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What is an original 1920 frame worth? The frame is straight but has a small bulge in the middle of the right side.

Is a complete, but rusty frozen engine worth anything? By complete I mean: engine, manifolds, carb, starter, generator, fan, timer and even a {coil box(in really bad condition)}

I use what I got. I happen to have one of those fancy torque wrenches from my young days.

Thanks for the help, Jed

What is the Proper torque for manifolds on 1920 roadster?

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Thank you for the help. We tightened the hogshead bolts to 6 pounds. The starter with a large screwdriver.

How tight should the Manifold bolts be tightened?

Thank you for the help. We tightened the hogshead bolts to 6 pounds. The starter with a large screwdriver.

How tight should the Manifold bolts be tightened?

After changing the bands we re-installed the transmission cover using Case 5 bots. How much torque should we use to tighten them? How tight should the four starter bolts be torqued? Should these bolts be Case 2 or 5? Any other torque specs we need to pay attention to? Another thought on the bands, h...

Thank you for the quick and informative reply. We do NOT plan to rebuild the transmission. We are only changing the linings on the bands. Is there anything we can do while the hogs head is off to help insure the bands work as well as we can make them? We only took the bands off because we dropped th...

When re-installing transmission bands that have new linings, is there any need to de-glaze the drums? While we have the hogs head off, Is there anything else that need to be looked at? Anything to watch out for when installing the bands? Besides dropping something into the tranny case. We already dr...

Thank you guys. I now believe I have the information I need to solve this problem.

This forum is a life saver, Jed

What is the diameter of the exhaust manifold (what is the nut size?) and the thread size? 16 or 18?

No indent on our hood. Anyone else have a hood with a straight bottom?

Tractordoc, Thanks for the pics. Jed

We have a starter car. We have all new wiring harnesses. For the headlights, we have two, The one on the passenger side goes to the timer and the right headlight. The one on the drivers side goes to the starter, taillight and left headlight. The question is, how do we get the headlight wires past th...

We have it wired correctly under the dash. Our concern is routing it to the headlights. How do we get it from the engine compartment to the headlights? It cannot go under the 'hood'. There is no hole in the radiator shell. How does it get there? We have looked in three different books and at dozens ...

Jed's reply or replies, 'Original Smith', My partner still cannot remember what posessed him to unscrew it. I guess it the same demon that caused him to drop it. Actually, he was removing the wooden floor board. 'overall reply', our T sits outside under a canopy and a full tarp. The area around the ...

Amateurs that we are, we dropped the Ruckstel shift knob into the open transmission. Yes, we had removed the cover to look at what needed to be done besides changing the bands. We had already drained the oil. We made pusher and grabber rods out of coat hangers. We stuck a hand in as far as we could ...

What is the Ford way to route the headlight wiring on a 1920 roadster? We have a separate harness for left and right sides.

How doe the wiring harness's for the headlight feed from the engine compartment out to the headlights for a 1920 Roadster?

We managed to drop the "Shift nob" for the Ruckstel shifter into the transmission. yes, we amateurs that we are, had the cover off. We have drained the oil, made wire grabbers and pushers out of coat hangers, and felt around with our fingers from the top and up the drain hole. We cannot prove to our...

How do I run the headlight wiring through the body to the headlight on a 1920 roadster? Without the Hood landing on It.

When installing the Timer, where does the little 'pin' go?

My manifold is straight and good. My only question (at the moment) is fitting the nut. Is hand tightening the nut the first third of the way normal? Or do I need to do something?

I have a used exhaust manifold and a new brass nut. I can put the nut on about 1/3 of the way by hand before it gets to tight to turn. Is this normal? OK? bad news? a good start?

I have gone over the threads with my thread file(chaser) and they look ok.

This has been a big help in getting us headed in the right direction to finally being able to put gas in our T.

Thanks everyone, especially Zark,

Jed

HELP, Does anyone no where I can get a gas tank for a 1920 roadster (now a pickup). Lang's, Snyder's and Mac's are all back ordered.

We are about to put the new wiring in and would like to drive it down the road.

Sunny skies, Jed

Thank you Mark.

Jed

how tight should we tighten the four bolts that attach the rim to the wheel?