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I am keeping the original transmission and rear end. Like you said, I know this 59A would have been originally meant for a military/commercial truck toward the end of WW2. However, someone put a Mercury crank and pistons into it, and reground the cam (probably in the 50's because it had 8BA...

I should have done a little more research into my owner's and shop manuals. There were only two rear axles offered for the trucks from 1932 to 1936: 5.14:1 and 6.6:1. It should be pretty easy to figure it out now. Thanks!

I'm going to build up a 59A flathead with factory relieved valveports for my 1936 1.5 ton dually. I want a custom grind on the cam, but I know I won't be successful putting a typical modified cam into a truck engine. The cam specialists I'm talking to need to have an idea what my rear...

Ken ct: Amazingly enough, in this fuel pump, it is not possible to get the screen under the gasket. The center of the pump where the bolt attaches the cap is tapered so that the brass screen will go down only so far. Therefore, the cork gasket is forced to go under. V12Bill: Yeah, we don't...

All: I thank you very much for your speedy response. I would have responded earlier, but right after "cmbrucew" mentioned the condenser, I immediately went out and put the old condenser from 15 years ago back on. She's feeling good now and running like a raped ape! After 15 years of not...

I'm hoping one of you guys can help me out here. I apologize for the length of this, but I wanted to explain everything I've tried so far. I'm having some trouble with my '36 ton-and-a-half. It has a '40 Ford flathead with an Edmund's dual carb intake. We just got our carburetors back from...