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Beware of using aviation 100LL in flatheads. 100LL still has 4x more lead than the now almost unavailable 80 octane avgas. Even in low compression aircract engines (Lycoming O-360, 180HP) if one does not lean the carb mixture immediately after start, the lead will foul plugs right away. I...

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Nothing wrong, now; just getting it all back together - gear on distributor shaft had a bad tooth.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Ross, I marked the O'Reilly gasket with the old one, and trimmed away the excess; nothing like success - it worked fine.

Gasket that comes with Speedway's nice polished aluminum water outlet [http://www.speedwaymotors.com/1949-53-Flathead-Stock-Angle-Water-Neck,7313.html], not so good; better choice is one from O'Reilly's that has a peel-off sticky back - holds the thermostat in place while installing; O'Reilly...

Howdy, V8COOPMAN, For several years, I worked with Jim Camp, now deceased (RIP), and one of his first negotiating books was "Start With NO;" in all negotiations, we always emphasized that "no" was always an acceptable answer. I merely asked if the forums could be separated; a simple "no" would...

Speedway has replied to my question from earlier today: “The gear referenced is the front cam gear that drives the distributor and does not have a specific location or clock position. It simply drives the distributor which is adjustable. The crankshaft timing gear number 56056323 and cam timing...

I'm sure that this must have come up before, but anyway to separate forums into '32-'48 and '49-'53? Barney, in Memphis

Front cam gear is the one that drives the dist; removed old one, got new one from Speedway. Checked online picture at Speedway, showed no mark on the gear; old one has a mark - called Speedway & Flathead Dept. said the new gear would have a mark; however, the new one has no mark. Page 43 of the...

Will have to check this with the mfg. - right here in Memphis.

Anyone had any experience with one of these: https://performancedistributors.com/product/flathead-ford/

Rotor hitting the underside of dist. cap solved; installed new condensor, coil (Autozone, C809), and new set of plugs (NGK 3212); used inline spark plug tester, showed spark; plug grounded to head showed weak orange spark --- no start, even with a squirt of starting fluid. Bumfuzzled: weak...

rich b, Thanks, retaining clip problem solved. Next, I look into the underside of the rotor and see a small protrusion from the base inside that would fit down onto the shaft; however, I'm wondering if that protrusion might be from the "mold" that formed the rotor, and it looks like if I were...