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Have you seen this: http://www.imperialclub.com/Repair/Lit/Master/012B/cover.htm I assume you have, as it indeed does state as a last resort to pull the tranny. What is your idle speed set at? If too high the torque could be transferring too much power to the tranny input shaft. When you attempt to put it in low range/reverse the gears are spinning and clashing? I took one of these trannys apart to learn how it works. I put this video together. There is not many moving parts in there. Low gear selection is moving a ring to lock a gear to a shaft. Reverse is sliding a gear to change direction of output. There is not much to cause grinding, which is why I am thinking high idle. You mentioned when fully depressing clutch you may not be completely disengaging the power thru the tranny. https://youtu.be/DtqjLNEOpqc

Is your fluid drive matched up with an M6 semi auto transmission? The one with R, L, N, D on the shift column? You accelerate to a certain speed, lift your foot off the gas temporarily, then it auto shifts?

You listen here boy. Its time you made a man of yourself. You done went and made a baby with my daughter. If you don’t sell this here Chevrolet to put a roof over her head and buy diapers, I’ll be payin you a visit at 2 am with a fryin pan. Ya hear me? D’yall understand what I’m sayin? You be best headin down to A&W real soon. They’s hirin’ and you need a job son. Git ta gittin now. Go on!

Today I took the opportunity to fire up the car again and drive it. The seat is out, I’ve resorted to sitting on a milk crate. Snow has not arrived yet however is due any day. The car is becoming better every week and I am happy with my progress. Its running good. A little video update from tonight: https://youtu.be/LyMIPDy_7AQ

Starting to tackle some interior upholstery work. We’ll try 1 new door panel and see how it turns out. In the meantime the window cranking assembly and linkage will get cleaned up and lubed. Its stiff and dry now, however is functioning somewhat.

Glove box latch would be great! Rod prop system for holding the split hood open, both sides. Small cover piece for hand crankshaft hole in grill. Some type of vaccum system for the window wipers. I am not sure what it is supposed to have. My system seems MIA. Thanks, Keith.

Thanks @BearsFan315. Late 1920's seems about the right time they started showing up in mass produced cars. If so, they certainly had a long run in mass production. A few pump improvements here and there but it seems the basic principles of operation and design, stayed mostly the same.

I heard or maybe read somewhere about the vintage vacuum fuel transfer system. From the tank to the carb. The invention was patented and supposedly fiercely protected. All car manufacturers were paying licensing fees to the company that owned the patent. Prices were steep. They had the market locked up pretty solid. What happened next? Was it true someone had enough and said, “We need to come up with a new idea. Get the fuel pump prices down.” Then got to work designing an alternative? When did the diaphragm mechanical fuel make its debut? Who invented it? What cars used it first? Seems to me it had a pretty good run. Into the late 70’s maybe? Eventually fuel injection caused its demise I believe. Thx.

OK, I will keep posting. Seems there are a few folks interested in following along. Last night was another small victory as the entire rear end lights up again! Light housings were refurbished will all new related hardware and wiring. Rust removed. A new rear frame harness. And whaddya know, everything works as new. I have no issues with the original 6V system and it will stay. I was digging through my spare parts trying to round up some 6V bulbs that worked. The right side lamp here has an incorrect bulb in it, you can see that it's dimmer than the left side. I'll be out shopping for bulbs today. Thinking next I'll flash the engine back up after finishing up all the fuel system work. Fuel tank is back in. New fuel lines. Installed a spare used mechanical fuel pump again. Not sure how the pump will perform so we shall see. I'll put a gauge on it and test it. Deal with any issues and go for a test drive maybe. Might be be fun to go do some donuts in the snow. 😁 Next project I'll be pulling the tranny.

A recent one from just this week...

Hi folks. I started a thread on reviving my 1938 Plymouth. I listed it in the AACA section about Projects and Restorations. I struggled about where to post the thread. It may been suited in this forum as well. I encourage you to check in on occasion to see what I’m up to. See the car’s progress. Tips and ideas are welcome there. There are some parts I need. If anyone has a parts car please let me know! See here: https://forums.aaca.org/topic/330557-1938-plymouth-sedan/ Regards. Keith

Fuel tank went back in tonight. The entire winter ahead looks a lot like this.

