38plymouth
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Is red still positive and black negative then or should I reverse those because of the positive ground? I hate electrical stuff.
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I meant is this a bolt in deal. Can I pull my three speed and pretty much put one of these in it's place without changing the driveshaft or emergency brake setup etc.
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Is this a bolt in replacement for a 38 plymouth 3 speed? God I'd love to have an overdrive transmission that slides right in place of my 3 speed.
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I'd love to know what the RPM's on my flathead are. I still have the stock 6 volt positive ground system. I was reading on the net and I saw that some people claim a 12 volt tach will work with 6 volt cars. I happen to have a sun super tach that is 12 volts. I think I might try it out but I'm not sure how to wire it. It has four wires: black-ground red-12 volt green-distributer white-lights How would you wire this thing to test it? Would I reverse the red and black since I have a positive ground? Does the green go to the coil???
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You did all that work and only drank one beer? That's easily a six pack job.
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I have seen colored whitewalls and colored tread on tires. They are ugly.
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I finally got around to changing the pan gasket. A two hour job turned into an all day job because I decided to clean the outside of the pan and repaint it. Since I had to wait for the paint to dry I lowered the rearend 3/4 of an inch so the car sits more level. I don't think the pan gasket leaks at all anymore but something is leaking between the transmission and the engine still. It drips out of the little hole in the flywheel cover still, is that a rear seal? At least I got to clean out the pan, although it wasn't as dirty as I expected.
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During my quest for a set of 15" rims I ran across a set of 4 16"x4.5 wide rims that fit early mopars, they even have the hole for the pin. They have light surface rust and the guy said they are brand new and never mounted. He wants $25 a piece for them. I am thinking about buying them since I can't find any nice 15" wheels. We looked thru dozens at his yard. Can I fit a radial tire on these? What size could work?
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Anyone know the part numbers for points and condenser for a 1938 plymouth? They usually have the parts I need but it's getting harder and harder for them to look anything up from the 30's. It's much easier to tell them the part number for what I need.
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I'm running short glasspack looking mufflers on my dual system. It's still fairly quiet at idle but sounds good cruising and downshifting. I drove it to the muffler shop with just a split manifold and no pipes, that was loud. I almost went with straight pipes but chickened out.
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I'll check that out, I never thought about the wipers.
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I wish I could determine exactly where the water comes in. I have crawled up under the dash several times trying to figure it out. I may try this sealant first, if it doesn't work I guess I have to learn how to change the gasket.
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Thanks, I'll give that a try. Hopefully that does it, I really don't feel like pulling the windshield.
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I got stuck driving in a terrible downpour Saturday afternoon. I have always had a small amount of water that would leak into the car at the drivers side lower corner of the windshield. I only noticed it when I washed it. I found out Saturday that bothe sides leak bad in a rainstorm. Water was dripping onto the floor on both sides and the door panels near the front got soaked. From the outside my weatherstripping looks to be in great shape. Is there supposed to be any sealant in there and how how is it to replace the weatherstripping?
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I don't believe one gas stations fuel is any better than the one down the road. I have never had any fuel related issue with any car I've owned. In fact nobody in my family ever has either. My suburban has almost 200,000 miles on it and it runs perfect. I use the cheapest gas I can find and I use nothing but Walmart synthetic. All gasoline has to meet minimum standards.
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I get pissed every time I see people buying gas at a Mobil station when it's always 10 cents a gallon cheaper at a station across the street. Why would even pull in there and pay more when you don't have to?
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I had the name of the ones from blueskies but I can't find them. I'm leaning towards the tire paint. I just don't see how that can work very well.
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I finally tracked down a set of 15 inch rims. A guy right down the road with an old junk yard has hundreds of them. I refuse to pay the price they want for radial wide whites, no tire is worth almost $200. I have checked with every local tire store for something even a little wider than a normal wide white and they don't have a thing. Someone must make something. Please help me, I hate the look of the skinny whitewalls and I hate blackwalls. I need some wide white radials on my car.
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I'm not really sure about the gas. It didn't detonate with the gas in it from last year. I filled it up last week and noticed it doing it a little, last night it did it alot going up a hill.
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Darn, I had it backwards, thank you.
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I noticed with the warmer weather my engine detonates sometimes going up hills. I want to back the timing down a little but I don't remember which way to turn the distributer. I should turn it counter clockwise right?
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I'm only doing the oil pan gasket. There are two little rubber pieces about an inch long, they are about the size of the red tube you stick in the nozzle on can of wd-40.
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I tried to adjust my steering box last night because I have some play. I loosened the lock nut and tried turning the adjustment screw, it won't move. It's pretty tight where this is located and I can only get a stubby screwdriver in there. Am I doing something wrong?
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I finally got around to checking the gaskets. They look like they are the same length so they should work. I noticed there is a little plastic bag in the box and it has two very small rubber pieces that look little pins. What the heck are these for?
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I had the grommet from something else. I got lucky and it fit like it was made to be there. If I had to guess I would think it was from a sbc valve cover. I would bring the road draft tube to the parts store so they could match it up.
