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Mike; My 40 Cnvt has unsteady stamping under center heater hole -Hot air knockout : 1AR24CH Gene Tulsa

Fred A; Your lock bolt has a keyway that runs in a guide pin you spotted. There also is a block bar across the keyway that blocks the bolt from moving inward till the guide pin is drilled tapped and pulled. The pin and keyway is much smaller than the pin you see from the...

Guys; Two different column lockbolt designs! The switch pin should removed from the earlier model columns where the pin is staked into the lock bolt (this early designs moving the the thumb pad rotates the bolt thus the switch pin moves the swiitch contact).This design the...

Guys; pry -pull lockbolt out/up enough to pry splined retaining collar off push lockbolt thru toggle switch ring assembly into column mast space remove toggle ring assembly--replace Hope this comes thru Fun lock stuff...

Thanks; Plan B sub -2; Wet sleave----$$$!! Oklahoma Dreaming! Gene Tulsa Ball's in your court Mart -- your thread next step?

Re: 1939 Ford Transmission #’s Guys; SN prefix 18 denotes 221 ci v8 32-42 (81 series 1938-1942) There were also v8s 239 ci & v8 60s in 1940--in trucks--yes v8 60 hp in trucks. Love these Fords...

Mart--Ron; Just what I've been thinking --thanks Ron ! (still use your original signed book). I have a 35 v8 bored 82.5 over but 2 wrist pin clips let go --two cylinders have two bad score grooves. All the rest seems serviceable- including the poured babbit main...

A point guys--- v8 or Deluxe? V8 Album shows 7592 V8 (std) SD---209 Deluxe SD. Also both grades in Panel Deliverys interesting. Gene Tulsa

Ford-ers; Note the difference in the road draft arrangement -- a bolt on draft tube extending aside to rear of the engine rather than the slotted tri shape can --more Canadian &/or Export than USA -just My opinion More neat Ford stuff & practical...

Guys; Don't forget the econo stripper model C the "Special" Gene Tulsa Ps; V8 Album -- V8Club shows: 5 short door Coupes 41 Deluxe w/jump seats 11A-67A 2,683 41 Super Deluxe w/jump seats 11A-67B 6,575 41 Dlx Cpe...

Guys; 40 Bus Coupe w opera seats was body code 67 and FMC called Business Coupe. 1941 short door coupe with rear jump seats was also body code 67 as 1940 BUS Cpe but called '5 window Coupe with auxilary rear seating"-----so 41 is properly coded (and regarded) as a Business...

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Andy; Line of sight across the flat of key aligns with column. The key lock cylinder retaining pin is also an alignment pin. It appears that the cylinder may have rotated out of position. When the key is removable from the lock and aligns with the column the lock...

ANDY; Lock cylinder rotates 180 degrees---key flat -alines with column , locked & unlocked. Gene Tulsa