Recent content by Standing Elk

I put new windlace in my 30 coupe. However I did remove the doors just to make it easier. On my 30 I did not need to remove the channel. The windlace just slid down the channel top to bottom and as I remember there were some clips that held it in place.

I just received a call from some nice sounding foreign lady that was really concerned that the extended warrenty on our car had expired. She wanted me to sign up for a new extended warrenty so we would be protected from costly repair costs. Being the nice guy I am, I said "sure". She then began...

Kurt, I will give that a look, thanks

Ok so I think I may have it figgured out but wanted to ask before ordering new parts. My head lights are pretty dim. ALL connections are clean and tight. However my coupe does still have the origional wiring harness. I had trouble with the horn not wanting to work corretly and solved that issue...

Last year I was facing the same issue as you are. I decided to have mine retempered as well as re arched. There was a good spring shop not to far from where I live and they did an awsome job.

Lefty, I faced the same issue you are. I could not find a source to buy the "wind Lace" for around the doors on my 30 coupe. I finally went to a local lady who reupholsters nearly everything. We looked through her material samples and found a very good match color wise to my seat and door...

Thanks everyone, I got them out fairly easily. I had a transfer punch that was the right size to use to drive them out. I put a little heat on one side of the housing and they came out without much trouble. Thanks again.

Getting ready to replace the front spring perch bushings after having my spring re tempered and re arched. Can you usually just drive the bushings out or do you need to be split them with a hack saw blade? I will find out when I go to do it but was just curious. Thanks

Patrick, I had mine re tempered and re arched, so yes they are still apart. I sanded the scale from the re tempering process off and ground a slight bevel on the underside at each end of each leaf. I want to paint them before I put them back together. Thanks

Can anyone recommend a good primer and paint for the front spring. I would really rather get paint locally as opposed to having some shipped from one of the suppliers. Thanks

Ok let me begin with saying that I am aware that several of the suppliers offer new springs. However, what I would like to know is if anyone knows of, and maybe delt with, a source where I can get a new front spring buying direct from the manufacturer? I would like to compare prices before...

Bert, 10-4 LOL

Thanks Brent. I am curious how you deturmin what the correct radius for each leaf is. Is there some specs. from Ford? Would also really appreciate the pictures. Another question, have you ever had any heated, retempered and re arced by a spring company. I have had the main springs on cats done...

Has anyone had their front spring re arced as opposed to just replacing it? Thanks

What is the best way to check for an intake manifold leak? Thanks