M1842

Could the shaft be worn down just enough to allow a leak? My best guess if multiple o ring replacements aren't working. But you have probably already checked this. 😀

Well, checked the back of the cylinder and saw the coil spring. I hit the lock with brake clean and then some silicone lubricating spray and it works again! That must be the easiest thing I have fixed on the car. I will look for the products mentioned above to lubricate properly. Thank you for your help, John and Frank! Mark

Did you do anything special on the shift quadrant other than cleaning it? I am always leary of messing too much with clear plastic pieces. Mark

This is a silly question maybe. But when I unlock the trunk on my 55, the cylinder just turns and doesn't spring back when I stop turning and let go. It just stops where I leave it. To lock the trunk, I close the lid and I turn the lock cylinder the opposite way. I don't recall seeing anything in the owner's manual about this and its certainly not how any of my other cars (going back to the late 60s) have functioned, except for my 51 Chevy. Is there a broken spring in the lock or is this just normal operation? Is this something that one finds on well used (or abused} old cars. Mark

My Dad was an MD and cars were just a means to get around, he mostly bought Chevy coupes for himself and Oldsmobile 4 door sedans for Mom. He did buy a few fun cars, he loved his 63 Buick Skylark convertible. He had a 62 VW Beatle convertible, too. The VW did not do well in the Iowa winters. He did not like Ford, Chrysler, or AMC products. As a result I have tended towards GM cars of the 50s.

As I recall, I found a book that Nader did on the VW Beatle in the U of MD library many years ago. I always wondered why it didn't get the same attention as his Corvair book. It was just as damning of VW. It's been 40 years, but the essence of the book was that the Beatle was a pre war design that had never been upgraded to match the higher speeds on the Interstate system.

Good to have good friends like that!

Any of the special tools referenced in shop manuals that mean I will have to create a process using what tools I have.

There are other places for the modified/hot rod/restored crowd. I would say you are in the right place!

This is a US Model 1842 Percussion Musket, my first Civil War era antique firearm.

Stumbled on these cars in a clearing in the woods. Derby cars or just someone's personal salvage yard.

My first antique car purchase was in 1990, a 51 Chevy Fleetline Special. I always liked the GM postwar fastback.

Thank you!

This was 1991, that's why I added that changes in laws and policy might prohibit this now. It also helped that all the previous owners were in Maryland as was I at the time. In 1991 it was a simple request at the MVA and a $2 fee per title file. I have not attempted this since. Not saying this is still possible. In this present environment of identity theft and scams, it may no longer be possible.

I did this with my 51 Chevy by requesting the title file from Maryland MVA. I started with my title file, it included the title from the previous owner, I then requested that title's title file which included the previous owner's title. Then worked back. Turned out I was the fourth owner. I had all the owner's names back to December 1950. It may be different now with privacy and identity theft laws and policies. But worth looking into.