The Jalopy Journal
It looks like where the motor mounts sit on the crossmember the "35-40" crossemember sits a couple inches lower than the one in the truck. My fear...
Thanks for clarifying year. So like mentioned do I need taller motor insulators? What vendor sales them as I thought they where all the same
Thanks, i didnt realize they made different size insulators. Any idea which size I would need
I am needing some help, I have a 1941 ford pick up that I am working on getting back on the road and during some upgrades I noticed the front...
Squirrel thank for the information, makes sense why I'm seeing the voltage fluctuate. Ill look into the regulator
So I tested system today while the pump was running. I cut the fuel supply off and then slowly opened it while pump was running. When the shit off...
Ok, so what's the best way to test it? Should I see the voltage drop while tht car is running?
Hope someone can help with some guidance, I purchased a 12v to 6v voltage reducer (the gold one with fin's) to reduce the voltage to my autopulse...
The distributor is a original converted to electronic by Bubbas Distributors. There is no condenser
So I sent my distributor back to Bubba and the control module in the distributor had burned up. He mentioned this would happen if the Ignition was...
It is a stock crab dizzy that I sent to Bubba where he converted it to an electronic dizzy. I did some more checking and I am not getting any...
Not had a lot of time to work on it but did put a new coil on, put new spark plugs gaped at .030. And still no luck. Still digging.
It turns over just doesn't fire.
12v. The car will not even crank so it won't idle now
Yea will do, my coil was crazy hot as well.The new coil may be bad as well. Other than swapping coils is there a way to test a coil? What causes...
I have plenty of fuel at the carbs have pressure gauge at carbs. Been running 1lb now bumped up to 2lbs. I do have spark coming from dizzy to the...
Here's the details. 29' ford coupe with 59ab flatty rocking aluminum heads, dual 94 carbs, a Bubba electronic distributer, aluminum radiator....
Hey I know that 29' Special Coupe! Great photos. Thanks
I found an olds rocket motor (minus the heads) that was rebuilt by an engine shop in the late 60's. The engine is still sitting in the back of the...
Awesome thanks for the reply. I will call you tomorrow.
I met a guy at the Auto fair this past september that had the following 28 tub, I was very interested in his setup and we exchanged numbers so...
Studebakermatt, your roadster is spot on as well. i am currently working on a 26 ford roadster right now as my next project. gonna tailor it for...
I would agree the show had a mixture of cars, the rumor was there was around 450 cars at the show. I went last year and it seems that there where...
I have a spare trans I could build but am debating on switching gears and putting in a t5 trans. I hate to go that route at this point but not...
So occasionally my ford top loader 3spd will pop out of second. I took the spring and steel balls out of the side of the shifter plate and...
I'm wanting to raise it and stiffen it up a little as well
Should I leave the spreader in the spring while I remove the leafs will this make it easier?
I am using a spring spreader. I did have a 1 inch spacer in the car now made out of aluminum but it is very crude. I have a hole bored in the...
I am needing to add a few leafs to my model A rear spring and am unsure about the best way to do this? I have a spring spreader I am using to...
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