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Mac VP. I couldn't agree more. There must be some kind of a demand for them since everyone is out of them. I want to take the time to say this story had a happy ending. Gary was able to hook me up with the item from his parts cache and I very much appreciate it.

PM sent. Thank you so very much. This is awesome!!!!!

It's actually a friend's truck. It's pretty worn and I forget the specifics of why it no longer works.

Nope, I called them first thing this morning. They are on b/o and they don't expect to ever receive them. They have plenty of the passenger car bracket (01A). Thank you for the suggestion though, much appreciated. I'm hoping someone on here has one laying around.

I've tried a bunch of vendors and no one seems to have it. The part is no longer manufactured so I am hoping someone on here has one. It is for a 1952 F1 P/U.Ford part 01Y-7507.

Billfish, Did applying rtv (Permatex) to the pinion splines stop your leak? If so, did you apply it to only the outer 1/3rd or did you apply it along the entire spline? Did you have to use a puller to remove the old yoke? I have to replace my seal and I did a trial run playing with a spare...

Thank you 160B. Moderator please delete this post.

Thank you guys. Now, does anyone know where I can send my trunk lock (handle) to get a key made? Kurt in NJ I'm hoping you can help me locally. I have the original door and trunk handles in my car and an aftermarket key ignition (Still requires the second step of a remote push botton to start)...

Are the trunk and door lock keyed alike? I started this thread this morning but can't find it. Sorry if I duplicated.

I looked at the dimensions of the $11.95 MAC seal (part 49-19378-1)versus the $11.99 Advanced Auto seal (National brand #5778)and they are slightly different. The MAC i.d. is 1.61" (1 39/64) whereas the Advanced Auto seal i.d. is 1.55". Is it possible that the slightly larger MAC seal i.d. is...

Maryland to Illinois in a Flathead. You go boy! How many miles is that trip?

On a 31A are the door and trunk locks keyed to use the same key?

"The blue bosch ( vw beetle) coil is a 3-4 ohm internally resisted ignition coil and one of the best out there . Good choice for a coil..." "As mentioned above the Bosch Blue coil was made for 4 and 6cylinder engines based on ramp ( coil build up time) and overall rpm ranges etc. However with...