Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-16-2024, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 591
Re: 1955 Ford Customline Ride Height.
I know that’s in the manual someplace, but I dug mine out and damn if I can find it. If some knows, point me in the right direction.
I posted in the social group over on the HAMB, but this is all...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-15-2024, 07:43 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 542
Re: Ventilating engine on a 54 Merc
^^^^. Looks just like the oem fill cap, but the bottom perimeter is sealed and there’s a 3/8” or so hose tube. Got one on my roadster. The 69 Camaro also used a sealed tube with a threaded bung. ...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-15-2024, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 542
Re: Ventilating engine on a 54 Merc
The only time I had a drip every 4” was when a screw on filter adaptor failed. That’s a lot of oil imo. I guess the first question would be is the road draft/vent properly assembled and not...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-14-2024, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 303
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-13-2024, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 488
Re: Fuel issues
Even though the tank etc. is new, how old is the fuel? I’ve got cars that don’t go a lot of miles, and I’m seeing clean, good looking fuel become a problem is as little as 4 months. Especially...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-12-2024, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 591
Re: 1955 Ford Customline Ride Height.
Those manuals are available as reprints from a number of sources. But given your location, an online version might be better. They're only around $17.00 US.. I don’t know these guys, but you can...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-08-2024, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,488
Re: !!! I'm blind !!!
Fortunately or unfortunately, that’s the way of the world in the other side of the hobby. It wouldn’t surprise me if properly promoted at one of the big auction houses that brought as much as a real...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-07-2024, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 498
Re: Rear end ckunking on left turn
I know different units require different additives, and my current ford experience is with an old Dana 44 in my bird. Probably different. But right after they outlawed whale oil I remember having...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-06-2024, 11:33 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 500
Re: 56 merc rough ride
The suspension (and a lot of other things) on the Merc are pretty much the same as the Ford. The HRR’s videos are well worth watching if you’re new to these old models, and entertaining even if...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-06-2024, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 356
Re: 1955 Ford Customline Overdrive G/box
In the US and Canada the 55’s used a Borg Warner T-86 transmission with an R-10 overdrive. Each have T-86 and R-10 cast into the main case. The T-86 is a top loader side shift.
Lots of different...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-06-2024, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 500
Re: 56 merc rough ride
Paul has a point on air pressure. At least a couple of my cars on radials make a difference between 28 psi and 30. I run them low around town for short distances at moderate speeds. But if I’m...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-05-2024, 07:43 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 385
Re: Oil guage indicating backwards
78 psi cold and 50psi hot seems ok to me. What weight oil are you using and what’s the ambient temperature range at your location? That description is different than pressure falling as engine rpm...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-05-2024, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 500
Re: 56 merc rough ride
Front isn’t complicated, and it’s just a shock, not a coil/strut like some modern cars. Bad shocks are what I’d call a “bouncy” ride. Car lowered? Springs sagging? Bottoming out? A little more...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-05-2024, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 542
Re: Ventilating engine on a 54 Merc
Kind of a last thought. If the engine was rebuilt with the original rings (as opposed to modern improvements) they take some time to seat. At 1500 miles, they should be, the normal range was about...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-05-2024, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 542
Re: Ventilating engine on a 54 Merc
^^^^^. Both the lower breather canister and the oil fill cap are often ignored. The caps easy, the canister is a PITA. But that’s the place to start.
There’s numerous articles on open and closed...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-04-2024, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 455
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-04-2024, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 455
Re: 1957 T-Bird Power Brakes
Those boosters didn’t provide near as much boost as the later model units most of us are used to, let alone what the Chrysler units did in the day. I’m kind of surprised you didn’t notice a...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-03-2024, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 455
Re: 1957 T-Bird Power Brakes
Question oldmics2. Are the replacements they sell now not correct as a restoration? I haven’t bought one of those since 1999, and wasn’t much concerned then.
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-03-2024, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 467
Re: Y-block top end oiling
I’m not arguing about checking the oil screen, but if everything else was clean there probably wasn’t enough junk in the small passage to plug much up.
The rockers on my yblocks are metered. But...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-03-2024, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 455
Re: 1957 T-Bird Power Brakes
Pretty simple, if you’re talking oem drums and single master. I picked Larry’s as I’m more familiar with their site, others have it.
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-01-2024, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 385
Re: Oil guage indicating backwards
I’m not familiar with the trucks, let alone a 350. What I’m reading is it’s got an oem electric oil gauge as opposed to the idiot lights I’m used to in the cars. That right?
If the gauge has two...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
04-01-2024, 09:39 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 371
Re: Camshaft Question
I’d talk to John Mummert. He knows pretty much what everything was, and he’s done a couple custom grinds for me. He shows a “stock” cam, noted as “not 1957 camshaft”, and it’s 385 at the valve,...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
03-29-2024, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 460
Re: 54 mercury electric fuel pump question
That name comes up in this thread, and a link to Amazon. Based on the picture that looks like pretty light gauge wire. I’d go up 1 size for the feed and fuse accordingly. But it’s not one of...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
03-28-2024, 10:52 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 460
Re: 54 mercury electric fuel pump question
Ha, another retired electrical guy. Like me. You’ll probably be good with 16, but I’d use 14 just to be safe. I had an electric pump (in a very off topic installation) that was a Bosch. Said it...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
03-23-2024, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 822
Re: 1962 Galaxie radio speaker connector
I’d make up some jumpers (even with little brass tubing, wire and tape) and see if it works. Then I’d call the guys that restore the old radios and see if they’d sell that part. Likely they’ve got...
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