Recent content by Crestliner2

your memory serves you correctly on how these girls go through the gears. My Dad told me once long ago that you can shift these manually if you know what your doing or maybe if you know how to abuse them, something about holding it in low then up to drive then back to low to hold second gear...

So just getting onto this site, I have a 52 Crestline Victoria with the Ford a Matic. I have a few questions concerning this beast of a transmission, taking into consideration that one is in good shape how reliable is the Ford A Matic? and my second question is where to get a rebuild kit for one...

so would you know if this would apply to a 1952 Crestline Vicky? My pin broke off the gear selection shaft and now it won't engage the NSS thanks

would these 58 switches fit a 52? I currently have a NSS that the arm broke off. I would either like to bypass the switch safely or replace it. but I am having a hard time finding a switch for that year.

hello there, is there a safe way of bypassing a failed switch on a 52 Fordamatic safely, so that the vehicle can be started in park as a normal function?

hey Scooder, the distributor is about 20 years old purchased from Patrick Dykes back in 1990. I ran it for quite some time strait out of the box and it ran pretty good I thought on a motor that had dual 97s , but then again Im fairly new to this science. Just recently I sent the unit out to...

thanks folks for the information, I had a little question concerning the timing. Using a timing light I matched up the bead on the crankshaft pulley to the timing arrow (not sure of the proper nomenclature) and the engine seem to fight itself and idled down quite a bit. I let the distributor...

alright I think I will try the bottle jack torture method and see what I come up with. Thanks again. This site is cool, lots of knowledge out there keep up the good work!!

one more thing Ol' Ron, does your comment on the lean running, apply to Strombergs as well?

thanks guys, I got it installed not much of a noticeable difference over the original, but then I need my carb gone through as well. I have another flattie in a 46 pickup that I will be putting one of Bubba's reworked GM distributors maybe realize a more noticeable difference with the vaccum...

thanks guys for some great input I will put it to use!

thanks for the reply guys I have already pulled the plugs and sprayed a fog of PB blaster down the plug holes I will try the ATF as well, and also left the spark plugs loose to allow the compression to escape. should I just keep trying by hand to free it or can I give it a slight tug while its...

I, have a Merc flathead that is stuck after sitting for a long time. Engine was running fine when I parked it. Any idea's of how to get it unstuck without having to pull it apart or doing damage to it?. I am not sure what may have caused the problem.

thanks for the reply, that is pretty much what I expected to do, I am just getting back into flatheads after about 15 years of absence and trying to get caught up.

you may want to try to post it on a Mustang site as they ran those in 65.66,67 Mustangs.