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My 48 Dodge is all stock and I have had it in several parades. The last was in July with air temp in the lower 80's and lots of hills. As we crawled up the hills my temp gauge would climb towards 200 deg, but on the the down slope would quickly drop back to the 170's. These old cars should run fairly cool. About 10 yrs back I did flush out the radiator, I have a 160deg thermostat. Also, I had an over heating problem when I first got the car, but after adjusting the points it cooled right down. You should not need an auxilliary fan for normal driving.
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It looks like a saw set, used to set the tooth angle when sharpening a saw. I have one someplace that I inherited from my father.
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When I bought my 48 coupe in 2007 it had wide whirewall bias ply tires on it. They were in good shape, good tread, sidewalls etc. The only date code I could find was near the rim on the backside, and only two numbers: 10/4. Before 2000 tire manufacturers only listed the month and year of the decade the tire was manufactured. My tires could have been manufactured in 1994 or 1984 or 1974 ..... In 2014 I replaced them with Coker radials. I think that it was a wise decision, both for safety and for handling and ride quality.
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Horn relay, dimmer switch, solenoid - to buy or not?
busycoupe replied to Bryan's topic in P15-D24 Forum
About 8 yrs ago I bought a Standard Motor voltage regulator for my '48 Dodge from Rock Auto. When it arrived I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was made in USA. It fit like the original and continues to work perfectly. I'm not sure if they still manufacture in the US. -
I've got ads from Northern Tool for low rise alignment lifts. .. I've never looked them up anywhere.
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What port are you using to tap the vacuum? I use the connection for the vacuum wipers and get 20 inches of vacuum. If you use a port for the vacuum advance or transmission (on some cars) you may get something different.
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One more ....
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There is a lot of nice looking roads today, but not many places to stop and take a pic. Here is one.
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Yes, the positive clip attaches to the positve batt. post, the neg clip to the distributer side of the coil.
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I have an old '80s era Sears dwell/tach I found at a yard sale. The instructions say that it works on 12v neg. ground, but it works fine on my 6v pos. ground 1948 Dodge. You just need to be careful of the polarity when you hook it up. These meters show up regularly on ebay for short money.
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Buying a 6 volt battery soon for my 48 DeSoto
busycoupe replied to MarcDeSoto's topic in P15-D24 Forum
I checked the NAPA website and they say that the group 2 battery won't fit my '48 Dodge. However I currently have group 2 battery in the car and I checked the dimensions of the NAPA battery. It should fit easily. I guess the message is that you shouldn't always believe the store websites. -
As Young Ed says, #1 is oem spec. I bought a set of #1 cables from Rock Auto about 10 years ago. They work great! never had a problem with them.
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The Custom model had black dash knobs and chrome trim on the inside of the doors. It also had electric wipers. TheDeluxe model has beige dash knobs, no chrome on the inside door panels, and vacuum powered wipers. As for color, you could look for patches of original paint on protected places like the interior kick panels, the firewall, etc.
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I always wondered if those connections to where a plug was removed would fill your tire with gasolene vapor. Would the rubber in the tire be damaged? Would it be an explosion hazard?
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I think that just the opposite is true. If the points gap is too small then the points will be closed for more degrees of rotation and the dwell will be larger. In your case the gap is too large, accounting for the small degree of dwell.
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There should be a thick sisal pad on the inside of the firewall to insulate for heat and sound. Even with that pad in place and the heat shut off, my coupe gets quite warm. It is pleasant in cool weather, not so much in warm weather. I think these cars just get hot in the cab from engine and exhaust heat.
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That broken flange could probably be welded. About 6 yesrs ago I had my exhaust manifold welded where an "ear" broke off where it bolted to the hesd. It has been OK ever since.
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Yes, you cut it like this, then slip on your new rotor ond new cover piece.
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I have used a kit called a Roto Lokit. After you cut off the end of your lock you slip the rotor off of the shaft. Then slip on the new rotor and then slip the new housing over your cut off one. The new housing is held on with a set screw. Be aware, there are two different kits, one for the left front door and right rear door; the other fits the right front door and left rear. Be sure that you have the correct one before you cut your lock.
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Believe it or not, the point gap and timing can cause it to run hot. It wouldn't hurt to check the point gap with a dwell meter.
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To add to Plymotny's answer, you should check to make sure that there is about an inch of free play on your brake pedal. That will allow the piston in the master cylinder to retract far enough to clear the return port.
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Also if one of the cylinders on the left side seized up it would cause the car to pull right.
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The fluid drive unit has no adjustments. There are however, adjustments on the shift linkage going to the transmission and on the clutch linkage.
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Johnboy said that he was dealing with a 47 Dodge. The 46-48 Dodges only came with a 3 speed manual, or a 3 speed manual with a fluid drive coupling. A car with a fluid drive coupling that is low on fluid will feel like a car with a slipping clutch. It is impossible to overfill the fluid coupling. The position of the access cover in the passenger floor is such that the fill port on the coupling is at the correct angle to leave air space at the top of the coupling when ig is filled.
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Yes, you do drain it from under the car. When I said that there are two fill ports I meant that they are 180 degrees apart. on opposite sides of the unit. The unit is all one piece, all fluid together. It is generally not necessary or adviseable to drain the fluid drive unit. Topping off is all that is usually needed.
