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I had a hood for my Datsun 1200 shipped from Greece and it only cost me about $100! It cost me more than that to ship a 5lb valence that was 5' long but only 6"x6" from CA to NY. International shipping does often have weird treaty stuff rolled into it, part of why you can buy something shipped...

This is so true. Of course if you think deuce parts shipping is expensive, I bought a Ferret recently and have been shipping parts in from all over the former British empire! The weird thing is sometimes the shipping is actually a lot less than shipping IN the US would have been!

Web page is down, number is disconnected, not looking good.

I remember my M37 as having a synchronized gearbox. They were supposed to from 1951 onward. I just used my M37 as shipped and actually didn't mind the gerabox at all so no first-hand knowledge of swaps. Here are some things I found though... The M37B1 transmission is liked better than the...

I made a busbar gauge and set all the busbar heights so now my bands are theoretically adjusted correctly. I do notice the GCP height is a lot more uniform in more gears. Below is the target dimension and where my bands were before adjustment. FWIW gears 2-5 seemed to work OK before...

I had a productive weekend with the Ferret. Turns out I'd not done a good job of centering the shoes on the back brakes before adjusting them so as soon as I used the brakes a couple times had WAY too much slack in the system. After careful adjustment with a friend pumping the brakes after...

If you drive around in an F-cab in winter VS. a deuce cab, it's apparent why you might like the F-cab pretty darn quick. It's not drafty, won't leak, the heater will actually keep you warm, and you have wipers that work. Easier to fit a built crew-cab than extend a deuce cab too. I love the...

I suppose I generally agree the LDT isn't the best thing to swap into anything unless you just *have* to have a multifuel. If you have a F600 and want a swap, why not go grab a 7.8 New Holland. Ford used them later in the F600 lifecycle, just before going to Cummins so the swap should be...

See, I'm lucky. Since I have so many things missing it would be pretty simple to pull my fuel tank. :-\ In seriousness, I'll be interested to see if acetone does the job. I guess a lot of MV owners go the outboard-motor gas tank route and I admit that it is tempting to not have to worry about...

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Indeed, I've read it's a common problem of people using it like a clutch and I'm sure that's why 1st is tired. I admit that I struggled with that impulse mightily and I'm sure I contributed to that wear in 1st some myself. Is the motor is running better and I trust it more it's becoming...

Thanks. For now I just stole some from my CVR(T). Looks like I should have brake lights as soon as I hook the switch back up. The motor is now running well, I do have a bit of transmission trouble I'm afraid though. Low gear sort of works on very flat ground and lower speeds. If I encounter...

That works for the interior lights, what do you like for the brake lights?

I went through the carburetor with a fine-tooth comb... well, little nozzle on a blow gun and some solvent really. I got it all back together and didn't even manage to loose the little glass balls. Still was having no joy once it went back on. I'd read that sometimes a fuel problem on these...

Ah, but it's the fact you still have points that causes you to break down. :)

I got the inner part back in OK, but think I might have the outer plate reversed. I didn't take it completely apart, just enough to clear out the passages. I guess I'll go deeper and do a full teardown.

Taking it off and putting it on was really not that bad at all, of course I own a Datsun 210 so the bar is pretty high. I'm just not sure how the starter carburetor is supposed to work and interact with the rest of the system.

Indeed, it would be lovely to find one to make duplicates of. Someday perhaps. Right now I'm just fretting about the delay in my gearshift arriving and worried I'll have to try to find another.

I got the diaphragms back in the Solex and the vehicle runs, but really badly. I think I might have messed up something in reassembling the starter carburetor. Still, it ran well enough I could pull it out of the shop and turn it around so now the back end is off the ground awaiting brake...

Yep, somebody reinvented the Ferret. Pretty cool toy though.