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Hello

My pal has a Dynaflow that has been rebuilt with new gaskets etc, and it drives well. However, when they pull up, it spews fluid out the dipstick.

What could be the cause of that?

The car is almost 100% stock, and I was thinking that it might need a trans cooler.

Regards

Peter

The aftermarket cross members are only available for a '28 chassis, and the radiator mounting pad sits lower in a '30 - '31. I think it is about 3/8" lower, to accommodate the taller '30 grille shell & radiator. Larry O'Toole from Graffiti Publishing said it was about 1/2", and I suspect that Larry is right.

Whatever the exact dimension, it is different, and is probably the reason for the mis-alignment. Just lop the top off the radiator pad, weld in a new one about 1/2" lower and the problem disappears.

Peter Crain
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5. Who's this

* Scritchfield, with his Australian sourced '32 Phaeton.

Coincidentally, I am in Australia, and I have a pal who has a fully restored '32 Phaeton, alloy sump etc, which he wishes to trade for a good '32 3-window.

[twice]

Younger people generally have no idea about the relative ages of people or objects, and putting those pieces together is part of the 'fun' of growing up. Being on the other end might not be as much fun sometimes...

I was born in 1949, and have twice been asked by strangers whether I have owned my '30 sedan "from new"!

Of course, the older people are, the worse their memory is, so they can be just as much fun as the young. One old bloke asked if the car was a '34. I told him it was a '30, which he seemed to accept, then he asked what motor it had. I told him it was a V8 - "No! Its definitely a '34! Thats when the V8's came out, 1934!!"

Peter Crain
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Ford didn't produce a Tudor here after 1929, until the '39 "sloper", an indigenous style that couldn't be confused with a Tudor. It is true that our '34s were "different", in that they had a '32 style roof on the sedans (only Fordor's were produced) and coupes (only made 5 window models here). The '33-'34 Ford 5 window coupe roof looks like the '34 Dodge 5 window roof. All of them had fabric inserts in the roof.

Aussie (pron: ozz-ie) '34 Fords also had a '32 style door, in that the door and sill stopped an inch or so above the running board, which was filled in by a piece that became known here as the '34 "spear". There was also a strange looking swage line on the front doors that makes them quite different to the US version.

I think your leg was pulled - unless the car had been imported then rodded over here, then exported back to the States. It may also have been Argentinian - they are right hand drive.

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Pull the tranny inspection cover, then, using a marking pen or similar, number the flex plate and converter where the 3 bolts bolt the converter to the flex plate. Remove the 3 nuts & bolts, slide the converter back (and wire it out of the way as has been suggested) and start the motor.

If the vibration disappears then the problem is behind the flex plate, and probably an out of balance torque converter. As for the marks on the flex plate & converter - I almost eliminated a bad vibration in my A by rotating the converter 120 degrees (the next bolt hole) when I bolted it back up.

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Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals and dying of nothing.

I have a pair of magnesium Corvette valve covers that have had the paint burnt off in a small area on one valve cover. I am not sure what the  textured finish is that the factory uses.

If you can identify the finish, and help me locate the right material to use to restore the valve covers I would be grateful.

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Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps.

When I write, I usually do not use much slang. In fact, I believe it is poor communication (and, dare I say, rude) to deliberately write in a way that you know your audience will not understand, or may find offensive, unless you can convey your true meaning in some way.

A good point, and one I have been guilty of. I think we should restrict or ocker banalities to the Aussies only areas, or we'll risk making the audience regret that we have been invited here.

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"That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome."
"Is it common?"
"It's Not Unusual."

spent some time in Browns Plain, and also in Goolagong, about 8 years ago

Really?    Thats where I live - been here off & on since '82. Why would anyone come here to visit?  :?

As for Goolagong, I think you may have that one mixed up with another place with an equally difficult name, or I have been caught out again not knowing all the place names in the country.

until I was informed that NSW produced more bananas than QLD

We did this to death on the HRI - we don't grow more bananas, we just bend more. They truck the straight ones up here for bending.

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Did Adam & Eve have navels?

I don't think anyone has said cobber or sheila for about 60 years

Nonsense, heaps of people use those terms, except the very young or politically correct. My sisters are always up my ribs about using the "sheila" word, but (and this is lost on them) - they are sheilas!

Your bbq prawns recipe sounds delicious. I just get great big green (uncooked) Tiger prawns (~$25\kg), and put some crushed garlic on the bbq plate with the prawns, still in their shells. Other people add sweet chilli sauce while the prawns are cooking. A typical Tiger prawn will just fit inside the arc from the tip of your index finger to the tip of your thumb - not to be confused with shrimp.

The best crab I ever had were cooked in their shell with a cup of soy, a handful of chilli straight out of the garden, water and a dozen muddies (muddus crabbus). The taste permeates the meat right through the uncracked shell...drool...

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I was in Honolulu and rented a Mustang convertible, which I was sure would give a better chance of meeting some locals. I was down near Waikiki and a couple of sheilas heard me ordering lunch and said the they "just plumb loved " my accent.

We arranged to meet later, then I casually strolled over to the Mustang, and jumped in, only to find that some mongrel had stolen the steering wheel!!  :oops:

I think I got away with it though - I opened the glove box and rummaged through that for a while, then slid across to the where the steering wheel was. I thought I heard them laughing as I drove off, but they may have been excited to meet me. Strange that, because they didn't turn up later.

Poida
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Keep up the great work Simon. Not only is the '32 a great example of contemporary rod building but your continuing coverage makes the whole process really interesting.

My son has just started a stainless steel sheet metal worker's apprenticeship, and he is equally impressed. In fact, he only became interested in that line of work when I showed him the pride you had in your workmanship, and that many others were envious of your ability.

He has a Kiwi connection too - that is my black Tudor in the latest NZ Hot Rod magazine.

Poida
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"I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous." -- Brian Kernighan

Careful, you blokes. Just because we are having this discussion in the land of the free doesn't mean we are untouchable.

BTW, I haven't said gidday to the rest of the RRT - sincere greetings to you, I am a new boy from Oz. I have been a long time lurker here, and this current bun fight has prompted me to join to also express my support for Greg.

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