Recent content by Rakkasan

I have a 1936 Ford Phaeton and I'm slowly getting it ready to hit the road after sitting for a few years. However I do have a problem. Can someone direct me to instructions on how to remove the front and rear wheel bearings so I can clean and repack them? I know it must be a simple thing to do...

Thanks, I'll check those companies out. I appreciate the "Just drive the car and enjoy it" comments, but it's hard to enjoy a car that overheats, has electrical problems, and may need new brakes. I'd also like to show it and the interior and pitted chrome leaves a lot to be desired.

I worry about the chassis, there are some electrical issues, interior needs to be redone, much of the chrome is badly pitted, and even though the paint looks good on the pictures it has some real issues.

Here is the car.

I've inherited a '36 Ford Phaeton that I think would be a pretty nice car if it was restored properly. My father in law had the car before he died, and would have things done piecemeal at bargain barn prices. It runs nice but I don't trust the mechanical brakes. I haven't seen very many of...

The one I have is for five flags but it looks something like this. Also, it doesn't have a slot but a single hole at the bottom.

I bought a five flag hood ornament at a swap meet, but the thing didn't have any installation instructions. Can anyone tell me how to put it on?

Seems no matter what I've done the car still overheats. I sent the waterpumps to Skip Haney and he rebuilt them but after I installed them it still overheated sitting in my garage with a box fan in front of it after about 15 minutes. I took it out for a drive and the temperature dropped to...

It's got some dents but not too bad. I checked the inside as best I could and it looked pretty darned clean. If the water pumps don't help then having the radiator worked on is my next project.

I've decided to give George "Skip" Haney a call tomorrow and send my pumps to him to rebuild. My '36 overheats really bad and I'm hoping the modified pumps will do the trick.

Well, the bulb came loose and it looks ok minus a few scratches. I'm going to test it to see if it still works. Thanks everyone.

The holding nut came out easily and I'm trying to get the bulb out. I squirted in some penetrating oil but I wasn't sure if there was something I wasn't doing right.

I'm removing the water pumps from my '36 Phaeton and I don't know how to remove the temperature sending unit. Is there a trick to it or is it frozen in place because I can't get it to move.

I just received my top boot for my '36 today with all the hardward, and it looks great! The problem is it didn't come with any instructions on how to install it. I called them and they said they didn't have any instructions for the boot. So my question is does anyone know where I can find...

How extensive of a process is this and are there places that can do this in Florida?