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Saw this in Selma CA today. Just a bit of local color.
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Welcome from here as well. That car with a straight eight, I hope, will drive like a dream at 90+ mph. Enjoy.
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Hey, with that patina, he won’t have to paint it, that should save the buyer ten grand alone!
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Asking price, I hope he gets it! $10,000,00..
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Restarted my suburban so to go for a drive. Noticed there was no pressure on the oil gauge, so shut down the engine. Oil leak at the connection to the gauge.! Not good, now I have oil in my dash harness, not bad, but any is bad. question: how do I clean out that oil? Rats, was all set up to take a serious test drive!
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Very inspiring. Will paint my suburban, so I’m cutting and pasting comments in this thread.
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Since the overdrive I an “addition “ to a standard transmission, and since I have a standard three speed, I wonder if the r11 will attach! Too busy working to finish the Suburban now, but later, maybe.
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Ken, you have keen eye!
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A better shot of the r10 and the r11 side by side.
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Well, here are the answers to the above questions. Both of these are mine. The r10 is sold. The r11 is a large transmission for the straight 8 cars. I do not recall where I got it. But will sell it.
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Question: Do these interchange? Can I remove an r10 and install an r11 bolt for bolt?
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Keith, very close to what I did. I softly forced the against the shoes, to get marks. Then I used those marks as my first guide. My tool set just below the mark, then readjusted til the shoes were consistent. I put a film of grease on the axle, then slightly cleaned it off to relieve that friction so I could feel the shoes. Worked nicely.
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On my ‘53 Plymouth I studied how these brakes work, top and bottom adjustments. Nice. BUT you cannot adjust those shoes with the drums OFF. Thus the need for a tool to set them a tad smaller than the drum that they will serve. It took me two hours to do the firs, learning curve shoe/drum. It took 30 minutes to do the second.
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Just ran across this photo. It worked very well!
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A photo like this is worth “a thousand words”
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He’s very giving! LOL
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Would an ATF cleaning be helpful as a preventative exercise?
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This was a very helpful page. Should have read it before I pulled the rear drums.there is a lot to learn here!
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This was a very helpful page. Should have read it before I pulled the rear drums.there is a lot to learn here!
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History question: I’m sure to produce such cars, special presses had to be made for fenders, body structure pieces, etc., and special mills for engine, transmissions , etc., . That said, did these manufacturers do a great deal of parts sharing or build from generic parts manufacturers? it must have been a wild time for mfr speculation. .
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A little bondo should fix it right up!
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Or maybe warm a sample to thin it, then pour it through a paint strainer?
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My dad bought me a ‘50 Plymouth Fast back without my knowledge, After highschool. I was mad at first but learned to like that car. Now without checking anything, my bro and i drive it to California and back, never worried about the engine. So with that, beyond compression testing, temp in various situations , and oil pressure is there any way to determine the condition of an engine without opening it up?
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Yes, I knew I wasn’t using the correct term. Greatly appreciated!
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Some time back, this disc was discussed. I would like to buy one but don’t know exactly what it’s called, nor what to buy.
