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Great old Ford! I believe a set of the chrome "spyder" wheel covers, like on your roadster, would look perfect on the delivery....

That's the answer! Thank you!

Thanks for responding...I have some soldering paste but don't know if that is the same as flux. Seems like a short window of time between heating the soldered wire and sliding on the brass end. And once it is on, I don't know how to add more solder since the brass end is slid up to the wire...

Can someone please teach me how to solder on the brass wire ends common on 34 and other early Fords? Thank you!

My 36 LB flathead had the same symptoms, and it was a plugged orifice that feeds the accelerator pump well. Different carb, but same stumble off idle...

Why mess with it? If it doesn't leak, leave it alone.

I was told it was a 58 box. It does have the recirculating balls and does NOT have the hole in the end for the horn wire (57). I don't want to play around with the geometry, so I'll use the original pitman arm. Good info about the MS vs PS difference. Thank you, guys!

KULTULZ, I was hoping you would chime in. I agree, that would certainly simplify the whole deal. I'm just curious about there being 2 different ones (maybe more). The Ranchero was built on a Custom 300, Courier, Sedan Delivery frame. Maybe the column I scored was from a Fairlane 500 or something...

Well, the manual steering box just gave up on my Ranchero. It was the roller bearings on the long shaft. Luckily, and I truly mean luckily, it gave out right in front of my garage upon returning from a cruise-in. It had been acting up and had a lot of play for a while and I had adjusted the...

Terry, you are right. I had to use some adapters to go from NPT to compression fittings. Luckily, I had two. Thanks for the heads up.

38 coupe, yes I have checked the accelerator pump and had the little check ball out(it was stuck both times). I will take it apart again and do a more thorough cleaning. I will probably end up taking the tank off for cleaning and to blow out the line to the front.

Alan, I did clock it over 1 click and it sits nice and close to the firewall now. Kurt, I didn't know about the screen in the original pump and I was wondering what that petcock was for. This is a car I just bought and I am in the early stages of sorting it out. I has been sitting for 4 or 5...

I'm having issues with my 36 LB engine regarding fuel. There is no fuel filter so I want to add one. I have a fuel pump from a 51 truck motor with the built-in glass bowl filter. It will physically bolt up, but my concern is it having the correct "throw", that is enough to actuate the pump but...

40cpe is the winner! And thanks for the other replies. I did have the two wires reversed. I was going by the length of the wires at the solenoid. Now that it is wired right the red wire is tight and the brown wire has a lot of slack. Good to be back going again.....plus I learned something the...

Hi fellas! It's me again with more problems! My Ranchero don't know when to quit! It all started when my battery slowly failed. It is an old battery which gave me great service. At the last, when it was turning slowly before quitting, the starter would not turn enough to throw out the bendix...

KULTULZ you nailed it!

I half-heartedly remember hearing of a shade-tree fix for those filter plates that are warped. Something about seating it in a tube of the right diameter (maybe an old starter housing) and giving it a rap with a large hammer. The goal was to restore the "bell" shape and cure the flatness of it...

Thanks for all the replies. This is what I did.... Once I got it out and got the float assy out, I could tell it was only rusty where little pools of water had settled--not too bad. I could also tell it did not have a sock on the inlet--one less worry. After cruising YouTube for solutions, I got...

I put the new tank in. I always use non-ethanol gas. My avatar is the only picture I have. Thank you for the fuel filter reference. Once I get the tank out, I will try to take photos to show the inside. I got this neat little scope camera off the internet that works off a smart phone. Thanks...

Thank you KULTULZ. This was a brand new replacement tank from Bob Drake. The ORIGINAL tank was rusty and had pin holes and had the "sock". Maybe someone in the past put it in there. I am only assuming at this point that the replacement tank has the sock. When I take it down I will check and if...