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Those appear to be, at least close to, fairly common. Not many small manufacturers want to reinvent the wheel so they buy as much of-the-shelf stuff as they can. Coming up with that particular chrome might prove to be difficult. I'd check Red Dot, Kysor and Ross. Heck, even a trip to the...

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This weekend I saw MidFifty lists an OEM look-alike relay in their 'Coming Soon' online listings.

Not to rain on your parade but Snap-On, and others, have had similar tools for years. TM83a, TM84, TM85. The difference being theirs attach to a 1/4" drive tool...

Not to argue or make light of how you did it but holy cow, that seems to be a lot of unnecessary work. Besides, to make my gauge work correctly with the sending units available today my float arm would have to be twice as long as the tank is wide. Why not just remove the sender and measure the...

Isn't '56 the one and only year Ford used actual 12 volt gauges? Before and after '56 they used voltage reduction, at least on the trucks, I believe.

Weather's been sloppy around here the past few days. With any luck tomorrow and Sunday supposed to be better. If so I'll get to work and let you know what I find out.

Any standard 30 amp ISO relay (o.k., most peeps call them Bosch relays just like all tissues are Kleenex) will work just fine. Even 6 volt versions are available with a little searching. 12v relays are $5 - $10 each at the parts store or around $5 a handful at the junkyard.

Sometimes too heavy an oil (or even too 'slippery' an oil) can have ill effects on synchronizer blocking rings. The brass blocking rings act as brakes to slow gears down during gear changes and heavy/silppery oils can inhibit this braking, leadin to extended/difficult/crashing gear changes...

Sorry for the long post but it's necessary to reflect the information. The polarity really doesn't mean anything, at least in reference to the stock setup. Regarding your solid state voltage regulator, well... that might make a difference depending if it can work with reverse polarity. Swapping...

A quick search will return a number of sites with info. I used these for mine: http://midfifty.com/instructions.php?ID=745

A number of people have overcome the length issue by either swapping input shafts, when possible, or having a machine shop make an extended pilot bearing. Search the threads at ford-trucks.com

Could be just that the starter has come slightly loose from its mounting...

Any standard Bosch style ISO relay rated at 30 amps or higher will live a long life. $1-2 online (depending where you look), $6-$10 at your local parts place or dang near free by the handful at the junkyard - just grab a bunch from an underhood fuse block and pay the man a few bucks.

Whatever you decide just remember it will never be as cheap to do as it is now.