Just checking in...

[Chester Brzostowski]

Just checking in.!!

I have been sharing my time between the 29 and the 48 and the 29 has been winning. I did spend this weekend working on the P15 dash and instrument cluster.

For the blow by blow see link below:

http://www.chetscoins.com/1948p15/2007/01132007.htm

Chet...

[Don Coatney]

Looks good Chet;

I have my speedometer cable disconnected because in the cold weather it squals like a pigglet. I have a spare speedometer sitting on my desk at home and plan to do the same thing you did when time permits.

[Johnny S]

Chet, I alway enjoy reading your stories and seeing how you are able to make things work without resorting to the $500 rebuild. Thanks for "Just checking in".......

Did you consider some little transfer letters from a hobby shop? I'm wondering if they would have stuck well enough before you sealed them in with a clear coat? Or if they would have even survived the clear coat process?

[Allan Faust]

Johnny,

I as thinking the same thing... about the letters, however, they will stay on after a clear coat, particularily if its for model cars....

Allan

[RobertKB]

Interesting work on the speedo. I agree that almost all things back then were meant to be repaired and that they could be taken apart and worked on. Nowadays, it's the R & R thing. Remove and replace. This only benefits the dealerships, manufacturers, and any garage big enough to buy the necessary modern diagnostic equipment. Enjoy the shade under the trees with the old cars because those days are gone.

[Chester Brzostowski]

Chet, I alway enjoy reading your stories and seeing how you are able to make things work without resorting to the $500 rebuild. Thanks for "Just checking in".......

Did you consider some little transfer letters from a hobby shop? I'm wondering if they would have stuck well enough before you sealed them in with a clear coat? Or if they would have even survived the clear coat process?

Thanks,

I thought about the number decals. Radio shack use to sell a wire numbering tape that would have worked great. Since there were only a few that were completely destroyed and I am getting just a tad bit impatient with this car. 2+ years and still apart.

Robert,

My son-in-law thinks I am crazy. I should send everything out and replace everything with new. I think my 30 year old friend misses the point. I don’t want a new car that looks like and old car. I want and old car that still has most of its’ original parts and drives as good as the day it rolled out of the showroom. Maybe some minor modifications. I think that’s where the fun is.??? And you can always say… I did that…

The way I see it is; if it is broken you can’t hurt it by taking it apart. You can always buy new or send it out for repair. I also attest to the motto “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” and always put grease on things that squeak.

Chet… Enjoying the shade and the mild temperatures in the Northeast

[Plymouthy Adams]

Chet..sounds like you son-in-law is one of them.."Why earn respect when you can buy it" type..he surely misses the point all together..its not an old car..it your pride and workmanship in form of an old car.

[Johnny S]

Unfortunately that's becoming the norm rather than the exception. I think problems of a substantial nature will soon follow..........I even see it in my own family (son and nephews particularly).

Chet....keep it up. I always enjoy seeing your "next chapter".......

[Chester Brzostowski]

Chet..sounds like you son-in-law is one of them.."Why earn respect when you can buy it" type..he surely misses the point all together..its not an old car..it your pride and workmanship in form of an old car.

Tim,

He's not a bad sort..., just a little misdirected. I'm working on reprogramming him. He's working on me also. He bought me a subscription to Super Chevys. Now I had a 67 Camaro Rally Sport, nice enough car and I really like my 99 Chevy Suburban (the old body shape). I had a 72 Nova but I would trade them all to get my 67 Satellite Convertible back. I should have never let that car slip out of my hands. I guess I’m a Mopar guy at heart.

Chet...

[Plymouthy Adams]

Satellite convert..man I am sure you miss that ride..they are a very nice size car..great looking body also...last of that styling era...

My son has not warmed up to the old cars yet...not sure if he ever will. There is always hope though...

[Normspeed]

My son's in his 30's and his real interest is 60s and 70s muscle cars. A Mach One or a GTO would work. But I left my old hemi at his place and sent him a picture of a 28 Dodge roadster. He seems to be taking the bait...

[Don Coatney]

Chet;

I did some more fiddling with my spare speedometer today. My tumblers lock up and will not go past the fourth digit. Did you or has anyone else disassembled the tumbler drum? If so how is it done? Tim Adams sent me a D-24 tumbler and base assembly but it is larger and constructed totally differently. The speedometer in my car is squalling so badly that I disconnected the cable. My thoughts are to repair my spare and stick it in. However if I cannot get past the locked tumbler I may have to re-group and come up with plan B.

[Chester Brzostowski]

Chet;

I did some more fiddling with my spare speedometer today. My tumblers lock up and will not go past the fourth digit. Did you or has anyone else disassembled the tumbler drum? If so how is it done? Tim Adams sent me a D-24 tumbler and base assembly but it is larger and constructed totally differently. The speedometer in my car is squalling so badly that I disconnected the cable. My thoughts are to repair my spare and stick it in. However if I cannot get past the locked tumbler I may have to re-group and come up with plan B.

Sorry Don, I didn't take the tumbler appart. ??

Chet...

[BobT-47P15]

Don.....I haven't taken one of those apart either. You sure the squealing is not the cable rubbing on the housing??? They can make a bit of noise.

[Don Coatney]

Don.....I haven't taken one of those apart either. You sure the squealing is not the cable rubbing on the housing??? They can make a bit of noise.

Bob;

New cable, new housing. Noise quit when I disconnected the new cable and housing from the speedometer. Plus the speedometer needle was bouncing all over the spectrum.

[blueskies]

Don-

I took a couple of the tumblers apart for my '53 chevy truck years ago. There are little gears in there in between each of the number rings, and the rings have corresponding teeth around the inside of the ring. Tough to explaine without pics, but they aren't that difficult to put back together.

Yours that is locking up may have a chunk of crud in there that is making the little gear and teeth stick.

If you can figure out how to get the rings seperated on the shaft, you should be able to tell why it is not working like it should. Is there a circlip on the shaft of some sort that holds the rings together? If so, you can slide them apart a tad bit and look inside at the mechanism beween the rings.

Pete

[Young Ed]

I just took a spare one I had apart. You pull the little clip off the end and the numbers just slide off the shaft. On the metal disk there is a little smaller gear. Watch out those are loose. I dropped one on the floor and spent 20 min looking for it!

[blueskies]

Ed-

A picture worth a thousand words...

Pete

[Don Coatney]

I scored this cluster on the bay yesterday. Will see what I have to work with when it arrives. Thanks Pete and Jim for sending me the link to the tumbler. Unfortunally it will not work in a P-15 speedometer. The P-15 requires an Autolite tumbler part number 23250.

[Reg Evans]

I've made that squealing go away with a couple of well placed shots of WD 40 or silicon spray.