My 1915 T has a carburetor pull rod with an adjustable end (can be screwed in or out to lengthen or shorten the rod).
Is this the stock pull rod or an accessory?
All the replacement pull rods at the vendors appear to have fixed ends.
Thanks
schuh
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Sounds like an accesory to me. The stock choke rod is a bent piece of brass plated steel wire. It is not adjustable at all.
This is from a Ford factory photo of a 1912 touring, photo property of the Benson Ford used here under my license.
Bud, if you're asking about the choke rod that comes up through the dash, the answer for 1915 would be none. Without a starter, you'd be hand cranking and using the choke wire Royce described. It's easily made from a piece of 5/32" welding rod.
I believe Bud is asking about the "throttle control" rod that attaches from the carb. to the steering column lead, and yes, it should have the threaded end.
It is also a good idea to use a jamb nut on the end of the timer rod, and the throttle rod, so they don't vibrate and wear down the threads. One of the coil nuts will work for this.
Yes the carburetor pull rod is what the vendors use to describe what you and I would call the throttle rod.
Sorry if I caused any confusion.
Larry, your right about the jamb nut because I'm sure it was 100 years of vibration that wore the threads down.
I guess I'll just call lang's and make sure the throttle rod they sell has the threaded end.
Thanks to all
schuh
What?!? You guys have me mystified. This is about the rod that goes from the steering column, through the block, to the carburetor, right? If not, set me straight. I don't recall ever seeing one of those threaded. After reading these comments I thought maybe I missed something, so I went and looked at a 1915, a 1923, another 1923, a 1924, and a 1926. The rod on all of them has no threads, but just holes for a cotter pin, like this.
Maybe somebody can unconfuse me.
Steve,
The early cars had adjustable rods. Here is the one on my 14 Touring.
Steve -- Your '15 would have come with an adjustable rod when new.
Now I have something else to watch for at swap meets.
Steve -- You can buy the swivels new and cut the end off a rod like the one you pictured above. It takes an odd thread (12-32, 14-32?), but I have the correct die for it if you want to use it. The swivel goes on the steering column end, as in Paul's pic.
Ya learn something new every day. My swivel end was on the carburetor side!!
schuh
Bud,
Send me a pm with your mailing address and I will give you one.
Robbie
I have a locknut that must have been an accessory on one of my T's. It has a lever, which makes it easy to loosen and adjust. I've never seen another.
Bud-
Mine is on the carburetor end, too. Mike, are you sure it goes on the steering column end?
: ^ )
Keith
We will need to research this little fact as I just had a '14 Runabout in the shop from Centralia which had never left town since new until it went on my trailer a month ago. Other than repaint & top in the early 50's or 60's, it hadn't been molested. I documented the gas light tubing routing, original commutator loom routing, etc. The adjustable end of the throttle rod was at the carburetor.
Larry Smith - Is it brass? If so, sounds like the nut could be one of the two nuts that secures the bakelite ignition junction box cover to the junction box on the firewall of a Model A Ford,.....???? Just a thought,.......harold
The encyclopedia states that the carburetor rod is "two piece with "L" shaped adjuster, threaded on, at carburetor end."
http://mtfca.com/encyclo/C-D.htm#cr1
Chris
Rather astute suggestion there, Harold !
OK, I guess I'm all wet. I could have sworn that I saw a picture of an original '15 with the adjuster at the steering column, the same as the timer rod. Maybe not, since I can't find it in my files. I guess I had it confused with the timer rod, which I had to remake after learning the swivel went at the column end, not the timer. Carry on.
Paul, Yours is wrong!!!
OHHHHHHHHH. Bad Ford, Bad Ford. I will correct my Touring's bad behaviour when I get back home next week. I am in Hot Springs on business this week.
The one on my 14 touring is at the steering column end, guess that's yet another job,,,,