Recent content by Flat Ernie

You're making it far more complicated than it needs to be, my friend. From a practical perspective, all gauges are measuring current flow in a closed circuit between the sender and the gauge - there is no other way to measure anything electrically (leaving capacitance type gauges out of the...

Not sure what you're getting at - the current aftermarket sending units do work reasonably well and are a reasonably close match to work pretty well with original gauges. That said, I only replace the original senders if they're broken and I can't find another...but it's nice to know the...

I can't really argue with anything you've said here, except to add that virtually all gauges are really just ammeters calibrated to read whatever we're measuring. Therefore, there is a range of resistance that will calibrate correctly - whether or not the commonly available aftermarket sending...

Springs and components should be same as passenger car...

Wow...he really over-complicated that! :eek:

Re: FINALLY…T5 WITH Torque Tube in a ‘35-’40 Ford...The WHOLE STORY! The T5 is such an amazing potato-head piece of equipment!

It should have been 'plug and play' - there really is no difference - neither the horns nor the relay care about polarity. The 6V horn relays have heavier internal contacts and are better suited for the higher current draw when running early horns on 12V. My favorite horns were a pair of '51...

You can, and probably should use the 6V horn relay. It doesn't care about polarity and the 6V units had heavier contacts. The horn will be much louder and 'angrier' (I like it that way), but short blasts are the order of the day. The 12V relays can and often do stick 'on' and you have to pull...

This is the simplest way forward.

I'm one of those who disagree. ;) I have used the aftermarket senders on a couple vehicles that have been converted to 12V with no issues. Based on original poster's comments, I suspect the sender was not adjusted properly. I'm also not a fan of the chopper 6V regulators.

I've got the short brockmans on my '40. Originally, I put long ones on, but it was too quiet. When I did the exhaust on my '36 pickup, I put the long ones on it and swapped in some short ones for the '40 Coupe.

Perhaps...if you went fenderless...and I don't care for the look of cowl steering on anything but race cars or race-inspired cars. I think one of those offset chain re-drives might work...

Of course, if you're not interested in the more traditional flat-head 4-cyl of some variety or another, or a V860 is too much to work with regards to steering and suspension, the Fiat Twin Cam is always an option! ;)

If you can, see what they did with the steering. I did some tape-measure engineering on mine - the steering column would come out right smack in the middle of the right head/block area...

You will need the tailshaft housing and the top-cover. You can shorten the shifter shaft in the top cover, but you will also need to accurately drill the shifter shaft for the retaining pin - I don't have that dimension anywhere for a DIY, but I'm sure someone can find it or measure it. You...