Mounting the low firewall in place of wood firewall.
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Jack Putnam, in Ohio
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Mounting the low firewall in place of wood firewall.
when replacing the 17-22 wood fire wall with the low steel replacement fire wall are spacer washers needed betwern the frame mounting brackets and the metal firewall? If so what are its dimensions. Thanks for your support. Jp
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Re: Mounting the low firewall in place of wood firewall.
Steel firewall uses different brackets.
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Jack Putnam, in Ohio
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Re: Mounting the low firewall in place of wood firewall.
Humble. You are referring the ones with the square holes instead of round. Yes I know of that change. Thank you.
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Re: Mounting the low firewall in place of wood firewall.
Jack - somewhere, I believe in the Service Bulletins there was an article referring that - Ford suggested using the outer radiator thimble as spacers (4).
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Re: Mounting the low firewall in place of wood firewall.
As luck would have it, I have both an early 23(wood FW) & a 23 with steel firewall.
The difference is 1/2"
I like the idea of using the top radiator mount caps over a couple of wood spacers.
The difference is 1/2"
I like the idea of using the top radiator mount caps over a couple of wood spacers.
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Re: Mounting the low firewall in place of wood firewall.
Here is info on those spacers.
The best way is always the simplest. The attics of the world are cluttered up with complicated failures. Henry Ford
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Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain. Henry Ford
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Re: Mounting the low firewall in place of wood firewall.
If staying with the wood firewall to frame brackets all that is needed is two wooden spacers to make up the difference in thickness of the two firewalls.
Allan from down under.
Allan from down under.
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Re: Mounting the low firewall in place of wood firewall.
As has been stated it was common practice to use the upper radiator mount thimble as a spacer, with 4 being needed. I guess you could grind the open end of the 1/2 inch thimble down the 1/16 of a inch to get to 7/16 of a inch if you so desired, but generally there is enough play in frame to steel firewall mount to not make that necessary.
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Re: Mounting the low firewall in place of wood firewall.
If wood wood be no good, perhaps we should be replacing all the wooden spacers under all the metal running boards with radiator thimbles.
In the firewall application I know which solution wood look less like an interim patch-up job.
Allan from down under, where wood is good.
In the firewall application I know which solution wood look less like an interim patch-up job.
Allan from down under, where wood is good.
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Re: Mounting the low firewall in place of wood firewall.
In Trent Boggess's article posted by Dan, he stated...
".... the Ford engineers designed a round 7/16 inch spacer that WOOD go between the new steel dash and the mounting points on the earlier dash to frame brackets."
Trent's subconscious led him to the better solution than that of the engineers.
Allan from down under.
".... the Ford engineers designed a round 7/16 inch spacer that WOOD go between the new steel dash and the mounting points on the earlier dash to frame brackets."
Trent's subconscious led him to the better solution than that of the engineers.
Allan from down under.
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Re: Mounting the low firewall in place of wood firewall.
These videos may be of some help.
https://youtu.be/NXzZRZx9yy4?si=RLs_hpvUJYLwwZBD
https://youtu.be/6J8-eOjInEQ?si=WScEW6AaRyag6P6e
https://youtu.be/NXzZRZx9yy4?si=RLs_hpvUJYLwwZBD
https://youtu.be/6J8-eOjInEQ?si=WScEW6AaRyag6P6e
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