Young Ed
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The difference I found on the 1080 vs 1010 is the center hole mount. The 80 has a fiberous washer while the 10 has an o ring. Our 2 modern minivans also have drop in filters so for some reason the industry is trending back that way. Possibly to avoid having to remove or engineer all the plastic air dams on the bottom of the car to still allow a spin on filter removal.
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What does your thermostat housing look like? You appear to have the correct pieces for a modern thermostat
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The dodge ones aren't nearly as rare as the Plymouth version which didn't make a comeback after the war
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Some of them are pretty rare. The Plymouth town sedan sure is. I've only seen pictures of one
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You don't want it to be lose. It'll rock back and forth and break the key or the keyway
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I would think for the engine and trans if you can get them drained quickly and oil back where it belongs they shouldn't need total rebuilds. Your bigger issues are stuff like wiring and rust from stuff settling into all the little nooks
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Flange at thermostat inlet
Young Ed replied to Greg W 41 Dodge WC's topic in Mopar Flathead Truck Forum
It's the bottom piece of the readily available thermostat that the auto stores sell. A conventional thermostat goes into that piece and then a rubber gasket on top. Commence with knocking it out of place and replacing -
The first 2 years of the flathead have exposed cylinders without water jackets. So the block is more narrow. This is what causes the mismatch you are thinking of
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I'm not sure how to do the power windows but Bernbaum recently starting reproducing those rollers
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Some more random stuff from the same box. The horn ring looks like a broken off p15 except it's so smooth I'm thinking it's from something else like a 41-42. Part # on the back is 864204
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I believe the lower ones (quantity 3) are 42 Plymouth. The uppers 41 or???
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The part that was one time use was just the clamp. We knew it did more than that but didn't know it was not to be removed. I will say though the pictures in your TSB make it look like they've updated the part to a better design
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Helped a friend put new pads on a 2020 Subaru outback today. It has an electric parking brake so the directions we found have you disconnecting the battery to allow service of the pads. Everything goes smoothly until we go to reinstall the battery. Apparently the cable has some strange one time use connection and you're supposed to undo the other 2 connections rather than pull the terminal connection. Who has ever heard of a 1 time use battery connection!!?!!!??!!!! The piece we needed is of course dealer only and it was past closing time by the time we discovered all this. Here is my solution to get him back on the road until he can source a new piece
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You should be looking for fronts then too.
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Here is some real world experience. Dad got a 50 coupe. Somewhere he found a decent engine. When we took it apart water had gotten into #6. The machine shop gave him used pistons that someone had put new rings on only to discover they needed an overbore. I don't recall if we used those or transferred them to the existing pistons (I feel transferring them is more likely)but either way it got honed and new rings. That cylinder still has deep pits from the rust but it ran perfectly except for a little smoke. So if I was in your shoes I'd make sure the pin won't hit the wall again and run it.
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If that is the case I suggest you start your search with a decently strong magnet.
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I have the OEM switch for my overdrive mounted next to the cable under the dash in my p15. Check out some of the early 50s Ford suppliers for a switch. They seem to have more overdrive support for reproduction parts.
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Could you get a rough measurement just by pulling the inspection cover?
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Nope I'm keeping that! And I actually don't have mine put back on my coupe
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I'll sell you a set for only half that
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Is that picture something you found online? So you need the piece on the right?
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I didn't even spring for the split die. I basically made my own by cutting a bit I'm half. And boy was I annoyed when I did it the first time only to discover a course thread nut was mixed into the fine thread bin and I'd spent all that effort on the wrong thing. Would you be able to get the tool out if you pulled the column?
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Did dealer trading exist like it does now? Maybe the local dealership didn't have the specific truck so they started calling around to find one
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Car craft used to have a column called stupid gear head stories. It was one of my favorites. On my 47 I didn't put the nut on far enough and managed to mess up the top few threads on the steering shaft. There is probably an entire page of my build thread devoted to fixing that!
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That's the trouble - the trim stuff can all be added by someone wanted a fancier car.
