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pre61-list Digest Mon, 21 Aug 2000 Volume: 2000  Issue: 157

In This Issue:
Re: Radiator
Re: Radiator
window seals
Fwd: Re: Radiator
Re: window seals
Fuel Pump
53 Horn Button
Re: 53 Horn Button
Re: 53 Horn Button
Panel truck repair panels
Re: Fuel Pump - carb emptying

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From: MichellHC aol.com
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 20:11:27 EDT
Subject: Re: Radiator

If you intend to drop in a 302, I would go ahead and buy a new radiator
designed for thirteen to fifteen Lbs. pressure.  If you pay to have your old
one repaired, it will just start leaking again when you install your later
model engine.

Michelle
Chelle's 56 hauler

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From: JRFiero aol.com
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:34:56 EDT
Subject: Re: Radiator

In a message dated 8/21/2000 7:10:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
PWPTRUCK1 aol.com writes:

> these old radiators are designed to run on
>  about 4 pounds of pressure. If you plan on installing a 302 or 351, you
will
>  need to change radiators that can handle the 15 pounds of pressure that
> these later engines use. An old radiator is sure to blow to smitherines if
you use
>  it. A friend of mine found this out the hard way with his 50 Ford. He used
a
>  flathead radiator with a 302 (with a few modifications, of course) and it
>  wasn't long until the top tank blew off.

   It's not the engine that determines the pressure, it's just the cap.
Higher pressures allow running a higher temperature coolant without boiling,
but if you run 180 thermostats in a flathead or a 351 you can still run the
original radiator, which was 2 lbs pressure if I recall correctly.  'Course,
if the old rad won't keep the motor cool, and the coolant boils, and the
pressure cap can't relieve the pressure fast enough, then you'll blow the rad
at whatever its weakest point is.  Flatheads put out an amazing amount of
heat, and a good rad which will keep a flathead cool will also keep a
smallblock cool.  Use a shroud, or an electric fan, and as long as the rad
can transfer enough heat, you're fine.

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From: "Lindsay" <rgilbertso earthlink.net>
Subject: window seals
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 20:52:08 -0500


Hello everyone,
 Where is the best place to get the window seals for a 48 1 ton?  I need all the rubber and the felt seal.
Roy


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From: PWPTRUCK1 aol.com
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 23:37:44 EDT
Subject: Fwd: Re: Radiator


In a message dated 8/21/2000 6:36:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
JRFiero aol.com writes:

> which was 2 lbs pressure if I recall correctly


My manual may be wrong, but it claims 4 lbs. That was just what I was going
by.

The rest is past experiences from fellow Forders in my area that they warned
me about. Whether they ran the correct radiator cap or not, I do not know.

Paul
52 F-3



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In a message dated 8/21/2000 7:10:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
PWPTRUCK1 aol.com writes:

> these old radiators are designed to run on
>  about 4 pounds of pressure. If you plan on installing a 302 or 351, you
will
>  need to change radiators that can handle the 15 pounds of pressure that
> these later engines use. An old radiator is sure to blow to smitherines if
you use
>  it. A friend of mine found this out the hard way with his 50 Ford. He used
a
>  flathead radiator with a 302 (with a few modifications, of course) and it
>  wasn't long until the top tank blew off.

   It's not the engine that determines the pressure, it's just the cap.
Higher pressures allow running a higher temperature coolant without boiling,
but if you run 180 thermostats in a flathead or a 351 you can still run the
original radiator, which was 2 lbs pressure if I recall correctly.  'Course,
if the old rad won't keep the motor cool, and the coolant boils, and the
pressure cap can't relieve the pressure fast enough, then you'll blow the rad
at whatever its weakest point is.  Flatheads put out an amazing amount of
heat, and a good rad which will keep a flathead cool will also keep a
smallblock cool.  Use a shroud, or an electric fan, and as long as the rad
can transfer enough heat, you're fine.
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From: PWPTRUCK1 aol.com
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 23:41:21 EDT
Subject: Re: window seals

Hi Roy,
I recently purchased all the window rubber and felt for my 52 F-3 from Sac
Vintage. They also sell a kit for the window felt that comes with all the
felt and the divider bars. It was easy to install and looks very nice.

