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No separate F O R D letters and hood spears make it a 51 if I recall correctly

Some People melt a large hole in the piston head in order it can give some while whacking it out.

That is a wide crack. The cylinder wall might have lost most of it’s rigdity and may on longer hold a sleeve. Have a go at it. And some locktite, I guess.

Great, Mart! I was the 7th viewer to watch the video on YT. 7 is my lucky number….

My harness crumbled to dust by even looking at it. With large sections of bare wire exposed. Replaced all of it in one go.70+ years old bullet connectors would not even detach without breaking. If you leave your harness alone, you'd likely get the idea what burning loom smells like rather sooner...

Now, there you go. The $8 reamer. One trick is not to lean too hard on the wrench while cranking, as not to egg shape the hole. Be genle, the tool drags in all by itself when turned. I covered to socket with one layer of self adhesive aluminum foil, to take the last few thou slop away. Works...

Yep. The F1 King pin is 0.8125. I did it myself, believe it or not. I used the cheapest chinese made adjustable reamer from amazon to do the job. It was around 8$ shipped!!! It has a 3/8 square which you're supposed to turn the tool with. On this square however, I placed a 3/8 socket which had...

Was the 37 Cabriolet scrapped or sold to someone else?

It should. A stock 1970‘s VW 1300 is rated 34 to 50 HP

This is a random picture from the internet. I think you get the idea.

That‘s more than adequate. Most people start at 1-1.5 turns from a light seating. Then go for the highest idle rpm or preferrably the highest manifold vaccum reading.

Newc, did you have the fan shroud installed?

Hi Harty, fellow german. When I calculate the theoretical speed of my truck in direct gear and 4,87 rear end, I'll end up (7.50-16 Tires, 80cm diameter) with 73 kmh at 2500 engine rpm's. I would consider 2500-3000 rpm to be safe for long distance motoring. With the engine at redline (3600...

Had five 7.50-16 white walls fitted to my F2 rims last month. With new tubes, mounting and balancing the bill showed 2300 Euros. Now my allowed speed index is 190km/h LOL. Cheapest chinese lightweight truck tyres would have been 100 Euros a piece.

What a shame we are still left without the pictures. But I know about this technique. In exactly this way decorating was done to bicycle rims and steering heads for many decades over here. Over white paint you could achive a nice marble effect. Was done with a candle, though. The soot deposits...

I used the german equivalent of penetrol (called Owatrol) on every part of my truck. It seeps deeply into the rust and ousts and replaces oxygen from all minute pores before becoming solid. This is a big bonus over clear coat in terms of metal preservation. On the other hand, on a day out in...

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Simply clamp a vise grip to the flywheel ring gear. It is shown in Vern Tardels book. I doubted the method, so grabbed a vise grip and torqued the bolts down to 80. No problem at all.

A #7.5 power valve is the preferred one in today's rebuilt kits, IIRC. Depending if you are at sea level or elevated altitude, this might be the right one for you - or not. Note: modern power valves have a shoulder which has to be machined away for correct seating. Do you run multiple...