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55 400 instrument performance
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Instruments not working 55 400
Bought “used tested” voltage reducer. Tested it on a known working 56 system, worked ok. Mounted voltage reducer on 55. Turned power (aux). Temp gauge went to mid-range with the engine stone cold, fuel gauge at E with 15 gallons in the tank. Emptied and dropped tank. Removed sending unit with the feed wire attached, grounded sending unit., and moved the float up and down. Gauge responded correctly. Ensured wire covered with electrical tape, installed tank, Put 10 gallons in tank. Powered up, Gas gauge at E temp at mid-range. Engine cold.
I'm stuck! Any suggestions?
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Posted on: 2022/8/26 10:28
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55 400 instrument performance
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Now that the 55 is getting close to being on the road, it would be good to have the instruments working correctly.
Setting the stage: When starting the car, the in-dash oil pressure gauge showed O, but that’s ok since there is a mechanical gauge running off a T connection under the oil pressure sending switch. Cold idle shows about 30 psi. The gas gauge did not move off E, and the temperature gauge went to mid-range with a stone-cold engine Replace the temperature sending switch, but no change. Obviously look at instrument voltage limiter. Have a spare of unknown condition. Changed out limiter. Results were temperature gauge went to hot peg and fuel gauge went to half tank. Fuel tank has less than five gallons in it.
It seems that both limiters’ may be defective and a new one is needed?
Any and all comments as always are deeply appreciated.
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Posted on: 2022/6/3 19:42
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ride height update
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Comments recommending a search of previous posts lead to a post dated 10 8 21 that was exactly what was needed. I tried using a half inch carriage bolt but ran into a problem with the bolt interfering with the fresh air duct. Started over, removed the battery tray, washer bottle bracket, and air tube. While doing this noticed that the carriage bolt had bent, (eccentric load). Purchased a spring compressor to use as per post. The first time using this setup broke side of the spring compressor hook, same as before, off center load. Second try made sure load was as straight as possible. Worked just fine. Original pin fell out, and there was enough space to accept a four-grove pin. Ride height difference went from about two inches to about one-half inch. I can live with that. Once again thanks to the “experts” input from the forum. Happy

Posted on: 2022/6/3 19:01
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Re: Still stuck on a pin
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YES ! Thanks for the comment. Marty, posted on 10-10 2021 a way to remove the pin without the special tool. Just what I was looking for. Once again THANKS!

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Posted on: 2022/5/5 6:34
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Still stuck on a pin
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Thanks for the comments and information, VERY HELPFULL !!! Had a chance to crawl under today and verified that the short bar link is front and the long one is in back with the inside of the V dog bone points to the passenger side. So that’s good.
Shorted the down terminal that advanced the long bar far enough to contact the limit switch (it works!). With the limit switch activated the car is very close to level, with less than a quarter full gas tank. I am not sure that would make a difference or not.
If all goes well tomorrow, will try to remove short, drivers’ side, link pin
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It’s tomorrow (today ha ha) there must be a way to change out the front link pins without using the “special” tool. I have tried clamping a one inch angle iron to the load arm , in an attempt to simulate the service tool shown in the service manual. May be if the car is up on a lift, and l could stand under and pull down with my full body weight it might move? But I seriously doubt it.
Next I tried a hydraulic jack under the elbow bend of the load arm. No rotation, but this can raise the car. So, this is not working either, and I am still stuck. As before and always, any, and all, help is deeply appreciated.

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Posted on: 2022/5/4 15:06
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Re: 58 400 ride height
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Thanks for the comments and information, VERY HELPFULL !!! Had a chance to crawl under today and verified that the short bar link is front and the long one is in back with the inside of the V dog bone points to the passenger side. So that’s good.
Shorted the down terminal that advanced the long bar far enough to contact the limit switch (it works!). With the limit switch activated the car is very close to level, with less than a quarter full gas tank. I am not sure that would make a difference or not.
If all goes well tomorrow, will try to remove short, drivers side, link pin
Happy

Posted on: 2022/5/3 19:04
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58 400 ride height
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Once again, I find myself, trying to trouble shoot my ride height problem. I did get a 4-grove link pin from max, but I thought it would be a good idea to go over the previous comments found in SBT-1. Not having a lift, I use concrete solid blocks under each wheel and under frame jack stands as a safety precaution.

The photo of the car in its current condition, high in the back. It can’t be seen, but there is a 2-inch difference driver to passenger side, with the driver’s side lower.

Photos of right and left levers show them to be about one-half inch in towards the center of the car, but the bottom flat of the hex is NOT horizontal!

I have ‘no idea’ as to what is going on or how to correct this. The photo with the ruler shows the lever would have to be straight down(vertical) for the flat to be horizontal.

Is there any thing that I can do to ensure that the long torsion bars are truly unloaded?

I do not have the special tool (j-6065), but plan to use a one-inch steel angle along with some u bolts to hold it in place when an attempt is finally made to install the longer pin.

Any help is as always DEEPELY APPRECIATED!!!

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Posted on: 2022/5/2 13:14
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Re: 58 400 ride height
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! For your response, comments, and link, all very helpful. Compensator ball studs and bars are as shown in figure 21, suspension and steering chapter, page 8.
The front bushings of the rear load arms have not been replaced. They looked ok, but now they will be replaced before any work is done on the front link pins.
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Posted on: 2022/3/24 19:02
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58 400 ride height
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After a long term restoration, a 55 400 is nearly ready to hit the road again. One of the last issues that needs to be addressed is a difference in side to side height. After following the recommended checks in the June 17, 1955 service bulletin, it seems in order to correct the left side being 2” lower than the right it will be necessary to replace a load arm link.
When the car was dissembled it was noticed that there were no grooves on either link. No notice was taken of any height difference at that time. Now that the car has been reassembled, and the gas tank nearly empty, the measure on the left side is 8” and on the right side is 10”. The driver’s seat was badly worn after approximately 36,000 miles. The milage was confirmed by a lack of a ridge ring. The torsion bar may have taken a set. Because of the rather large 2” difference it would seem that the left link needs to be #4 (part number 445907)?? Would this be correct?? Any, comments, suggested would be deeply appreciated.
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Posted on: 2022/3/23 14:39
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Re: 55 400 lower windshield trim
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Hi as was suggested i did fabricate two more clips and did install them It did help to close up the slot but did little to hold the trim in place. It seems that the bottom trim will not conform to the shape of the windshield and tends to spring away.The original factory rubber seal was strong enough so it was not a problem but that's not all. While working on installing the drivers side trim i looked over at my 56 factory installed windshield rubber seal and saw a major difference. The factory seal measures nearly one half inch, while the Steele is about one quarter of in inch, providing a tighter radius for the curved portion.

I seem to recall a previous post where a similar problem where gasket sealer was used to hold the trim in place That's what I did. If I am able to load the as a reply there should be three attachment.

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Posted on: 2022/1/27 22:30
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