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  1. Mark Haymond
    Joe, now is the perfect time to make an extra wire to keep in the glove compartment. You will feel better knowing you have a spare.
  2. Mark Haymond
    I paid an auto paint shop man to do my wheels. He said he had an assistant spin the wheel horizontally at table height, mounted on a bearing, while he applied the paint with a pin striping brush.
  3. Mark Haymond
    It is for a filter and pipe called a draft tube that sticks down towards the ground. It provides ventilation for the crankcase gases and reduces oil sludge buildup in the engine. By sticking down into the draft of air under a moving car, air circulation is produced. Fresh air is drawn down the oil filler tube, through the crankcase, and out the draft tube. Get one or make one. It will help your engine last longer.
  4. Mark Haymond
    I lowered my P15 three inches. I wish I had stopped at two inches because certain street gutters and parking lot speed bumps can scrape my underside. Relocating the front shock mounts will make a big improvement in handling.
  5. Mark Haymond
    Young Ed's link to the Napa distributor wire should get you exactly what you need. Such a wire that has to work during years of flexing is usually made up of multiple strands of really tiny, flexible, copper wires.
  6. Mark Haymond
    Tod, I have had cotter pins break at the bend from metal fatigue when I reuse them. Maybe it was just a bad cotter pin from your mechanic's parts bin. Since the hole and the castellated nut still line up I think it unlikely the torqued nut would loosen just enough to line up on the next gap. What are the odds of that? Oil pressure OK, no new noises? Install one new pin. Then invest your awkward time trying to get the pan back on without introducing any new oil leaks.
  7. Mark Haymond
    My 50 Plymouth SD had a coil of tubing on the water control valve mounted on the firewall. I believe it was an early form of comfort control which regulated the flow of water when the engine coolant temp would increase on a long hill or decrease when less engine load was being used. I replaced the valve in the interest of reliability with a compatible new one I found by searching for modern heater control valves. The new one does not have any regulation but works fine as a simple push pull control valve.
  8. Mark Haymond
    That's a good looking 1950 Plymouth. Congratulations on getting it restored and running again. Was Gaynor Grey your car's original color?
  9. Mark Haymond
    Good to see your progress, Paul. Drive it a little every day until the Q. The daily road test may bring out little glitches that need attention.
  10. Mark Haymond
    I'll watch your build thread! I have a 47 Plymouth Club Coupe in Fresno. Looks like you will be doing a proper job for Edith. Yeah!
  11. Mark Haymond
    Has the passenger side control arm also been shortened? The previous owner may have saved you some work. I put a Cavalier kit from Fat Man in my 1947 Plymouth. Works fine but the Cavailier rack does not have enough left to right travel length, and the wheels will not turn tightly enough to do a U turn on a city street. Shortening the "control arms," which is what I am calling the short little forged arms bolted onto the back of the brake backing plate, will solve my problem when I get around to it.
  12. Mark Haymond
    In California, if seat belts were not required when the vehicle was made the car does not need them today. EXCEPT if you carry young children. Then you have to have the child seats or belts. I'm OK with that law.
  13. Mark Haymond
    Don's beautiful gauge connections should be fine. Despite his dual carbs and other engine improvements his dash will not be subject to high frequency airframe vibrations, electronic interference, or wild temperature swings common to aircraft. His twelve volt operational environment will be closer to a farm tractor (sorry Don) and should be good for the life of the vehicle. My two cents.
  14. Mark Haymond
    After market water necks and thermostat housings are available if you do not need old authentic parts. This solution worked for my 318 V8 engine conversion. https://www.meziere.com/displaycategory.aspx?id=244,292
  15. Mark Haymond
    I am pleased to read you are getting to take it out on shake down runs. That is a fun process after a lot of work on a car. I do not have a turn signal light on the dash either, and sometimes I can not hear the flasher click, so I end up driving several blocks with the flasher on. I wish I could find a flasher that is louder than the one I have now.
  16. Mark Haymond
    picture links are earlier in this thread. here is one: http://p15-d24.com/topic/34735-7th-annual-clements-tailgate-bbq/page-12#entry365106
  17. Mark Haymond
    New wiring, new 12 volt bulbs. Should be a bright instrument cluster.
  18. Mark Haymond
    I think the master cylinder is the place to start because you said the brake lights were on when it locked up. There was pressure in the lines to make the lights stay on.
  19. Mark Haymond
    I used a Signal Stat from YnZ wiring ten years ago for my 50 Plymouth. I ordered the black one and repainted the housing and its clamp (with a spray can) the same color as my steering column. It looks like it belongs there.
  20. Mark Haymond
    Don, I rewired my P15 Plymouth after taking out the dash. I wanted to avoid the upside down discomfort of doing it in the car. Wasn't too difficult and it let me get all the connections dressed nicely. I used a couple of scrap pieces of wood as a jig to hold it for me while I worked on it. I like the fuse and relay block on that Rebel kit of yours. It is something my home built wiring job lacks. http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-BtgMz/i-Q8frM2h
  21. Mark Haymond
    Just shows I am a hopeless gear head, I only saw a black car and a blue car.
  22. Mark Haymond
    Your truck is probably feeling pretty happy right now. It looks great again.
  23. Mark Haymond
    A little bit of white paint rubbed into hacksaw slots will make them even easier to see.
  24. Mark Haymond
    Yep, having a cowl vent makes a big comfort difference on a warm day. Open the rear windows a little, pop up the cowl vent, and fresh air flows in the vent and out the back. I have a 50 Plymouth. The rubber seal is cheap. When closed, my vent does not leak even if left out in the rain all day. And I like it when passengers ask "What's that?"
  25. Mark Haymond
    My 1947 P-15 Club Coupe rocker trim is the same as your photos.
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