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From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
Rusty cowl mount shows mine was a maroon car before being painted green. That paint hadn't been deglossed or even degreased before painting. Flaking paint revealed this when I rubbed it with a rag. -
From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
Scotchbrite past midnight... -
Yes, once the trim ring or escutcheon is released, it pops out to capture that pin in a little "dish" so it can't escape. I had one that had the pin come out half way behind the "dish" and half in front. I had to resort to brute force methods to remove the trim ring so the pin would come out.
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So I was right about the electrolysis? I've never had a radiator ground strap though now I'll remember it, since I intend to have a rubber mounted radiator.
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From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
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From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
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From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
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From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
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From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
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From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
Morning after shot. I missed a couple spots in the dark..... -
From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
Spooky 3 AM photo -
From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
Edith gets stripped -
From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
Losing the lights -
From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
arty spring shot -
From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
The grille bars come off... -
From the album: Edith d' Plymouth
fingerpainting with methylene chloride... -
How's the cooling system? Maybe the coolant distribution tube is getting clogged.
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Thanks. I don't have any parts manual at hand, so I don't have a clue what parts interchange, so I really appreciate all the help. Somehow I was under the impression that the postwar Desoto engines were all the big block 6 while Plymouths and Dodges were the small block 6 & Chryslers were all big block 6 or straight 8. But I don't have any evidence to back that up. I need to study the manuals again.
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Well, the hub with a flange, on the crank snout.
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Yes, hillclimbing on the Wasatch range in my '67 scout. I think I was low on gas & it got so steep the pickup in the tank started coming uncovered. Or maybe the fuel pump was weak, because the engine pinged a few times and died. (BTW, short wheelbase vehicles do not steer well in reverse at speed, even with reverse engine braking, Also, Scout brakes are not self energizing in reverse. It was a wild ride down.) As for your friend's car, does it have vacuum advance or just mechanical? I might go drive it around with a temporary vacuum gauge on the wiper hose & watch what the needle does on a hill.
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Oh crap. It's been nearly 20 years since I used a stick welderlast. I forget which way it goes. Frankly, I don't think I once bothered to touch the polarity switch on any welder I've ever used. Clue me in Jeff!
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Thanks to you all. I'll have to dig out the rest of this stuff when I have more access to it. Right now it's buried. But I take it the Desoto flange doesn't fit a 230 crank which means I bought a Desoto damper & pulley on a Dodge flange. I'll check their numbers tonight. I might just end up selling this engine and trans anyhow, but I want it to be complete and running one way or the other.
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So this could have come from a 265 & been "fitted" to the 230? When I bought the 230, it had just been pulled out of a 46 DeSoto sedan, but the trans and engine were clearly Dodge..
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OK, I haven't found the 218 damper yet, but this is the damper & pulley from the 230 Dodge. You can see the holes have all been chewed out. Looks like somebody modified it at some point, though I couldn't imagine a good reason why. The 218 model is slightly smaller and lighter with no flats. Also it's riveted to the pulley as I recall, while this one had bolts tapped into the crank flange. You can see a hole drilled for balance, which is why I originally thought these might be not just dampers, but external balancing devices as well. But the hole is so small that I sincerely doubt this is the case at all.
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I do not believe it has anything to do with the actual voltage that can be obtained, but with the speed at which those electrons can be delivered. If you charge the whole car, and spit electrons into it from a wire, it happens faster than charging a wire and expecting it to spit electrons out into a whole car. But I'm working from an increasingly faulty memory, so I'm going to go back and refresh my memory about all this. Every manufacturer eventually changed over to negative ground, so there was a very good reason. Might even have to do with electrolysis of the body under wet conditions.
