Recent content by Colin S

Good to hear from you. The sender in the gas tank may be stuck. This is easliy accessible from a small removable panel on the trunk floor. To test the gauge remove the wire from the unit and momentarily touch it to the car body/chassis with the ignition turned on and the gauge should go to full...

Congratulations on the purchase of the 1939 Zephyr. You need to join the Lincoln-Zephyr Owners Club, www.lzoc.org. I am the Foreign Correspondent based just outside London, England and have 3 LZs.

Same problem for us here in the UK. I have been to Hershey most years since 1977 and will very much miss the great event and meeting up with the many friends that I have in the USA. Hopefully next year but we said that last year !! Have a great show and I will be thinking of you.

Gentlemen, Thank you for your useful suggestions which I will follow up.

Here in England a friend has just acquired a 1955 Fairlane RHD built in Canada. As far as we know it was sold new in England but there is no documentation. From the VIN/Serial number we can discover that it is an 8 cyl Fairlane Town Sedan built at the Oakville, Canada plant. Can anyone assist...

The engine does not have a transmission attached and the number is on the top of the engine block, rear left hand side adjacent to the intake manifold where the fuel pump adapter fits. Cylinder heads are 77E-6050 with the firing order cast in and the intake manifold is 67-6520. Clutch is 11...

I have recently bought an NOS 21 stud engine that maybe wartime production. The bell housing has the numbers 5 43 cast in(May 1943 ?)and it is numbered as 18F-7073499. The style of the block is that of the Pilot with freeze plugs in the rear of each bank. It is painted Canadian grey but I feel...

Thanks for your help and advice which is much appreciated. I have dozens of these armatures and wanted to find a use for them rather than consigning them to metal scrap salvage.

Can anyone please help in identifing some parts for me? Here in England I recently bought a quantity of NOS parts from a deceased estate. Among the parts there are number of generator armatures (part number FAB-10005A) and field coils (part number 8C-10175-C) The armatures are some four and half...

I rebuilt the steering box on our 1941 C11ADF (RHD) military station wagon with a worm supplied by Mac's. It seems to be of good quality and adjusted correctly.

The linings are dry and free of any grease. The drums don't have any visable cracks but I will check further. Thanks for the valuable suggestions. Looking forward to Hershey having not made the trip last year.

Thanks for all the additional information and for the explanation of the difference between primary amd secondary linings. I have checked out the linings on the car which are clearly replacments and they are both the same lenght but do have chamfers are both ends. I will re-adjust the brakes as...

Thank you for all you very helpful advice. All the hydraulic cylinders, hoses and steel lines were replaced after the long storage and are now less that 5 years old. I will check that the springs are all correct and the shoes are centered.I think that I have suffcient free play on the pedal and...

I have a 1949 Custom Sedan built in Belgium with the 6 cylinder engine. The car is totally original with 77,000 kms ( 48,000 miles) and all original paint, chrome, glass and upholstery. I bought it out of long term storage and did all the usual things that it needed including a rebuild of the...

Hi Marcwoody...I have sets of Ford UK NOS connecting rod bearings for the Pilot engine at .010 oversize and also main bearings...let me know if I can help. No problem in shipping to you. If in dout about buying from the UK check my name in the EFV8 Club roster. Regards..Colin.