Why is the Dodge's speedo making a racket? Plus, belated gift for the Anglia | Old Classic Car vlog
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- Опубліковано 3 лют 2023
- Hi all, the 1947 Dodge WC truck's speedometer started making a bit of racket so I needed to take a look to see what the problem was. Was the speedo cable at fault? or did the problem lie within the speedometer itself? I take it apart and have a look, plus compare it to a spare speedo that I assumed was identical, but wasn't.
Last year I forgot to celebrate the 1952 Ford Anglia's 70th birthday, so I round out this upload with a period-correct gift I found for it, but only after cleaning it up with 1952-made polish.
I don't do too many "classic car vlog" type videos as, usually, what goes on in the garage is less-than-riveting, but I'll film what I can.
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When you mentioned your box of filler caps reminded me of when I was a kid, we'd been out for the day and Dad put some petrol in the car a couple of miles from home ready for work the next day. When we got home Dad noticed that the filler cap was missing, so he improvised with a bit of rag stuffed in the neck and nipped back to the garage, one of the few open at that time on a Sunday. somewhat embarrassed, he asked the guy if he had picked up a filler cap. Without a word he just reached down behind his desk and brought out a cardboard box filled with filler caps and said 'Take your pick!' Dad saw his at the top so all was well!
I did just that with the old Dodge tourer a few years back, popped it on top of the spare wheel, filled up, drove off and forgot all about the cap. Went back and someone had picked it up and put it on the kerbside, which was nice of them
Anything from an age when vehicles were made for an owner to be able to tinker is good for me , love all of your fleet Thanks for sharing them with us.
The Anglia is three years older than me. I enjoy your tinkering videos and most of the car shows. I am interested mainly in British cars because of the memories that they evoke. I must say though that I do like the sound of the Dodge's engine, that is probably because I had travelled many miles, in my youth, in old military trucks, such as Bedford and Leyland, with that whirling/whining sound.
Agreed, an old straight six and whining first gear is a great combination
Interesting Rick. The speedo, cable is attached to a rotating magnet within the instrument , kept centralised by a sleeve bearing or ball race.The indicating needle is pivoted to a rotating aluminium disc, with a ' clock ' hairspring to return it to zero.The rotating magnet and disc must not be in contact but close together but as the spinning cable rotates faster , the magnet overcomes the resistance of the hairspring and pulls the aluminium disc around ( and needle ) by means of ' eddy ' currents , an electromagnetic force , Faraday's Law !. Most mechanical instruments used the same operation for many years .Possible cause was years of idleness , grease can work up the cable , harden and find its way into the instrument and foul the critical space between magnet and disc pulling the needle around eratically .May be worth removing the inner cable sometime , clean off sticky grease and smear very lightly with a very soft grease.
Was going to say the same
Interesting write-up thanks, yes I cleaned the inner cable before delving into the speedo itself
More Anglia please! 😍 What a gorgeous and classy vehicle!
Yes it needs an airing although the council were out today spreading salt all over the roads, so maybe not for a few weeks!
As a mechanical numpty Rick I find your videos so relaxing and informative ( strange ). I personally like seeing anything you own even down too the tin of wax. PS = what no biscuit with your dads tea Harley !! 😉
I think I eat enough biscuits already :) thanks for watching
I'm just getting my breath back. The replacement filler cap on the Anglia was just too much for me. I do love your footling about videos.
Glad it wasn't too exciting for you :)
Great vid and more of the Anglia please we are both the same age 👍
I don’t have any favourites in your fleet, they all have character and I like seeing them all out and about.
Of the road worthy cars, I think they all have their merits. I have to say the Anglia is my favourite, but as a 103e owner I might be a teeny bit biased. I am most envious of the 4CV, I had no end of crusty Renaults in my mis-spent youth, 4's, 5's and 12's mainly, even rallying in a 12 for a couple of years.
Great vid good to see you back in the garage would love to see more of the anglia/A40 and that lovely little minor.
I sure like the Dodge pickup. My grandparents had a '39 Dodge sedan and there are many similarities--hood, fenders, instrumentation, so it brings back many fond memories. Their Dodge was extremely reliable and handled the logging roads on Vancouver Island just fine. I had a '46 GMC pickup which I completely rebuilt, so I have a great appreciation for your work.
Thanks Paul, I hope to feature it much more this year
wow, time you bought a Dewalt cordless reversible drill, so ferkin handy.
