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I’ve never seen possum-on-the-half-shell used as wheel chock before. In Georgia or otherwise.

Craftsman makes good wrenches if you're on a budget. I have several Snap On here at home and that's all that is used at the shop. I've really gotten to like the dial variety.... Click wrenches are all fine too. Whatever you get used have calibrated (as mentioned already). I have all my wrenches calibrated at Washington Calibration in Tempe, AZ. Great outfit to work with.

Why does this not surprise me....

Thank you! I guess if the deck seemed like it needed a cut I would have, but I didn’t relish the idea of removing 21 head studs... ?

A repair at the thermo housing mount shouldn’t be an issue if the repair is right. Read about mine here:

Indeed sad to hear.

The threads for the fittings are pipe thread. The thread into the oil passage are standard. The ID of the fitting was very similar to the oil passage, but I don’t remember if I measured them. I’ll have a look back though my photo documents and see.

There should be several images in the thread scattered throughout. Make sure you aim carefully so you don’t hit the center hole or the righthand bolt hole. 1/2” drill is essential and go slow! If that bit bites it’ll wrench that drill out of your hands and take fingernails or anything else with it. At worst you’ll end up with a pinched finger or two. Know what size fittings you’re using and keep them separate enough. Mine were too close and I’d do it a bit different next time. It’s fine as is, but i would have saved myself some time machining fittings.

There are pleny of the Carter vintage filters available. I used one here:

A few minutes after I though a turd on the floorboard, but it turned out to be the small aluminum floor jack I keep in the trunk. Usually have it hemmed in with the spare against the drivers wheel well, but the spare slid in the mayhem and freed the jack. All’s well. ??

Thanks. Exactly what I was thinking. Happens all too often around here.

Headed East on a local major 6 lane street doing about 35-40mph and a fellow pulled out a left turn in front of me with cell phone in hand. I got on the binders and horn, and as it became apparent I was going to hit him I turned the wheel to the left. Was braking hard enough that the tires started to skid. I slid sideways and exactly parallel to him and braced for impact. Heard a clunk or felt a thump or something as I came to a stop. He shot off into traffic narrowly missing another opportunity to ruin someone's night. I gathered my nerves, entered the westbound inside lane as another motorist was kind enough to hold it open for me. Made a u-turn at the next break in the median and headed to my destination which was three blocks further up the road. Had a look at the car and found I must not have hit him.... Seems the only issue noticeable is a fair bit of oil from the air cleaner that sloshed out and all over the engine compartment and right front fender. But I felt like a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs for the rest of the night.

Best to you and your family, Josh, in his difficult time. Sure liked reading Bob’s posts and always appreciated his enthusiasm. Thinking about him makes me want to hit a country road in my coupe and just drive....

The one my pal has at his shop looks very much like this one from summit https://www.summitracing.com/parts/oes-27059?seid=srese1&cm_mmc=pla-google-_-shopping-_-srese1-_-oem-specialty-tools&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhrTR856W3gIVFMNkCh2JpwkoEAQYBCABEgLXBfD_BwE We’ve used that, and we’ve also packed the input shaft hollow in the back of the crankshaft with grease and hammered in a piece of steel turned on the lathe that just fit into the old bushing. The grease caught behind the bushing would force it out as the steel was tapped into the back of the crankshaft. I would replace it as you have everything apart already. If you have the trans out and the new bushing in hand just check to see if it will fit the input shaft. It should without modification if it is correct for the application.

Properly set up drum brakes should be just fine. As casper said, show us the car!!

I’d dig it, but Be aware that not everyone will think so...

Probably exactly what happened. Sorry to hear.

Synthetic oil won’t harm the seal. What happens to older cars that are swapped to the detergents is that dino oil deposits are disolved away, and if a seal has shrunk with age and the deposits are dissolved and removed is that the seal begins to leak. I plan to swap to Amsoil after a couple thousand miles on my fresh 201 rebuild and I’ll have zero concerns about seal issues. I’ll be using their “Z-Rod” 10W-30 weight oil to maintain adequate zinc for the flat tappet camshaft.

And the pin is just driven out from underneath?

I like the Carters. Send it to me.

I used a white weather stripping from a local hardware store. Works perfectly. Trimmed it in half, stuck the self adhesive side to the glass rim and it’s perfect. And cheap.

Looking good. Make sure you have that filter canister plumbed correctly. I’m no expert, and I don’t run one, but I think you have the return hooked up to the oil galley main. See if it shouldn’t go to the vertical hole by the oil pressure relief valve... Hopefully a resident expert will chime in and correct me if I’m wrong. Would think the oil will dump in the top and run out the bottom....

Exactly my plan, Andy! The mirrors on the marked don’t help me see to back up because these ‘37s are so wedge shaped.... I’m wanting them on a longer arm so I can see down the side.... not see the side. Did you pull the hinges apart and utilize the pin when affixing these? Figured I could make a custom pin and a bracket similar to the ones made for the 30s Ford Truck crowd, but fit to the Plymouth. I just want to see what I’m dealing with before I go mucking around, you know?

That would be fantastic. I’m trying to hatch an idea for hinge mount mirrors.... I’d only be disassembling the top hinge on each side. Car is painted fairly nicely and I don’t want to make a mess, so I’m hoping to see exactly what’s in there before I proceed.

Yep. Think that’s a simple one.... at a filling station by itself it stands out in a vanilla crowd. At a show there’s sensory overload of amazing vehicles on hand. I’ve had people almost crash into me driving down the street while trying to photograph the car and drive at the same time.