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They make brass and plain steel.
Is one easier than the other to install, I'll be doing this under the truck...
 
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I must be in the right place too.... I am confused.
Howdy Neil!

Welcome to the Illinois Nuthouse!
 
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Originally Posted by 56panelford
Is one easier than the other to install, I'll be doing this under the truck...
Personally, I have only done about a dozen or so but I think the brass are easier to start but being softer, easier to get a little crooked. You really need to have a driver that just fits inside the lip. I like to use that Indian Head shellac type of stuff that NAPA sells.

https://www.permatex.com/products/ga...llac-compound/
 
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Howdy Neil!

Welcome to the Illinois Nuthouse!
Nuthouse sums it up perfectly....lol
 
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Must have been a nice car when it was working.
It did have a soft cam and they unloaded it in 1960 on a Thunderbird.

The 56 was red with white in between. I thought it was sharp! I learned to drive on the Thunderbird. Got my first ticket with it.
 
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Nuthouse sums it up perfectly....lol
Whut ya mean by that? I am shizophrenic and so am I.
 
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Personally, I have only done about a dozen or so but I think the brass are easier to start but being softer, easier to get a little crooked. You really need to have a driver that just fits inside the lip. I like to use that Indian Head shellac type of stuff that NAPA sells.

https://www.permatex.com/products/ga...llac-compound/
Thanks Steve, I'll ask for that with the plugs
 
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Neil!
You'll fit right in, take a seat! :_missingt
 
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Originally Posted by KOESTNER
It did have a soft cam and they unloaded it in 1960 on a Thunderbird.

The 56 was red with white in between. I thought it was sharp! I learned to drive on the Thunderbird. Got my first ticket with it.
I remember my first ticket. The war dept. just got done saying, "I got a ticket right here once", and they nailed me. She had to have arranged it!
 
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Thanks Steve, I'll ask for that with the plugs
Its a damn shame that you didn't pour antifreeze in it before the trans went in. May have leaked enough it see it was leaking.
 
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I remember my first ticket. The war dept. just got done saying, "I got a ticket right here once", and they nailed me. She had to have arranged it!
I was showing off in front of a girl and squealed the tires on that Tbird going around a corner on Halloween night 1964. Cost $35.
 
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I never had the transmission off the back of the motor and wasn't even thinking about frost plugs . I think the run up to Red Lake and back loosened any corrosion with the system pressurized ..
 
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I was showing off in front of a girl and squealed the tires on that Tbird going around a corner on Halloween night 1964. Cost $35.
Ticket or the girl...
 
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