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Philip, I believe the "guts" from a later rear axle will work, your friend will need an Enclosed pinion spool for the early axle halves. George

We only named one of them our homemade pickup, Stanley. Named by the kids from next door visiting relatives at the RV park in Florida.

Brent, I am unable to open your 2 photo links. George

Dan, I agree that stripe looks orange, but it is rust bleeding thru. On the drivers side in a area toward the drivers door hinge the stripe appears to be golden, my guess is that it is cream. The cowl, under the dash & inside both seat frames & under the cardboard panel of the front seat frame all e...

Henry, What is that poor car doing in the under brush? George

Hello All, I did get some photos late this afternoon, they should have been taken closer to noon time because the sun is setting low this time of year so it is hard to get any decent photos. Susanne, Jim, I believe it looks more like "Ma Bell" AT&T green and not as dark as a VietNam era Olive Drab, ...

Jim , It clearly is not the dark green shown in your picture or as represented on the 15,000,000th. car, there are plenty of spots that are in areas that should not have faded. Steve, Bruce's book while a great resource lacks any color chips to verify, I have gone around in circles looking at (for) ...

Dan & Susanne, Thank you for your replies, and thank you to also to John, John & Jeff. Highland Green it is, at some point I will try to post a couple pictures. Dan it has the remains of the stripe, it looks like a straw but I am sure that it has aged with 93 years. I have been in the process of cle...

What would the paint color been called that is like an "olive drab" used on a very late '27 touring car. For all I can find it is the original color of the car. George

Mike, I have one on the way, I should have updated my post here. Thank you George

'14 may have been the number the Dart landed on on the wall calendar.

George , I just sent you a PM, thanks

I recently brought home a '27 Touring car that belongs to a friend, I am to get it running after a long sleep of 28 years. This car carries the NYS Insp. sticker I applied in1991 for his dad the owner, at the time it was a real nice late T. The owner a retired farmer down the road about 8 miles brou...

Swap #1 coil with another & see if problem follows coil or stays at #1, when having coils rebuilt always have 5 done. George

Joseph, I brought home a friends Touring car with the intent of getting it running it has sat 28 years & the tank is just nasty. One problem is he unfortunately is a serious victim of covid-19. I would be fronting any expense for a while. I know good tanks are getting hard to find & I think replacin...

Mark, lets keep it in NY State, total with postage to 13141 if not already sold. Thanks

May be looking for a nice clean fuel tank for a '27 Touring car. George

Eric, On a Model T timer wiring harness to ground can be caused by a wire terminal grounding against the timing gear cover. That would cause that coil to "buzz" with the key on, this does not sound like your issue. Sometimes a non firing coil (buzzing) can be caused by dirty terminals in the coil bo...

Donnie, I received my catalog this week, looks great, home you made it home from your tour without any more problems. George

Eric, I see a lot to digest here & not to confuse you more I want to add my 2 cents. MOST IMPORTANT TO ME IS SAFTEY, I am not a fan of starting a T in an enclosure. When I was able to use my neighbor's garage I always pushed my T's outside, it is not that hard. I always have a functional fire exting...

Eric, Looking at your photos you have one showing the manifold side of the engine, near the timing cover there is a 3017D generator block off plate in view indicating the block is a later than 1919 production. Look on the block below the manifolds & see if there is a single long valve chamber door w...

Donnie, I put check in the mail. Thanks George

Frank, So now for the 64 cent question, what firewall was used when this was put together? The one that came with the '21 body or a '15-6 style? George

Frank, Just purchase a new reproduction firewall for a '19-22 with electric starter, most of the vendors have them in their catalogs (I gather your car has a starter), you may have to drill a few holes for the hood former screws (which you would have had to do anyways when you first put on the hood ...

Brent, .660-.770 that is good information to have, I have a set of caps still on the rods. The wrist pin end of the rods became rusty in storage so I bead blasted them, they were to become exchange cores but after cleaning they are very pitted at the pin end so I do not feel they would be received a...

Solid shaft? Maybe the early ones by the look of the throttle lever this car has a Vaporizer Carburetor which would make it from a later '26-7. The wood firewall tells me it has a aftermarket body & not as supported as it was when it would have been in the "Original" car with a metal firewall & colu...

Steve, Looks like it has been cracked for awhile, my guess would be excessive up & down steering column due to a week firewall at the column mounting. By the way I gather you have an early Mustang(s). I have a NY Rusty 6cyl. convertible warranty plate data date July 25th.

