Paul Falabella
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Checked the power to the hot gas bypass valve today and found the voltage to be 11.3 no matter where the temp control was placed. So I will assume there is something wrong with the temp rheostat. The 1954 Cadillac A/C manual says to check the valve by applying battery voltage which I did. If it is working an audible click can be heard, which it did. Not that it matters that much.
Yes Willie and James, since Al Gore invented the internet and global warming,the NYC area goes from cool damp springs to hot dang summers overnight!
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This past winter I sent the hot gas bypass valve(which catastrophically failed last year), the expansion valve and the receiver drier to Old Air for service. When I first put them in and charged the system(R12) the duct temp was close to 60F. Remembering that Willie once said the hot gas bypass valve was possible trouble ,I disconnected the power. The duct temp went down to 50F. I next opened the the expansion valve and found it was wide opened. I played with the adjustment and found that approx. 3 1/2 turns from closed produced a duct temp of 39F. So far so good!
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I did this job over this winter. Got a 50 ft. roll. I precut all the pieces about 6-8 inches longer than noted in the chart and glad I did. Easier to hack off a few inches than making a new piece. I think I used about 33-34 feet total on a 55 Roadmaster.
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Thanks Willie and James. Will have to check for carpet tongue/seat interference. I used double sided carpet tape sparingly. The front tunnel came a little lumpy but I have seen quite a few pretty nice cars with lumpy tunnels and having ridden in cars of this era when they weren't that old, I seem to remember it that way
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New carpet from SMS. This is what the consensus agreed(including SMS) is the original style and color. It is a vast improvement over the faded replacement loop the car came with. And there was enough left over to make a set of mats.
Two items:
1-While I have been very impressed with their products, patience is an SMS requirement. Several months lead time is probably the case.
2-Quite a bit of cutting and trimming is needed for a good fit. Couldn't understand why the carpet was bound when most of the binding was cut off for a proper fit. In the end very little of the binding shows.
None the less I am very happy with the finished product.
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Gotta say that 54 Pontiac Strato Streak is a real stunner. Should have built that. Never saw it before.
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Check ebay, lots of rubber for sale.
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Just my point of view . I have seen lifts for as low as $1500 new. You deduct the expense of a reinforced concrete pit and it's a little less. If you decide to sell your house you'd need to fill that pit(unless you found someone looking for a garage pit) or remove the lift and put it in your new place. Just saying.
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If I may add, Roadmaster and Super Speedos are attached to the dash top. And if by chance this past winter one may have taken the dash and speedo out to paint said dash,one should have lubed said speedo so it would not have become noisy. Just saying. So next winter said dash will come out again to replace headliner and at that time will be lubed. Just saying.
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Kind of like a Bakelite spade connector protector!
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What purpose do those things serve? Got a few on my car, heater motor and seat connections and a few more.
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I got a hose from CARS. It is one diameter,works but is noisy. Wound up have one made at a hose place.
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Same here for my 55. Cost about $75. Not sure about the '53, one of the hoses on the '55 is two sections. If you get a one section(single diameter) hose, the pump will be noisy.
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Pick up one or two pieces of vintage luggage to keep your stuff in.
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Bob's Automobilia and CARS, show 57 lenses.
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Tony, paint is rattle can from CARS.
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Just did pan desludging.
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I have had good luck with APS Tower paint. Sent paint codes and got very close, if not perfect matches to chips. Even got colors for a vintage Vornado fan! Not sure if they do cans though, possibly just aerosol.
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Thanks all,PITA job but I think it made a big difference and now a little more original. And did not get tetinus!
Willie, no joy on the vacuum lines. Called CARS they are not even sure of the proper size hose. They offer 3 different sizes at $1.75 a foot so I'd like to get it right. Not that this hangar queen ever sees inclement weather!
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Before during and after. Overwhelming evidence that the darker green was applied later and the light green, single color dash is original. Paint from Tower APS.
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What size(s) and about how many feet of vacuum hose do I need to replace including the washer?
The stuff ain't cheap and I don't want to buy too much.
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You might also try one of those thin rubber sheets used to open jars.
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OK, anyone have a routing schematic and how much and what size hose do I need?
Thanks.
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That gives me 50% fer and 50% agin'. Back to square one!
Violent shaking in my 48 Super
in Buick - Post War
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This was like reading a mystery novel!