Tom Skinner

Shawn, Did you ever get the brake parts, or break job started? Good to see you back on the Forum. E-mail me if you need help. Tom Skinner Huntersville, NC.

Tod, Thanks for explaining that to me. I was ignorant as to its application. I think I'll leave mine stock, (Breather Tube) and respect those that don't. Tom

OK help me fellows, are we putting PVC Sysytems in our Flatheads to help them last longer, get better gas mileage, or cut down on pollution? Please explain? Tom

Dear Rumble, If its a 230 cu. in. its about 23" Long a 250.6 cu. in. is 25" Long. Tom

"Here we go again" (Ronald Reagan) How about let us get back to: how to fix our old cars - Please? Politics and Finances for another Forum. Tom Skinner

David, Excellent Job, and Excellent information. I thought about doing that but the only sewing I do is by hand. Anyway Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and all P15-D24 Forum group this Season. Tom Skinner

Great Job! You must be proud, it sounds good. No smoke from the tailpipe either. You are my Hero! Tom

Ditto Norms Coupe, I know guys that never finished High School that own their own businesses that make $200,000 to $300,000 per year. Truckers and Brick Masons. Its called having a good money and business sense and hard work. I finished my college degree at 40, I am now 52 work in an office and do quite well. The only thing college taught me was how to be a good subordinate. Let all the high brow college educated people unplug themselves from their embilical cords and go start their own businesses if they are so wonderful. Tradesmen like me still consider ouselves (former Carpenter) earning a deserved good salary also. Lets stop being devisive and pull together like a team. Like real Americans did, and should still do, or we will all go down the toilet together. As of the Forum last week I understood Toyota employees got @ $48/Hour so if Chrysler is @50/Hour thats pretty close. The problem with Americans is we do not stick together anymore, like buying American Cars, Products, Etc. and because of say 20-30 years of that practice along with College Educated Administrative CEO's sending all our jobs overseas, we will surely have our behinds kicked soundly, economically, for however long it takes to learn this simple lesson. Long Live Chrysler! Walter is probably spinning in his grave right now watching what a bunch of panty waisted little hand wringing wash women we have all become instead of pulling together like a team. Lord Byron said it well: Wealth makes Cowards, of us All. May God help us. Tom Skinner Huntersville NC

Young Ed has a good point, another thing, if the float height isn't right in the carb, or the carb linkage has been bent somehow. One more check - is your automatic choke set right? Vacumn at 20"-21" steady hand? Tom

Skrambler, Do you also have the Screws and Caps that go with those Straps?

Well, I am pleased to have so many answers! I do not have the Cord Type, or even the Strap Type. My first 1948 Chrysler Royal had them and I'm trying to re-create that look in my "New" one. I am seeking the Strap Type with the Tan/Taupe Wool Cloth. I can try a Ford Resto place here in Concord NC, but desire a Mopar Pair for as close to original as can be obtained. Thanks! I welcome any other sources, and Thanks Again for trying. Tom

Gentlemen, From time to time I see parts for sale from Plymouth and Dodge Cars. I was wondering, after several years of trying to locate Grab/Hand Straps for the rear seats of a four door 1948 Chrysler Sedan if I could find a pair on this Forum. I have been met with the promises of Part Car People on Ebay and other search vehicles that they would look and get back to me, - it never happens. I even sent a Gentlemen money for a pair that never showed up, because they were never sent, it took me months to get my money back. The Straps I am refering to are the (2) one on each side of the Cab that are mounted on the Walls between the Rear Door and the Vent Windows one on each side. There is a Center Cap that once popped off reveals the screw to remove them. They swivell on the said screw mechanism. I need a decent example preferably in the tan/taupe/grey wool cloth so common in our Interior Colors. If available name your price and send me a line at tskinner2@aol.com Tom Skinner Huntersville NC (704) 912-3060

Timing First with a Timing Light. Last set Carb with a Vacumn Gauge. Guessing never seemed to work for me, you, however, may get lucky, but I never did tweaking it by ear, for what seemed like forever. Let the Tools do the work. There is great satisfaction in learning how to use them. Good Luck.

