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    Thanks to all

    here you go some pictures in my album on this site here http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/album.php?albumid=1506 I'm at work and using my phone so they are not in the order that I wanted ;]
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    Thanks to all

    oops, your right, a google password will work. I will try to upload to here.
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    Thanks to all

    Finally finished a 2 year project doing a nut/bolt restore on a '30 CCPU. pictures here https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/myphotos Thank you to the Ford Barn and all who have helped me with information and parts to finish this project, you guys/gals are great and the wealth of information here is...
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    Please help, any advice?

    Had a diesel dump truck that would just intermittently die, some times 6 months apart, finally after a couple of years we found somebody had filled a baggie with diesel and put it in the tank, it would just float around until it plugged the fuel intake, die, and let go just saying ;/
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    Recycled Oil Again.....Oh Please!

    When I had my big trucks a senior mechanic at Kenworth Northwest told me that recycled oil had harder molecules and was better ;]
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    what would Henry do

    Just about finished with a nut and bolt restore of a '30 CCPU. As I worked on the old girl I often thought if back when you did something to make Henry mad where would he put you on the assembly line. My vote is rear window installer on the closed cab pickup line, what a task that was. whats...
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    Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

    with all of that blue rtv you want to check you oil passages especially the crank, don't ask.
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    gluing down top bubbles

    A little help is needed here are a couple of pictures,sorry for the blur, it is a contactor made by Mitsubishi pt#ur1222jg, cannot find the points, perhaps I could interchange it for another brand, if I knew what I was looking for
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    Casting the block upside down?

    The bubble thing makes sense Ford, Chevy, Peterbuilt, Honda, Daimler, Jeep There I said it
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    gluing down top bubbles

    I will post some pictures soon, they really are about the size of ignition breaker points mounted to a c shaped base
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    Most Liberal Insurance Underwriters?

    I use Hagerty for the '56 occasional driving is acceptable best price
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    Painting Chrome

    what I have done is clean well, laquer thinner or acetone to get all wax and oils off scuff it with a scuff pad to provide a "key" for the primer paint with a good DTM (direct to metal) urethane primer finish sand and paint
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    Where do you fit in?

    3 having been a mechanic, fabricator,painter all of my life now that things have slowed down a bit, what am I doing? 47 ford 8n tractor nut and bolt restor used regularly 2009 1956 chevy truck frame off restor only things I didn't do was mount the tires and grind the valves 2011, best in class...
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    gluing down top bubbles

    nope, 2 are fried down to the base plate, not having much luck finding them either. might just silver solder some on if I can find them.
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    gluing down top bubbles

    Thanks for all of the reply's. I like the plastic wrap or wax paper, use it when doing fiberglass also. Razor blade would work also. I have taken some scrap material and glued it to steel with elmers, trim adhesive and super glue, didn't have a chance to check it this morning. My shop came...
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    gluing down top bubbles

    no yelling here, want to use something slower drying than super glue, any ideas on a watery type of slow glue?
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    gluing down top bubbles

    '31 CCPU prior owner welded a steel top on it. drilled holes 2" apart and installed fabric and hide-um with pop rivets in the sunshine here yesterday. put her in the shop, this morning there are a couple of small bubbles, Tried to drill out a couple of the rivets to pull the fabric and they spun...
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    spark advance for turn signals

    I read someplace that after converting to mechanical spark advance the spark lever was used for turn signals, can't find it now. Anybody done this? pictures? '
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    bad day for the A

    being used to spraying enamels where your 1st coat is a fog coat is probably where I messed up.
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    bad day for the A

    Just venting here, body work all done and cab and bed in primer. Had the cab on low saw horses tipped forward on some blocks and a milk crate so I could paint the bottom, which I did, looked like a good time to take the doors off, pushed on the screwdriver and the milk crate collapsed and the...
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