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Hope you have better luck with universal t drivers than I did. Zero miles and all cracked.

I usually wear my steel-toed work boots and don’t especially like to wear these clogs or crocks or whatever but they are much cooler and we’ve had some really hot (for us) weather here in western N.Y. If I’m going for any kind of distance in any of my T’s, I normally wear my geeky looking dress shoe...

Drive your Model T while wearing clogs, especially if you wear size 13’s and it’s not an “improved” car. Never even thought of it, had been working on the car and was just taking it for a quick spin down the road. Clog got wedged between low and reverse pedals and then the other one fell off the bra...

Thanks Ed. Maybe he’s not home yet.

Anyone heard from him lately? Called and left a message on his cell, house number recording says number has been changed.
Hasn’t answered an email. It’s only been a couple days and maybe I’m overreacting. I hope so, anyways.

Steve, my thoughts exactly.

John, thanks again for your advice.

Tyler

John, do you or anyone else know what an acceptable diameter is for a drum? I think I’ll measure mine and see where they’re at. Never thought about shimming the lining, good idea. Scott, thanks for the welcome. I used to be active on the forum a few years back but lost my password when the format wa...

Mark: bands were removed and I didn’t find them.

I think the consensus is correct, rebuild everything on the hogsheads, that and new band lining will hopefully remedy the situation. Thanks for the help everyone.

Anyone ever had transmission drums that were worn so much that the bands wouldn’t contract enough to stop them? Supposedly that is the problem with a roadster I just purchased but the owner passed away and so I’m just going by what his brother “thinks” the problem is. Car has the hogsheads removed a...