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Kens 36

02-10-2023 @ 9:05 AM

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This picture is from "The 1937 Ford Book" published by the Early Ford V-8 Club. I'm sorry that the scan comes across very dark. You can barely see the tube going across the top. In the book, it looks like the battery caps are unscr*w*d and connected to the tube.

If you can get your hands on the book, the picture is much better than this scan.

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02-09-2023 @ 2:16 PM

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I am resurrecting this thread to see if anyone out here might have a picture of the correct battery cap for the 37. I have a coworker that can 3D print them for me. He just needs a picture of one and he can take it from there. Can anyone help me?

02-27-2011 @ 11:29 AM

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Thanks for your advise Roy! I will plug the vent tube as you pointed out. Also, I will be ordering a set of your battery bolts in the not too distant future. Keep up the good work......MG

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02-27-2011 @ 6:46 AM

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Oh No! The originals were Cadmium Plated and ours are as well.
The hold down bracket was painted black but these very unique bolts were Cadmium plated.
Hope the clarification helps.......

02-27-2011 @ 1:28 AM

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Roy,

I see that you have 1937, 1938, 1939 FORD FLATHEAD BATTERY HOLD DOWN BOLTS available. Are these bolts to be painted black to be correct in appearance?

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Thanks for the kind words....we try!
The original "D" shaped hose was plugged on the end closest to the center of the car. The hose had three 3/16 holes that fit on the nipples of the '37 only battery caps.
It was, at best, an ill conceived attempt by Ford to route the majority of battery gas out of the engine bay. (Remember, this was the first attempt to place the battery under the hood and they were apparently concerned enough about gases to go to this unique set up).
That said, there was certainly no attempt to route fluid out the tube.
At one time, I reproduced the unique battery caps and "D" shaped hose but discontinued the offering due to variety of replacement batteries being offered.
There appears to be very little standardization with the threads on battery caps. An original Ford cap will not fit into any modern battery so a "special" cap with an original top and unique thread had to be produced. When the number of unique threads grew to 3 or 4 varieties, I quit!

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Roy,

I appreciate your input/expertise in this matter. I'm not trying to be "Concourse "original" on the caps and vent tube" although this would be a plus should I ever decide to do so. What I'm trying to accomplish is to avoid what happened and what I described in a previous post (02/15/2011) I made here titled "Battery boiled today". I filled my battery as per the instructions in my '37 Owners Manual - Ouote: "When adding distilled water to the battery, fill to the bottom of the of filler tube in each cell". By my doing this, battery fluid/acid (due to expansion) sprayed over the right side of the engine compartment while driving to and from a 60 mile event. I'm of the opinion that the "vent tube" arrangment as pictured in the manual will prevent this mess from happening in the future. Functionality is more important to me than being "Concourse" correct. What do you think about my fix as described above? Again, what I've built thus far looks exactly as pictured in the manual. Where can I find a "D" shaped hose? Do you have an opinion about my "plug" question above?

BTW - The radio chassis mounting bolts you provided to me for the Ashtray Radio in my '34 worked like a champ! Thank you for what you do.

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02-25-2011 @ 5:12 PM

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MG
If you are trying to get to Concourse "original" on the caps and vent tube, give me a call.
I've been to the rodeo before you and know the way back. The hose is indeed "D" shaped and LINCOLN is correct in his write up above. I'll share some "know how" with you if you want it.

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02-25-2011 @ 5:02 PM

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MG, Yes, the rubber plug sounds good, if only to prevent fumes in the engine compartment. A fun little project would be to experiment in the making of a D shaped tube, but again, neatness is more important here.

Lincoln, I don't know why it never occurred to me to look in the '37 book! We can always count on you to trump all speculation with your research.

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02-25-2011 @ 1:04 PM

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Alan,

The vent tube pictured in the owners manual certainly is not "D" shaped but rather, it is round. I'm using 3/4" O.D. - 3/8" I.D. rubber hose. This hose fits perfectly in the exit hole provided for it in the inner right fender. As for the battery caps, I purchased three 'Raindrip' inline irrigation dripper/nipples at my local hardware store. I drilled the vent holes in the caps to accommodate these dripper/nipples and super glued them to the tops of the caps - looks like the caps were manufactured that way. I drilled 3 small holes at the correct distancing between caps in the rubber hose and slipped/pushed the hose on to the nipples. It's a nice tight fit and the caps still turn. Installed on the battery, I must say, this setup looks exactly to what is pictured in the owners manual. Also, I think it is functional in venting the battery. But again, I can't determine from the picture in the manual if the hose is plugged at the battery end. It would seem to me that left unplugged, air would be forced through the hose by the engine fan and forward movement of the car thus forcing any liquid in the hose out the other end. I do have a rubber plug for the hose and the setup looks much better with this plug installed. To plug or not to plug - that is the question.

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