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34billct |
07-18-2013 @ 8:27 AM
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Hi John The differential is fine but i still have a drive line vibration. alos the rear spring is sagging so i am pulling it to day to get it reached and will check the drive shaft. Isi't this FUN?
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MG |
07-17-2013 @ 10:27 AM
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Thanks guys. Puts my mind at ease. So much for the fragility of Babbitt engines. MG
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07-17-2013 @ 9:55 AM
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Bill, how is that rear doing now after the rebuild in CA?
John
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34billct |
07-17-2013 @ 8:47 AM
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This is a 34 eng. with babbitt mains and fitted with insert cam bearings. holds good oil pressure and now has 16000 + mi on it. But unfortunately I had a pinion bearing problem on the way out and it was in the shop being repaired during the show. On the way back I went to the Ca. Coast and up to Oregon, Washington, and back through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Dearborn Michigan, into Canada to Niagara Falls, New York, Massachusetts, and home in Connecticut.
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FrankM-RG5 |
07-16-2013 @ 8:57 AM
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Bill, good to hear you got back ok. It was a great trip and I enjoyed the time we traveled together. As far as babbit goes here is the quick answer. Done right it will stand up to any distance. It can also be tightened up a little when needed until it is broken or worn out. Many Model As with babbit have clocked quite a few miles. Inserts are a little stronger and easier to rebuild.
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JM |
07-16-2013 @ 4:36 AM
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Bruce, I hope to do at least another cross country trip or tour in one of my other early Ford V-8's. Although, I may need to find a less expensive way to make the trip(s). Hotels and fuel are the major expenses. MG, the engine in my car is a '35 poured babbitt engine that was re-babbitted in 2001. It now has about 21,000 miles on the new babbitt. Most of these miles are at speeds of 40-60 mph.
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07-15-2013 @ 8:33 PM
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BTW - JM & 34billct, The reason I ask about your engines being Babbitt-ed, is I was told by a gentleman I met at the meet that a long-haul trip such as the one you guys just completed would not be advisable for a Babbitt engine. He said even with newly poured Babbitt such as I have in my '34, the engine would not hold up. Now I'm wondering how those 'Okies' made it to California during the Great Depression?.......
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07-15-2013 @ 8:17 PM
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@34billct, I attended the Tahoe event and probably saw your car. But, not knowing which of the many '34's there were the cross country cars, could you attach a picture of your car? Does your car have it's original engine or have you installed a later model flathead in it? Is yours a Babbitt engine? I saw JM's car there but failed to ask him the same questions. JM, if you could chime in here......MG
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trjford8 |
07-15-2013 @ 6:56 PM
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Congrats to you Bill. That's a long haul in a 34. That was the trip of a lifetime for any V-8er.
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34billct |
07-15-2013 @ 1:42 PM
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Made it home Sunday 7/14/13 after a short drive from Lee Mass. Forty two days on the road, and driving forty of them. 8263 mi in my 34. A fun trip, theres a big Country out there.
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