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I’d check with Chris at Bauer. When I ordered my harness he knew to ask if I had headlight relays added on back in the day, which I did. Would never have known to ask.

+1. First rate quality and clear instructions.

I talked with Steve before the video came out while checking on my flathead with Ed Smith. He was quite happy with it.

I haven’t had any luck getting the dash light switch out on our ‘35 coupe. Any tricks?

Been there, did that. But that was in the 1970s, now that I'm in the '70s I'm not sure if I'm interested in doing that or that I still can.

Re: “Correct” fan belt doesn’t fit The earlier pumps in the heads belt fits nicely. Now I just need to find someone in Phoenix that needs a new ‘37+ one to donate to.

Re: “Correct” fan belt doesn’t fit Nah, it was blue when I took it out. Expected green but cleaning off 60-70 years hid the blue. Probably due to it being an OEM dealer replacement engine.

Re: “Correct” fan belt doesn’t fit It is the same engine, Ed Smith rebuilt it for me.

Re: “Correct” fan belt doesn’t fit That’s likely it. The ‘37 was a factory exchange block back in the day when the dealers did that.

That could be it. We have the original bill of sale and it includes the radio as the only option.

I can’t find anything on this condenser connected to the oil pressure sender on my ‘35 with a ‘37 engine. I’d prefer to replace it while I’m rewiring the car. Any ideas on part numbers and/or sources. Not finding anything so far with the usual sources.

“Correct” fan belt doesn’t fit The listed 78-8620-B fan belt doesn’t even come close to fitting over the second water pump on my ‘37 21 stud engine. Generator is fully down. Water pumps are listed as correct for a ‘37, though you never quite know with Chinese parts. Am I missing something?

Lived in Dublin for five years, the Irish have even more creative, albeit not PC terms that I suspect that the moderators wouldn’t care for.

Drilled out the bloody steering column anti-theft bolt. Needed to do that to get the bloody horn rod out to get the bloody light switch c-clip sorted. Which it turned out wasn’t needed. Oh well, experience is the mistake that you made yesterday.

Where can I find one of these, nothing shows up on the interweb? Failing that, does anyone know what the spring rate (i.e. pounds/inch) is for improvising something? My current spring is only 80% complete.

How well do Optima batteries handle third brush generators? I understand that they can be a bit sensitive to voltages which I understand third brushes vary quite a bit.

Ed Smith used freeze plugs in the block on my engine. No real need for vaporization on Arizona cars.

I’m seeing around 0.2 ohm resistance across the original 90 year old starter switch. Is this normal?

Plus one for Chris at Bauer, I just unboxed the full kit for our ‘35 and everything is first rate quality. Schematics for each assembly are clear. He even knew enough to ask to see the firewall to see if anything was different, which it was due to a headlight relay that he added connects for...

Went to see and listen to the dealer exchanged ‘38 engine for our ‘35 that Ed Smith rebuilt. Apparently the dealer found an oddball 21-stud ‘38 when the uncle had them do the swap. No idea when.