Hi all,

I've had problems ever since I've owned the Q with oil occasionally dripping from the speedo cable into the cabin. After the wife complained of ruined shoes due to the oil, I solved it by just wrapping the cable with rags and replacing them every 6 months or so.
I have just had the cable remade as the keyed pin came away from the cabin end of the inner cable. On inspection the inner and outer cable were very worn in several places, so rather than just repairing the loose end I had a new cable made using NOS inner and outer cable and my old fittings on the ends.
I thought maybe when the new cable assembly was made there would be a seal that stops the oil tracking up the cable but there isn't.
My questions are:
1/. Should there be an oil seal of some description at the gear box end of the cable?
2/. Was the probable cause of the oil tracking up the old cable too much oil in the gearbox?
3/. Should the new cable be lubricated with a light or heavy oil prior to fitting?

Thanks
Gary S

I removed my exhaust and inlet manifolds to replace the leaking gaskets. On removal I found that the four metal rings that should be positioned between the engine block and manifolds are missing. Can someone please give me the dimensions of these rings so I can turn them up on a friends lathe. I wasn't sure how muck clearance they should have. Also are they made from steel or copper?

Gary S

Further to my request in the "things your looking for" section, does anyone know if the Bendix drive assembly for Ford model A's are the same as Plymouth Q? They look the same in the workshop manuals.

Thanks
Gary S

Hi Guys,

My wife and I are coming over to the USA from Australia in late August and all of September mainly visiting family. I will be travelling through Hawaii, San Diego, San Francisco, Palm Springs, Las Vegas, Houston TX and Paducah KY to name a few places.

I will have and empty suitcase and hope to pick up a Plymouth Q engine gasket set, carby rebuild kit and possibly a few other small parts as spares for my Q in my travels.

Can anyone suggest the best places to get the gasket kits?

If there are any Plymouth owners in the areas I am visiting that would like to catch up and show me their vehicles I would be over joyed.

Regards

Gary Stocking (Aussie Q)

 Can someone please advise how the front windscreen operates and how is the moving arms attached to the windscreen. I,ve had my car for 4 years and the mechanism has never worked in that time. As winter is coming I decided to remove the trim and check out why and to see if I could stop the water leaking when it rains.
On removing the trim I found that the arms that move when the handle is wound have no way of being attached to the top of the windscreen. I presume there needs to be some form of channel attached to the top of the windscreen and it should move up when wound?
Can someone supply a photo or sketch of what is missing?

Regards

Gary

Just a reminder for anyone near Melbourne Australia that the Berwick Swap is on this Saturday run by the Dandenong Valley Historic Car Club. Arguably the biggest and best Swap in the Melbourne metropolitan area.been running over 35 years. Buyers gates open 6.00am Sat Morning. it will be a busy day I am on the Gate from 6.00pm friday to 6.00am Saturday. We have stall holders coming in all through to night so they can get good spots. Weather looks like its going to be good.
Last year we were flooded out. 3.oclock in the morning the creek went from 1 metre wide x .5 metres deep to 5 metres deep and 200 metres wide. We spent the night fishing people, their vehicles and their stalls out of it.

Gary S

Hi Guys,
I have seen the ads on the web for Dyna beads for balancing tyres. Has anyone tried them inside their tyres. If so do they work or is it really only useful for vehicles that travel faster than our Plymouths.

Gary (aussieQ)

Hi Guys,

Thought you may be interested in hearing about my recent broken axle adventure. A couple of weeks ago June and I were out on our clubs long weekend run to Bendigo, about 170K from home. The car of course was runing beautifuly. We had a minor problem as we started on our trip. Only a kilometer from home the bonnet (or hood as you call it) came loose and started to flap. Thinking I had forgotten to do up the catch I stoped by the side of the road grabed the catch and pulled it to do it up. The catch came off in my hand. The next hour was spent trying to find something that would fasten the front of the bonnet down satisfactorly to last the next four days. Late morning we were back on the road ready to start our journey again. Including a couple of short stops along the way it took us about anouther 4 hours to reach our destination. The next day we had gone into town for a look around. As I was taking off and changing gear from 1st to 2nd there was a slight thump from the rear and the car started to slow. Thinking it had jumped out of gear I stoped and selected first and tried to take off again. No luck.
I wasn't sure what the problem was but a passing fellow club member checked it out and told me that he thought it was a broken rear axle. Fortuneatly we were insured against breakdowns and soon had the car picked up for transporting home and had a hire car supplied for us to complete our weekend touring.
The car arrived home on the following Tuesday and by that time I had located two second hand axles, one to replace the broken one and a spare to keep under the seat.
Pulling the broken axle out wasn't as easy as I was led to believe. I made up an axle puller but couldn't budge it using the puller. I ended up having to heat up the axle housing around the bearing shell and with the wheel fitted loosely used it like a slide hammer to impact the axle. This finally worked and the axle and bearings came out. The next problem was to remove the broken piece of axle shaft. To do this I had to remove the good axle on the other side of the car and using a very thin long piece of metal rod slid it through the axle housing and pushed the broken shaft towards the other end. It took some juggling but we finally got it out the other side.
When I removed the good axle I was suprised to see that it appeared to be of a later manufacture than the used axles I had sourced and was very well made and clearly branded (see attached photo).  Has anyone seen axles with the same branding?

Hi guys, 

Just wondering if it would be possible to keep a data base of plymouth FEDCO numbers on this website. For privacy reasons we I would suggest it only contains the town/state/country and body style details and it's fedco number, not the owners details, unless they wish. We could list the details of any plymouths we come across at car shows or where ever, as well as those we own. It could help identify how many plymouths are still around as well as assist future owners track their previous history, particularly these days with vehicles being imported and exported. 
Anyone else think it might be worth while?

Gary

Are there any suppliers selling reproduction or NOS inside door handles for a four door sedan? Alternatively I would appreciate if anyone knows where I can get a couple of good used handles. Two of mine are almost unservicable and I was wanting to replace them before they break off.

aussieQ

Hi there. Just introducing myself. My name is Gary Stocking. My wife June and myself are the new proud owners of a 1928 Plymouth Q four door sedan. We live in Melbourne Australia. Not knowing a lot about Plymouths I was really pleased to find out about this forum and will be very happy interact with other Plymouth owners. I believe our vehicle was one of the first Plymouths imported into Australia. Its FEDCO number code is HDO14L which I believe means it was built between the 14th July and 31st july 1928.
Regards
AussieQ.