Hey y'all,
Need a couple tubes and rim liners for my 27 Star. Tire size is 4.50 X 21. Any of you able to suggest an online dealer for tires and tubes, etc.? Havin' trouble finding one.
Thanks a lot.
Rick
I read somewhere that bolt torque specifications weren't widely used until 1939 or 1940. This may be the reason we can't find specs for tightening head nuts on Durant made cars.
Bob
Hello. Can anyone tell me what we should set the valve clearances at cold on my 1926 14L? The book only tells us the Hot setting of .006. Also, does anyone have any tricks for inserting the pistons from below? any special homemade tool configurations or tricks?...
Hello everyone,
found a company that still has tooling to make brake drums in 10" and 11" diameter.
They are $145.00 US each drum having some made right now. Let me know if there is anybody else that needs some.
Best regards,
Franz Fraitzl
Hi
At the stage of putting colour coats on some parts of my 1930 6-14 deluxe. Can anyone tell me if originally
1 dash board is body colour or black or any thing else ( i have painted instument backing plate black )
2 side mount spare wheel brackets black or body...
I have a new paint job & I would like to paint my rims also . But I'm not really sure about how to remove them. I think I need some type of a puller. Any ideas are welcome
I found what I believe to be a 1923/1924(?) Dort left front fender at the swap meet last weekend. Anyone out there who can help identify exactly what year it is? I can send you some sketches. It has some very unique contours so a Dort owner should be able to deter...
Got the 30 Durant out on the road to-day after a longish winter.
With the new gears I got from Frank, the transmission sounds 100% better!!! If anyone needs a noisy set of gears, gladly pass them on to you. (Noisy gears are better than no gears ...
Very happy...
Any W-8 owners out there who have purchased spark plugs recently?
Every chart or manual I look in has a different plug number and likely not available.
The car is a driver, not a show car, so I'm not concerned about black shells etc.
Just a plug that fits an...
Hello, I have a 1926 Star coach with a Continental 14L 6 cylinder engine. We are having difficulty getting it to idle smoothly. We tried another carb from Lance (thank you Lance) but it still seems to "load up" on idle and run to rich with the exhaust smelling like...
Pulled head off 1928 Durant M2 W5 engine yesterday. Pistons and cyl walls are really like new.#3 has one teenie scratch, But not enough to worry about. Looks like head gasket leaked between 2 and 3. Question is, I will send head to machine shop for cleaning and to ch...