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I have 56 pickup and I am having trouble with one of the tail lights. The rear driver's side turn signal doesn't work at all. It works fine for the 3 other lights. Also, when the regular lights are on, both filaments in the bulb light up. I've traced through the wiring harness and everything...

It was indeed a fixture issue and not a switch issue. The plastic piece that holds and separates the three input nodes had bowed and all three nodes were touching so they all got power instead of one at a time. Thanks.

I know the settings for the light switch are supposed to be clockwise-parking, 1 counter clockwise-low and 2 counter clockwise- high, but all 3 of the settings turn on all the lights, i.e. powers both bulbs in the lamp and the tail lamp. My car is technically my dad's even though I;m the one...

Had the new battery checked again at a different store, turns out it was bad, got a new new one, starter works fine. Thanks for all the feedback.

It's a 1930 Tudor by the way.

Okay, so I've been having an issue with my starter that has me stumped. I've read through the forums and can't find anything that addresses my specific issue so I thought I'd just ask. SO here it is: Simply, my starter won't turn over the engine. I have a new battery and a new starter. The...

I have a 30 Tudor that I have restored a few years ago and like to tinker around with. There has always been a lot of play in the shifter, it doesn't pop out of gear or anything but it's really wobbly and it's always bugged me. Before i start pulling things apart, I was wondering g if any one...

Thank napa, Thats just what i was looking for. I just want to add that irs the original tapered exhaust. My dads had the car for 45 years been in pieces for 35, looking at the exhaust off the car youcan tell its bent upward. The muffler ia installed correctly and adding wieghr to the car doesn't...

After restoring my A, I noticed the tail pipe seems high at lines up almost exactly with the rear axle and gets exhaust residue all over. Every car Ive seen has the tail pipe lower. The car was in pieces for a number of year, so its possible the pipe got bent but I dont know how much. I was...

Does anyone know what a good idle rpm should be? Im getting betweeen 6-8 hundred.

well, seems like the vacuum wiper WAS leaking, which is probably why it stopped working, and the manifold nuts were loose. It seems that a lot of the nuts have come loose since I got it on the road a few months ago, but the car is idling much, much better. Thanks.

Ive been having problems getting my A to idle smoothly. When idling, there is a slight backfire from the carburator, almost like its coughing. If I speed up the idle, it goes away but then the car idles way too fast. When I try to slow down the idling speed, I get the backfiring then it usually...

I've recently been tooling around with the steering on my '30 tudor sedan. There was always a bit of play in the steering wheel, about 2-3 inches, so i set about trying to decrease it as much as possible. After I pulled the steering box and readjusted everything, I still have the same amount of...

Thanks for the replies, I wasnt sure if switching the wires would cause other problems but i guess its okay.

I ordered a new ammeter to replace my original one, mainly for astetic purposes. The new one reads opposite of what its supposed to (+ instead of - and vise versa). I swapped it back out for the old one and it was working normally. Any idea how to fix this? My old ammeter is cracked so Id rather...