)-D; the rims on my car must have been drilled as I have rubber stems. my ? is will the nuts cover the hole or fall in. in that case one would have to use a washer under the nut. The hole looks to be quite large. Dell

if the car has overdrive there is a round mount on the end of the transmission, it is supported by a plate that bolts to the frame (4 bolts) also a snubber connects the the rear of the od to the plate. this needs to be removed, them you will find it much easier to get at the 4 bolts on the u-joint. none od cars also have a plate for the snubber. It might seam like a lot of extra work, but I recommend you remove the front clip. It will make life a lot better and much less hassle in the long run. Good luck If you decide to remove the front clip, check Mal's posts

As I remember from my 48 custom the the 3 and 4 gear units are different as I could not get every thing to fit till I went with an a-1 case. And that was with all R-9 parts.

I talked to the Coker tire people today, however they could supply some info but not much about the valve stem covers. The tires should be 7.00 x 17 is the easy part. Coker said the correct valve stem is TR127- that is for a 525/550-17/18. The catalog lists a TR15- for the700/750-17/18 offset stem. They did not seam to know what dust covers went with the tube. I guess I might need to talk to a different salesman. Some time ago someone listed some number, but I will be darned if I can find them. Thanks Dell

Thanks for the post. Dell

Bill; What it come down to is you must bend the adapter till it is flat or replace it, if it is not flat it will leak. Also you must bend the ears on the solenoid back till they are flat across. replace the seal and cut thin gaskets. When you hook the end of the solenoid in the transmission the round area on the adapter will fit in the transmission-if the bolts don't line up rotate the adapter 180 degrees. Its not fun under the car, but doable. I might have an extra adapter if you break yours. Dell Make sure to read the posts that Howard posted

I used my national interchange book and came up with 5932 for 49261 victor which does't cross to a good number. I used the dimensions to come up with 472397 for the 1603-5.
Had the same problem with 49215 victor which is 5827 national, dimensions goes to 472179 for the 1602, 1702-5.
I did not check to see if these are good numbers, but many numbers are listed for the dimensions that were listed. The numbers 472397 and 472179 are numbers that are the most popular.

I looked the 237476 up in my old National books and got 5932 as a replacement, however I can't get an interchange for that number. Max Merritt has the seal listed so some thing will fit it. If you can give me the shaft size and bore size plus the width I will see what I can find for you. Dell

thanks O-D; the springs were on my car in the wrong hole! will correct that problem and get it back on the road. Dell

I have been working on getting the bearings repacked and replacing the seal. I have taken the brake assembly apart and cleaned every thing up and painted. It seamed to me that the brake springs were not to tight, I read in one of the service letters that a red replacement was used and placed in a different hole to provide more pressure. Now them seam rather tight ( tighter then a late modal car. Does any one have any more info. Thanks Dell