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49-P15

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  1. The output shaft is splined. Picture attached.
  2. I'm overhauling a BorgWarner Overdrive Trans for my 1949 Plymouth. the present conundrum concerns the gear that drives the speedometer. Not the little spindle that drives the speedometer cable, but the cylindrical worm gear that sleeves over the transmission output shaft and drives the spindle. I expected a key or pin to hold this gear in place and make it rotate in unison with the output shaft. But there is nothing. And the gear rotates freely on the shaft. Maybe it was originally a pressfit (but it no longer is). Am I missing something? Or is there a solution to attaching the gear to the output shaft.
  3. Unlike modern cars where the steering box pitman arm is connected to both wheels. these old boats (I had a 1930 Chrysler) steered the driver's side wheel and the right wheel was connected to the left one through several joints. Play and sloppiness in any one of these joints or the sum of all may leave the right wheel able to vibrate. You might see if the right wheel behaves differently from the left.
  4. these old engines are pretty much bullet proof. There are a lot of good suggestions on how to verify that the timing stuff is operating and that the rotor is turning. Oddly enough the condenser (Capacitor) is critical to getting a spark. I dicked around for a week with everything out of the car on on the bench but no spark. I didn't think the condenser was necessary. I still know 't know why, but it is. They are cheap and plentiful.
  5. Something that you might look at particularly with an old car. The bulb sockets at the Brake/turn signals eventually go bad resulting in a spurious ground. Your voltage reg and generator might be truly trying to supply the grounded current. I had to replace the innards of my sockets. You can buy cheap replacement sockets and just use the little spring/contacts/wires to replace yours. You might try removing your bulbs one by one to see which one is the culprit. Good luck
  6. I have A 1948 Plymouth (6v positive ground). I rigged up a cigarette lighter socket with the poles reversed (so that the lighter would see a negative ground for anything plugged into it. It ran my GPS just fine. So 6V is fine, but you will need to reverse the polarity. I just tuck it up under the dash when not in use.
  7. Napa has a GL-1 (no phosphorus/Sulfer Additives) It is SAE90 which should work well in our old cars. This is more than you need to know, but... The Phosphorus and Sulfer additives form a bond a couple of atoms thick and it is tougher than hell. It is tougher than the bond between the bronze atoms so as time go by the bronze to bronze bonds break off peeling microscopic sheets of the bronze. What you see is erosion of the bronze.
  8. Not much help on your gascap, but I used to have a 1930 model 70. I have some parts that I hate to throw away. I have the four wheels (drums, backing plate, and workings) and four of the single action shocks. Maybe some more if I hunt around. Are they of use to you? I'm new to this forum, Can we communicate directly? 49-P15
  9. I've been told not to mess with the gear-teeth bevels since they are surface hardened and that surface should not be breached. So, I'll use the best of the gears that I have. They are not too bad but the purist in me would prefer new ones.
  10. I found some thrust washers yesterday. But locating the gears is more difficult. I'm thinking that the gears that I have are in decent shape except for the beveled ramps which have been banged about somewhat. Why couldn't I just kiss them with my dremel and clean them up a bit? How critical are those bevels since this is Reverse gear? Is this harebrained? 49-P15
  11. Thanks Kieth, I can scare up the Mopar numbers but I'm not sure how to convert them into supplier numbers.
  12. I an rebuilding a 1949 Plymouth 3-speed manual transmission. I would like to scare up a reverse idler gear and the mating low/reverse sliding gear and thrust washers for this transmission. This transmission was used in most Mopars of the era. There must be a ton of gears out there but I don't know how to locate them. any ideas or sources?
  13. I an rebuilding a 1949 Plymouth 3-speed manual transmission. I would like to scare up a reverse idler gear and the mating low/reverse sliding gear and thrust washers for this transmission. This transmission was used in most Mopars of the era. There must be a ton of gears out there but I don't know how to locate them. any ideas or sources?
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