IDent 1936 2ton mech. brakes or 37-38
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IDent 1936 2ton mech. brakes or 37-38
Have 2 ton meck. brakes trying to establish year oval grill where is ident plate or??possible 36-38 thought last year for mechanical was 37 has rod on gear shift going to trans what is it for?? any one now??
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From: Orange County, CA
Last year for mechanical brakes on a US Ford is '38. In '39 they went to hydraulic brakes. An oval grille, like a barrell shape, would be a '38. A '38 has a chrome V8 emblem towards the top the grille.
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Thanks MarK And Gary M. for info I guess there never was an actual ident. plate or serial ##?? another Question how does valve keepers come out on engine i have tried to colapse spring and pullout tab but not having any success don't want to break anything??
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From: McAlester, OK
It's been a while since I've messed with a flathead (I'm assuming you have a flathead V8). All of the v8's before '49 had two peice guides where the valve had a built-on keeper on the end. In order to get these out (if I remember right) you need to get all the pressure off the spring that you can to pull the retainer for the spring out (the Craftsman spring compressor worked for me for this). Then I used a special pry bar to pry the guides down so I could pull the valve guide retainers out. Then the guide and valve are supposed to come out the top of the block. Easier said than done.
I broke the bottoms off of some of my guides trying to get their retainers off, and then had to rip half to the guides out (If not hammering them down into the valley). Can be a really fun job.
Good luck! And there may be others with better ways of doing this too.
Clayton
I broke the bottoms off of some of my guides trying to get their retainers off, and then had to rip half to the guides out (If not hammering them down into the valley). Can be a really fun job.
Good luck! And there may be others with better ways of doing this too.
Clayton
