[joe_padavano]

[quote quote=15140]Here is a question, that I don’t see answered…. What about the vacuum booster. What sixe ,and where is this get mounted. Second question…..Wilwood has a remote master cylinder…..thoughts?[/quote]

The car weighs 2600 lbs. Why do you need a vacuum booster? The stock booster was under the dash. You’d need to find one of those if you must have power brakes. I converted my drums to dual circuit using a Fox-body M/C with 7/8″ bore. Original was 1″. What a difference! Pedal force is noticeably reduced. Definitely don’t need a booster. Just be smart about picking an M/C.

[joe_padavano]

[quote quote=15141]I picked up a battery tray off of a 62 F85. It looks completely different that the one I have on my 62 Cutlass. thoughts.[/quote]

There are two styles, the one with the bracket that goes over the top of the battery and the one with the small clamp on the side. My South Gate-built 62 wagon came with the latter. Unfortunately, the batteries available today that fit don’t have the ridge that the little bracket clamps to.

[joe_padavano]

This info is a little late (since the original posts were from 2016), but the Jan 1965 printing of the parts book shows different windshields for rubber channel and glue-in applications the 1961-63 cars, each in both clear and tinted. Part numbers and footnotes are shown in the two attached pages from that parts book.

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[joe_padavano]

Eric,

I would have sworn that the 61 and 62 fenders were the same P/N, but the parts book shows different numbers for each year. What I don’t know is if the P/N difference is simply the fact that the 62 fenders have fastener holes punched for the die cast extension on the leading edge.

[joe_padavano]

[quote quote=14997]this may be taboo, but merc has 4 lug discs for the comet…..Thoughts,[/quote]

Unclear how that helps. Different wheel bearings, for starters. Different spindles. The rotors are the easy part. I have Saab 900 rotors with the same 4 x 4.5″ bolt pattern for the front. They have plenty of offset from the wheel mounting surface to the rotor face and with VW Jetta calipers will clear the optional 15″ factory wheels. I need to see if they clear my 14″ slot mags.

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[joe_padavano]

Eric, the driveshaft in my 62 wagon does not have the rubber.

[joe_padavano]

Correct. The thread-in ball joints have a hex.

[joe_padavano]

I just rebuilt the front end on my 62 before Power Tour. I used a Kanter complete kit. Mine are screw in ball joints. I did have a problem with one of the ball joints being machined undersized. Kanter resolved the issue and sent me two new ones within two days. Great customer service. I provided pictures of the issue in this thread:

http://oldsjetfire.com/forums/topic/kanter-comes-through/

[joe_padavano]

The coolant in the engine is not all one temperature. It is expected that temps will vary depending on where you measure them.

[joe_padavano]

What Eric said. The sending unit for a temp gauge must be in flowing coolant, and there is only one such location on the stock intake. You can get an aftermarket part that fits in the upper radiator hose and has an NPT port for a sender, but that is a little less accurate location.

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