Good Idea John Reddie. Tom

You do not need to remove the Distributor to change the points or condenser Tom

Condenser Tests: To test the Condenser without removing it from the distributor, crank the engine until the fiber rubbing block of the points is midway between two lobes of the cam. Turn the vehicle ignition switch on and snap the contact points open and closed by hand: at the same time observe the point contacts for evidence of flash. No arcing across the points indicate a bad condenser, a slight flash indicates a normal condenser. Page 28. Tom

Is it backfiring out the Tailpipe or the Carburator? Backfiring: (1) As a general rule, backfiring into the muffler indicates too rich a fuel mixture and backfiring into the carburator, too lean a mixture. Make the nec- essary adjustments at the carburator. Automotive Trouble Shooting For WW2 Wheeled Vehicles, Volumne 1 by Robert V. Notman. Pages 9 &10. Use a Vacumm Gauge to set the mixture: 1. Warm up motor. 2. Hook up Vacumm Gauge at the Intake Manifold. 3. Set the mixture screw to obtain the highest reading in inches. 4. Turn the screw clockwise to lean, counterclockwise to enrich. This usually is between 19-21" A steady Hand indicates a healthy engine. Other things such as misfiring under a load indicate a weak secondary current in the ignition circuit, Check Plug Gap, Point Gap, Distributor Cap, and all Wire Connections. Page 9. Extremely late Ignition Timing will cause backfiring. Check Timing. Page 10. Tom Skinner

This is something I bet 99.9 percent of Americans don't know. Thanks for sharing this information I hope this gets out to the average American. We are in reality Hard Working and Competetive. Chrysler Employees have had to hump it ever since the "Board at Chrysler" sold them down the river to the Germans back in the nineties, and then milked the rest of Chrysler dry and dumped them. The German Companies did that to our Commercial Construction Companies back in the nineties also - JA Jones comes to mind, it fell to thier predatory Fat Cats sucking that Company dry and dumping it after they all retired. We have a lesson to learn here before someone sells out to GM and lets them complete Chrysler's demise. Chrysler should buck up and hold on. If Robert Nardelli is even a pinky on Lee Iacocca's right hand he will do the right thing and save Chrysler. Chrysler himself took no pay for four years during the depression, to aid in its solvency. Myth No. 7: Their union workers are lazy and overpaid Reality: Chrysler tied Toyota as the most productive automaker in North America this year, according to the Harbour Report on manufacturing, which measures the amount of work done per employee. Eight of the 10 most productive vehicle assembly plants in North America belong to Chrysler, Ford or GM. The oft-cited $70-an-hour wage and benefit figure for UAW workers inaccurately adds benefits that millions of retirees get to the pay of current workers, but divides the total only by current employees. That's like assuming you get your parents' retirement and Social Security benefits in addition to your own income. Hourly pay for assembly line workers tops out around $28; benefits add about $14. New hires at the Detroit Three get $14 an hour. There's no pension or health care when they retire, but benefits raise their total hourly compensation to $29 while they're working. UAW wages are now comparable with Toyota workers, according to a Free Press analysis.

Bob, Here in NC we have a Best Buy and you can get just about all the oldies stuff CD's, Cassettes, Etc, at a discount section. I get the 40's 50's 60's stuff around $2.99 - $4.99 a CD, stuff like Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Irving Berlin, Little singing but much Big Band. There are also old folk song stuff like Billy Ed Wheeler, Red Sovine, and Johny Cash. We have a guy from NC Mountains named Mike Cross. He is good. The Fiftees are great listening to also, they have a large selection of discount 50's 60's stuff it seems the youngsters don't really listen to real music anymore, so its dirt cheap to buy now. Tom

Marty, Thanks! I thought that was the case but wanted to be sure. Tom

Gentlemen, Can I bother you with an Electrical Question: My fellow Chrysler Buddy has a 1947 Chrysler Windsor and I have a 1948 Chrysler Royal they are supposed to run a 35 Amp rated Generators. They are 6 Volt Positive Ground - 250.6 cu. Flat Heads all original. He got one that was 30 Amps and I got one thats 40 Amps. What is the ramifications of running a 30 Amp or 40 Amp instead of 35 Amp? Will the Voltage Regulator need adjusting or will it regulate itself around these small Amp differences? Tom

Allan, Maybe your new coil is bad. Try putting your old one on again and see what happens. Tom

Don is right cut out this crap! Tom

By the way I believe this Forum is for old Mopar enthusiasts not politcal crap thats circulating now. Don is right - back to old cars not fear and worry over things that don't exist. Tom

Captian Neon, Ditto, Politicians will never effect me driving my antique car. I will do it anyhow, and unless they catch me red handed many times over (because of all the namby pamby laws on our books) I shall probably live out my life doing so. I live in the country and catching me at 6:00 AM on a Saturday or Sunday morning will probably proove next to imposible. I choose to do it - all their laws be damned. It doesn't matter who is president, congressman, senator, mayor etc.. They do not effect my thinking, and I will never kow tow to a bunch of parasites such as these. There now I feel better, and if the rest of us antique car owners feel the same that would be a liberating feeling rather than feel like a handful of idiots control our lives. Tom