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In the days after 1948 drums were marked max dia. The old ford drums had lot of meat on them. I think back then people would drive till the shoes were medal to medal. The real reason i think is so you don,t pop a wheel cylinder by increasing the travel of piston. If you have a chance to die...

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Looks like you are still works on this car. First off the box and arm you have from swap meet are NO GOOD. E bay now have whole box and shaft column. If your column is a 35 USE THAT SHAFT WITH THE 35 COLUMN. Put 35 shaft on this box 163206077069 ebay. With this new box 1940 see if arm hits...

I would guess the bushing at end of armature are worn time to pull and have fixed

When I installed a should with electric fan ,I did notice I would run hotter at high speed. What did was cut the bottom of should off. Those flops are blocking air. I tried ever thing when going up hill would run hotter. even with bubba chevy dist. It never run over 210, I had mercury 8ba 2 97...

Re: 10” clutch issues are driving me nuts!!!! Help! These fingers are made from a Extrusion like sliced bread If you welded a nut 3/8 by 3/8 to finger and looked at it from side view. If they made a new Extrusion with different profile this could be fixed. They would all have to be fixed at...

Re: 10” clutch issues are driving me nuts!!!! Help! The problem you have can't be fixed. When you remove the trans measure from flat of bell housing to tip of finger. With the right old style you will find out the finger with adj screws are 1/4' 3/8' closer the throw out bearing. They are all...

Re: 10” clutch issues are driving me nuts!!!! Help! The newer style pressure plates are showing up with that problem. The new ones have fingers like sliced bread all the same. You want a 10" like Ford Made. USA.

If you have new shoes there are some shoes that are made wrong. The bottom hole is off location. If you put shoes in drum make sure the lining hits all drum, chamfer ends. Now look and see if any of the shoe is less then 1/4. What I mean is if you wore down the lining the bottom 2" should not...

That 1.5 resister should be ok if it runs with 2 amps with volt meter about 3 volts ok. If you have a good spark out of coil, pull cap wire to grd should snapping sound 1/2" Do this when not running. With new points and condenser should be good for years. If your points are not staying with...

When bleeding the brakes best get the MC higher then WC jack up front or back as needed. When I do mine I just crack the bleeder just enough to leak out and pump 10 times and when you see puddle on ground quick close bleeder. Keep MC full and do rest same way. Gravity does work that way. Make...

When testing a coil with OHMS reading that to me is not a good way but quick way. I would check under power when running. You know when leaving the key on some times it burns the coil up. This what I used on my 8Ba in my 39 ford. The coil that fix the stock bracket was a IC 13 Echlin 68 chevy...

There is nothing wrong and being dumb and happy. Go buy a Chevy 1968 coil and resister and condenser and you will be on the road. Save the muli meter for checking battery's.

Those redial valves are good for dual MVP One thing people do to bleed is to pinch the rubber hoses That could be your problem