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I hope you all had a good Christmas. Greetings for the NEW YEAR I recently decided to repair my gear box top and gear shift lever system. The leaver was waving like a flag in the wind. I dismantled the one in the car, and two others. Two had emergency brake mounts, the third did not. Two levers...

That is the same as I have installed, almost fool proof, although it has been said that some fools are some what smart at times!:D . It is one of the least expensive, and probably reliable.

Hi I have used virtual same wiring and this is a simple system to install. The head lamps I have are non standard, have led lamps, and small park, and turn indicators in the lamp shell. I have a 12v system and electronic flasher, with a vintage type center off turn switch.

Hi all, a question for transmission specialists. I had cause to remove the gear stick housing/shift tower due to sloppy movement in the stick, waving about like a flag in the wind. I have a couple of spare towers,(2). All seemed to be different, one had no attachment for the emergency hand...

A very merry Christmas to all from the land down under, in fact the home of the Tassie Devil, at 47deg South, on a balmy 25deg C day.

All good aviation retail companies sell a brass sediment bowl with a quick drain attachment on the bottom of the bowl. They are a push up drain type that will release crud, water, etc and self seal. Good for those who are not points cars.

Thanks for all the replies, most appreciated. A good and solid look at the multi plate setup has determined that the internal parts may be of use, but as stated the drive chain from engine to gear box is of course different. After a read of several books, 'Andrew's and Page and an orignal...

Hi all. I have a noisy gearbox in the 29' speedster. I made the mistake of putting new gears in the box without also changing the layshafts. There is an all right gearbox out of a multi plate clutch type set up. My question is can I do a direct change over ie will the older box fit. Following...

Not a model 'A' but for my 20th Birthday I was given a 1929 DA Dodge Six, a one owner car it had a total of 62K miles on the speedo, still only has 69.5k. He bought three of my brothers a car all of which cost around 50 poundsAus, one of which was a low mileage Model A. I have had the Dodge 57...

Thank you Ron and Werner. It looks like I will have to re think the contents of my home made MMO. I do have some genuine MMO. I had to order it from an Aviation supply company, then it is shipped to the ordering co, and at A$80.00 per container it is not cheap. I bought it on the recomendation...

Terry, Moth balls are Naphthalene, C10-H8, a hydro carbon, produced from coal tar which crystalises into a white substance then used to evacuate pesky cloth munching insects in your wardrobe/closet. It was at one time called white tar. Sorry for the chemistry lesson, it still smells nice...

I Have been running an updraft zenith with a 12v system and a pressure regulator on my car for over two years and no problems. It can be done.

Thanks all, according to Jim's note the cam I have is in the last batch, as it has rough turned #'S 2 and 4 bearing and these are both smaller than the #'s 1,3,and5 on the shaft. I have a 3 bearing shaft and will use that. Thanks again for the comments.

A question re camshafts: I have a five bearing camshaft and the motor only has the normal three bearing camshaft housing in the block, Can I use this in my rebuild, or is it better to seek out the standard three bearing shaft. Is there a difference in the grinds on the shafts, and am I correct...

Had same problem.. fixed by a few turns of plumbers tape/ thread seal tape on the line just behind the ferrule and tighten as per usual. Job done.