I am restoring my 30-U  and am pulling the engine for a  rebuild.  To remove  the engine it looks like the bell housing needs to come off with  the engine as it does not look like the flywheel can be  removed while  the engine is attached to the bell housing.  Am I missing somethig or is that the way it has to  be done?  It looks like it might be possible to drop the rear of  the  engine and lift the front  so the flywheel drops down and out of the bell housing but  before I try that I was wondering if anyone has removed the engine that way.  Sure would be nice if there was a shop manual to work with.

I have had one in my car for 6 years so far.  All I do is keep it  charged on a maintenance trickle charger.

I waited 6 years to get the crank and rods squared away on my 1908 Locomobile so I know exactly what you are saying.  Hobbyists have to take a back seat when it comes to getting work done.  We fill in the gaps during slow periods.  I'm only 70 so I hope I will live long enough to drive the car again!

I have a spare engine block serial # U26823 which I assume is a late '29 Block.  The engine in my 30-U is serial #1511472.  Would the crankshafts and camshafts be interchangeable?  With the exception of the timing cover the blocks appear to be the same.  The difference in the timing cover appears to be to accommodate a shorter shaft distributer in the earlier block.

I am very familiar with the bearing process as I have several early cars that required babbit work. I actually think my issue is a wrist pin as it starts loud and then quiets down after the engine warms up.  It is probably irrelevent as I plan to do the engine over completely now.  The oil pressure and compression are both low and oil consumption is fairly high.  I have a source for the babbit work but wonder if there is someone who is considered to be the go to guy for early Plymouth  engine rebuilding.  I am not very good with computers so I doubt I can figure out how to post pictures of the car but once I get it back out of storage I will take some pictures and give it a try before I start the restoration.  It is a fairly original car but is very tired and suffers from the usual modifications that were made over the years to keep it on the road.

Hello all, I am new to this forum and wanted to introduce myself.  I have  30-U Rumble Seat Coupe that I have owned since 1962.  I drove the car daily until 1970 when I got married and my wife announced that she would not drive in a car without a heater any longer!  From that point on until 1973 I used tha car to go to the railroad station for the the first part of my daily commute to work.  In 1973 the car developed a mysterious knock so I put it away until I had time to investigate the cause.  Well,  4 children and 42 years later I  am retired and finally have the time!  I have restored other cars in the past but they have been very early cars so I expect that the Plymouth will pose challenges that the earlier, simpler cars did not.  In fact, I also have what I guess could be considered to be an early relative of the Plymouth, since I also have a 1910 Chalmers-Detroit.  Chalmers-Detroit became Chalmers and Chalmers became Maxwell so I guess my Chalmers Detoit is really a Plymouth thrice removed.  I expect that I will be asking some inane questions and searching for some unobtainable parts as part of the process but I look forward to the opportunity.