iowa51

I have 2 sets of jack stands, 1 set of steel ramps, and a set of wood blocks. Used in various combinations depending on if the tires are on or off the car. As an extra safety precaution if using the steel ramps, after jacking the car up, the ramps face in opposite direction. I could probably screw a couple of 2" X 12" X 16" boards to the bottom of the wood blocks if I needed a little more height and it would still be stable.

X3 (or 4) on the newer Champion Plugs. After installing them in the rebuilt engine of my '51 I needed to remove them as there was a head gasket issue. Twist and pulled the new spark plug wires ends to take them off the off the plugs and 3 of the 6 the porcelains twisted off leaving them attached to the spark plug wires. Installed Autolites and 86'd the Champions.

Might be a few miles out of your upper mileage range but Ron's Auto Salvage outside of Allison IA has quite of a selection of old cars and pickups from the 1940s-1980s. 24613 Butler Center Rd, Allison, IA 50602 (319) 267-2871 Has a Facebook page but the website listed is the wrong one. Call before you go as he is an older guy and semi-retired.

Thanks to the internet I can search multiple stores for cost and availability so it depends on that where I purchase. Advance Auto has a limited stock of items for older cars I get a 25% discount if I order online though a work benefit, but no ship to store. O’Reilly’s, better selection, ship to store, but counter people are dumb asses. Auto Zone is 30 miles away but at times they have the part I need. In no hurry? RockAuto surprisingly has a good selection, just make a list and order multiple items from the same warehouse to save on shipping. As far as discounts, the small chain auto parts store that I did most of my business because it was the closest pulled my discount when a new manager took over because I wasn’t a “legitimate” auto repair business. Jeeze, got 6 old cars plus my daily drivers, I think I did a fair amount of business with them. Not anymore, didn’t burn any bridges telling the manager what I thought but they are now at the bottom of my list.

I finally called them, yes they are still in business. Why they offer contact options that apparently do not work, I do not know.

Has anybody had any recent dealings with them? Several days ago I did a part number search and according to that page the part (NOS) is available but then had me click to another page for price/shipping information and to fill out my email address. I think it even said something like "Request sent". Haven't heard anything back. Time is somewhat of an essences as I am thinking of bidding on a used part and if I can get new/NOS for the same price or a little more I would prefer that.

For the $25 he is asking for the whole cluster I will take my chances. My current temperature gauge works, this is a spare to sit on a shelf. If the engine still had the intake/exhaust manifold and a cheap price I would have seriously considered making a trip back here sooner rather than later, but it is already gone.

Thanks. The car is in a salvage yard several hundred miles away from where I live as I am here visiting a relative and my tools are at home. The car body is junk but the instrument cluster is in good shape so I would like to grab it before someone else does as it may be several years before I am back here again

Where I am staying at the guy has a limited tool chest. I plan on going to Menards, Harbor Freight... and try to find an correct sized flare nut wrench(s) that fits to help with removing it. I have a set at home so I don't want (or need) to buy a whole set.

Won't bore you with the details but anybody know the wrench sizes I need to remove the temperature sending unit from the block of a 218? If I remember correctly I think it is 2 nuts, one threaded into the other on my car anyways. I would check my own car but at the moment I am several hundred miles away from it.

According to your information like I should have 4 "long" and 4 "short". The parts manual for my car says I need 6 "long" and 2 "short"

1951 Plymouth Cranbrook. Brake wheel cylinder on right front side started leaking. Got new cylinders ordered and planned on ordering new shoes due to fluid contamination of the lining but according to my parts catalog each car has 6 "long" shoes (#1136 985) and 2 "short" shoes (#1136 986). So which axle has the "short" shoes?

After a close call I put a piece of painter's tape on one of the blades with the cars of mine with an unshrouded fan.

2 Years ago my cousin's had a car trailer stolen from from their farm shop, surveillance video showed a white Ford pickup with no plates. 2 weeks later a friend of my son had theirs stolen from my shop where he had it parked, a few miles from my cousin's shop. Neighbor said it was a white Ford pickup, didn't think anything of it as various vehicles come and go from my shop. Sheriff said ours was the 4th trailer reported stolen in the last month, 3 were directly tied to a white Ford pickup, the other had no witnesses. If boobytrapping was legal many of these thefts would not have happened.

This was posted on the other site. The building has been divided up into several business, maybe the whole building as a single business was 120 N. Delaware?