrook. I had mentioned earlier that I was changing my intake /exhaust manifold due to a vacuum leak bad enough that the car would not idle anymore. I changed the gasket(all but the exhaust/intake one) and the problem seemed to be much better. However now the car is what I will call cold blooded to lack a better term. For the first 5 or 6 miles the car seems to be running lean. By that I mean stumbling and sputtering under moderate acceleration. After that the car begins running quite well. So far I have adjusted the carb(which was rebuilt about 300 miles ago). I watched the choke open and although it appears to be a little slow on starting to opening it does go slowly and does open all the way. Plugs are nicely tan in color. Points are at 20 thousand and plugs at 35 thousand. Cap and rotor are almost new as is the coil and condenser. Wires and plugs new as well. I did add a fuel filter to the line between the pump and carb. And although this may or may not be connected, I noticed that after each moderate drive(40-50 miles) I find that I can tighten the manifold nuts about a 1/4 turn each and also the carb to manifold nuts also seem to work loose( I did not locktight them, should I have?). They do have lock washers. I did not use any sealer on the manifold to block gasket as I have never needed to to so before. I was not able to tighten the back lower exhaust manifold nut or the lower center one on the intake as I can only access them from below. I will be tightening them when I jack it up to change oil later this week. I am wondering if anyone else has had these nuts work loose like this. I had planned to retighten them when I put the car away for winter next week anyway. I do plan to check the timing and vacuum later this week as well. Although because the car runs so well after a long warm up I would be surprised to find anything wrong there. So as always any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I don't remember any trouble removing my 52 Plymouth pan several years ago. Try prying gently between the pan and the block. It may be just the gasket stuck

Many years ago I had a 1961 Rambler Ambassador that needed a new right outer tie rod. None available anywhere. It was about a foot long. A local welder cut the head off a left one which was available and slowly welded the long shaft to the new head. Did not damage the rubber or even smoke the grease. I don't know if you could do that but it worked for me.

I miss more cars in my life that I can count. Amazing how time fades the late nights working on them in the cold to get to work the next day. I too had many furre'n cars. 2 Sunbeam Alpines(a 64 and a 66), a TR-3, a TR-4A, a 1969 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe. a 1972 Fiat 128 and last but not least- a 1969 MCG-GT. Everyone of them a continual project. We won't discuss the endless number of Plymouths, Corvairs, etc that I also want back.