Now you made me feel old I am of 1951 vintage :(
Got to say love your enthusiasm for the old stuff and that you hunt it down (the polish)
I am a fan of ALL you vehicles, but would really love to see you progress on the A40
I'm watching this with interest, I've just got a Morris Minor pickup which came with a spare Speedo. So I took it apart to give it a clean. It will be going into the pickup now as it looks so much better.
Always like the pickups, probably my favourite of all the Minors
Love the variety in your stable - content always interesting and entertaining. Keep up the good work, fettling and grovelling. All good!
Thanks Chris
Good to see all of them out especially the new Renault
Hope to get it outside a lot more when the roads are less salty, thanks for watching
allways remember to use a can of zink additive on the dodge motor during oil changes and I'm sure the rest of the fleet has flat not roller tappets too but i know mopar has them ,my 48 Plymouth has its original motor and plan on it staying in there for a bit longer, you might consider using graffite lubrication in speed o heads ,oil tends to get sticky in colder temps
I like all cars from all over the world .
Be nice to see you cracking on with your resto project👍🏻
Father fettler with son helper tea boy! Super stuff and much enjoyed. Ta muchly!
Rob
Hi. I'd like to see more of the Dodge pickup. It reminds me of the old pickups featured in the film The Bridges of Madison County set in the Iowa farming community 😊
Hopefully it'll be in plenty more vids going forward, thanks for watching
I think the large wheel is a sort of balance ( magnet?) probably a spring too otherwise the whole thing would go crazy. A spot of oil seems to have done the trick. Yes check the oil but if it looks alright I personally would leave it for a while just to see how she runs. A good addition to the Anglia I think it looks better than that chrome one. Which one to see more? Well I like them all but I would be interested to see some progress on the A40, just saying! Thanks Rick another successful tinkering day.👍👍
Yep the A40 is high up on my to-do list fear not, as it has been for !! years
Nice bit of fettling and definitely more patience than I possess. That truck trundles along very nicely indeed.
I would like to see more of the Anglia and the Standard 8. But at the end of the day, they are all great.
Really interesting to see inside a speedo and understand how it works. I suppose it would seize up a bit after 70 plus years, just like me! You can get universal joints for socket sets to use in tight spots, or send the Youthful Assistant under the dashboard instead. At the risk of teaching my grandmother to suck eggs, I definitely recommend an oil change for the Dodge; oil does age and short, cold runs can cause condensation in the oil. In answer to your question at the end of the video, any of the present OCC fleet is enjoyable to watch, although my current favourite is the 4CV.
I don' know much about cars but I do like the look of the vintage cars they have charm and character about them which modern cars don't to my eyes and yes the old filler cap goes well with your ford pop.
Brilliant keep up good work
Lovely video, can't beat watching a bit of fettling on a Sunday morning. 30 plus minutes of pure motoring joy. Looking forward to more Dodge updates.
Thanks Ken
Thanks for your videos always enjoy All the content.
Thanks Niall!
A great video , felt I was in your garage with you both, what a wonderful purchase little Dodge is .👍🏼
Thanks Gerald
Well done you for repairing the speedo, I take my hat off to you. I'd be able to take it apart but would never be able to assemble it again lol 😂 as for which vehicle of yours would be my favourite, all of them. Enjoyable video thank you.
That's all good stuff. The Anglia looks good and the new/old fuel cap looks great. Hope to see you at one of the events/shows in 2023. All the best Bob
I spent some time fixing speedo's, a quick and easy test, get a small drill find a screwdriver bit that fits in the square, slowly use the drill to make the speedo work, the older ones worked both ways, you could increase or decrease the mileage, if there was an issue just turning it with a drill would show where the noise was, not sure on your truck but some speedo cables were round, just crimped at the ends, the needle should pop off you can make some tools like a watchmaker uses to remove the hands of a watch, just bigger for a speedo, if the reading was erratic and waving all over it was sometimes because the hair spring damper behind the dial had come loose or broken. Should have watched it through to the end as thats what you did, electric drill with variable speed helps.
With E10 being pushed on us how are you coping, just hunt out four star fuel, do you or will you remove the ethanol, go for eco fuel, the thought of draining each vehicle for extended storage and then storing the fuel seems a nightmare
I often just use E5 (super unleaded) which has less ethanol than E10 obviously, for now at least, I think it might become a problem if the fuel is left for a long time in the tank etc, but if it's routinely used and replaced then I'm not worried particularly.
Nice bit of fettling Rick,you have a lot of patience! I like all of your motors but I think my favourite is the Standard. Hope you sort out the clacking valve gear on it as the weather warms up.