Donnie, Put me on the list, I will take one. George

The top ring groves for an Aluminum Model T Piston are .125", for the 265 ci chevy they are 5/64", oil rings are both 3/16th"

Off the internet, When was the car radio invented? The first car radio on record was fitted to the passenger door of a Ford Model T by 18-year-old George Frost, President of Lane High School radio Club, Chicago, and was in use by May 1922. The first commercially produced car radio was the Philco Tra...

Take a piece of insulated wire and ground one end to the engine, take the other end and touch the top # 1 timer wire (on the firewall) with the key on battery, listen for a buzz, try the next wire to verify your connection. Send me a PM if toy care.

Blaze, So you found that the # 1 coil does not buzz, as you said you have not swapped with a working coil, if you have not tried the swap yet take a grounded wire as I indicated in an earlier reply & ground the top wire on the firewall for cylinder # 1 with the key on bat. and see if you get a buzz,...

Blaze, Have you defined what type of timer, or have i missed that, They are many styles of timers with the roller type this was what Ford supplied along with a lot of replacements, as previous indicated these are to be periodically lubricated with motor oil after an internal cleaning. Next would be ...

Dave, If you are replacing the ignition cylinder on an original switch expect to have to remove material on the outside of the replacement cylinder, unless the problem has been corrected the replacement cylinders are .010-.015 larger in diameter & will not fit original switch housings as is. If you ...

After retiring from my regular job at a new car dealership I took a part time position with a repair shop in the same town has my wife was working in, she was still working. In the shop was a prybar marked Ford with a square shank on one end, I had ask the owner if he knew where it came from he did ...

Looks like time to measure the shaft for wear. George

Steve , Your inital response is what generated my reply.
"You didn't state the brand of your made-in-China tube, but I assume it's Hartford. I've been using Hartford tubes and they are fine. I am avoiding any more Custom Classic (India), which had a splitting problem."
George

Steve, Both text & photo show tube made in USA, Roadster John should be able to follow your useful procedure anyway. George

I doubt that it can be turned down, from your picture it looks smaller than the diameter of the "U-joint" square already, find another or go to a machine shop & see if they can spray weld & grind back down. The local Engine Machine shop in my area does not spray weld but he grinds back and welds up ...

David, Your parking brake linings are not to be installed like the transmission band linings, the brass rivets are to be installed with the head of the rivet counter sunk into the linings. I would like to see a couple more pictures that show your installation. Where did you obtain your linings & wha...

It looks to me like the replacement linings were installed over the original linings. that way your rivets will not have very much "crush" when seated7 and they will not stay in place. Also your lining to drum contact will be spotty and not very good. George

Hello all, I doubt soaking my engine blocks will create a problem, I explored having the blocks oven baked but felt that it may make more problems with cracking which is what modern engine builders do with newer engine blocks. When I soaked the first block it did not remove rust to the point of bein...

After giving my bare1920 engine block coolant cavity a vinegar soak for a week & wash I took it to have it bored for new .030 over aluminum pistons. I set the 1925 block on the bench for it's turn with the vinegar treatment, chunks of crud started to float to the top within a few minutes. As with th...

I doubt you will find a useable dist. adapter as they were die cast "pot metal". A reproduction casting is offered on eBay w/o gears. eBay item # 163959079980. George

Anyone know what "series" Delco alternators were used in these conversions by Texas T Parts, I have one with visible stator overheat damage I would lie to repair myself. George

Dan, The 1929 Plymouth U distributor number is 635T. The Delco Remy part number for the points was 1855520. George

John, I just measured the diameter of the small holes in a nos Fitzgerald Headgasket at 15/64th, & that is the size drill I used to clean my block. I would caution against going to 1/4" or larger, this Headgasket has crimped sealing rings at these spots & I would be afraid the gasket could be compro...

My block is out being bored for the new pistons, have put deck resurfacing on hold for now will check top ring exposure with crank, rod & piston in place when I bring home. Thanks for the responses. George

Kerry, In your photo the piston on the left looks to me like a Model A piston, I am unsure of the compression distance difference between the
A & T piston I know the wrist pin is larger in diameter on the A. The piston on the right looks more like the ones I have. Thanks for your reply. George

Dick, I got done yesterday cleaning my bare block as part of prepping for boring. I set it level on my bench, bolted an inverted water inlet and hose then filled block water passages with vinegar and let it set a week. All kinds of "crap" floated to the top. It perforated the center soft plug, all t...

I soon will be sending out a block for cylinder boring and fitting of .030 oversize Aluminum pistons, the head gasket surface of the block is eroded at the front and rear coolant ports. what would be a safe material removal for cleaning up the deck, I am guessing .025-.030 or more may need to be mil...

