oldodge41

If the car seemed to stop normally with one front wheel not braking at all, chances are good the other front wheel wasn't doing much either. I would be checking the cylinders on the other front wheel very closely too. With one front wheel braking and one not braking I would expect a significant pull to one side when braking. If all you had was rear braking, your new normal will feel much better.

Welcome. Nice car.

I have done some parades. I find the system that works for my car is to keep the rpm level up a little bit and clutch disengaged as much as possible.

Turned out to be a beautiful day here in Central Pennsylvania. My wife and I took the '41 out for an hour or so. Here it is getting fueled up as we headed home. Last ride of the year? Maybe/maybe not. Funny story, at an earlier stop today a teenage boy came up and said "Cool car, that must be what, about a 1976?" I said 1941 Dodge, and he said "Was that the first year they even made a Dodge?" He was polite and even told me AutoZone probably won't have parts for it but I could try Google on the internet if I need anything. Made me feel really old!

I had the '41 out the other day. Wanted to turn it around and ended up with a short 10 minute drive. Sorry no picture, but I did get it turned around so I can access it easier in the garage this winter. I may get it out again before all the roads get salted.

Interested to hear how it works.

Very well said.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Look forward to your review.

I see the headline now: " Frosty morning prompts local man to attack gearing issue armed with clean wrenches and a pot of coffee!" Oh the horror! LOL, Happy Thanksgiving!

16 degrees F here this morning. Oil hot air heat doing it's thing. We have converted our wood burning fireplace to propane. Good backup heat source but try to use it a little each month just to verify operation if needed. The garage is also oil hot air but since I only heat it when I am in it, I usually just use a kerosene torpedo heater. Stay comfortable everyone!

Special cam bolt and keel slider?

0 but I was really close to snapping a couple on the original D19 engine. Also 0 on a couple other flatheads but they had been apart in the last decade or so.

I gave 18 months notice. They drug their feet thinking I might change my mind. My replacement finally starts next week now that I am gone. I know him, recommended him for the job, and will assist him via phone if needed. I was asked if I would stay a while longer, but if 18 months notice wasn't enough I didn't see them doing anything if I agreed to stay. No hard feelings on either side, we all did what we felt we had to do.

I worked 24 years for a company that closed up when I was in my mid-forties. Real wake up call as far as retirement goes. My wife and I started thinking about our future a lot. I had a 401k that I hadn't really done much with and my new employer had a company match plan that I now took full advantage of. I only worked there three years. When I left I rolled both of those plans into an annuity. Why an annuity? Because for me I was more concerned about not losing what I had than growth. Fortunately my financial advisor got me in a product that provided both a no loss guarantee and growth. My new job offered a choice of a pension plan or an investment plan. I opted for the pension plan, again more concerned with guaranteed money than growth possible. We decided I would work at least 15 years as that would allow me to keep my employer based health care until Medicare eligible at age 65. But in reality, 65 was a target for retirement. So with this info I could run the Social Security estimator, my pension estimator and I already knew my guaranteed minimum income from my annuity. That allowed me to plan, based on "known" future income for retirement. As it works out my annuity has grown more than I ever thought it would. The numbers worked out that at the completion of my 15 years at my latest employer I could retire at 63.5 years old. My net income will slightly exceed my working income and my living expenses should slightly decrease allowing me to continue my current lifestyle, which is far from extravagant, but is comfortable. I feel very blessed. I talked with a lot of coworkers who have totally different visions than me. Some are working out very well and some are not. No regrets, I did it my way, and I am content with the results. I owe a lot to my financial advisor who got me in the right plan 15 years ago.

Dan Hiebert, what you say is so true. I consider myself very fortunate to be able to retire on my terms. I got to decide when I would retire and planned accordingly. My plan involved continuing a similar lifestyle after retirement. I think I didn't over or under estimate my needs. I just planned to keep on keeping on, so to speak. Time will tell if that was a good plan. I think I did it right for "me". One size does not fit all and the more I talked with coworkers, the more I realized that.

knuckleharley, I admire your attitude! I thank you for your service! And I love your vision for that coupe!

My full time employment era ended today. I won't be actually retired until 11/30, but today was my last day of actually getting up and going in to work. I will be on vacation thru the 30th. It has been 49 years since I last had no full time schedule to fulfill. Looking forward to more garage time, maybe more me time and definitely more us time with my wife. First grandchild due to arrive in February too!

Safe travels.

Any updates on the brakes? I hope all is well.

Not sure on the service manual you have. If I remember correctly the old Motors manual outlines these steps. Maybe you will need to reference the transmission section for removal, the clutch section for removal etc as they are called out in the service manual. Hope that helps.

pflaming, I have nothing to offer except to say I am sorry to learn of your hearing issues. Please keep us updated on your condition and any treatment as these things are part of aging. None of us are getting any younger. I wish you success with whatever path you follow.

Could it be a harmonic balancer issue? If it has one. Just trying to think of anything that could " slip" under quick acceleration. Pulley on the generator, bad impeller in the water pump. Shots in the dark because I can't discern anything from the clip.

We haven't had the old girl out for a week or so. Last time we were out a photographer for the local paper captured this pic as he was doing some photography for a local story and it appeared on the front page of the local weekly paper. The pics of the paper are posted in the Off Topic Forum. The paper graciously provided a digital copy of the photo when my sister inquired. The church in the background is affectionately known as "The Old Mud Church" and is located in Philipsburg, PA. I grew up about two blocks from it and now it is about a 30 minute drive away.

That's cool. I use a " mon back". My wife stands behind, waves her hand and says " mon back, mon back, stop!