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  1. Young Ed
    Just an FYI I believe when I switched mine to 3.73 I was able to unclip the brake lines from the housing and swing the backing plate with wheel cylinder and line out of the way without cracking into the hydraulics
  2. Young Ed
    Thanks for posting this. The one I got was a fake drop box attachment
  3. Young Ed
    Once upon a time Dad and I bought a 52 Plymouth that turned out to have stuck valves. We reused that head gasket 3-4 times until we had a runner! We sprayed it with silver engine enamel each time
  4. Young Ed
    What is the head size of the elevator bolts? The OEM bolts are just over an inch if I remember correctly. Mar-k sells a different style of you don't need to be 100% correct that uses a smaller head and then a special washer. I think they are still somewhat expensive but maybe you could homebrew that approach vs cutting threads and a screwdriver slot.
  5. Young Ed
    Ooh fancy. And probably one of the few things to make them easier to restore. Dad's 51 convert had a unique color to the dash and was almost textured. The paint guy he took it too said the chemical to make that has been banned since the 70s!
  6. Young Ed
    Was the belvedere like the convertibles that it didn't get a woodgrain dash?
  7. Young Ed
    Didnt Mopar switch to aluminum in the 40s? My p15 ads list new light weight aluminum pistons as a feature.
  8. Young Ed
    Do you have a tap and die set? Or a thread restoration kit? You should if you don't. But if you do it also comes in handy to figure out what threads you have in the water pump.
  9. Young Ed
    You need the little valve stem filler for the wheel covers.
  10. Young Ed
    If I remember right from Dads 39 all 4 wheel cylinders are unique. Could it be you have backs on the front and fronts in the rear?
  11. Young Ed
    As for the other questions you should have a switch in the wiper cover hole rather than just a bushing where the arm from the vacuum wiper would come through. Also 2 holes in the cab to the outside instead of 1. Do you have the little sheet metal piece for the outside of the cab?
  12. Young Ed
    Yes those 4 and then the 2 at the tape for the opener will have it out.
  13. Young Ed
    https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/the-ford-motor-companys-forgotten-49-fastbacks/
  14. Young Ed
    Clearly I don't since I just learned I'm supposed to have them. If you send me a set I'll figure it out ?
  15. Young Ed
    Interesting I've taken quite a few of these buckets apart and never seen one with a clip. Maybe they were all dust before I got to them? I took apart one I have on the shelf that is a very nice original and no clips like that.
  16. Young Ed
    Are those listed for W series? They don't look right to me. The ones I have use 2 hooks to attach to the reflector/lense and then the screw at the back pulls it all tight to the bucket
  17. Young Ed
    This for a 42-47 truck? If so you're on the car side of the forum.
  18. Young Ed
    Whole knew meaning to beer darts!
  19. Young Ed
    I believe all the large grill bars have permanent studs. I was able to remove and replace with generic carriage bolts and tack weld them in
  20. Young Ed
    Now let's see if you can even find a 6v flasher that will last more than a few months. After going through many in my truck and car I started grabbing vintage ones at the junkyard and running those.
  21. Young Ed
    Funny my pass side doesn't work at all and the blade I had like the pic above blew off in the wind just over a year ago so I have no functional wipers! I think what you need is a shorter arm. Does the bar piece of yours telescope back and forth?
  22. Young Ed
    Usually the filter uses the 2 just behind the dist and the gauge uses one all the way at the back of the block towards the firewall
  23. Young Ed
    That's a more modern blade(and better) and arm setup than what I've seen originally. This is the blade style I've seen https://www.classicchevy.com/chevy-truck-wiper-blade-original-style-10-1947-1953-61-311779-1.html
  24. Young Ed
    There is actually a tool for them that I picked up from a ford vendor that's a modified clamp that incorporates a pin to push on the door pin. As Los said they can be a real bear if they have been rusted in place. Beyond that once you get them apart it's good to have a slightly longer pin to make sure it goes fully through the mirror bracket
  25. Young Ed
    Which is what happened to mine. After 172 miles it needed to get pulled back out and get new bearings. Extra expense, lots of work to pull it again, and the stress of pulling the engine out of a freshly restored/painted car.
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