I am enjoying viewing these pictures they will come handy when I start to put together my '23, Thank you

Gene, Those rear ends are one of the most nasty cleaning jobs out there, next to a cloths washer. When the wife washing machine pooped out, the transmission was junk, did not take long to go find a new one, washing machine that is. Anyway if you have not taken out the 4 bearing sleeves they will nee...

Jim, Well for starters the output voltage of the Model T Flywheel magneto is of the AC Varity, the rest of the Ford electrical system is DC. George

Bill, I find it interesting that you are looking for a Buggy rail, I am wondering what a Buggy rail is. I think what you may want is what my dad called a Robe rail that would go on the back of the front seat to hold a Robe or Blanket for the rear seat passengers. When I was a lot younger dad had a t...

Don, Joshua, I just looked at my 1923 rear vertical board it has screw holes top & bottom, no screws currently present at the bottom & at the bottom the vertical boards are cut into a wedge with the lower screw holes in the wedge. At the top the screws are round head slots, about an 1 1/8th long. Th...

I bought a HF ultrasonic cleaner, used it on some old metallic toy train parts with the HF powder, was not impressed should give it another try on something else. Has anyone used vinegar with an ultrasonic cleaner?

Don, Sorry I did not check the slats today, spent most of the day chasing a phantom ABS problem on my father in laws 2012 Impala. tomorrow all the E brake cables. I did get the 4 little end caps for the '23 arm rest, pricy little devils', are the arm rest you have from Ford Wood ? George

Don, The '23 touring I bought last year that was in pieces has that piece, I will go out in the barn & look in a little bit, do you have samples of the 4 armrest segments for the front & rear? I have the 4 metal end caps. The wood I have for this car is near perfect, I would like to get it duplicate...

Darel, Sent reply email, George

Brad, If you have a useable block & it's number matches your paperwork & it is the correct year, maybe you should have that redone. George

Darel, I will take the second set if not sold. Send me an email. Thanks George

Brendan, Welcome to the wonderful world of the Model T, oil just make sure it will drip out the top test cock. coolant mixed at 50/50 or stronger has less heat convection than pure water, for me I run water with about a quart or two of anti freeze (as antirust) & make sure to drain before cold weath...

Snyder's list a float for the Holly G, I bought one several years ago for my bronze/brass G, their listing list for 1918-20 (steel body) but it worked fine in my carb. The only thing is the nuts on the screws can loosen up so I would add a drop of solder to each once you hinge is to the new float as...

It all would depend of the circumstances of an accident, but one would have to decide if one would fare out being in an accident trapped in a tin can with a toothpick superstructure or fly with the birds. Both are not good options, be safe. George

Wouldn't it be smarter to use the Model A chassis and get real brakes and steering.

I have one, I believe it is from a 1918 Touring car, rusty.

John, Thanks for your information & research. This may sound "nutty" but late last year i bought an unfinished early 23 project that has been in pieces for years. the chassis from what i can tell has been "restored" (except maybe the rear axle). It is all cleaned derusted primed & painted. That incl...

I am wondering who may have used a 1923-5 touring wood kit, the venders list one kit for those model years, I am sure that these are for the "high" cowl , so what do you use for a "low". cowl 1923, the 1922 kit and make adjustments for the "one" man top & 1923 slanted windshield post? I guess what I...

Hope to be getting ready to assemble an engine soon & I was wondering if & what are you taking off the valve stems prior to installing new valves. For this build I will be using new vendor provided stainless valves. Thanks George

Edward the floor risers are the left & right boards (they maybe tin also) that angle up from the front floor & the upper front floor board(s) lay on, your has no vendor stamping so I believe you body was produced by Ford, unless you find a large letter W stamped on the forward face of the front seat...

Edward, unless this is a "Johnny Cash" or a "bitsa" car, I see forged running board brackets which were last used in the spring of 1920, more photos please, need to see rear axle fill plug, front & rear springs, ft. axle showing the wishbone. right floor riser under floor mat. does it have a round o...

I have to say NO to changing the model T value, of the 3 licensed T I have, the 1912 is still a hand cranker, it uses a small automotive 12v battery that lives in a wooden running board tool box for ignition for starting then I switch over flywheel magneto for coil voltage. The 1920 was build as a n...

Brett, Are you trying to use a 1926-7 wide drum brake band on the '25 transmission? Do you have a 3 dip or a 4 dip crankcase-pan? Are the removable ears on the bands on the left side? Just some thoughts. George

Dick, I did not see Anthonie was from overseas, Ben may not want to deal with that. His business card does not list an email address. George

The reproduction ones like other replacement Model T parts are not made correctly, Ben Martin is doing his best to restore originals. Refurbished ones on eBay are fetching crazy money. Ben is in Tucker Ga. near Atlanta. 646-884-8882, 2 other numbers from his business card, home 770-938-3376, cell 40...

