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My January 1946 parts book and the Green Bible did not list it. After I read the responses from other members I got in the attic and dug out a May 1941 dated parts book and the 01A-8218A is listed in that parts book. Thanks for the responses.

Two NOS 3 inch links on eBay now. eBay item number:334084113007

I have a NOS 1940 Ford standard hood nose piece 01A-8218A, with a 6-40 date cast in it. This part number does not exist in any original Ford parts book I have dated 1940 to 1949. For some reason this bothers me. Anyone got insight why this is? I tried to load picture with this question, but the...

The 1940 pickup hood is different than the 1940 standard car, which accounts for the needed extra length of the pickup hood release.

Paul, you got me on that one. Never heard of the "old penny trick".

I have a 1940 85 hp engine, all stock, with a 160 degree thermostat that runs 180 to 200 in summer driving. Took the intake off to adjust the valves and noticed the paint on the intake was cracked in the area the exhaust gases enter the intake manifold. I decided to have the exhaust openings in...

Saw a TV show not long ago were a few old cars were driven across the country. One of the old cars was a Ford flathead. This show was sponsored by Shell Oil. The flathead Ford driver said Shell ran several test to determine the best oil to use in the flathead for the cross country trip. The oil...

I have a 1941 Ford 6 cylinder truck and had the same situation a few years ago. I went to O'Reillys and they had a green colored belt that was an exact fit. I think the green belt was industrial or something special. The person at O'Reillys should be able to figure it out. Color of the belt...

Matt, I just watched your video on the fender repair on your 1941. I work on my Fords by myself and your video was good for me to watch. Since you are in England with a 1941 American made Ford truck I would say the odds are very good your truck was an armed forces unit when new. My thinking is...

The carburetor I just changed the power valve and jet size on was a rebuilt carburetor from Daytona Carburetor two years ago. Do not know why they put a 5.5 power valve in a single carburetor original set up. Carburetor looks like a piece of art work, but no acceleration.

Here are some things I have found out about power valves and jets for the Holley 94 carburetor series 91-99 Ford used in 1940. The standard power valves Ford used with the 94 carburetor was 7.5. The standard jet size is 51. I will not go into all the details about these two pieces just to save...

All compression checks I did were cold engine. Great deal of work to put all the engine back together to do a warm engine check not knowing if the problem was corrected.

Intake was completely off the engine, so intake area was open.

For all that are interested here is where my situation is. When I started this I thought 3 days and it will be done. It has taken 3 months to get where I am now. To make a long story short I had a friend come by on Memorial Day that has flathead engine experience. The valve base in the engine...

Lot of good advise here. The 7 seconds of grinding is not all at one time. I did about 2 seconds and checked it. Still had dark spots of die. Did the grind again for about 2 seconds and still dark spots. Ended up with about total of 7 seconds on three of the seats. What else can you do if the...