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here you go some pictures in my album on this site here http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/album.php?albumid=1506 I'm at work and using my phone so they are not in the order that I wanted ;]

oops, your right, a google password will work. I will try to upload to here.

Finally finished a 2 year project doing a nut/bolt restore on a '30 CCPU. pictures here https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/myphotos Thank you to the Ford Barn and all who have helped me with information and parts to finish this project, you guys/gals are great and the wealth of information here is...

Had a diesel dump truck that would just intermittently die, some times 6 months apart, finally after a couple of years we found somebody had filled a baggie with diesel and put it in the tank, it would just float around until it plugged the fuel intake, die, and let go just saying ;/

When I had my big trucks a senior mechanic at Kenworth Northwest told me that recycled oil had harder molecules and was better ;]

Just about finished with a nut and bolt restore of a '30 CCPU. As I worked on the old girl I often thought if back when you did something to make Henry mad where would he put you on the assembly line. My vote is rear window installer on the closed cab pickup line, what a task that was. whats...

with all of that blue rtv you want to check you oil passages especially the crank, don't ask.

A little help is needed here are a couple of pictures,sorry for the blur, it is a contactor made by Mitsubishi pt#ur1222jg, cannot find the points, perhaps I could interchange it for another brand, if I knew what I was looking for

The bubble thing makes sense Ford, Chevy, Peterbuilt, Honda, Daimler, Jeep There I said it

I will post some pictures soon, they really are about the size of ignition breaker points mounted to a c shaped base

I use Hagerty for the '56 occasional driving is acceptable best price

what I have done is clean well, laquer thinner or acetone to get all wax and oils off scuff it with a scuff pad to provide a "key" for the primer paint with a good DTM (direct to metal) urethane primer finish sand and paint

3 having been a mechanic, fabricator,painter all of my life now that things have slowed down a bit, what am I doing? 47 ford 8n tractor nut and bolt restor used regularly 2009 1956 chevy truck frame off restor only things I didn't do was mount the tires and grind the valves 2011, best in class...

nope, 2 are fried down to the base plate, not having much luck finding them either. might just silver solder some on if I can find them.

Thanks for all of the reply's. I like the plastic wrap or wax paper, use it when doing fiberglass also. Razor blade would work also. I have taken some scrap material and glued it to steel with elmers, trim adhesive and super glue, didn't have a chance to check it this morning. My shop came...