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I have a 1949 ford pickup with the original flathead 6 engine. After driving about 1.5 miles, my temperature gauge goes to 3/4 of the way up. I have installed a new sending unit. When the gauge was 3/4 up, i cut the engine off and carefully took the radiator cap off. When i took the cap off, it...

I have one water pump block off plate for using pre 1936 heads on a 1937 block. I have only one of these and I want to make some reproduction sets out of aluminum. Is the indention in the back necessary for them to work right? Also I assume that both the left and the right are the same, is this...

I have a 1949 ford pickup that has been converted to 12v and my oil pressure gauge is giving me bogus readings. Could someone please tell me if the sending unit I found on eBay will work with the original gauge...

I have a 1949 ford pickup with a flathead 6. I rebuilt the engine and put new rings, bearings and gaskets in it. I also had the valves ground, then ground the seats, lapped the valves and checked the valve clearance. The truck ran great at first. Now with 30 miles on a rebuit engine, the truck...

I have a few questions about my 1949 ford pickup. Any answers would be appreciated. 1. Are any of these buttons original? if so, what are they for? 2. My oil pressure gauge inside the truck doesn't work, but the one on the engine work. After driving for about 8-10 minutes the oil pressure...

I have a 1949 ford f1 with a flathead 6. I got the truck running, but my temperature gauge doesn't work. When the key is off, the gauge reads hot. When the key is on, the gauge always reads cold. The temperature sending unit has only one screw on it and there are two wires coming out of it. The...

I rebuilt the engine in my 1949 ford truck. I installed the engine and now it isn't getting fire. It is getting fire from the coil to the distributor. I removed the distributor cap and the rotor, but I do not see the points or the condenser. The spark plugs were getting fire before I rebuilt...

I have just rebuilt the engine in my 1949 Ford truck. This is my first engine rebuild and the engine is a 226 flathead 6. When I went to install the clutch, I noticed that my alignment tool was too loose. I then ordered a new pilot bearing. The new bearing fits both my alignment tool and the...