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Will lever shocks perform well using radial tires?

Got a call from Dad last night. He has a brake pedal now. He will wait for me to fully bleed brakes but for what he was able to do he finally has some pressure on the pedal. From what I can understand he installed a larger mc with two equal sized cylinders and a residual valves to both front and...

1953 F100 parts list; -rear axle with brake shoes and drums -steering column with steering box -muffler, new/used condition -Trans is sold Make a fair offer for all three items. All parts were removed from a driving 1953 F100 in 2018. Truck was being converted with modern conveniences. All...

Rear cyl. are new. Yes to bench bleeding mc. Rear chamber going to rear brakes. But this vacuum bleeding is new to us, as is the mc pressure bleeding. using 1/4" brake lines. Talked to Jason @ Pete n Jakes. The way he explained the 7/8" bore, its needed because of the front disk piston. If it...

Car = '40 coupe frt. brakes = Pete n Jakes disk kit = no issues we have frt. brakes Mst. Cylinder = Pete n Jakes dual chamber manual w/ 7/8" bore, using our orig. push rod. WilWood proportioning valve to rear brakes. Rear brakes = orig, new Problem = While we bleed the rear there is no pressure...

We have a '53 flathead in a '40 with the help of Ford Barn. We are using a single wire alternator, 3 pole solenoid , starter, battery neg. grd. , ammeter +- terminals, & a coil. No regulator. Using orig. ignition switch and push start button.

Thank you everyone for the information. Lots to read thru. Our merc. motor came out of a '53 F100. We did attach the '40 transmission. We did nothing to the pumps. It slipped right in lined right up with torque tube and motor mount holes. I like the idea of moving the rad. forward. I have a 8BA...

The '53 Mercury flathead with '40 trans. sits in the frame fine. The issue = the fan will be hitting the radiator big time. I am sure this has been done neatly, but what exactly has been done is my question. Shorten the fan shaft is the first guess. What is the minimum distance between the fan...

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1)40cpe, What color is that Deluxe? Folkstone Gray? 2) Bolts broke. One bearing laying in oil pan. My theory = I've seen some p__s poor craftsmanship on this car. Scratches on every piece of glass from a DA. Hand cut bolts being used, What was done and by whom back in '95 was either steeling...

Re: Fan blades are BREAKING And Now I KNOW WHY! The motor has been rebuilt probably back in '95 when the past owner had the paint done. Cylinder sleeves were used as evidence. Turns out there were only 3 crank shaft bolts still intact. All others were snapped off down inside where the threads...

OK so I removed the pully/ flange/ hub. What is its proper name? the hub was clean of paint and it was smooth. I afixed a dial on the crankshaft. Spun it by hand and by starter button. Same results. 1) I have a solid 1/1000" variance. Is this ok? 2) I have a 1.5+/1000" free play in that...

Well, if I had 6grand around I might have sent the car to a shop. Then again probably not. I'd put it towards my Dads car like yours. So yes, I will do what ever I can. I need this car to be reliable for my family's sake. I'll do what you asked. It makes sense to me. Hub had paint but I can...

I just put a dial indicator from a fixed point to the rim of the hub. Using a socket and ratchet I rotated the crank shaft and noticed that I had 1/1000" movement just applying pressure to rotate. Meaning I was moving the hub/shaft downward before I started to rotate. I had a variable of 5/1000"...

The fan is not contacting anything. It rumbles sitting still and revving it and it rumbles getting up to 45mph. After that it purrs like a kitty. But going up hills it rumbles no matter what speed. Im taking it to a local car shhow this Sun. hope to get some people who know more than me to take...