Flat Head Books That You Have Used For Your Engine Rebuild

[rkldesign]

This is your chance to share with me and all of us what was your best book or reference manual for your flat head rebuild project.

 

Thanks,

 

Richard

[Jeff Balazs]

Richard;

Give Gary at Roberts Motor parts a call. He probably has the manuals you need. There are a lot of items that are specific to your model and don't crossover to the rest of the trucks. You should get a parts manual as well as the repair manual. You are going to have to get extra familiar with the details of your model

 

Jeff

[rkldesign]

Thanks Jeff,

 

I have a service manual and I will talk with Gary about a parts manual.  

 

I appreciate your input.

 

Richard

[ggdad1951]

yah, service manual and parts book is about it.

[HanksB3B]

^^^I concur^^^

 

I have both and reference them often.

 

Hank 

[rkldesign]

Ok guys thanks for the input.  I have some on order and should arrive soon.  Body gets lifted off chassis next week.  Will start to post pics of the lift off and work on chassis.  I am hopeful that the engine and all will start and function.

 

Richard

[JBNeal]

the flathead engines are simple by design, hence their inherit reliability vs. overhead cam engines.  The shop manual does give specifications & procedures on rebuilds / repair of the powertrain, electrical, body, etc.  But sometimes there is information in between the lines or left out altogether.  Examples are the window riser adjustments, steering gearbox dust seal lubrication access hole, B-3 B-4 turn signal conversion & installation, horn rebuild dos & don'ts...that's when a build thread on this forum comes in handy, folks will chime in with all kinds of help (some of it more useful than others)

[rkldesign]

Got a parts manual and it is great!  Has lots of exploded views of all the Route van components and that is godsend.  I read every night before I fall asleep.

 

Is that weird or what?

 

Richard

[ggdad1951]

nah...welcome to the brotherhood!

 

now when you start having DODGE dreams....

[HanksB3B]

Got a parts manual and it is great!  Has lots of exploded views of all the Route van components and that is godsend.  I read every night before I fall asleep.

 

Is that weird or what?

 

Richard

 

Not at all.  

 

Route Vans Rock!

 

Hank 

[Mark D]

My parts manual gave me a good idea of how everything went together.  But there was an article that I got from somewhere on the net that gave me great insight as to how the engine went together.  The article was a four part series from the 2001 Dec - April issues of Auto Restorer magazine.  I just uploaded it to the reference files for future use. 

[HanksB3B]

Why not attach it here and help us all out ?

 

Hank 

[Jeff Balazs]

My parts manual gave me a good idea of how everything went together.  But there was an article that I got from somewhere on the net that gave me great insight as to how the engine went together.  The article was a four part series from the 2001 Dec - April issues of Auto Restorer magazine.  I just uploaded it to the reference files for future use. 

Ditto on what Hank said........I and I am sure others, would be very interested to see this article. I looked through the reference files here and could not find it.

 

Thanks, Jeff

[Mark D]

Sorry gents, but I only uploaded the doc yesterday and the site admin had to approve it before I could provide its location. The PDF file Can be found under the "resources" tab, then select "downloads", then select "instruction manuals & templates" and click on the file named: "flathead 6 engine rebuild".

Enjoy! - Mark

[HanksB3B]

Mark,

 

I followed:

 

The PDF file Can be found under the "resources" tab, then select "downloads", then select "instruction manuals & templates" and click on the file named: "flathead 6 engine rebuild".

 

but could not find the file titled "flathead 6 engine rebuild".

 

It's gotta be there somewhere but I need help,

 

Hank 

[Mark D]

Try looking again - I just got a notice from the site admin that the file was approved last night. 

[DJ194950]

Just looked for this download and still don't see it, would like to look at it for general info.

Thanks for doing this big download,    assume it will happen soon, or it just me now?? 

 

Doug

[Dave72dt]

It was there this morning but it's gone now.

I wonder if there's some copywrite issues.

Edited September 28, 2013 by Dave72dt

[Mark D]

Got a note from the site admin tonight. He's holding back on the document while he checks copyright info.

[Mark D]

Just curious what ever happened with the file that I uploaded?  GTK did you confirm copyright issues?