Thanks @neil morse. I do love the old Mopars. I bought the car for the love of the hobby. I was unsure how far I’d go with fixing it up. I dreamt of a beautiful spotless restoration. Then I looked at the sell prices for these cars that have been restored. Sadly much, much to little for the amount of time, parts and skill required to restore one. I do love the hobby however throwing money into the wind, I struggle with. If there was a family history or some other sentimental attachment, I’d likely open the bank account freely. Today the goal is to revive the car. A solid, reliable driver. I very much enjoy working on them, and being rewarded by driving the old cars. Progressing while still being able to drive them is very appealing to me. Where I end up as far as a restoration in the future? Who knows? I may just keep progressing year after year. Then my sons will have to worry about sentimental value in the future. Lol. My wife is extremely talented. She has her mind set on doing the upholstery herself. I am pretty sure she’ll knock it out of the park. Tranny will be dropped soon too for a reseal. Inspect clutch etc. My Chrysler is a ‘53. It does lurk in the garage beside my ‘38. It gets out on cruises pretty regularly. It satisfies my desire to drive while the ‘38 is down and out for extended periods.

Good score at $1400 for the young lads. Hopefully the new owner has a mentor and some guidance on it’s revival. Classy move bowing out. It would have been awfully tempting to snatch up the car at that price.

Most of the work I am doing is somewhat new to me, so I am learning as I go here. I am humbled by the amount of time people put into restorating of their old cars. The past few sessions in the garage I have been working on rear tail lights. Along with that comes 81 years of rust. Almost every bolt had to be cut apart and ground/drilled out. I restored the lamp parts, brackets, all new wires, rivets, all hardware. All ground mounts cleaned to new metal. Re-routed the harnesses. Covered them up with loom. Solder and eat-shrink at every connection. New hand cut rubber mounting gaskets. This takes a fair bit of time to do a decent job. It is very rewarding as the rear lamps are very bright and effective again! I hope the electrical work I am doing will be trouble free for decades to come.

Am I missing something in that video? There was no sound. It's unfortunate that it appears the Plymouth needed a tow truck at least twice in the video. @48NWYKR is doing his best to avoid this situation with his wife and 2 kids in the car, a long way from home.

The pile of removed & replaced wires keeps growing.

3 Speed manual transmission. Turns and is not frozen. Pulled from a running car. Main housing is marked with casting 1408517-9. Rear housing marked with casting 138238-1. Front mounting flange of tranny has the following stamped on a flat surface. “5 6 53 KE”. Includes park brake assembly. Exactly as shown. Located in Kamloops BC Canada. Willing to ship. $200 plus freight.

Looking forward to pics. Thx.

1987 with my first car. ‘73 Pinto I believe it was. 2019 with my first and only wife! 😀 1953 Chrysler.

The man has done a fair, and good job offering this car to anyone who wants to restore it to its former glory. So far no takers. In today’s world this is not surprising. I prefer stock too, however I’m not stepping up to buy this car. I have both stock and a non-stock old cars, for different reasons. I say carry on and do as you please without guilt @danritz.

My 1953 radio worked for bit, then died. I heard it fade off quietly one time when I was driving. Sounded like a dying tube to me. I took a chance, I took part of it out and replaced all tubes. The old tubes used in these old car radios, I found them pretty cheap. http://www.tubesandmore.com I reviewed the schematic that was glued to the housing. I ordered all the e-caps and replaced them all then reassembled. My radio works again. There is only 1 AM station around here. It's ok once you hit your late 40's and up. However, there are two major components to my radio. There is the amplifier that is attached to the speaker. That is that part I rebuilt. Then separately there is the tuner/head with controls. The main radio in the dash. I did not take it apart. It seems to work, however something crackles once in a while. I figure I will get in there too at some point. For now, I enjoy it during every drive. This is the stock pic, before I replaced all the caps seen The Brown wax covered one, the paper covered one, and the black one on the left.

I remember the day I bought my 1953 Chrysler. No seat belts. Bias ply tires of unknown age. I drove it home on the hiway. I pushed it to see how it would do. I drove a lot of the way home at 7o mph. My son was following, driving behind me. That may have been one of the stupidest things I have ever done. Imagine had I blown a tire? Failed a tie rod? Whatever else. I had little knowledge of the car at that time. My son would have had to witness the event, had it unfolded. Tires. Brakes. Brake fluid. Brake flex lines. Hoses. Seat belts. Parking brake. W/Wipers. Horn. Lights. And more. Yes, pay very close attention. Your loved ones are counting on you.

I have had my share as a young teen driver 33 years ago. Everywhere I turned stuff was breaking or needed adjustment. I was kicking horse turds walking to school and work, while the car was down. Working on my next pay check, I endured. I racked it up as experience. I learned that when you can only afford cheap junk, expect to perform accordingly. Bad luck that fought me the whole way? I don’t think so. Just every darn thing was wore out. Today I buy old junk, park it and go over everything. The process could take years. I don’t buy it and expect to be my daily driver. Lol. Back then I did.

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