Recent content by Lopez Mike

Thanks for all the notions and ideas. My current plans (highly mutable!) are to make a drawing, including tracings of the spring as it is and of each leaf after disassembly. Then electrolytically strip, smooth up, lube and reassemble. Then swap out with the collapsed one see how the car sets...

According to the various on-line catalogs, the length is right for my car. I guess I'll ease this one apart and start seeing what is worn out or busted. Unless someone really wants this one and will trade me for a stock looking spring!

The center of eye to center of eye spring length is 30 5/8". I don't mind having these groves in the front spring if I use it under my town sedan but it will be a hassle to experiment on how many leaves to use. Time for some research, again.

I'm out of town tonight but I'll take some measurements tomorrow or Sunday. It fits on a stock A front axle so it can't be too far from stock numbers. Just hell for stout.

I'm surprised that they would fit between the perches on an A. Something new to me. I'll see if anyone else comes up with an idea. I suspect I will have to remove some leaves to use this spring on my Town Sedan. Funny to go from way down in the front to way up. Looks like a hot rod now and...

Here are some pictures:

I'm surprised at this crowd. I was sure someone would know what they were! I took some pictures. Now I'll have to deduce how to post them on here. The groves run full length even around the eye. I hope I can use them or trade for a proper spring for my car as I just looked again under there...

These are normal width and thickness as far as I can tell. I'll measure and take a picture tomorrow. But the really odd things are these longitudinal grooves. By longitudinal I mean from one side of the car to the other. If the spring is, say, two inches wide (picking a number here) the grooves...

A friend gave me a front and rear axle (model A). They came out from under a coupe (don't ask!). Complete with radius rods and springs. The front spring is something I've not seen before. It has ten leaves and the leaves are grooved lengthwise such that they nest into each other. This is not...

Yes, I should call them. I hate to pester hard working people when I'm not going to spend any money just then. I will have to call them anyway as the bottom rail (that the window seats in) is missing on one side and I'll need the right one from them.

So no one knows how long the regulator arms should be?

If you can post a picture of what you are looking for, I'll look at my Murray and see. Like at the rear of the body behind the bumper and between the fenders? To correct my first post, the longer regulator is 11.5", not 13.5". Senior fingers at work.

This Winter I'll strip it down and see how things are in there. From the look of things I suspect it may be the first time it has been apart. My 30 Murray has a block number that matches the title so I'm going to try to use that block in the long run. If memory serves me right, except for the...

No. Lives on Lopez? I've only been here a few years.

I am working on my 30 Murray Fordor. One front regulator is 10" from the pivot to the center of the roller and the other is 13.5". Anyone have any information as to which is correct? I have a machine shop sitting here so I can modify either one to match.