Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-09-2024, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 349
Re: 6-pack or 4 in a row
I'm switching out the two-carb intake to a 3-carb intake on my dad's '32 roadster and changing the Isky cam with hardly any lope to a larger one which I already had ground. I'm hoping to find a...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-09-2024, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 335
Re: 34 Pickup
You got me curious. I have a basket case '34 BB fire truck hose tender with low mileage and it does not have one. I also have a '34 and a '33 pickup that need restoration, they do not have them. Then...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-09-2024, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 889
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-08-2024, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 613
Re: Thoughts on plastic fuel tanks
Most new cars use them, they don't get rust in them like metal tanks do. On Early Fords I'm more of an original guy, or maybe an old hot rodder. I stick to the metal tanks. Depends on if you're...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-08-2024, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 285
Re: engine stalls when given gas
It could be other things too, but I would start with checking out the carburetor. If it idles okay but then stumbles while you're pushing the pedal to accelerate and then recovers once you get up to...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-07-2024, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 509
Re: Here’s a whole ‘nother question
I think that the pre-49 motors required you to plug the passage if you did not have the fuel pump rod in there. Then in '49 the blocks oil passages were redesigned so that you no longer had to plug...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-06-2024, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 442
Re: Over Drive Transmission bushing
I don't know if an early Ford is the same or not but when I was working at the phone company, we had one of those tools above for taking the rear bushings out of the 1970s Ford, Chevy, and Dodge...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-04-2024, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 897
Re: Do I fit in
Welcome aboard. There is so much knowledge available on this site and the nice people willing to help you. I have been doing this for 40-years and I still learn new stuff almost daily.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-02-2024, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 612
Re: Hand Opersted Tachometer ??
I have one of those I inherited from my grandfather. He messed with motorcycles in the 30s and 40s maybe that what he used it for??? He didn't have anything else I can think of he would have used it...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-01-2024, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,246
Re: What weight oil should I use - Brand?
I use the 15W40 "Diesel Oil" in the flatheads. The reason for the diesel oil is it still has anti wear additives which protect flat tappet cams and lifters which your flathead has. I was a mechanic...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-27-2024, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 620
Re: Timing advance plate - Crab Distributor
I had the heads off a flathead, so I went ahead and made a timing pointer out of a 1/4" stainless steel bolt, cut the head off of it and ground it to a point and threaded it into the timing cover so...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-21-2024, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 387
Re: 32-34 Truck Map Pocket
I have a basket case '34 firetruck hose tender that still has its original map pouch in it. It looks basically centered from front to back on the kick panel. The bottom rivet (closest to the door) is...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-13-2024, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 677
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-12-2024, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 224
Views: 101,393
Re: How many of you are working on a 1932 Ford ?
My dad's roadster before he passed away from covid. Now I have it. Ran fine when it was parked. It hasn't been driven in 20-years. When I tried to start it the gas tank was blocked full of goo. I...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-10-2024, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 792
Re: pennies
That was a real thing. I live in SoCal and was told by some of old-time dry lake racers that were still around that they preferred to use the WWII 1943 steel pennies in the block, (I'm just telling...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-09-2024, 01:07 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 764
Re: Gas under carbs on manifold
I was going to guess the jets plugs too. It does not look like it has too much fuel pressure and it's overflowing out the top of the carb, it's nice and clean up there. It's something down below,...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-02-2024, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 426
Re: Is this a widow maker wheel?
I was a phone company mechanic. We had three-piece rims on 1970s F600 4x4s at work. The Tire shops refused to work on them because they claimed they were "widow makers". So, we changed those tires...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-19-2024, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 814
Re: Swap Meet, Redlands, CA
Thanks, I'll be going, it's only 10 miles from here. It's a really small swap meet but I always come home with something I don't need but can't resist.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-17-2024, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,709
Re: Flat head back firing pop. pop over and over
My dads '32 roadster sat for probably ten-years without being started. It ran fine when he parked it. He finally passed away and I hauled the roaster home. I found a plugged metal fuel line and the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-02-2024, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 771
Re: What is the best head gasket for Alum heads
I have a retired NASA machinist neighbor that built a flathead. Every head stud was leaking because he had run a tap down into each hole. So, them he machined it so each stud had a O-ring under the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-02-2024, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 771
Re: What is the best head gasket for Alum heads
Edelbrock recommends Felpro composite gaskets with their aluminum flathead heads. Because aluminum heads and a cast iron block will expand and contract at different rates you want a gasket that was...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-04-2024, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 784
Re: Fuel filter best location
The filter needs to be installed "before" the electric fuel pump to protect the pump. That is what the instructions say on an Airtex fuel pump. The filter and pump both should be located close to the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-01-2024, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,455
Re: 1937 distributor quizz question........
I was a mechanic my entire life. When it dies and won't start, I'd pull the air cleaner and see if its squirting fuel into the engine, if it does, it's not a fuel problem. If you want, you could also...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-12-2024, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 830
Re: Brake pedal travels too far
I was a fleet mechanic for 30-years. This sounds like one of the problems I would encounter, the first push of the brake pedal moves the shoes outward and a rapid second push of the pedal pins them...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-23-2023, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,794
Re: Violent shake.
If everything was done right on the clutch replacement, I'd be looking at the motor and trans mounts.
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