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    Build Cards via the Chrysler Museum are still available

    in Dodge & Dodge Brothers

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    4 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said:

    I wish you the best of luck.

     

    It would be very encouraging to find out they have one for you but if they don't, please remember, you're to be commended for at least trying and having the interest in a piece of history that owners prior to you may not of known about. Thanks to the internet and our modern ways of communicating it's made it so easy and readily available so why not try and take advantage of it? I think we are truly honored to have that ability that others before us may not have had.

     

    I look at the pre 1932 Dodge Brothers era as a puzzle of sorts;  as current owners, we all need to work together in order to bring the whole picture in to view.

     

    Remember, we're just caretakers until the next owner has the honor of continuing the love for these pieces of automotive history. Besides, it's the least we can do... sending in for build cards is just one of our tasks as current owners that can help secure segments of missing information and hope the next generation continue a passion for answers, no matter what year or model of DB. 

     

    Again, best of luck to you (fingers crossed), we're all pulling for you and others who try. 

    Well said. I sent the email. We will see what she says. 

    Build Cards via the Chrysler Museum are still available

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    16 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said:

     

    Never hurts to try...

    I'm guessing (just a guess) that the dates she provided was based on historical research they've done to this point. You never know, yours may be the first 26' they come across..

     

    Besides, with all the confusion around model years, title mix ups from previous owners (among many other reasons...) if I was in your shoes I'd still try and send for it, but that's just me..

     

    If you decide not to you'll never know. 

    You’re right. I think I’ll give it a shot. 

    I Added Period Correct Turn Signals to My ‘26 DB

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    Posted · Edited by DB26 (see edit history)

    2 Years later....

     

     

    I moved the turn signals to the front. I just didn’t like the clutter and all the vacuum line needed to run to the rear. 
     

    The new wires and vacuum lines run out of the cab through the cowl lights. The cowl lights are now non functioning dummies and I didn’t have to drill any holes in the body. I’ll try to take some close up shots of the wires and vacuum lines soon. To get the vacuum through the small holes of the cowl mounting bolts, I used very thin hobby brass tubing and epoxied them in place. The vacuum line is slipped on to these connections with one set of connections on the inside of the car and the other set outside the car inside the cowl light. These then exit out the back of the cowl lights and run up the windshield channel with clips for a clean install. 
     

     

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    Ammeter question

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    4 minutes ago, JayG said:

    It’s white faced.  The one in the pics. 

    I ended up finding the ammeter Machinist Bill posted a picture of. Currently installed in my Dodge :) Before I found the black faced ammeter, I ended up picking two white faced ammeters. One with the needle pointing up and another pointing down. 
     

    My Dodge was built after they switched over to 6 volt, but before they switched to the white gauges. Before the fast four too. 

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    Ammeter question

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    Posted · Edited by DB26 (see edit history)

    13 hours ago, RichBad said:

    Just found this topic searching for an Ammeter - I'm trying to find one for a Series 128/129.  It's a white faced gauge and looking through a few threads it should be a 20 amp gauge with the needle pointing down.  Even bits of one that could be repaired would be good.  Any ideas?  Were they US Gauge Co. or by someone else?


    I might have one with the needle pointing down. Let me check my parts cabinet. I’ll get back to you after Tuesday. Possibly Tuesday afternoon. 

     

    7 hours ago, JayG said:

    To answer DB26 question above.  I have one of the ammeters with the needle pointing up that was removed from an early 27 sedan with the Type C motor in it. Pre Fast Four.


    Is that the black faced type? 

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    Yet another EBay problem.

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    Yeah. eBay’s automated formatting of listings is terrible. I sold a few things that ended up going through their Global Shipping Program. I only found out when I got suspicious of the buyers address and Googled it. It was some sort of airport terminal halfway across the USA. The item got there okay, but I’ve heard bad things about it. I proofread very carefully my listings now. 

    Found: 1926 Dodge Brothers Gas Cap !Found!

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    Posted · Edited by DB26 (see edit history)

    16 minutes ago, Mark Gregush said:

    I think part of the problem is you are missing the inner splash guard. I would clean the cap really well and solder one in. It will need a vent hole in it, but offset from the center. If that is the cap you are using, looks like a lot of rust flakes that can drop into the tank on it now.

    Thanks for the advice. The picture is not my cap. I found the photo in another discussion on the topic from years ago. 

    I Attempted to Repair a Mechanical Temperature Gauge - It Does Something Weird Now, Why?

    in Technical

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    Thanks both of you. I don’t smell any either. I will have to investigate further into the mechanism. And trini, thanks for your thoughts. I have seen a few websites that say you can do a home repair of these mechanical gauges. The trick is submerging the bulb in salted ice water and being quick with the solder repair. That’s what I did to this gauge, as there was no bulb or most of the capillary tube present when I began. All I had was a nub to work with. The gauges’ needle moving at all is kind of a win for me. 

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