Recent content by Barry-ct

It is a boat anchor, unless it is in a larger truck. Don't put it in a car. You're better off with a 3 speed trans. If you want to get fancy, go for a T-5 or something similar.

I have to get back onto getting mine running after 2 years of sitting. Have to put in a new Fuel tank and lines. Get all that Red Kote BS out of everything. I hate re-doing stuff over again. I know I'm going to have stuck valves again. I'm getting tired of it and this may be the last time before...

I did sharp lip up. I installed it and then shut the vent for a week to seat the gasket. I then opened it and it stayed put. I also did that to get it to fit properly, as they don't come in the shape they end up in. It just would not stay unless I closed up the vent.

When I did mine a couple of years ago, I recall having a hard time. I ended up tightening the fan belt firat and doing the waterpump/gen belt second. I used a bar under the front of the generator carefully to lift it. It's hard to get them both equally tight, or a better word would be miserable...

Do you have any of the originals left? Try them and see how they fit. A lot of the repo stuff is not up to par with the original hardware. Could also try to find some NOS ones also.

My 8BA bock has several of those. I chose to ignore them. Doesn't leak.

Alan- He has a recirculating heater, so the motor is in the unit. 3rd pic shows the unit. Only the Fresh Aire heaters had the blower motor out under the fender.

Are you getting a good flow of brake fluid from both sides when you bleed it? You don't mention new rubber brake lines in what you have replaced. They can collapse internally and look good on the outside. The left side could be bad and the right is doing the braking, causing a pull to the...

Just have your original rebuilt or find a good used one. Millions still around. Send the Carpenter one back.

I had that problem on Friday morn. Saturday, it worked fine.

Ford would not show a basic number ( 9025 ) without an explanation such as " serviced in XXXX part". Closest number I find is 9023, which is a tube, air vent used in panel truck gas tanks.

I've had a Craftsman one I bought in the 70's. Still have it. Works pretty good.

Ford lists the boards under the same part number as 7C 16450-F and 7C 16451-F for 48-52. Yet I have only seen the wide boards on 48-50. My parts book is the 48-54 edition.

From an old parts guy's perspective, the early years, say pre 1950, the prefix's on a part number did not tells us much. I started in the 70's and by then the system had 99% of the bugs out. When you looked at B7AZ 8200-A, B meant the 1950's, 7 was the year, A was full sized car, Z, was never...

Very thoughtful and very nice!