Dan, Thanks for the info, now the hunt for a mounted 165/75/14, getting hard to find. Pick n Pulls salvage yards already have the wheels & tires removed when the cars are placed in a yard. I do not need to measure anything I already know they have shrunk, I was able to get one apart this afternoon a...

It is summertime & the weather is hot, time for me to stretch some older 30 x 3 1/2 tires to mount for a roller chassis. I am looking for the mounted size car tire to use to stretch the old tire I had seen it in years back on the Forum but have not found it today. I believe it was like 165/75/14 or ...

Philip Jamison, Thank you for looking at your machine & giving me the information on what size that spring should be. Now I am on a spring hunt, it works fine but I feel it would be easier with out the lever flopping around. Thanks again George

Wondering who is using one?, I am also looking for the dimensions for the bead breaker handle spring, was broke when It was given to me 57 years ago. Thanks George

Mack Cole, We all know that car is worth more than $10,000, but most insurance companies have an agreed value with the owner that's relative to the premium. One has to decide if you want to insure for more or less of it's market value. Or decide how many times you want to pay for your car if you kee...

Richard, Clearly vehicle registration & salvage policy's only matter for the state your in & in your case that is California. What I see is a fully repairable Model T. If I had the chance at a beautifully car such as that one it would be repaired. The only part that would present a problem to source...

Mark, Have you sold your ammeter, if not I will take it. George Hand, Preble NY

Don, I am thinking you need a finger hole to remove your new floor board, one never knows when you may need to access the battery, Quickly. I was also wondering what are the dimensions for you board, I have not brought home all my '23 kit car yet, would like to compare with the board on my '20. Also...

Steve, First I have not read all of these replies, but one thing comes to mine when doing compression test is that the throttle needs to be wide open, that fact will not cause a variance from cylinder to cylinder but is part of the compression test procedure. Good luck .

How late did the Dodge Bros. make the Engines and chassis parts for the Piquette Avenue plant?

I have towed my 1912 open express & the 1920 Touring each to Virginia from New York (just under 500 miles each way) in my open 16' cargo trailer and even towing a car to a regional show it take a long time to secure including removing loose or possibly parts I gave up and bought the first of my 2 ca...

I have 2 trailers that are 7' tall because of the windshield height of my Model T open express & the height of my Model T pickup top (also a non Ford body) they are not car trailers but cargo (car trailers are wider-and I like the visibility being narrower than car trailers). One is a 14' Alumna mad...

The first thing I would reconsider is placement of any battery under the front seat, the model T requires a vented gas cap, I will not mix a possible ign. (spark) source with gasoline fumes. I see you have a battery holder on your parts list, others have suggested the battery under seat option for m...

Part Model A, part Model T, 100 percent JUNK. Location given as North Las Vegas Nevada, what happens in Vegas (needs to) stays in Vegas

Jim, I would like to ask did you not have a floor boards when you acquired your car? Something I have seen is a pre 1925 T that has had a 1926-7 pedals, transmission cover or even a complete engine assembly. The pre 1925 pedals can be bothersome because they are narrow. I am saying this because the ...

Original thread size is 5/16-24 sae, check out thread condition of the rim , out of the last 5 I mounted I had to custom fit 2 screws because the threads were loose and the "button" head has to cover the hole in the "Tab" portion of the rim to hold it together.

Just a warning, be careful that you do not apply any DC (battery voltage) to the AC voltage circuit of the Flywheel Magneto while using a jumper wire. That action will kill the magnetism in the magnets.

John, As Mark indicated you should find 2 numbers on the switch face and they ranged from 51 to 74. If the number is 55 it may be a modern replacement, except for a modern #55 you should try to find an original key or older replacement as the new replacement keys from the vendors do not seem to fit ...

I received the "I got a favor" email ,market it spam & deleted. I hope that's the end of it, seems like you may need to change your password.

Good luck getting an inside mirror that does not vibrate. George

<t>Don, thank you for taking the time to post your photos. The 1923 Touring I have has the body in pieces and the photos should help me reassemble, I have to post pictures of 2 styles of brackets that came in pairs, with one pair slightly curved angle sheet about 6 inches long with 4 holes on each s...

Don, Did you ever get any photos of the inside of the rear seat area? I am looking for photos with out the rear upholstery. George

Coker site shows several 21" tires, the least expensive listed is Coker Universal Economy Model A Tires 78705 at $112.00 each, look up 21" for a Model A, many reply's here addressed referenced 30" Cinchers

I bought new Universal 21"s this spring and they were made in Vietnam.

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