Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan
Posted by Joe Santana On 2011/9/10 20:52:28
RUNNINGBOARDS: Today my son John and I applied the rubber to the metal running boards. We did it front to back aligning the street side's lowest edge with the edge of the rubber mat. We brushed on DAP Weldwood Contact Cement Neopreme Rubber Formula from Home Depot to both surfaces. Waited about 10 minutes and holding the mat up off the surface, fitted the bottom edge, then rolled the rest in place up through the curve closest to the car.
Counting my fiddling for pictures of the originals, spread of vegetables and dip, cheese, salami and margaritas compliments of and to my daughter-in-law Pam,..about 3 and half hours to get this part done.
TRANSMISSION: I disconnected, cleaned and reconnected and tightened up the linkage by the manual. It goes solidly into gear now. But one major problem, stopping on an incline up or down, if the car rolls while I am in neutral, the gears can lock. I was reading about a connecting block in or on the transmission that has to be tight. If it's stripped, the bolt should be replace with a 3/8" bolt. I can't tell exactly where this is, but will investigate further. It hold the transmission together, or the forks, something. I hoping that's the problem.
OVERDRIVE: I removed the solenoid and cleaned the contacts and replaced it. I have not tested it yet, but the repair manual says this is usually the problem if everything else (clicking, light on dash) works.
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Counting my fiddling for pictures of the originals, spread of vegetables and dip, cheese, salami and margaritas compliments of and to my daughter-in-law Pam,..about 3 and half hours to get this part done.
TRANSMISSION: I disconnected, cleaned and reconnected and tightened up the linkage by the manual. It goes solidly into gear now. But one major problem, stopping on an incline up or down, if the car rolls while I am in neutral, the gears can lock. I was reading about a connecting block in or on the transmission that has to be tight. If it's stripped, the bolt should be replace with a 3/8" bolt. I can't tell exactly where this is, but will investigate further. It hold the transmission together, or the forks, something. I hoping that's the problem.
OVERDRIVE: I removed the solenoid and cleaned the contacts and replaced it. I have not tested it yet, but the repair manual says this is usually the problem if everything else (clicking, light on dash) works.
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