Recent content by 46ford

Haven’t figured out how to shift mine. It’s in low range. Do I pull the cable to shift to OD?

Here’s mine

Do you push down or pull up to shift? The car is in non-OD right now.

I’ve got a 29 coupe, with a Columbia two speed axle. The canister on the axle has a cable and a plugged (vacuum?) hose. There is a shift knob on the floor. I assume you pull this to activate. Any clues? Former owner used the axle but I can’t reach him.

My '50 vapor locked in an iffy part of town, in the middle of an intersection. Some high school kids were milling around and started walking toward the car. I figured I was in trouble until they asked if they could push the car out of the intersection. I got in and steered and we hit about 10...

I used the orange caps too. Curious why you need a buffer cap with a solid state ********? There's no sparking in those. Thank God we have a good country station here. Never could stand that 50s music, not even back in the day.

Be sure you recap your old radios before using them too much. Failing caps can take out resistors and other stuff. I put a solid-state vibe unit in my '50, replaced a couple burnt up resistors and a few caps. Found the schematic online. Works fantastic now!

X3, 2 years in storage, you have a dead battery.

Bleed the system, fill with DOT 3. Dot 5 requires complete flush and/or replace components. Don't put DOT5 in a DOT3 system.

Been there, done that, especially the fuel leaking part. What I did: 1. Timed the engine, new plug wires eliminated a miss 2. Blew out the carb with all parts removed, set float to 5/16", added fuel filter to line at carb 3. Ran OK but had leakage from throttle shaft at shutdown 4. Added...

First I did some reading online and determined which parts of the radio are most likely to fail. There are a couple resistors in the ******** circuit, and a buffer capacitor. One of the resistors was burned (measured open) and the ******** was stuck, probably the cause of the burnt resistor. I...

Yes, used a solid state. Kinda wierd not hearing the ******** until it warmed up. I've fixed quite a few vintage radios, but this is my first car radio repair.

The radio in my '50 hasn't worked in probably many years. I replaced the ******** unit and a few capacitors, and a couple burned out resistors, and it works again! Probably less than $40 in parts and maybe two hours of my time. Next project: get the Borg clock working again. The owners manual...

If you're doing 70 on M-14 you'd better be in the right lane. That road runs 75-85 mph all day long and plenty of folks are doing 90. My '59 will do 75 mph all day long but I don't get close to any freeway with my '50. And those tiny tail lights/brake lights are hard to see. I almost watch...

Sounds normal. Have you tried shifting to second at that speed? 25 is about where my '46 would want to downshift especially on a corner. 28 in a 25 zone was about right for 3rd, albeit illegal :eek: