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A local guy has a 4" flathead Merc crank he offered to sell to me. At a glance, it appeared to be serviceable with just a polish, but I will...
Well, I traded a ‘57 Chevy pickup hood and a bunch of Chevy 235 parts for 3 blocks, 3 cranks, a few sets of heads, and a pile of other flathead...
A local guy has a couple of 8BA flatheads he is selling, or scrapping. They are pig in a poke cores, and he says if I don’t end up buying them he...
So I buzzed over to dad’s shop with the axle and spring today, and asked dad how he took it apart. He used his porta power. So that’s how we got...
Will do! It’s about 9 miles away from me.
Ok folks, not much progress to report on, but it’s slowly moving. I went through the rear axle, and I’m about to attempt to install the rear...
Awesome! Thank you. The wheels and fenders looked like a Model A to me, but I wasn’t certain.
Any idea on what this is, or used to be?
I'm overhauling the rear end on Dad's '37 Ford pickup. Never been into a banjo before. I marked the axle tubes and the center so I didn't mix...
Thank you, thank you!!! That info is extremely helpful! Yes, it would be a perfect time to convert it to juice brakes, but he wants to keep it...
Dad took hundreds of pictures of his ‘37 pickup as he disassembled it for the restoration, but lost them all when he updated his IPhone (no, he...
We’re trying to remember which side is the front on this axle on Dad’s ‘37 pickup. Can someone educate me? Thanks!
Sounds like a good idea!
Say, we need to buy or borrow a king pin reamer for Dad's '37 Ford F-100 truck. We'll probably need to do the same thing to a '36 Ford pickup as...
Say, we need to buy or borrow a king pin reamer for this truck. We'll probably need to do the same thing to a '36 Ford pickup as well (future...
Haven’t had an update for a while. The frame is painted, and dad is working on the front and rear suspension now. Here is a picture of the...
Nice work! That welder cart is SWEEET!
I mess with a lot of dead antique 2 cylinder John Deere tractors. The manifold bolts ALWAYS break off in the heads on these things, so I bought a...
Ultra cool stuff!
Problem solved! Used the last diagram. Both heavy cables on one side, starter solenoid on the other. Best it’s ever worked! Now to address the...
That's one thing I didn't do - replace the solenoid wire with a heavy one.
I did, and this voltage drop was the issue. I figured the Ford relay would be a good spot to use to connect a remote starter switch for...
Sweet. I'll gather up some 10 ga wire and post a follow up.
Well, I was grasping for straws before I installed the Ford solenoid. The thing just would not spin the starter without a booster / charger...
Ok, I did find this last night. The inset on this diagram specifically states not to use a jump wire on the permanent magnet starter. So I...
The only wire to the starter other than the 2 gauge from the solenoid is the jumper wire going from the starter solenoid post to the battery post....
Ok y’all, my ‘59 GMC (383 sbc, TH400, perm magnet starter) has been plagued with starting problems. I recently installed a Ford solenoid near the...
Actually, I think I’ve decided to save it for a future project ‘36 Ford truck w/ a flatty. Planning to leave it crusty and old school.
Wow! That's a lot of shine! Amazing!
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