oldodge41

Looking good!

Yes, the toggle switch is for your dash lights. The key is in the proper place. Turn clockwise for ignition. Stomp starter pedal to right of gas pedal.

My 2 cents. I am suspecting the distributor cap or rotor based on your explanation (more so the cap). They may look fine, but somewhere I suspect your spark from the coil is getting diverted to ground. Moisture can cause that. Not typically seen shutting down a running engine, but one that is hot, shut off and sits a while then will have moisture problems in the cap in the weather you describe. I would pull the cap and rotor, spray down with wd-40 or another ignition drying product or electrical cleaner, wipe dry and try again. If the same result, spark from coil, at the proper interval but no spark at plugs, I would replace the cap and rotor. Disclaimer: I am not a mechanic, I did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I have been working on old cars for a long time. I'm a hack, but I sometimes get lucky and fix things. Good luck and please keep us posted on your progress.

"And now, page 2."

Merry Christmas to all, and to all happy motoring.

Merry Christmas to all.

Basically it is an oil separator that is put in line between the pcv valve and the intake manifold to remove oil from the air before it is introduced back into the combustion system.

Nice job!

Any opinions on oil catch cans? Beneficial or snake oil? I'm on the fence. For a direct injection engine I think they may be beneficial to keep the valves and intake clean. On a single or multi port injected or carburetor fed engine it could probably be a bit of a band-aid for an oil consumption issue causing buildup in the intake and on the valves. I have a 5.0 Coyote F150 and the forums over there are also split on the issue. No, I don't have one, but sometimes think about adding one. I don't think it could hurt, unless it were to freeze up from trapped condensation in the winter and either break or plug the vacuum for the pcv. It is definitely adding a maintenance item. You have to monitor and drain it, although I have read about a BMW system that returns trapped oil back to the crankcase automatically. Not sure I like that either though. Just something else to think about on a grey December day.

Bumper guards, turn signal indicators and rocker mouldings are my guesses.

Beautiful car, welcome!

I can relate. I have become very domestic since my wife broke her femur. I cook, clean and nurse around the clock. Not complaining, she would do it all for me too.

Welcome Nicolas!

I have a set that I had on my car for quite a while. One is darker than the other in my set too, but they both worked fine.

Possibly a slight change in ride height if the axle tubes are of a different diameter than the original.

I told Bob I found it very ironic that "Neversink" was flooded or "sunken".

He said it did start. "We ended up bringing the battery to O'Reillys, they tested it and said it was good. Turns out we were using a battery maintainer not a charger to charge the battery! Got a charger and charged it up overnight and got a full charge. The car started this morning for the first time! Refer to my most recent post for details. Edited October 29 by Cooper40" All's well that ends well!

Your car. You do you! No one else has to like what you do. I say build it your way.

True craftsmanship. Just beautiful. I'm a hack, but I can appreciate craftsmanship when I see it.

I created this card for the late Bob Drown. It depicts his Wayback Machine and my '41 Dodge coupe at the Muleshoe Curve near Duncansville, PA. I miss Bob's posts with his dog Cooper. I pray he is driving that Plymouth all over Heaven.

I hope it runs as good for you as it looks. That is a pretty car.

I have seen this before. Don't know which manufacturers use it. A quick Google search produced this: Indirect TPMS works differently, without the use of air pressure sensors in the tyres. Indirect systems detect a loss in pressure using the ABS wheel speed sensors to read the relative wheel speed to create pressure readings to compare between all 4 tyres.

You might get more help if you post your question in the Mopar Flathead Truck Forum on this site. All I see in your first post is the picture. (Very cool by the way) No question until your second post. I once had to replace a rear in my 71 IH pickup. I found the same rear in a 59 Ford pickup. I suppose its possible they used the same rear in Packards as your truck. It is also very possible someone just put it in there as it was what they had at the time that suited their purpose.

Thanksgiving went well yesterday. My wife and I had our first Thanksgiving alone at home in our 43 year marriage. She broke her femur and had surgery to repair it about a month ago, so we weren't up to the usual big family get together at my sisters. I made the trip to my sisters, about 25 miles away, and picked up to-go type meals for my wife and I. They wanted to deliver, but they already had other meals to deliver to others unable to attend. We are now to a point where my wife can manage alone for a couple hours at a time, so I said no, I'll come and get it. I visited family for an hour or so, then home to reheat everything in the oven and have dinner with my wife. It was very good too. Now today, my daughter, 20 month old grandson and their dog, are coming to stay a couple days while the son-in-law goes to deer camp. I can't wait to see them all. They were here for a quick day visit a couple weeks ago, but we normally spent about 10 days a month at their house babysitting before my gall bladder went south in August and then the wife's injury just as we were scheduled to get back to the routine. October and November are typically my two biggest old car driving months as I love to cruise around late in the fall. This year had none of that. Still thankful for what we have together!

I really enjoy following this build. I love the old stock cars from that era. Takes me back to my youth attending races with my Dad.