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Types of banjo ring/pinion combos: 32-34 (10 spline) 35-36 (10 spline) Late 36 (6 spline) [I have heard of these existing but not actually seen one] 37-48 (6 spline) [same as late 36] I was under the impression that 4.11, 3.78, and 3.54 were stock or dealer options for all of these.

Don’t use a fixed length wedge. You want something adjustable because you will need to change the spread of the spring to get different size shackles on.

Here's what I just tried to do: 1. Visited site 2. Observed that I was not logged in 3. Tried to log in, typed incorrect password 4. Accidentally clicked "here" for the forgot password page 5. Forgot password page loads 6. Notice that I am somehow now logged in despite never having entered my...

America has changed in a very dramatic and unprecedented way since the 1960s. The people the old manuals were written for are still here, just in lesser numbers.

USPS delivers first class mail maybe a few days late at the worst, sometimes, but usually not. It’s packages that they can be bad with. However, I have never had a package arrive so much later than expected that, had it been a magazine, I would have had a problem with it, or the classified ads...

It’s not storage or “memory”. It’s bandwidth. This software was designed for slow dialup connections, and thumbnails load faster. Of course, that makes it far superior to modern web software, which is horribly slow in comparison because even with modern broadband connections, loading dozens of...

To those who disagree with OP and insist they cannot enlarge the thumbnails, where exactly do you think the photo reposters get those large size photos to repost? In any case yes it’s unnecessary and mildly irritating, and does ruin the thread when viewed on a phone, since the image will stick...

Those floor switches were not Ford's finest moment. There's about an eighth of an inch between you and the battery exploding under your feet at all times. I'm planning on upgrading mine with a solenoid.

Thanks! What about the piston design changed? Are you referring to dome vs. flat top? If I used these, I would be putting them on a 1936 engine that already had cast iron replacement heads and flat top pistons. Do you know what the original combustion chamber size was for those heads and if...

Yes I know they appear to be 1932 heads but can someone actually answer my questions from the OP?

Check these out. Heart shaped combustion chambers, 1932 part number on one of them, the other one blank. What are they? These look like high compression chambers, but the compression ratio for 1932 was 5.5:1 as far as I know. I read something somewhere about early 1932 heads having heart...

Looking for ring and pinion set for my 1936 sedan. Currently it has a 4.11 set. Original banjo as far as I can tell (no center bearing). I haven't pulled it apart yet but based on other threads I've been reading here, 35-36 had a 10 spline pinion, which was different from the 10 spline used on...

Just looked more closely at the 8BA and the 36 and realized the reason why this is not a popular choice: the water pumps are in the way of where the 8BA distributor would sit.

I do admit I like the centrifugal advance design much better than the Loadomatic. It really is just the frustration of having to take the whole distributor out to change the points or rotor etc. and it needing to be adjusted on a machine that I don't have and probably won't ever have in order...

Thanks for the info. This is helpful.