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I switched from carbon core ignition wires to solid copper core wires on my 59A flathead. The SW Wings tach, which worked fine before the switch,...
My 59A flathead has a backfire out of the exhaust on hard acceleration, usually between 2000 and 2500 RPM. The car backfires more or less...
SCE Gaskets in Lancaster, CA. They make solid copper gaskets in various thicknesses. Look them up on the internet. Even if the gasket you need...
Nice bracket. Stupid question: how do you attach the inner choke cable to the ball stud on the choke arm?
Which geezer?
Slight correction to Steve's post about the tires: they are Atlas Bucrons but they were available through Standard Oil dealers. Atlas, I...
Thanks everyone for all the compliments about the car. The credit goes first to my old man, who built it right the first time in a Glendale...
Thanks for the photos. I'm not excited about modifying the stock pedal assembly since it's orginal 32. I suppose I can buy a repo part and...
My 59A flathead has an Offenhauser regular dual manifold, Tardel 3" risers, and dual 97's. I'm using the stock 32 ford throttle arm that mounts...
The car is a 32 Ford 5 window. The gauge is a liquid filled Moon gauge. It's installed on the fuel block which is mounted to the firewall on the...
I'm running a Holley 12v electric fuel pump with a Holley regulator on my flathead. With the current setting on my regulator, fuel pressure...
The pistons do clear the deck -- by about .025 at TDC. That's why I guessed the builder might have used Ford pistons with the Mercury crank....
I previously posted about the problem I was having with the pistons hitting the heads on the 59A flathead in my 32 Ford 5 window. The pistons...
I just read 51 Leadsled's thread regarding the noise his flathead is making. Some of the posts indicate that you need to run the stock fuel pump...
Possibly a stupid question, but is there and up side and a down side for flathead head gaskets? The engine is a 59A with a new set of Navarro...
Anyone else have any advice? I'm really unsure what to do next -- bolt on a new set of heads and hope for the best or tear down the engine and...
Well, I finally pulled the head and what I thought was a sticking valve was the right rear piston hitting the head. Not enough, I hope, to bend a...
What would you guys run in a 1939 Ford transmission and a stock 1932 banjo rear end? 90 weight or 140?
Tardel's risers are machined so that it is a single port for both barrels of the carburetor down to the mainifold. Any downside to this versus a...
I'm currently running an Offenhauser regular dual with two Stromberg 97's on my 59A flathead. I was thinking of switching over to an Edelbrock...
Sorry about misreading your reply. The engine has non-adjustable lifters.
It's not the fuel pump rod. The car has an electric fuel pump. I removed the stock pump and rod.
The engine does not have hydraulic lifters. Any other thoughts as to what the problem is or what I should do next? The "sticking valve" noise...
I posted last week about what I thought was a sticking valve on my 59A flathead. To recap, I finally started my rebuilt flathead after about 8...
Using the old screwdriver-stethoscope test, I determined the sticking valve to be in the rear cylinder on the passenger side. I pulled the plug,...
Thanks for the advice so far. I'll try to post photos as soon as I get it out of the garage and running. How risky (in terms of camshaft...
I'm new to the board but I've been reading now for awhile. I've got a 32 Ford 5 window my father hot rodded in the 50's. The car sat for 40...
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