Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 12:21 PM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 08:06 AM
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Re: 39 lincoln zephyr
I always tell customers contemplating a 12 cylinder car---'a 12 cylinder car is to prove to your neighbors that you have made it in life and it doesn't matter how much it costs to fix your car'
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-15-2021, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 16
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-14-2021, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 492
Re: Battery Move
i bought a optima battery,didn't look at it or touch it for 16 years hidden unbder the floor is a good place for it
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-14-2021, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 2,212
Re: Max Speed of a Model A in Stock Form
I was cruising and there wasn't enough traffic to regulate my speed, I got stopped by police, when asked I said I was probably going over 50 a bit--- you were going 62 in a 50 he said, next it was "...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-14-2021, 07:08 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 363
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-10-2021, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 358
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-09-2021, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 426
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-08-2021, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,325
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-07-2021, 12:47 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 397
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-06-2021, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,085
Re: Repairing radiator puncture
Most radiator shops will rip out the tube at each end and solder over the hole in the tank, it will look ugly, for a small hole in the tube on the face of it gently pushing the fins away, carefully...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-05-2021, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,305
Re: Oil grooves
The block picture may not be the best it's original babbitt
The caps are NOS, what you would get at the dealer if you were pouring the mains, the factory put the oil wells in already
When I had my...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-04-2021, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 566
Re: Differfential Gear Ratio - Determining
Move car so valve stem is up( I use rf wheel), put in 3rd, make mark on crank pulley, roll car ahead watching mark on pulley till valve stem is up again, a little over 4 turns =4:11, 3,3/4==3:78. If...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-04-2021, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,641
Re: '40 Brake Bleeding
I have found that new production wheel cylinders need to be taken apart and inspected, some have the holes drilled wrong, the feed holes drilled off center (cut the shoe tab so the piston is out...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-01-2021, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-31-2021, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 302
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-30-2021, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-30-2021, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 612
Re: Generator not charging - maybe ?
If it's a original cutout the top is spot welded on
If you take off the belt, take wire Aoff and touch to B the generator should turn( called motoring), this will do 2 things, first it will polarize...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-30-2021, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 11
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Re: tilloston gasket seepage
of course if you use sealant on both sides of the gasket you will need a new gasket every time you take it apart and have a bit of work to get the gasket/glue off the surfaces
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-30-2021, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,186
Re: Drivetrain Advice Needed
Here's a Columbia chart that lists different transmission ratios/rpm
Worried about going 65--?? The 39 with the 60hp , 4:44 rear had no trouble cruising at 65-70 on the level ground, when it dropped...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-27-2021, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 506
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-27-2021, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 800
Re: 38 sedan
Lubricating the springs will soften the ride ,the spring center bolt should have a fitting, it looks like a grease fitting, but spring lube is thin oil 75/25 with talc, chassis grease will clog the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-26-2021, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 189
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-24-2021, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 877
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-24-2021, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 2,693
Re: New Flathead “Steaming” Exhaust
You say 8 is the bottom in the picture, but on 8ba the larger water passages on the end are in the rear of the block, could the gasket have been on backwards??
I recently worked on a packard, the...
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