Recent content by fordblitz

Hi Newc, No, I didn't make any extras. But they are easy to fabricate if you can get the same CLR mandrel bent 60-degree exhaust pipe elbows in your area. Cheers,

I found a good compromise to expensive mandrel bent custom radiator pipes. I used off-the-shelf mandrel bent 60-degree elbows and spliced them to a straight section of 1-3/4" exhaust pipe with a 1-5/8" dia short length of exhaust pipe for a joiner then migged together. Taking measurement, it...

Thanks for the info. Sounds like my kind of place! Cheers,

Thanks Bob, My son often is looking for things to do on layover. Got just the thing now! Cheers,

Hi Newc and Model 51, Yes, I am a member and regular contributor to MLU. I could not find anything there on these pipes. Splicing in the missing 1-1/2" on the good pipe is a good idea. Thanks model 51. In fact, I believe the weld would be at the end of the short joiner hose at the radiator...

Hi, I am trying to sort out the radiator tubes that connect the heads of a C69A V8 to the radiator in my Ford CMP army truck. The part is No. 91C 8290 and does not seem to be available even as a repro. Years ago, I had some 1-3/4" exhaust pipe bent to do the job at the local exhaust shop...

Well, I finally finished the speedometer face decal for my Ford CMP truck. I used my best judgement to get the color of the shift zones and settled on one close to the cream color of the bezel. I added the "Waltham" logo as some Waltham speedometers had it and some did not. Nice to know what...

Good Day, I have noted differences between the faces of Stewart Warner and Waltham 60 MPH speedometers fitted to large 1940’s trucks with the 4 speed transmission. I have a good working Waltham speedometer fitted to my 1942 Ford CMP truck. For some unknown reason a previous owner fitted a...

Thanks Lawrie, Look forward to seeing the photos.

Most Welcome, Yes, very unique to military engines yet they became standard features on most civilian engines 15 years later. You can only imagine the amount of sand, dust, and dirt sucked up without it in the Western Desert of Africa during WW2. Even then, engine changeouts were fairly...

Hi Lawrie, They turn up everywhere! If they had a Sunshine roof I'd even drive to Qld for it when Victorians are allowed in. Here is a similar Chevy Blitz "Sunshine" Tropical Roof like I am looking for if you ever see one. Cheers,

Hi Tom, Attached photos of the info on the valve after I chalked it up: Donaldson Crankcase Ventilator Take apart every 250 hrs or 10,000 miles Wash in varnish (remover?) Install arrow up Donaldson (Mfg?) St Paul (MN?) Made in USA US, Can, Br patents Part No. V4 15 As an aside, Williamsburg...

Hi Newk, I have two C69A (1946) Canadian blocks neither are factory relieved and were truck applications. See attached. I once had a C99A (1939) block ex army truck that was factory relieved. Of interest they appear to have been Ford Blue originally. Often in Australia when they were...

Good Day, Responding to a PM, but I could not post photos there so here is the setup used on Ford Canada Flathead V8's for positive crankcase ventilation on military vehicle engines: System consists of a PCV valve fed from a tapped hole at the front of the intake manifold above the gallery. A...

Thanks, So I am only guessing from this that Ford designed the 4 speed transmission mount so the driven gear was at the maximum distance required by the various combinations of drive and driven gears for the speedometer and just allowed less than full engagement of the gears wherever else it...