Recent content by Leyland

I’m in the same process as you, trying to piece together a 39 transmission with 78-7006 case. Seems most of this boils down to the main shafts and gear combinations once determined closed driveline vs open truck driveline. Challenge will be finding the current closed shaft with proper gearing...

I compared both rebuild plates against number references provided above by Kultulz, (thanks Kultulz!). Findings below: 6199 rods is only on my original tag, not on the other Canadian tag I’ve found 6211 rod bearings is identified on both tags 6331 crank bearings is on both tags 6333 crank...

Great start so far to understanding the Canadian machining side of things. The VanPelt website has great information on the engines, transmissions, etc from factory, but I haven’t been able to find anything as it relates to codes for engine rebuilds from machine shops from that era...

Yes the more I look into this, the more it appears someone has mismatched parts. Will tear it down and have a closer look to make sure all parts work together and no oddball findings. I’m still confused on some of the codes as I found another friends motor with rebuild plate and they have some...

Hi all, Working on one of my old flatheads I picked up years ago, and discovered it has a rebuild tag on it. However I can’t seem to find any information with similar rebuild details on the tag. We’re Canadian rebuild tags different? Perhaps using “codes” for main, journal, size etc instead...

I think this is another great avenue to help others get the help they need. Not everyone likes the forums and search feature. I’ve watched most of Pauls videos, and they have helped me a great deal this winter, even my wife enjoys his humour! An idea for Paul and the gang, maybe there is an...

Thanks so much for the support and all the great advice guiding me through this. My 12v battery is sealed, and luck would have it my plan was already to install a 12v accessory plug with digital voltmeter as I had intended to monitor the system for my own knowledge. And to charge my (and...

I removed the cut out this evening from the generator, used a piece of 14g wire on the 12v + battery post, and touched it to the generators output post momentarily (where the cut out would connect to). It sparked. Did this a few times to be sure... I re-installed the cut out unit onto the...

Thank you for that, hoping mine is typical old school coil point style and not solid state

Thanks for all the responses, and the YouTube video! After more research I’m pretty sure my cut out relay is not stock, it is not black and it has no ford script. I see that battery power does need to be connected to the generator (with appropriate ground for your system) when polarizing...

Perhaps my issue might be that I have disconnected the generator from the car/battery while I am performing my testing it’s output, and “re-polarizing” my gen (gen has no power connected to it while o have been doing this). I suspect the battery power has to be connected to the “battery” side...

Hi Bob. The car is stock model A with original 4 cyl motor and only change is now 12v and negative ground. I haven’t re-connected the generator after doing the 12v conversion, as I wanted to verify original stock generator is polarized the correct way. When the car is running the...

Welcome and sorry to hear of your loss. I agree with everything above, keep your eye open around you for other model A owners, other car clubs, ask around at car shows.. and ask questions about who/where is your area works on old cars. Doesn’t have to be model A! The small hobby guys are...

Hi all, have read many posts regarding polarizing generator but still concerned i may have been unsuccessful. Just changed my car to 12v, with NEGATIVE ground now. I have installed new wiring with fuses, new 12v bulbs, and all seems to be working beautifully. However I have NOT connected my...

PM sent- first in line