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  1. Jimbo

    Gage problems

    I've got a 50 F-1 and I'm trying to use the old gage's on 12 volt's.Tried the individual reducer's for each gage. They worked for a little while and then quit.Power to reducer, no pwer out. Then tried a new one Mac's advertised. Single reducer for all three gage's. Same thing happened, quit...
  2. Jimbo

    50 f-1

    Well here it is. I finally got the front clip on. Pretty happy with the look, would like to get the rear end down A little bit and it's geared to low. Would like to be able to cruize highway speeds. But that's another project.
  3. Jimbo

    My 50 On the Road

    Well here it is. My 50 F-1, I've takin it for a few rides and it does pretty good. I need to get the steering arm bent down, the drag link is at a pretty funky angle got a little bit of bump steer. Other than that I get a lot of thumbs up. Cant wait to get the front clip on. This winter I'll...
  4. Jimbo

    What A Beautiful Sound

    Well it's been a long time coming but I got to here the old girl pur today. She fired right up. Put A timming light on and made a couple adjustments, and she sounds great. A couple more things to button up,some wiring and bleed the brakes again and maybe I can take her for a short ride. I know...
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    Slowly But Surely

    Finally got her cleaned up and set back in frame.Time for a little plumbing and electrical work.
  6. Jimbo

    Oil Pan Gasket

    Hey Barners, changing the pan gasket on my 8BA, when ordering gaskets I forgot to get them for the round acsess panel. There were 2 , one inside and one outside . Will I be safe making these myself out of some thin gasket material? Or do I need to order them. Weathers geting nice and I'm really...
  7. Jimbo

    Pitman Problem

    I'm having trouble finding a new pitman arm for my f-1. Tried Carpenter ,NPD, Mac's, and Early Ford Store. Nobody has them and sounds like won't have them any time soon. Anybody have any other ideas. Can a machine shop build the ball up on the old one? Thanks Jim
  8. Jimbo

    Dropping a 50 f-1

    I've got a 3 in. drop axele and a set of 3 in. drop springs. A couple questions, do I need to use the wedges on the bottom of the old springs or can I go with out them? If so where can I get these wedges or can I take the old ones off the old spring pacs?One more thing , the tie rod drop...
  9. Jimbo

    Need brake line help

    Putting disc brakes on front of 50 F-1. I got master cylinder ,propotioning valve, and 2 residual valves 2 and 10 psi. Now to my question, The proportioning valve has 2 out ports for front brake lines so do I need 2 residual valves for the front or do I plug off 1 of the out ports , use one...
  10. Jimbo

    Master cylinder

    I'm putting disc brakes on front of my F1 and wondering what master cylinder to use. Any suggestions? I got kit from speedway. They recommend changing to dual reservoir. Thanks Jim cheaper the better
  11. Jimbo

    Need help with ******

    My truck is in a million pieces and trying to go back together with it. I've got A 1950 F-1 with the 8BA still in it. Found A guy selling A 3 speed with overdrive in good shape. Would this transmission work in my truck and give me better high way cruising speed? How does the overdrive work on...
  12. Jimbo

    New to the New Barn

    Just wanted to say high. I used the old sight and got a lot of helpful info. Thanks to all. I realy like this new format and am looking forward to using it. I have a 1950 F-1 and I know I'll need lot's of help. Who else out there has a 48-52 F-1 lets see some pic's.
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