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I was cleaning the wheels and tires yesterday and I noticed that the tire had some fluid on it. My first thought was a bad wheel cylinder so I removed the drum and what I noticed is that there is plenty of fluid ( or grease) coming out of the axle. The cylinder looks dry, no fluid coming out. My...

I bought a fuel gauge and sending unit that were on a 56 ford country sedan wagon. Both were tested there at the wrecking yard before I bought them and both checked good. Yesterday, I installed both and after I did,I get no reading at all from the fuel gauge. I do have 12 volts on the gauge...

I was looking at this gauge cluster for the 56 ford. I am wondering if you guys think it might work on my 55 wagon. I am going to attach a picture of the cluster so you guys can look at it and maybe tell me whether you think it will work on my 55 wagon. Thanks

The shocks on my wagon do not have a smooth ride to them. When I hit a bump, I can feel it pretty bad. I replaced this shocks about 10 years ago but even from the beginning, I never got a smooth ride. I am getting ready to buy new ones but I want some that will give me a comfortable ride. If any...

I have had this wagon for 30 years and have never changed the oil or grease on the steering box. There are no leaks so far but the steering is a little hard to turn. I have already changed all the front end parts and lubricated all the lubricant points. I am not sure if it uses a Saginaw box or...

The points on my 55 wagon quit over the weekend so wagon would not start. It would crank but not start. Power was ok to the coil and also getting to the points ok. So I bought some new points. I cannot remember the point gauge setting on this 302 engine. is it .019 or .021? Does anyone have...

So I have my 302 initial timing set to 12 degree BTDC and its running good, eighter at idle or going down the road ( other than the overheating) problem.I was talking to a man that had his own auto repair shop here in town for about 45 years. He moved out of town a long time ago but came to...

Hello everyone here at the forum. I have been away for awhile due to health issues but doing much better now so back to work. I was driving my wagon friday ( outside temp. was 105 degrees) and the temp. gauge went all the way to 235 degrees. I parked for about 30 minutes to let the engine cool...

Ok, I have installed all the front end parts that I needed to install in my wagon including the coil springs. I do have a question or problem that I need to ask the pro's here. After removing the jack stands and putting the tires on the ground, as I lowered the wagon down, I heard a Pop noise so...

Hope this picture goes trough. This are the washers that I am hoping someone here can tell me where they go .The mechanic that was working on the front end of my wagon had put them in a plastic container and marked them 55 ford wagon. Since I did not remove the lower arms myself, I don't know...

Been busy working on the roof of my house. Anyway, I have a question on the installation of the lower control arm bushings. According to the ford repair book that I have here, it says that on the T-birds the front bushing is installed from the inside of the arm and that on all the other cars...

Well, I finally got time to install the vintage air ac system in my 55 wagon. It was a challenge but with patience, I was able to do it. I was going to install the vents in the dash but decided not to cut out any holes in the dash so I installed the vents under dash. I got the Gen IV system...

Does anyone here have a wiper motor that I can buy from you? Mine is completely missing. I know I can switch over to a electric type motor but we don't get much rain here in AZ so I think the vacuum motor will be ok. I saw a few on ebay but they are mostly for 55 ford trucks and I don't think...

Do any of you have a Dakota Digital Gage Cluster installed in your 55 car or wagon? I found one for the 56 but not 55. My gas gage and Speedo do not measure correctly at all. On the gas gage, when it reads just under half a tank its actually empty. The speedo is off about 10 MPH. I have tried...

My wagon is running great now and even took it to a few car shows. Now I am going to start another project on it. It has the OEM manual brake system in it right now but want to install a new power brake system. Can someone here tell me what all I need to convert the brake system from manual to...

I know this is not the place to ask a question on anything other than ford. Maybe you guys can help and maybe not but I will ask anyway. Do any of you know of a good chevy forum that I can go to for help? I bought this 1994 chevy brand new in that year.It has a 350 tbi with 160,000 miles. I need...

I still have all the original wiring in my 55.This past weekend I was working under the dash and saw some wires in which the insulation has come off and I can see the bare wires. I have converted to a 12 volt system. I looked around different places for a wiring kit but they are all asking how...

I was driving my 55 yesterday and ran out of gas.The gauge was reading 1/2 tank of fuel. I had purchased a generic fuel sending unit awhile back.The part # was FAA-9275-B.It was a little off but not that bad.The vendor told me at the time that it would work on eighter 6 or 12v. At the same time...

I am having trouble in closing the lift gate on my wagon.I have to try about 4 to 5 times before it lathes on.The striker plate is pretty worn off. I found the striker plates for the tailgate but I don't need those,I need the one on the Lift gate.Does anyone here have the oem part # for this...

I took my 55 out for a drive on sunday and drove it for about 50 miles. It ran really nice but on the way back to the house,I started to hear a humming noise coming out of the rear end or differential. I don't really know what the noise is called,humming,howling,or what but the noise is there...