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Thanks for your help this makes perfect since. I should have gone to the parts book first to look for a diagram. It looks like this was just put together wrong. The springs were above the bottom plate and the nuts were not run up completely letting the ball sit way bellow the the top locating...

Hi hope this is an easy question. Went for a ride in dads car and the steering felt off. Thought the box may need adjustment but found the radius ball does not appear to be installed properly. The top of the ball is a quarter to half inch below the top mount. Dad said its been that way since...

Thanks for the detailed answer. That was what I was thinking about. Would red loctite be as good as JB Weld?

The engine is in the car.

Hi I was finally starting to button up my engine from a babbitt failure repair and while torquing the rod caps I bumped the rair main oil return tube and it fell off. Come to find out it was had only about 1 round of threads engaged and then tack welded to hold it in place. The welds look to...

I need help understanding what my options are to repair one connecting rods babbitt bearing. Is this an engine out repair or can a new bearing be poured and the piston and rod be reinstalled? I know how the babbitt is poured but I don't know what is required to fit the new bearing to the...

Ok working on my headlight switch. How tight should the retaining bail be on the switch housing? Mine seems loose very easy to engage. My switch housing also moves when the switch is turned. Should the switch housing be firmly pushed up against the column when the bail is installed? Should...

Hi I have read steep hills will cause an oil leak. How steep are we talking? I had a puzzling oil leak that left a trail of oil. We went up a hill several times in the neighborhood that has a good 30 - 35 degree incline. The engine was also getting hot so the oil was most likely starting to...

Thanks for all the good suggestions. All good advise. The radiator has a new core so hopefully that's not the problem. It's been a long time (decades) since I last drove this car so im relearning how to drive it. It seemed the happiest with the ignition retarted and a little throttle...

Hi finally trust it enough go for short trips around the neighborhood. Well I'd I did until this afternoon. I have several questions. Today was depressing. Background engine was rebuilt by a well known model a restorer and was broken in on a run stand before it was reinstalled. No work has...

Hi I have never had the drivers door sliding lock installed and now that I have installed it I must have done something wrong or something is missing or broken. When the slide is in the locked position I can still turn the outside handel and open the door. What is the slide supposed to contact...

Parts located. Thanks for the timely offers.

Yes exactly. Small tapered stone good suggestion I was contemplating a sharp drill bit.

Follow on question spurred from the posts above. Is it possible to correct the inner mating surface of the drain has been distorted a will not seal?

Thanks for the great advice. Fingers crossed its just crud

Hi i'm looking for a good set of emergency brake levers and bushing retaining caps that will fit a late 31 Tudor. These go on each end of the shaft that runs through the frame. Please PM if you have a set to sell. A picture of the parts would be appreciated.

Yes, it was a complete replacement kit from a good supplier. The drain on my original had been overtightened sometime long ago and never properly sealed. If it is the mating surface that is leaking would the gas run down the carb and mimic a stuck open needle valve?

Hi I replaced the side bowl on my late 31 Zenith carb this weekend. Prior to replacing the side bowl the carb only leaked from the drain. Now gas is running out the carb intake. The only difference between the old and new part was the thickness of the two fiber washers on the filter bolt...

Hi i thought I'd post the fix we came up with in case somebody else has this issue. I made a template of both ends of the steering column and marked the position the hand levers and pins for the little levers needed to be in. Then we pulled the hand control rods out of the column and locked...

The pins are definitely not broken i pulled the out. im hoping the spark and throttle rods can be reversed in the column and the pin holes are drilled differently.