jan arnett (2)

Nice looking car.

What kind of engine is that. Looks like a v8.

Farmers Supply sells a paint by Majec that is a two part epoxy that you can spray or brush and its works great on frames and blocks.

Buy it and then either practice body work on the old fender or sell it to some one with the skills to fix. I vote for practicing body work and learning the tricks of body work on it.

I have a Yankee 960, 4 wire turn signal unit that I want to install on my 1937 Chrysler (12v, neg ground conversion). Currently, the car has a 7 wire unit installed and it works great...but how do I go to the four wire unit? Isn't the seven wire unit a combo brake turn /signal unit?

You could also pull the plugs when hot to eliminate compression from the equation.

I would do two things. Go to a welding shop and get some "0" welding cable for connecting the battery. Make absolutely sure that you grind off all paint and rust where the cables connect and where the engine mounts to the frame.

Make sure you have a good ground> A questionable ground my work sometimes. Just take a jumper cable and run it from the battery to the starter motor.

It is a Distributor (not mag) with a coil attached. The coil is missing parts. It was used I believe until 1924.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dodge-Repair-Manual-1926-1925-1924-1923-1922-1921-1920-1919-1918-1917-1916-1915/362052317642?hash=item544bfff1ca:g:pEAAAOxyPLpRdc7A&vxp=mtr Romar should also have this manual. If you get an owners manual 1919 to 1924 they should be about the same with information. I will scan you a schematic. What area of the country are you inJ Jan

Try this facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/DodgeBrothersMotorCars/

I just tested my 23 Moon circuit with a coil from tractor supply. The original coil tested ok on an OHM meter but still wouldn't fire. One minute job determined that the coil was at fault. Now I am gutting the original coil housing to install the new coil and keeping it looking original.

I have to rebuild the ones on my Moon. Thanks

The first item I would test is to see if you have current from the switch to the coil. You can check that with a simple 12 volt test light. Make sure the prior owner did not put a fuse in the circuit. As was mentioned earlier if you have power to the coil you need to determine if one the points are bad (if the gap is correct you should be ok), coil good (it can be tested, but it is easier to temp. replace it), condensor (temporarly replace). A modern 12 volt coil can be temporary substituted. Follow Hartley direction on opening the points to see if you get a spark. One last thing is to make sure the wire from the coil is good and both ends are tight and clean.

As Mike says the line is designed to provide vacuum to a vacuum tank. The vacuum tank is an early fuel pump. It used a vacuum to pull fuel from the gas tank. As he said it sounds like someone installed an electric fuel pump. It is a modification that some people make which I do not like as the original vacuum works fine if you understand how they work. What concerns me about your car is if they removed the vacuum tank and just disconnected the vacuum line and left it unplugged at the manifold creating a vacuum leak. I would removed the line at the manifold and put on a cap or put a vacuum tank in.

One lever is for spark advance or retard the other is for gas. They are both used during start up and later during driving.

Those are not for releasing compression but for priming the engine when cold. The Dodge has an up draft carb which is hard to start when cold. You open the priming cups on top the engine and pour a little gas. You then close them and all cycs. are primed with gas. They are quite common on updraft engines of that era.

Was the original an oil bath?

Did you go to the Hupp section as there are several listed for sale. I don't know what you mean "driver quality".

Thanks for everyones help. Buds comment caused me to check with my Dodge parts supplier and sure enough they list a 40 inch belt for 27 dodge. I may have to open up some of the mount holes because of the 1/4 inch but that is do able. I really appreciate everyones help. http://www.myersearlydodge.com/cooling.php Jan

There is also a Durant section on this forum.

Here is my 1923 Moon which I just finshed restoring with NOS wires.

You should also post on the Durant website.

Two NOS Black 34 x 5 Dunlop tires. These are old NOS tires. No cracks and pliable. $30 each plus shipping.

I have two black Dunlop NOS tires size 34 x 5 or 500 x 24. You can still see the mold line down the center. I don't know the age but no cracking and they are not hard. $35 each plus shipping. Located in KY.