Recent content by Happydaze

You might get lucky as I did! I thought I'd destroyed my engine but it turned out the dipper tray had sprung free and was catching the crank. Admittedly I'd had the pan off for an oil change and clean out and clearly hadn't clicked it into place properly as I should have. There was minor...

I have endured your pain! The metal channels are only as long as they just need to be thanks to Henrys manufacturing economy and therefore their placement on the glass is critical, else the wheels on the runners will run out of channel. Unfortunately i don't know the dimension required. When...

A not stainless steel one? Sorry, I have no idea! My stainless one probably came from Bob Drakes, I can't recall. I thought I was doing a good thing doing that. If I were to do it again I guess I'd try to find a good original, or any original and get it rechromed. Chris

My experience of the '36 bumpers in Stainless isn't good. Love the idea, no rust (theoretically, and practically in my case), polish scratches out etc but they have no spring or resistance to them. I misjudged my proximity to a corner of a brick wall and very gently touched it - opps i thought...

May I butt in with a related question? Thanks! :) I have a Brookville 3w coupe in progress and the notched refered to are made so deep into the screen reveal that any water that makes its way past the opening screen seal has free reign (pun intended!) to get inside the car. Is this as Henry...

The pic on the right is certainly rear package tray supports - but they're not welded in, they simply bolt to the uprights - or maybe there's a wooden upright in there somewhere, in which case woodscrews. And the left pic is headliner / trim fixing above the door, as has already been pointed...

Glad I'm not alone! Chris

I've got almost exactly the same setup in the works, except i've not got an original shell, but a Vintique one. Mine's not painted as yet (might never happen) but it's gone together quite nicely without any shimming etc. Sure it needs to be a little better but i think i'm pretty close. If i...

Using anything less that the whole sheet just creates expensive waste material. Chris

That's a leakdown test. To be honest i can't immediately think what the difference is between that and a compression test, other that the procedures are different. They essentially seem to test for the same things. A leakdown test is a very quiet affair as there's no cranking and you can...

Why not just bleed conventionally? I don't know anything about these vac thingies but i suspect they'll do a great job of sucking air in around the bleeder threads and out through the bleeder, which of course might explain what you're experiencing. I've had good experiences with the air fed...

I guess it was a cost thing but on the odd occassion the drivers side only drain can be a problem. I've kinda sideways parked on a steep hill with the passenger side heavily raised and it's then rained heavily. On subsequently moving the car and in all ignorance of the situation developing...

Maybe i've just been really lucky, but i haven't done that many. Got the C clamp tool but agree, they're pretty ineffectual. My sucesses have been to center punch the pin (not excessively) and use a pointed drift on an air chisel. Gently does it with the air gun (turned down quite low) and...

Thanks for the varied responses guys. Soon after posting i'd located the fs ignitions site which pretty much answered all my questions :o, but worthwhile canvassing different views nonetheless! The car is far from original (not my doing) or indeed complete but i'm trying to get it together...

I followed the 'differences between a Model A and B' recently which took me to some useful places I've not been before or for a while. One of them was fordgarge.com. Within there is a howto on fitting a Pertronix ignition into a Model B - something I'm inclined to do. Sadly, no part numbers...