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    brake drums

    even though i had play in the e brake cable i removed the cable from the vertical e brake lever the drum would not fit i removed the horizontal e brake lever lengthen the pivot area of the two levers it worked kicked my *** i thank all of you for your replies to my post gerry
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    brake drums

    the brake drum will not slide over the rear brake shoes unless i remove the parking brake horizontal lever with the lever removed the drum fits freely im thinking of modifying the parking brake lever
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    brake drums

    i did not replace the brake shoes the reason for replacing the drums the hubs and drums were drilled to chevy bolt pattern so i installed ford hubs 5 on 5.5 and purchased new drums could very well be the shoe arch thanks you gerry
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    brake drums

    i purchased 4 new American made brake drums for my 40 coupe the fronts fit fine the rear will not slide over the brake shoes i adjusted the brakes to minimal the lower shoe cams are adjusting if i remove the e brake vertical lever the drums will fit over the shoes what am i missing what am i...
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    diamondback tires

    i buy them direct always order wide white radials with the extra beauty ring gives them a bias look they balance well have them on my 40 coupe and 50 merc my preference over cooker radials that i originally put on the merc
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    wheels

    I Am looking for four 1947 1947 style 15 inch Mercury wheels thanks Gerry F 401 952 1674
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    model a ford wire ga

    thanks
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    model a ford wire ga

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    model a ford wire ga

    thanks for all the great info will apply
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    model a ford wire ga

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    model a ford wire ga

    thanks for the info
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    model a ford wire ga

    I am trying to confirm the wire gauge for a 1930 model a ford the harness on my veh has been replaced with incorrect wire I assume the charging system would be 10 gauge and 12 gauge and the lights horn ignition would be 12 to 14 gauge would that be correct thanks Gerry
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    light duty shocks

    any suggestions my veh stock model a frame 1951 8ba engine 40 rear end with spring perch on top of axel housing stock model a rear spring with 5 leaf front spring posie reversed eye super slide body model a 2dr sedan with roof removed my problem extreme hard ride tried front and rear speedway...
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    light duty shocks

    any suggestions on shocks I built a model a stock frame 2dr a body with roof removed 8BA engine 40 ford rear end with model a top spring perch stock model a rear leaf spring using 5 leaf posie reverse eye super slide up front installed speedway gas and socal oil shocks both give hard ride...
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    popping back fire

    the vacuum to distributor is from the carb closest to the firewall the second carb vacuum is blocked off if I remove and crimp the vac line from dist and advance or retard there is not much rpm variance
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    popping back fire

    will give it a try thanks
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    popping back fire

    1951 ford 8ba with dual 94 carbs 12 volt gen internal ballast coil stock distributor idles fine but when you steadily bring up the rpm it starts to back fire and pop thru the carburetor any ideas thanks Gerry
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    popping back fire

    stock steel housing distributor
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    popping back fire

    I have a 1951 8ba with two 94 carbs starts and idles fine on accell it pops thru the carbs any suggestions timing is set new internal balas 12 volt coil wires and plugs are new any suggestions
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    internal trans swap

    i have a 1940 ford pick up trans and a 1948 ford car trans i was told that the parts from the 48 can be installed in the 40 pu case and have a floor shift trans with improved shifting 2nd to third and down shift 3rd to 2nd anyone out there perform this update gerry
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