I believe this is a photo of a wheel for a 28 Plymouth at the Chrysler museum

Should have said valve stem covers, but here's my 29 wheel

I agree with Rusty! They look good & period correct and may even be beneficial if they keep the stem centered in the wheel better. Unlike the Model A it's  hard to track down what is 100% correct on these cars. if you got em & like em run em!

By 1930 the use of valve stem covers which were usually used on tubes with metal valve stems was phasing out.  Plymouth never used them in 1930 if the fact that they are not listed in the Plymouth parts catalogue can be taken as evidence. A rubber stem tube with a cap was all they used.  My car has dual side mounts and one of them was original to the car according to the original owner I bought the car from in 1962 and that's what it had.  By the way, the term "schrader valve" just refers to the valve that is screwed into the valve stem.  That said, there's no reason why you can't consider the valve stem covers you have to be an after market accessory and use them if you like the way they look. Personally, while I don't have them on my 30U, I like the way they look and they certainly dress things up a bit.

Sorry I've been off the board for a while. This is the type I have on my '29 wood wheels.

Ted

The rope seal, I believe is used to make the first seal with the two bearing half caps. Thus removing pan and cap and crank to work new one in to groove ,with wood dowel . The part you have off is back-up seal . A flange with cork seal . Cork is noted my truck MPB but not the Ply MPB . I just had my lower end apart 2 years ago . Cannot yet find any good pics of . You can call to discuss 570-401-5868 .

I have our car (29U) torn down and the bell housing, flywheel & seal holder bracket thing removed. I have a rope seal that came from Best Gaskets. The seal seems a lot thicker in all dimensions than the old seal and although I haven't tried yet it seems like it will be impossible to get it crammed in placece in that cheesy bracket in the limited space between the flange on the crank & the back of the engine. I looked at the old threads and some mention dropping the pan. I don't see how that would help anything as the seal holder bolts to the back of the rear cap and the back of the block. Someone also mentioned using a neoprene split seal. I have tried to find a seal that would fit with no luck. Anyone have a part # for said seal?

I have several computer nerd millennial people in our family that could do it but they are not necessary antique car lovers. Since this is sort of a private forum how much maintenance does it take? I know the FB forums fight constantly to keep spammers out but I don't know how much of a issue it is here. We have some time to figure it out. I would volunteer some time and money to do my part. To be honest my main passion is tri-five Chevys but our Plymouth is important to me too and this is a great resource.

The end of this forum would be sad indeed. Realistically however, I doubt many of the older guys have the computer skills to take it over (I certainly don't) and the younger guys who do probably don't have the time so it may be inevitable. As far as I know most forums are run by volunteers and it is a thankless task that is becoming ever more difficult because of the morons who seem to enjoy doing anything they can to disrupt things. That said if someone with the technical skill is willing to step up and keep things going I would be glad to kick in for any costs associated with keeping the website going.

Is there any way we can save this forum? It's the best resource for these cars that I have found and contains lots of info and friendships that will be lost. What are our options? A fee? Advertizing? Someone new to take it over? I don't know but I do know that without it our car wouldn't be near as good as it is today and I bet we aren't the only one.