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It’s my opinion you are totally wrong with this statement. Vehicle weight does have an affect on stall speed. Sent from my iPhone using The...
I just found the thread and wish I had found it earlier. [MEDIA] Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Is your pressure plate number M-Pact 361675? So the disc for the T5 is the same spline count (10) as the stock 3 speed? Sent from my iPhone...
Thanks for the offer!!!!, but if I’m going in......I’m going to install new. My clutch doesn’t slip, it just chattered real badly. Sent from my...
I’ve got a 1953 Mercury Monterey with flathead Merc and a three speed with overdrive. I’m trying to locate a new or rebuilt pressure plate (clutch...
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I did a little more work on my 1953 Mercury Monterey today. I got the valve installed and adjusted, after I made a tool to hold the lifter as I...
The Rochester carb sounds like a great idea, but my manifold has been modified by someone drilling that third hole so the 94 would fit. I may...
I will be reusing the head bolts. I’m kinda cheap that way. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
My 1953 Monterey has a flathead and originally came with a “teapot” carburetor, but when I got it there was a Holley 94 hacked in its place. The...
I installed Eastwood Xmat in my truck over a year ago and haven’t had an issue. It gets over 100 degrees where I live a lot in the summer. I bet...
I went to my local pick and pull and they only had three 89-92 Rangers and they all had 7.5’s with 3.45 gears. I figured my 110 hp flat head still...
Not a Chevy guy, but this is the old standard 350 cid 350 hp corvette cam from GM. I’ve installed a lot of them and they are a great cam....
Here’s a (way too long) video of the Ford Ranger 7.5 rear end swap I did on my 1953 Mercury Monterey. It’s kind of a tutorial. [MEDIA] Sent...
The law didn’t really change too much from the existing law, now it’s just not correctable with a $25 fee. The fee is now like $1000 and you still...
They should both be even, and when they are, the shifter in the car should move in and out (not up and down) smoothly. The tube inside the column...
Make sure the column levers are even by moving the shifter forward and back. Then make sure the transmission shifter arms are both in the middle...
From what I’ve read, no. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
If you search Amazon for the Aerostar Springs, Moog CC850 Coil Spring Set, you can see one of the first reviews is about installing them in a 1954...
[MEDIA] My 1953 Mercury Monterey had a stuck engine. I pulled a head, unstuck a piston, and put it back together. I got it started and it had a...
The gear socket or shift collar on my 1953 Mercury Monterey broke where the roll pin attaches the shifter, so while I’m trying to find a used one...
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It is supposed to have a fresh rebuild on the flathead, so I’d like to get it running and driving first, then kinda pick at it until it appears...
I just bought a 1953 Mercury Monterey and I need some help decoding the body specification code on the serial number plate. Mine reads;...
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This is what it looked like when I bought it. I ended up using the cab that came with since the original cad was too rusty. [IMG][IMG] Sent...
Well, the plan was to build a set of regular headers, but I quickly found that I suck at it! So I bought a lake header kit from speedway so I...
After about 15 months it runs and drives. 1938 Ford with a 5.0 punched out to 347, BW T5 five speed and a Ford 8.8 rear with disc brakes all the...
I was wondering about that, but the bulbs in their stock setting are in a plastic, sealed, housing, so I’m not sure it would need a vent (famous...
Here’s a test from yesterday. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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