Wow good catch
I had a couple Mopars do that to me back in the day never seen a Ford do it though.
My Mopars sounded like a Rod Knock or spun Main bearing.
Always very happy too find a Broken flex plate!!!!
1949 Ford F-1 Pickup
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Dennis B.
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Man you are so right. It could have been much worse. |
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Well my plan to get the flywheel installed last night fell through. It bolted to the crank but the holes were off for the torque converter. I was very unhappy to find this out with the transmission up in the air trying to get it to line up. I wasn’t prepared to have to bring the transmission down again so I almost got hurt and fluid went everywhere. I chalked it up to God’s sovereignty, got cleaned up, relaxed and then went to bed. I returned the flywheel to Autozone this morning, got a used one from a local junkyard and I’m now back on the road with no rattle.
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I have been getting a lot of wrong parts lately from local shops myself very frustrating.
Glad you didn't get hurt, Got to have a good transmission jack for that job. I had a good Transmission floor jack one at one time but it disappeared and the one I have for doing it on the lifts is a pos, I need to get a good one. I just did my fourth Tranny rebuild myself! I beginning to really enjoy it. I really wouldn't mind getting a Job working in a Transmission shop if I would get to build with another good builder only so much that the books show. Although I have found a Good web forum for them and there is Utube. So many fricken special tools for doing it Dennis B.
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Yeah that’s why I’ve never rebuilt any. Too many tools as you say.
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I’ve had a pretty productive couple of days. I installed some peep mirrors. I’ve read where most people say they’re for looks and pretty much useless. I found that to be the case with them installed high. Once I lowered them down they work fine for me. I still like the looks as well.
I wanted to do more with the running boards so I finally made a filler piece between the board and fender. Since the running boards are smooth I also made some trim pieces out of aluminum flat bar. I got finished just in time to go to a car cruise. I’ve had a lot of fun with this truck the last two weeks. 400 miles on it. I go back to work next week and crazy overtime is expected to soon follow so the truck probably won’t see many changes in the near future. |
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Truck looks great. My neighbor has Ford F-1. He is running a corvette IFS and IRS , with a 351 Cleveland and overdrive.
Once again really nice truck you have there |
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That’s a cool combination. |
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Finally got the hood on. Took a lot of work fabbing a reverse tilt hinge.
https://youtu.be/LuAvoBiMNRU .. |
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I like the way that tilt works better than the one I put on this '55 Chevy.
Had to install this bracing: Then these adjustable hinges: Rollers and rails: It utilizes the original hood latch system. So when closing it is lowered onto the rails/rollers and then pushed backwards and down to latch the hood. Getting this thing adjusted and the hood aligned was a nightmare. 1968 Coronet R/T
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