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Definitely, my grandpa drug it home from a salvage yard with a stuck engine sometime before 1976 and fixed it up. It was pretty well used-up before he even got it. He used it to run in parades over the years, including pulling our family on a hayrack in the bicentennial parade in 1976. It...

Thanks to all for the interest. I think I've got more reactions from the tractor posts than I ever have from anything a-body related. I guess we all really do have motor oil in our veins.

That's cool. I've actually seen several of these MD W30's in Australia online. They seem to have been somewhat popular there.

I don't really know at this point. McCormick Deering's were built by International Harvester so I'm hoping that something from a Farmall will fit the axles. I'm going to have to get on some tractor forums.

That's exactly what my dad said after it happened.

No water, just an inner tube. I knew the rims weren't in great shape but I didn't realize how bad. I put 10 pounds of air in both rears and probably shouldn't have. Only a matter of time, regardless.

We'll guys, the cheap Menards oil transfer pump worked great. Unfortunately, rims aren't supposed to do this. Made it almost to the end of the parade, at least. Fun while it lasted.

I don't know if this will help you or not but when I aligned my Duster, I set both front tires on a pair of thin teflon cooking sheets from the dollar store with grease between them. They seemed to work great to let the tires go where they wanted when adjusting. I got the idea from someone on...

I thought you guys might like a couple pics. It's a 1935 McCormick Deering W30.

Thanks for the thoughts. Great idea about a bilge pump. Unfortunately no one local has one in stock. Yes, I did think about just replenishing as it loses but I was concerned about introducing cold water into the system with the engine hot. I hadn't considered the pump losing prime, but yes, my...

I'm hoping someone else might used one of these to pump water. I can get a 12 volt pump for $25 and need it to live for maybe 2 hours. The pump instructions all say the oil being pumped is what keeps the pump lubricated. I'm trying some backwoods engineering to run an antique tractor in a...

Thanks Rusty. He was one of a kind. Typical of those alive during the depression, nothing was ever thrown away. He was still mowing his own yard at 96.

I figure most of you are like me and appreciate about anything with an engine, especially if it's old. Here's a few pics of my grandpa's 1935 McCormick Deering W30. He passed away earlier this year at the age of 97. We don't know for sure when he got this but know he had it in 1976 when he...

Those are what I just bought so that is good to hear.

Just an update for anyone stumbling on this post later. The car running better is definitely not in my head. I don't generally run it too hard but decided to do a little testing Monday afternoon. It actually will break loose the right rear punching it from a 10-15 mph roll and it will burn the...

Thanks 72bluNblu for the great tips on the caps. Something else I thought of is, be gentle on your brake light switch during surgery. I managed to bend the mounting bracket on mine as they're not particularly stout. You obviously will have to adjust it higher after conversion. Mine was hitting...

@70SwingerGuy Another detail I just thought of is that your brake pedal height will likely be higher than it was with power brakes after conversion. It took me a few times driving my car to get used to the higher pedal. I had a thread in the brake forum where I was assured that was normal...

Yes, that's the one in 15/16 bore.

No problem, if you have any other questions, feel free to ask. I'm just regurgitating the info I've stolen from others on here. It would be hard to convince me that there's a more knowledgeable group of people anywhere. FABO has become my go-to for even non-Mopar info. It seems that, no matter...

FWIW, the consensus I found was to use a 15/16 bore rather than factory 1 1/32 when going to manual brakes, at least for my 73. I assume that would also apply to a 70. I purchased a 2 bolt master and adapter plate from Dr Diff and I already had a manual pushrod from the original non-power 4...

It actually is no worse than stock on the low end, at least at part throttle, and midrange power is much improved. Idles at 650-700 with 18" of vacuum. I seldom really lay into it and it would probably run about as well with the stock cam but I'm pretty happy with how it runs. I've got a 3.55...

That's one of the funny things. I don't notice much difference at all in idle quality. It always seemed to be running well before but maybe a little weak. I had just decided I was expecting too much but it never felt as strong as other 318's I've had. it honestly feels like I put the missing...

I know you're just joking but I notice every little tick, rattle, vibration, etc way more if my wife is with me.

I assume you're being serious. That is an odd one.

Yeah, I can actually see the bulkhead connectors now.

Nothing but remove the booster, install the new master, and bleed the brakes. From day one with that rebuilt booster, the brakes were super touchy. I'm wondering if it was ever right.

Apologies for the format of the above. It looked good on my phone before I posted.

I wasn't sure which sub-forum this belongs in but here goes. I finished converting from power disc/drum to manual a few weeks ago and love the manual brake feel. I also installed a new 15/16 master from Dr Diff. Car is a 73 Duster with a 74 318 smogger with Summit K6900 cam, Performer intake...

This is good info to know. I was just assuming that I would have issues with replacement rotors like occur with many other products these days. I'm definitely going with something more aggressive than I had planned to. Thanks again to all for the recommendations.

Just to update for anyone viewing this thread in the future, my pedal height is already a little lower than the pics Dana67Dart posted by approximately a 1/4". I'll just have to reprogram my foot. I'm already getting used to the higher pedal after driving it a couple of times.