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Vintageben

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  1. Hi John here is what the manual says on adjusting the clutch I will take a photo of the greaser tomorrow
  2. Sorry it has taken some days for me to get a couple of pics they do not show much detail And unfortunately I won’t have time to get better ones until later in the week. But I will also add the diagram out of the manual. Hopefully this helps.
  3. Hi John I will have look see if I can get a photo in a couple of days just a bit busy at the moment. Cheers Ben
  4. Hi Chris thats great news about the carby. 28 Chevs are great cars and yes not slow for the period if they are running right. As for the oil on the rocker gear I’m sorry to say you are the Oiler! The pump does not pump oil up there in fact the pump only pump into troughs in the sump so the dipper on the big ends pick it up/ splash feed. Back to the rocker gear/valve train there should be a large felt under the rocker cover this needs to be kept oiled up. If you don’t already have an oil can get your self one and oil the rocker gear on a regular basis also remember to oil the front bush on the water pump. Best of luck with it all. Cheers Ben
  5. Should be easy enough to find an original carbie. From memory it should be a Carter RAKXO but I can double check tomorrow when I’m back near my books.
  6. That makes it easy you just need to paint the other items correct colour no need to buy any red paint🤣
  7. You can always paint it red then it is red and a head 🤣 sorry I couldn’t help myself. The other day I was nearly going to make a comment that NH might stand for Normal Head then I thought there is nothing normal about mine but now that I’m getting older I’m thinking Silver dome is much closer considering my hair is discolouring. Right that’s it I will stop now.
  8. Thanks Viv that is some great info and clears up a couple of things for the rest of us. I kind of expected that my heads were the silver dome as they did not have red head on them. Thanks again Ben
  9. There are some big differences between early 20’s to late 20’s. I currently drive 1926 and 27 Chev 4’s I also have a 1929 Chrysler 65 there is a huge difference between these cars. The Chrysler has 4 wheel hydraulic brakes the Chev has 2 wheel mechanical, the Chrysler stops sooo much better. As far as fun goes I still get a huge kick out of the Chev and probably have more laughs in it. But as far as refinements and easy driving the Chrysler probably wins and is still a lot of fun, Just more dignified but dignified fun is not what I’m always looking for🤣. Try and drive a few different ones or at least go for a ride in a few first before committing to anything, I think there are more affordable 1920’s cars on offer at the moment then there has been for sometime at least that’s what it seems like to me.
  10. I’m really not sure if all 72 roadsters were fitted with red heads as I have two 72 motors one out of a coupe and the other out of a roadster. Neither of these have red head or silver dome marked on them. The roadster one has a NH cast on to it the other only numbers. As I’m in Australia what was offered locally may have been different to USA. Here is a The coupe head.
  11. Yeah the sectioned chassis is really interesting, it was donated to the museum back in 1929 so I guess there was no problems with sourcing parts back then. It certainly provides a great reference fo us who are restoring cars. The same museum has a sectioned Chrysler sedan body from 28 as well. Another thing I notice is the push pull cable mounted in the chassis cross member, my 72 has the same but I don’t know what it was for. Looking at the museum photos It maybe an exhaust cut out what’s everyone else think. I do plan on making contact with the museum and getting down there to have a look at some stage. now back to the heads I would think if nothing is written on them they are standard but I certainly could be wrong. Ben
  12. Yeah depending how hot or cold it is where you live you can probably get away with out it. It’s interesting that many say it was never fitted with a thermostat and they may very well be correct but yesterday I received a Manual for my Chrysler 72 October 1927 and it states in that model there was a thermostat. The 72 has a very similar top hose housing to yours, so did the 72’s older but smaller brother not get the same treatment ?🤔 For my 1929 model 65 I was able to source a new 160 degrees thermostat from my local auto parts store and on the advice from my radiator rebuilder I drilled three small wholes in it to allow some bypass and hopefully avoiding any air locks
  13. Yep what a great film, my Dad introduced me to it as a kid and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I guess for some strange reason it is one of the reasons I wanted to join the old car hobby I probably should see someone about that 🤔🤣. A few years ago I found it on DVD and showed it to my wife She laughed and enjoyed it too. As for the music score her comments were something along the lines of “ that music it suits the hobby perfectly sort of meandering along quirkily with owners being perhaps a little soft in the head” I took this as a compliment as it was intended 🤣. This movie is also the reason I would really like to own a veteran car one day, thanks for reminding us about it.
  14. Oh dear. No internals that’s bloody terrible 😢I would say at this stage they have been more for “show then function, looks a bit like they used spear gun rubber band. I guess you could replace the rubber band or look for more complete units or replace the rubber and run them while looking. That is really sad when you discover something like this. Best of luck with it all.
  15. Thanks Leomara When I get closer to doing something with mine I’m thinking I will put them in a drum of diesel for a week or two to help soften everything.
  16. Yeah I’m not sure if this was an export thing it’s possible as I’m in Australia. I cannot even say definitely which model mine are off as they came with a whole pile of early Chrysler parts. Yep all the changes are certainly challenging all these years later.
  17. These are Hasslers off my 72 I’m sure they are going to provide hours of fun getting them right. Different to the Weed ones these use a webbing strap instead of cables
  18. So in amongst all my bits and pieces I have a few of these Weed levelizers so I thought why not pull one apart a share the photos on what I discovered. They appear to use steel cable/rope. There are various pieces of webbings I guessing to stop the rattles and help keep the dirt out. The big washer appears to be fibre. I think to pull apart and to put it back together properly you may want to make a special tool to get the spring in the right place but I could be wrong on this. Anyway let me know if there is any measurements etc that you want. Cheers Ben
  19. Yep I just showed my wife this and her comment was that of course u and h together make a long u sound but then again she was born in Germany and like most wives she is usually correct.🤣
  20. Yep should have oil filter you could try fitting a modern by-pass filter I have done so on my 75 series just to get it running. I can get some pics tomorrow but I’m sure someone will have chimed in by then with more info. As far as oil goes I’m sure you will get many different opinions I personally like Penrite shelsley medium or light depending on how healthy the engine is. the original oil filter was mounted on the fire wall next to the brake reservoir.
  21. That’s an interesting quandary, the old one size fits everyone/ fits no one. My 65 sedan has no adjustment on the fronts seat and I find it is a bit cramped for my legs even though the steering wheel position is fine, my wife says it just right yet she is shorter then me mainly in the leg department. I know much of the advertising of the day for the 1929 model 65 was aimed at the women folk. My 1928 model 72 coupe looks again no adjustment but appears that it is going to be good for me but I think my wife will need a pillow behind her. Definitely interesting that some lower priced cars offered adjustment but a much more expensive vehicle didn’t. One of those things we will quandary for some time.
  22. The 1929 65 and 75 motors had a thermostat and a similar housing so I’m guessing the 27 models may have had one originally but it has been removed. I’m sure someone more knowledgeable will chime in.
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