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  1. Young Ed
    Also a lot of us have rebuilt engines. So were they rebuilt to 1940s tolerances or more modern specs. Personally I run 10w40 in all my stuff and have over 20k miles on my 48 coupe with no sign of a drop in oil pressure
  2. Young Ed
    I store my 48 at my parents cabin about 110 miles from home. With all the happenings of 2020 and cancelled events I never brought it home last summer. Did go up there last July and drive it around the property a little bit. Today I hitched a ride with the parents to bring it home. On the forth cycle of cranking for 10-15 seconds I got a sputter and she was running on the 5th. Cranked off the trip home with no issues on 2019 fuel! Sorry for no pics but the one I wanted to take when I saw 2 deer on the dirt road out of the cabin didn't happen- they were faster to run than I was grabbing for my phone
  3. Young Ed
    A nut was much cheaper and I just used a 6 pt socket to hold the 2 halves back together. The slight gap I think gave a spot for gunk to escape
  4. Young Ed
    Idk if the thread is the same but I just fixed my 47 truck shaft by making a crude split die. I bought a nut the right size and cut it on half(I also had to make it thinner but that depends on how much good thread you have). Then put the two haves back together and work your way backwards towards the damaged thread.
  5. Young Ed
    Then when you come next year you'll be retired and have free time!
  6. Young Ed
    The GMC gauge should work just fine for comparison.
  7. Young Ed
    Seems like your actual oil pressure is ok but the gauge is wrong since it doesn't go to 0 when off. I would take it out and set it back to 0 when off and also verify running pressure with a second gauge as Greg said
  8. Young Ed
    Take care of it those 39-47 pass rear fenders are hard to find
  9. Young Ed
    Not much of a bike guy but if either of you make it to MN drop me a line!
  10. Young Ed
    Yes I am! Cool place. Lark toys was also neat.
  11. Young Ed
    Check with Roberts or Dodge central of Michigan. That style was used for the headlights on the 41-47 trucks as they only had high and low beam out at the fender.
  12. Young Ed
    Somewhere on the WI around lake Pepin is an awesome toy and car museum that of course I can't remember the name of at the moment. The eagle center in Wabasha is awesome too
  13. Young Ed
    Did you try cracking the line along the way to see if fuel was making it to any points?
  14. Young Ed
    I cleaned out the bed of the 46 after using it to haul 3 bed fulls of wood chips last weekend. Looks like after about 20years the urethane might be in need of a touch up. Later on I harvested a set of tailgate chains off some other bedsides to use on the 47. Also hung a 50s Jeep grill on the shop wall!
  15. Young Ed
    The first one is Ed Gross out of WI. Last time I chatted with him he was still working on it. That would have been back to the 50s 2019 I believe.
  16. Young Ed
    Did you replace the contaminated shoes? My 46 got a little fluid on the shoes and will lock up the wheel until I brake a few times. If yours was soaked you may never get them clean enough
  17. Young Ed
    They aren't pushing it like when I learned but my third grader is learning cursive right now.
  18. Young Ed
    We had that back with a 52 plymouth we named scrappy. Took a few times before it would stay unstuck. However it was the valves that would get stuck each time not pistons. Sounds to me the original poster has stuck valves too from his description of the piston and oil flowing past.
  19. Young Ed
    If I'm remembering correctly someone had this problem and they heated the copper washers with a propane torch to soften them up and get a better crush
  20. Young Ed
    I believe mine was put on after the pump in my coupe died half way through our honeymoon which would make it 11 years old now.
  21. Young Ed
    That is called the weep hole. It's supposed to be there. Just leave it. If/when the pump dies that's where it will leak. The plug supplied goes in either of those two holes for whichever doesn't match your heater hose setup. Your 52 should use the one you currently have plugged and the other output should be plugged.
  22. Young Ed
    Plymouth being the value brand never had a semi auto until hy drive in 53. The shifter is the first version of column shift and uses a cable rather than linkage
  23. Young Ed
    There is a tiny slot on the bottom of the knob to remove just the knob. Then you can unscrew the escutcheon and the switch comes out the back.
  24. Young Ed
    The couple military flatheads I've seen were actually 24v. Dad had one probably 25 years ago and gave all the electrics away to some one with another army truck
  25. Young Ed
    The intake to exhaust manifold connection is through bolts on the 25" flatheads and blind holes on the 23"s. So the differences you're stating might mimic the factory intakes. I know my fenton intake for the 23" has blind holes.
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