Recent content by hugeal

Hi. This is sort of a shot in the dark, but could it but your engine tick be you have the wrong oil dip stickstick and the tick is the noise that you hear night be from the crank hittingthe stick.?hitting the stick? Al

Hi, i jut noticed the post on the simmons carb. During the last several years i have collected a total seven of simons carbs. Five of them are all different the other two are duplicates. I havn,t researched them so here are a few questions how mainy different types of...

Hi, from your pictures it looks like you have a town sedan. The 29 t. S. Has tan colored shades that have a diamond weave in them, the side edges are sewn. The 30-31 t.s have a slightly different diamond pattern and the edges are selvaged. I have been looking...

Hi, to carry the magnet idea one stwp further, they sell dain plugs for oil pans, etc. That have magnets built in. This idea has been used in the aiecraft industry for years. Al

Hi dan, i am not interested in removing my original pop out switch at least yet. I just want to pull it out just far enough to read the key code. So far i managed to remove two of the four screws that hold it in, but i just can,t get to the other two screws if and...

Hi, i broke off my model a ignition switch in the lock. I took my needle nose pliers and pulled out the stub of the key. I cant find the handle end of the key. I understand i will have to remove the lock in order to see the key code, a-xxxx. With the key code i think a...

Hi, thanks for the reply on halogen bulbs. Al

Hi, just a few weeks ago a fordbarner asked about installing halogen bulbs in his car. There was the usual pros and cons, but one guy said he had real good luck with a pair he purchased from his local napa dealer he listed the part number but i can,t find his message. The part...

Hi, i understand that one should set an early model a trip meter when the car is at rest, otherwise the gear teeth, etc. Will be damaged. Any comments on this? Al

Hi when push comes to shove one can fabracate a heater switch bracket out of a small piece of aluminum angle iron. A large part of restoration is from using old american improvision. Al

They had ceramic coating on early b-25 exhaust sysems way back before ww-ii. The short stacks, as we called them were dark green and the exhaust pipes were only about six t eight inches long. When we returned from a mission, we could.t hear well for a day or two. After much pressure they...

I have a 81-a engine i want to sell. I took the head off to chk. For any cylinder ridge and there was.nt any, so that leads me to believe that this engine is a low milage engine. Along with the engine is the transmission. Al

Hi, on your 41 heater. The little push-pull knob on the upper left side of your heater is for the defrost valve. The later heaters don,t have this knob and no hole. Can tell which heater shell is correct for the year. The push-pull rod sometines rattles. A small gromet will...

Hi, i have a 81-a engine that has no cylinder ridge so i think it is a low milage one. Also it comes with it,s transmission. I am located in western ma. Al

Hi, have a 81 a engine and it has a small diamond cast in the block just forward of the right cylinder head. The little diamond is only about 3/8 inch long. My engine has two oil outlets in the left rear area. One points straght up and it has he oil pressure sender in it. The...