YukonJack

Problem is that parking brakes are also used as emergency brakes. A hydraulic emergency brake is useless if your brakes fail. The T5 conversions have been around for years but if you use the stock rear end you loose the transmission mounted emergency brake. A mixed blessing in my opinion.

8.4 volts going to the I terminal with engine running. Would this damage the solenoid?

The ballast resistor was by passed from the I terminal to the + side of the coil for 12 volts at start up but I have power at the I terminal after it's running. As far as my 8.4 volts on the + side of the coil and 5 volts going out to the distributer when the car is running is normal in your opinion? I wouldn't thing I should be losing 3.4 volts in the coil between the + and - sides.

I've been chasing down a running problem for a week or so now on my 47 Plymouth. Stock engine , but converted to 12 volt negative ground about 20 years ago. Car runs rough and dies out sometimes and won't restart for about 5 minutes. With a test light it will have power on both sides of the coil, but no spark. I have new points and condensor that I haven't installed yet. Checking the ignition circuit, I have 13.5 volts going to the ignition resistor and about 8.4 coming out and going to the coil. The negative side of the coil going to the distributor has about 5 volts. Shouldn't I have the 8.4 volts on both sides of the coil? I also recently ran a wire from the I terminal on my solenoid to the positive side of the coil for faster starts. I've noticed now I have power at the I terminal when the engine is running, not just on start up. It has become harder to start whether I disconnet the wire from the I terminal or leave it connected. This doesn't seem right and wonder if it's going to cause problems with the solenoid. Thanks in advance.

The gas tank in my 47 Plymouth was coated with Renu in 1999 by the previous owner. My 47 started smoking from the exhaust a while ago. I changed the inline fuel filter and noticed the gas was amber in color and very sticky, that didn't seem normal. Is it possible the Renu coating is dissolving? I'm thinking the gas might be the reason it started smoking.

I think they changed the points in 52 and newer. Check out Rock Auto, they have pictures of the points so you can match what you have.

Technostalgia, I remember reading that.

Thank you.

Does anyone have a picture of the P15 high beam indicator that has the turn signal arrows in it?

Thanks for sharing. What is the reason for using the GM chip?

Langdon's is shutting down. Retiring.

On P15's the cast housing with the by pass hose was used on Special Deluxe and the stamped housing without the by pass hose was used on the Deluxe. If you look in the service manual under cooling system, page 67 it shows by pass hose for Special Deluxe only.

There was a post several years about taking the internals out of a slant 6 electronic distributor and putting them in the flat head distributor. I've been looking for the post but can't find it. Anyone got a link to it?

Where did you get the spacer under the thermostat?

Where did you get the spacer?