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  1. What would happen if I remove the 2-3 top leaf of my front spring on a mercury/ford 1940 ? a) Will it soften the ride too much ? b) Will it lower the ride 2” ? Anyone played around with this before I start my trail-and-error altering.... I already have a reversed eye spring and a dropped 4" I-beam axel but I want it even lower ......
  2. yeah I am afraid there is not easy fix or pour in the magic can of "snake oil" in the carburetor to fix it - have to do a top end rebuild or even swap out the heads when you are at it ie a half rebuild of the engine .... geeeee
  3. I should add - I have changed spark plugs and messed around with the timing curve and different octane of gasoline and nothing helps
  4. Every time I try to turn off the car after been driving it for a while (it's hot) I can not turn it off as a normal car - it cough and huff and puffs and sometimes it sounds like the engine spins backwards ..... I have to try it stop the car by quickly shift to Reverse gear from Park and it helps a little bit but it still dieseling pretty bad ..... I tried SeaFoarm cans in the carburetor maybe 5 cans but it doesn't do any improvement just smoke a lot. I been messing around with the carburetor to make sure no are sips thought to the cylinders and fuel the diesling So what is dieseling ? it's gunk in my heads that still ignites when I turn off the ignition (there should be no spark coming to ignite it) So the only fix is the 1) buy new heads and swap them out ? 2) take off the heads and steal rotor bush the combustion heads ? 3) or ?
  5. 3-ears are for constant power on 2-ears are for power on only when ignition is turned on
  6. under the dash on a Lincoln Mark II / Premiere Capri 1956-1957 there is a Dash Fuse Panel See picture attached There wires goes in and are supposed to be connected with a either 3-ear or 2-ear plastic holder/connector that goes into the fuse block - if you see the picture you know what I mean and what I am looking for Where do I find this holders/connectors so I can attach a new power source wire to the existing fuse block All new fuse block you buy at the part store using flat connectors
  7. Brand: Gladiator New Professional Grade 12V Solenoid fits Early Delco Starters Compatible with Chevrolet Austin Western Buick GMC Oldsmobile 1954-1962 Replaces 1118806 1119760 1119761 1119767 1119777 1119789 1119797
  8. Oh here she is - out running errands - always parking far away from the crowd - don't want a door ding in the side like I have gotten on my daily driver
  9. I finally got around to it - and changed the Starter Solenoid - I hate crawling around on the driveway but it as bothering me so much with this clicking - Bought a starter solenoid from Amazon for $32 and took the drive front wheel off to reach in under and it was done in an hour - I open up the old Solenoid to see what was wrong with it - and yes one contact was worn out - I guess you could turn it around and fiddle with it to get it going but for $32 I rather don't take a chance to have the problem again down the road. - It was easy to do - 4 bolts hold the solenoid on the starter and it slides right out - you just swab and match the electric wire from the old pol to the new pol - oh did I forget to tell you to disconnect the battery before and have jack stands to hold the car up while you under there ...... Now the car starts right up every time and I then to drive the car more now when I know it always starts
  10. yeah - I am afraid this is the case - not an easy fix - that's why I see many hang a newer $25 unit under the dash - will decide what to do later this winter - checked the Shop manual and there is no hit of what could go wrong only says it has a liquid fluid in the tube....
  11. I have a 1954 Buick Super where everything works BUT the Temp gauge It have never worked when I owned it. I can tell the engine has never been out and the wireline going from the engine block up the gauge is not bent or broken and look intact. ie no visual defect and all looks like it has never been removed or touch What usually goes wrong? I think there is some fluid inside the wireline - has it evaporated or what is usually the problem? Is there a fix? I could buy an after-market Temp gauge that comes with the wireline attached to it and hang it under the dash BUT I prefer to have the stock unit working ..... any Advice?
  12. The battery and the pool are clean and nice - as well as the cables - looks like they have been replaced not too long ago - will see if I can get down there and pull out the solenoid box and flip the 2 terminal around 180 degrees - I recalled I did that on my 1958 Chevy Belair a couple of years ago and it should be pretty much the same - my only concern is that is so tight there on the driver's side with the battery box there and the steering column and exhaust manifold so it might not be accessible from the top but have to be put on a lift (which I don't have) and go from beneath
  13. I have a fresh newly charged battery - try to start my 1954 Buick Super - (it's a push the gas pedal to the bottom start) and it just clicks and clicks about 10-20 times then it engages the starter and the car starts - what is the FIX ? starter solenoids? I am worried that every time I push the gas pedal down I also push the gas down the carburetor and I am flooding the car by doing it 10-20 times before the starter starts turning the engine around .... Has anyone had this problem before ? and what did you do? I looked at the starter and it's on the drives side down below the steering column and not easy to access without a hoised lift I guess These days mechanical shops charge an arm and a leg so I was hoping I could fix it myself ..... thx Erik in Ca
  14. https://youtu.be/U_-ECgi1_ag how to remove a Roadmaster 94-96 dash instructions
  15. Turns out I had to remove the dash and pull the Climate Control unit and when I touched the wires on the back the light came on and AC and Heat and FAN I put it back again and installed the dash again and then when I started the car again it was DEAD !! So I pulled the dash again and once again the lights for the display came on while wiggle it in the back I going to replace the CC unit with another one - I see they are for sale used and new on Ebay I also tested the power to the wires in the back and they have power etc going into the CC unit so there is something wrong with the motherboard / computer in the CC unit that sometimes work and sometimes dead. I also got the Service Repair manual 3 of them which I bought from Ebay but I think I found the problem
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