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Did the rod go over or under the lower radiator hose. My T pickup has not ran in 50 plus years. Finally starting to work on it when I have time. I found that the timer rod was below the hose and looking at the timer it was way out of position with the #1 wire on the #2 pole. By moving the timer into approximate position it should be in, the rod is over an inch short of the hole. I will have to do some digging to find another rod to check the bends .
Might have had something to do with the lack of power it had.
I need to download some pictures from my camera and try to post them. Every one needs a good laugh and I like the way. we pick them apart as everyone sees something different in them and things others do not see them.

Rod goes under the water connection.

I have a 26 with the rod over the hose. It just has one bend in the middle. It works fine that way. My other cars have it under the hose. They are a bit more tricky to bend to miss the hose and go over the commutator but work fine when properly bent. I think the ones which go under are the original type. The one which goes over was likely an aftermarket. That car has a reddish brown New Day Timer and when I got it it had a water pump, which I replaced with a stock inlet and two hoses with a pipe between.
Norm

It goes under.

Dennis_Brown wrote: ↑

Fri May 26, 2023 10:39 pm

Did the rod go over or under the lower radiator hose.

Correctly, goes under. But not the hose, the timer rod should go under the 3939 Outlet Connection Pipe.

Note the lower of the two short hoses needs to be factory length of 2 3/4", some of the repros are cut a tad longer and will interfere with the rod.

The rod should easily clear the pipe, but won't clear a hose, and having it hit or rub the hose won't allow full travel.

The hoses used in conjunction with the tube from the radiator to the inlet as made for a number of years, do not need to be as long as they are in my opinion and can interfere with the rod. They only need to be long enough to have clamping room on either side of the upset on the tube and castings.