Recent content by jaxV8carz

After replacing carb and fuel pump, I place my hand on top of the carb and crank the engine. The vacuum generated simply pulls the gas up to the pump. I watch and see the bowl filling and know then that it will fire up.

Gotta hand it to Sam. He did a great job on your '52 Vic. Beautiful car and do hope you get many years of driving and showing pleasure.

Are you sure you're getting an accurate temp reading? I was concerned about mine based on the "old" gauge, so I got an infrared gun type and took readings in different places under the hood and decided all was well. I got mine from the Chinese importer, Harbor Freight for less than $30. It...

I have the "Green Bible" also. It covers as shop manual 1949, 1950, and 1951 Fords and is not a parts listing book. Mine is dated November 1950 and is an original, not reprint. It got used a lot by some old guy. The page edges are pretty grimy.

ThomasN, ...what Ken said. You can "take it to the bank."

Of the pigs????

I've seen one other Fordomatic with the red indicator light on the left end of the dash. Was told it was a reminder for the emergency brake, coulda been an aftermarket add-on. Beautiful car.

I use their catalog for reference and order only when its a last resort. They seem to try to make doing business with them extremely difficult.

not a Ford is it?

51 2 speed motors are very scarce...

How about original hub caps?

I'm 69 and surviving CaP after 11 years...

Lots of great info, guys!! Thanx so much. I disconnect the wire to sender and gauge still maxes out. I can play around with the jumper bar connection and it will max out and then it won't. As much as I HATE to, it looks like I may need to pull the cluster. But first I'm going to try to remove...

This is on Shoebox also... I recently replaced the instument cluster on my '51 Ford. I reused my gauges and reset the odometer to match the existing reading. I took photos of the back side to be sure all was reconnected the same way. The '51 has 2 jumper bars to supply power to fuel, temp...

Thanks, TJ.