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Hey guys, I am curious what the acceptable numbers for oil pressure are at operating temp for both idle and cruising speed? I did a bunch of searching but can't seem to find a clean thread discussing "normal" ranges for these engines. '46 Business Coupe

Hey gang, I have been doing a bunch of searching but cannot seem to find a clean thread discussing operating temp oil pressure. I am curious what is acceptable idle and cruising speed Oil pressure would be, or at least what figures you guys are running?

Hey Barners! Thanks to your help over the last couple of years, my 46 coupe that I inherited when my dad died is on the road and was our "limo" for the wedding. What I didn't know was that my bride to be had a vintage style dress and hairdo to match the car! It was a fantastic wedding, made...

Hey Barners! I started up (on the suggestion of my beautiful fiance') an instagram account for my car. The username is bigguys46. Feel free to follow me, and I would love to follow any and all of you who use instagram or other social media to document your beloved Fords. My fiance' took...

It has been warm the past few days and after about 20 minutes or so of driving, I notice severe power decrease on the 46 coupe'. After I was finished driving today, I popped the hood and saw that there was definitely some air/gas bubbling out of the hard line connection from the fuel pump to...

Hey Barners, My 1946 Biz Coupe, currently 6v pos ground is having a hard time keeping the battery charged. It looks like my generator is coming down the end of its life. Put new brushes, cleaned up the armature, extra grounds, double checked battery charge level, new obligatory voltage...

Hey Barners, I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone (this entire community) for helping me get my 1946 Business Coupe on the road. She is far from finished but a major milestone has been reached and I don't think I could have done it without the help of this community. My dad bought...

Hey Barners, Last weekend was huge for getting my car on the road. ******* a lot of loose ends and got her out on the road putting on some miles! I realized that I am still concerned about the charging system and I also realized that I really had no clue whatsoever what the normal behavior...

Hey Barners! Are the grommets actually necessary on voltage regulator? I am switching out the one that was on the car for many years (my dad put it on before he passed a long time ago) and I have no clue the age/make/condition of it. Replaced the brushes in the generator, cleaned it up a lot...

Hey Barners! I am in finishing stages of getting my 1946 Ford Business Coupe on the road for real. Still having some intermittent electrical issues and hot starting problems. Distributor was just rebuilt by Bubba's, all the wiring has been replaced. New brushes on generator, lots of grounds...

My 1946 Biz Coupe seems to have a charging problem. Still 6volt pos ground, all the wiring been replaced, many additional grounding wires added throughout. Dash ammeter showed super erratic charging followed by discharge. Did the open voltage test (disconnected arm and field from regulator...

Hey Gang, I need some help! Reinstalled my rebuilt distributor courtesy of bubbas. Easy install job, she lined right up with no problems. Replaced the distributor cap (one from carpenters) but just the lower cap since the old rotor and worn distributor had damaged it. Spark plug wires and...

Sent the distributor off to Bubba's off of my '46 Ford Biz coupe. She was running sparks on only three cylinders and had big time power loss as you could imagine. When I pulled it off, it looked like the rotor had nearly sawed through three of the terminals and one side of points were not even...

hey Barners, The 20 plus year crack in the original door class on the 46 business coupe finally decided to shatter completely. Going to need some new window glass for the driver side. Who do you guys like? Any suggestions?

Hey Gang! I finally got the 46 on the road, and overall the clutch, brakes, and electrical work over the last year has worked out great. the issues I have been having have been an bad engine miss under load and some intermittent hot start issues. I inherited the car from my dad, and it just...

Hey Gang, Back workin on the Business coupe and hope to get her on the road by this weekend. Working on instaling the floorboards and I have a set of the pedal seals from carpenters. This car never had them as long as we have owned them, so my question is: Do those pedal seals go on top of...

Hey gang, planning to finally install the NOS unity spotlight that my dad had laying around for 20 years into the 46 Coupe. Any suggestions, pro-tips, words of caution? I am a bit nervous about drilling through the A pillar! Also, if anyone has some up close photos of their spotlight both...

I know Unity Sells them, but just curious if anyone has an install kit for a Unity Spotlight for 1946 Ford Coupe? I have a great NOS spotlight that I want to install, it has the inside and outside bracket, but I am missing the gasket and the drill bushing. let me know! Jeff

Hey gang, I have a 46 Business Coupe and I want to pull off the running boards to do some rust busting underneath... The boards are a little rusty but still seem soild, however the bolts are pretty bad. One bolt actually came out nicely, but the other ones are just spinning pretty bad. The...

I know it has been discussed here 1000 times, and I thought that I came across a good thread a while back but I cannot find it through the search function. I need to know the best practical steps for troubleshooting charging problem. The generator worked and charged well prior to engine...