Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-04-2024, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 873
Re: Radio repair
Petehoovie: No - that's a speaker grill. This is a radio delete/block-off plate: https://www.ebay.com/itm/176277271658
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-03-2024, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 873
Re: Radio repair
I'll get in touch with him...THANKS!
Next question: Anybody have a radio delete plate for sale or loan?
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-03-2024, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 873
Radio repair
I'd like to get a '47 Ford radio repaired, preferably in Southern Calif., but not 100% necessary...any suggestions? - THANKS!
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-25-2024, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 334
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-25-2024, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 334
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-25-2024, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 334
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-24-2024, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 334
'46 mercury steering wheel trim
Any idea how to remove and replace the 2 stainless trim pieces on the spokes of a '46 Mercury steering wheel so it can be restored?
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-07-2024, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,334
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-07-2024, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 845
Re: Ma Bell's working woodie wagon?
Shades of Ansel...here's my '47 Merc with ornithologist/photographer Don Bleitz preparing to shoot. I must add that as a surfer of more than 50 years, I never presented this car as a 'surf...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-07-2024, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 845
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-18-2022, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,340
Re: 12v battery on 6v system?
There used to be a "6-12" battery - two 6V units switched by a solenoid so that you had 12V to start and went back to 6V to run. It solved the weak cranking problem when my old '42 wagon's flathead...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-14-2020, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,937
Re: Car collection - Need some help
Pretty easy to skip through the ads. Worth it when I spotted a '48 Marmon-Herrington/Merc woodie at 6:26; looks like it might be the one from Sotheby's auction last year.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-09-2018, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 982
Re: Brake question
Thanks Kurt - it's probably the booster; the engine is a good-running small-block with fewer than 30K mi. on it.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-08-2018, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 982
Brake question
'47 Merc; stock drum brakes with a Hydrovac booster; NEW master cyl., wheel cyls., rubber hoses, shoes.
PROBLEM: Pedal is very low when motor is cold, but gets higher and firmer as it warms up. ...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-12-2018, 09:12 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,280
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-11-2018, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,280
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-11-2018, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,280
Re: 39 Merc All Terrain Vehicle???
I can't comment on the driving characteristics in COMPENSATING DRIVE; it was apparently removed from my t-case to prevent wear (it did bind, skip and complain in POSITIVE DRIVE the one time I tested...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-11-2018, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,280
Re: 39 Merc All Terrain Vehicle???
THANKS! My first woodie was a '42. A M-H clone was made a few years ago, but unfortunately was lost in one of those terrible fires in Calif. last year.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-11-2018, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,280
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-09-2018, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,280
Re: 39 Merc All Terrain Vehicle???
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So, the question is this: what period (40s era) upgrades can be done to the Merc to improve its hill climbing ability? The drivetrain is rock solid on the 39 and on highways and surface...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-09-2018, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,280
Re: 39 Merc All Terrain Vehicle???
The light-duty M-H transfer cases were single-range, either engaged full-time - with no shift lever - (the CV joints free-wheeled on curves), or could be shifted from that funtion (called...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-09-2018, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,280
Re: 39 Merc All Terrain Vehicle???
I have 1938 literature that says Marmon-Herrington would charge all of $10 to fit 4.44:1 gears to any chassis delivered with anything else. My '47 runs 4.11's and a 1.5 ton truck 4-speed.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
07-23-2018, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 7,900
Re: School me on grease guns
Here's a semi-relevant tip: For years I couldn't get the grease tip onto the zerks on the front driveshaft of my M-H Merc; I tried needle tips but wasn't satisfied with the results. The answer: I...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
07-10-2018, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,218
Re: Any brake geniuses out there?
I'm getting closer...there seems to be a fine line between push rod adjustment and brake shoe adjustment that needs to be balanced. I should add that I've been driving this car for over 25 years;...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
07-10-2018, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,976
Re: 42 flat head 4spd ,fluids, how to drive
Nope...no synchros. Double clutch if you are trying to (barely, anyway) keep up with traffic; if not, you can patiently wait for revs to drop and shift without it. As for the noise: some of it comes...
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