"flappin'....clappin"... all good technical descriptions of course... good to see you got the speedo sorted..... the bakelite cap is something else....'Anglia Jay' deserves it... the old lockable was a bit passed its best....
Evening, yes flappin and a clappin are industry terms used often in the 1940s. It was a strange noise, I think it echoed behind the dash making it sound louder than I'd expected, hence peering underneath the front end on a couple of occasions to make sure everything was still present and correct. Pleased that the bakelite cap meets with your approval ...!
I like all of them.
I do enjoy your garage fettling videos, especially when successful. Having just turned 70 I would love to see more of the Anglia but to be honest they're all great.
Thanks scooterboy
Another great video guys! I have a Triumph Herald Coupe that has always had an extremely "tappety" 1147cc engine - exactly the same as your Standard. So some more content on that would be of great interest to me! Thanks, Golden Age Classics.
Thanks, will post something if I find out more
Hi Rick - I love your attitude to 'mechanics' - let's have a go, it's broken anyway and it might work ! I'm of the exact way of thinking and if nothing else, it teaches you how NOT to do something ! Great to see your 'present' for the Anglia - I LOVE that car. Have you been cleaning the body work on her - she almost looks like she's had a respray ! Always fun to watch you 'fettling' Rick - thanks for the entertainment. Take care 🙂
Boiled linseed oil treatment, video last year, or earlier perhaps? Big Dodge had the same treatment since.
Hi, nope haven't cleaned the Anglia in months, I did a vid a while back about mildly polishing it just enough to remove the dead layers of paint, but no more than that
Hi, yes I boiled linseeded big Dodge but didn't get to do the same on the Anglia (yet)
The first car my dad had was the so called "sit up & beg" Anglia. Unfortunately he overturned it when the steering failed. That was probably before the start of MoT tests.
Grease the inner cable .
in order of viewing order 1/ A40 Recommissioning 2/ Anglia 3/ Standard 4/ Big Dodge (expensive) 5/ Little Dodge 6/ no others (bad memories of the other one!!) 7/ except in 2024/5 when the A40 is finished the Morris 8 will be a wonderful pre wars addition. Just one question did you use the tea as the oil?
Great easy repair. Hope you got Harley to put the spare Speedo together.
I like all the cars, somore videos on them all.
Looks like you need to extend the leantoo so the Standard is fully undercover, haha more jobs.
The lean-to needs to come down before it falls down, it's getting a little delicate in places ....
@@oldclassiccarUK better doityjis spring, before it falls on the Standard8
Dodge Please next 🕰️
More 4CV please. The filler cap looks great.
Yep we're looking forward to getting the 4CV when the council stop spreading salt everywhere, salt + wafer thin metal wouldn't be a good combination. Thanks for watching.
Absolutely love the Chanel in this episode you mentioned that dates are out for this year’s shows please could you advise the best way to find the show information, best search pages etc, we are based east coast but regularly visit our daughter in Manchester so am willing to travel, soon to retire and hopefully will be buying my first classic, thanks in advance for any suggestions
Thanks Sharron. I just keep an eye on Facebook for mention of shows in the area, also the weekly classic car papers list many events. Plus having attended quite a few shows, I search them up at the beginning of a new year and look out for when they publish dates for the upcoming year. Saying that I still miss loads that I would have gone to had I known about them!!
Let's get the A40 done!
In an ideal world I'd farm out at least some of the work, we'll see, thanks for supporting the channel
ATF works great when used on bakelite.
👍🏻💯🇦🇺
A bakelite filler cap paraded about in broad daylight! Whatever next?
Highlight of my week it was!
All please
All the time I owned my 48 Dodge pickup the speedometer never worked. By the way is it awkward driving a left hand drive vehicle in the uk?
I quite like LHD, plus there's no chance of me ever overtaking anything so LHD isn't a problem
@@oldclassiccarUK plus keeping it under 40MPH helps a lot. King pin steering tends to wander a bit and it took me some effort to keep my truck driving in a straight line down the road as it is.
I prefer the British classics.but the others are good also.
I didn't see you lubricate the speedo cable
Like I mentioned, I removed the cable before recording anything, and while it was off I cleaned and relubricated it, reinstalled it but the problem remained. Thanks for watching.
sounds like time for a new speedo cable, or tightening it...might just need some lube on the cable...
I think I mentioned the cable, but in the end it was the speedo itself playing up
I suspect when you are driving at over 70mph that speedo might not be 100% accurate. 😀
I've noticed that it smooths out once you pass 90 ... :-)