1935 Cadillac - GM Heritage Center

Fisher Body Service Manual, 1935
LUBRICATING PARTS OF BODY
Door Lock
The Door Locks are lubricated when installed at the factory
and usually need no attention for the first two years except at
the Lock Bolt Oil Reservoir Felt which should be dampened
with machine oil every two months or so. Many customers
object to oil being used on the Lock Bolt as it does rub off on
clothing. To correct this objection Door Ease may be applied
to the Lock Bolt or Striker Plate instead of the oil. Both
should not be used at the same time.
When a Lock works hard and needs oiling, it should be removed
from the Door, washed in gasoline, dried, then oiled at
working parts. If time does not permit this, simply spray it
through the Lock Bolt with Penetrating Dripless oil by means
of an Atomizer.
NOTE—Use dry powdered Graphite to lubricate Door Locking
Handles and other Lock Cylinders, Convertible Coupe
Window Glass Run Channels, Door Check Link Rubber Buffers,
and all Black Rubber Body Parts where chafing occurs.
Hood Lacings
Clean excess oil or grease off the Lacing with gasoline and
apply Door Ease Grease Stick by rubbing it on the surface.
Door Wedge Plate and Dovetail Bumper Assembly
An application of Door Ease Grease Stick is the cleanest
and most efficient method of lubricating these parts. Clean off
all old grease before applying Grease Stick. Give the parts a
light coating only, as a heavy coating is wasteful and collects
grime that may rub off on clothing.
Hood Catches
The Hood Catch Bearings should be oiled. Grease Stick
should be used at the Plate.
Hood Hinges
Hood Hinges require penetrating oil two or three times a
year. The Dripless Oil handled by Hinckley Myers Co. is ideal
for this. It penetrates very quickly and the solvent evaporates
leaving a film of heavy oil that lubricates but does not run.
WATER
Trunk
LEAKS
Water leaks may occur in the Trunk at the Hinges, Gutter,
and sometimes at the Handle Ferrule.
' The Hinge is attached to the Lid and Body Panel by screws
that screw into threaded lugs molded in the Hinge. The lugs
are inserted through holes in the Panel. These holes should be
sealed by soft washers (rubber or lead) or by waterproof
compound applied on the lugs before tightening the Hinge to
place. This water leak may either drip on the luggage or collect
in between the two Panels of the Lid and run out when
Lid is raised.
Where the Handle Ferrule or an Emblem goes through the
Trunk Lid a water leak may occur- and the way to correct it
is to remove or loosen them and seal with either a rubber
washer or an application of F. S. 1039 compound.
Illustration No. 141
Hinge Lubrication—Showing Plewes Oiler in Hinge Hole.
Door Handle Cylinder
To Lubricate a Door Handle Lock Cylinder or any other
Lock Cylinder such as a Deck Lid, Trunk Lid or Glove Box
Lid, clean it thoroughly with gasoline or carbon tetrachloride,
blow out and dry, then lubricate with Dry Powdered Graphite
and nothing else.
NOTE—Hinckley Myers Co. and Kent Moore Organization
sell a Lock Cleaning and Lubricating Kit that has cleaning
fluid and Powdered Graphite, with a small cleaning Gun and a
Graphite Gun for their application.
It also has three key extractors to remove broken keys from
Lock Cylinders. (See Lubrication.)
The Door Hinges should be oiled with a good grade of machine
oil such as Penetrating Dripless Oil, by forcing it in the
oil hole on the inside of Hinge with a pressure oil gun or oil
can. Do not oil a Hinge by applying oil to outside or on the
Head of the Hinge Pin. Open Door to find oil hole.
Door Window Regulators
The Door Window Regulator moving parts should be lubricated
one or two times a year by raising the Door Trim Pad
from the bottom and oiling and greasing them.
Door Check Link
Use oil at the pivot joint and dry graphite on the Rubber
Bumper.
Illustration No. 142
Trunk Gutter.
Where the water leaks in at the Gutter, it usually occurs
at the top corners of the Lid.
The correction for this is to chalk the gutter and close the
lid. The Chalk will show on the Rubber Weatherstrip on the
Lid where the Gutter touches. Where it does not show, the
Gutter should be raised with a wood mallet or hammer until
it does show.
It is a good idea to check around the Gutter to see that the
Quarter or Back Panel is flanged down tightly to the Gutter
on Coupe Style Bodies. Any loose Flanges should be sealed
with compound or closed down to place with a hammer.
See also water leak at Deck Lid.
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