Recent content by Black46

I just had a similar issues. This is what solved it. 2 steps. Adjust the brake cams so shoes are not pushed out at all. 2nd I had thought I had slack in my parking brake cable when I felt the cable. But to be sure I marked with a paint pen on each parking brake lever arm that the cable attaches...

Thanks Bob, yes I did see you identified it above and added a link to it on another site..great.

Pete! I think that is a winner you found. That looks like it...so carb for chrylser marine. Wow. Who would have thought. When I bought the cap at the vintage car swap meet it even had Ford and years listed on it! So I think they were wrong. And being new to the flathead ford crab distributers...

Hello, I have a 59AB engine with crab distributer. I was at a swap meet recently and a guy had an inexpensive new 1970's? old stock Crab Cap. It looked like what would replace the one on my car. Yesterday I pulled my old cap off and when I put on them on the bench to compare..the one I bought...

Do you have a 6 volt battery I assume. Yes you can make it permanent . So if you have a starter solenoid that has the 2 smaller posts on it..take a wire from the right side post and you can run a jump wire from it to the other side of the ballast resister (bypassing it) The small post on the...

Re: Anyone Seen or Know much about the vintage "Tell Tale Top" visible Oil Filter ? I'm thinking maybe back in the day if you did not have an oil pressure gauge..this was an easy way to make sure your engine was making oil pressure? I'd love to find some literature ...hope we can find some more...

Anyone Seen or Know much about the vintage "Tell Tale Top" visible Oil Filter ? On my 46 Ford Coupe it came with this Oil Filter that holds a standard flathead oil filter canister. Cast into it it says TELL TALE TOP - Tyler Texas. Does anyone else see or run one of these also? It is kind of...

I had the same wiper position/ sweep issue on my 1946 coupe. Wipers parked upright. I took off the wipers and taped black 8" zip ties loose to the wiper arm studs to mimic the wipers and make sure no scratching paint etc. I was able to fix the problem easily..just a bit of a pain getting under...