Paul 52 F-3

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Date: 22 Aug 2000 10:37:21 -0500
From: Randy K Selby <Selby_Randy_K cat.com>
Subject: Fuel Pump

When I leave my truck alone for a few days, the fuel siphons back to the tank
from the pump bowl. Makes the truck take a long time to get started. Anyone
else have this problem? Is there an easy fix? It's a '50 F-1 with 239 flatty.

Thanks.
Randy



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From: "O'Connell, Dennis M" <DMO1 pge.com>
Subject: 53 Horn Button
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:13:44 -0700

A friend just picked up a straight 53 minus hood, 1 running board and a few
misc items for $300.  He got in and started cleaning it up and noticed the
steering wheel horn button said something about 1903 - 1953 fifty
anniversary.  I could be a little wrong about the language, but is this a
standard button that came on the truck or does he have some other steering
wheel on it.

Thanks in advance
Dennis
55F100

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From: "Larry Esau" <lee03 cvip.fresno.com>
Subject: Re: 53 Horn Button
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:28:37 -0700

Many of us call the '53 Ford "the anniversary truck" because of that
steering wheel. Yes, it was standard on the '53s in the Ford 50th
Anniversary year of 1953, and it is the reason I think the '53 F-100 is so
cool.

Larry, Kingsburg CA




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Subject: [pre61-list] 53 Horn Button


> A friend just picked up a straight 53 minus hood, 1 running board and a
few
> misc items for $300.  He got in and started cleaning it up and noticed the
> steering wheel horn button said something about 1903 - 1953 fifty
> anniversary.  I could be a little wrong about the language, but is this a
> standard button that came on the truck or does he have some other steering
> wheel on it.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Dennis
> 55F100
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From: "Gary L. Perry" <glperry fwi.com>
Subject: Re: 53 Horn Button
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:16:01 -0500

53 is 50th anniversery of Ford trucks. That was stock wheel and they get big
$$$
for an anniversary button like that. Clean carefully and guard it well!
Check some
vendors catalogs for price of button repro!

G. L. Perry
Huntington, IN
54 Chevy 2-ton (driver)
50 Chevy COE (project)
MM Jet Star 3 Super (tractor)
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From: O'Connell, Dennis M <DMO1 pge.com>
To: 'pre61-list ford-trucks.com' <pre61-list ford-trucks.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 11:23 AM
Subject: [pre61-list] 53 Horn Button


>A friend just picked up a straight 53 minus hood, 1 running board and a few
>misc items for $300.  He got in and started cleaning it up and noticed the
>steering wheel horn button said something about 1903 - 1953 fifty
>anniversary.  I could be a little wrong about the language, but is this a
>standard button that came on the truck or does he have some other steering
>wheel on it.
>
>Thanks in advance
>Dennis
>55F100
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From: "Bob Jones" <bobj pmihwy.com>
Subject: Panel truck repair panels
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 15:17:32 -0500

Does anyone know of a place that sells rear quarter repair panels for '48-52
panel trucks?  Also can someone tell me if the floor panels spot weld to the
side panels on these truck if not how do they attach?  On both of panels I
just bought , one a donor and one main, I don't see any kind of weld.

Bob Jones
1949 F-2
1948 F-1 panel (New addition)


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From: JRFiero aol.com
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 19:45:54 EDT
Subject: Re: Fuel Pump - carb emptying

In a message dated 8/22/2000 11:42:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Selby_Randy_K cat.com writes:

> When I leave my truck alone for a few days, the fuel siphons back to the
tank
>   from the pump bowl. Makes the truck take a long time to get started.
Anyone
>   else have this problem? Is there an easy fix? It's a '50 F-1 with 239
> flatty.
>
   Mine does the same thing, but I don't think it's a siphon issue.  Since
there is an air gap between the  inlet valve and the fuel in the bowl,
siphoning it doesn't explain it.  I've not looked into it thoroughly, but the
carb must be leaking, inside or out.
   I use a little squirt bottle of gas, pull the air cleaner and fill the
bowl through the vent pipe.  Pain in the butt, but it saves the battery.

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