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Hello, I'm looking at a 1925 Roadster. It has smoke coming from a hole down inbetween the cylinders, to the left of the manifold, which the owner says is normal and is a crankcase breather hole. Is this normal?

I have a 23 roadster car. I have a problem that the starter doesn't turn the engine over. The engine is free to turn by hand. I have had the motor refurbished and it functions well off the car. I need a bit of guidance please. There is a toothed gear wheel for the starter to engage with once it star...

Brilliant, thank you.

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Hello,

I was fortunate enough to buy a tourer in an executors sale. Down to the last job now. There is an aftermarket signalling kit. I'll try to upload pictures. Help with what to connect where would be helpful please.[image]https://photos.app.goo.gl/m6cHkTf22CBJZb1s5[/image]

Thanks to those who responded at the w/e when I was trying to identify the source of a misfire. I've now found the cause. The flapper on my Anderson style timer wasn't flapping! So, just out of contact on two cylinders. It's free now - if I slacken off the retaining nut a smidge, I guess it had tigh...

Thank you - it is, of course, obvious! But, electrickery always catches me out!!

I started work this morning on an issue with my reasonably new Lang's Anderson flapper type timer, which was only sparking on two cylinders. Took the cover out and cleaned it. I then had no spark at all! I checked the voltage at the little flapper itself, with the cover off and it isn't showing 6v, ...

Thank you again. I'm now ready to tighten these nuts up. It turns out both are very loose, probably because they weren't fixed with a pin. As I tend to be a bit of a klutz, I thought I'd better just check about possible overtightening on the main bearing! Any advice there would be welcome.
Len

Thank you guys, very helpful.

Len

Hello, I'd appreciate a bit of advice please. There are two castle nuts in the space between cylinders 2 & 3. Before stripping down to get at them, I thought I'd ask your help!. It looks like the one on the inlet manifold side is leaking oil. I can't see a split pin in place, but I presume there sho...

Thank you Guys - I'm going to go for the PPG Concept solution, thanks for the advice.

Advice would be appreciated please. I have a 1922 Tourer, which isn't currently roadworthy. To save time while I play with it, I took the hood to a paint shop to be stripped and painted. The guy duly shot-peened the metal and then realised he didn't have a colour match. I took a headlight roundel do...

Thanks for the info. I like it all and will PM to pursue things.

Hi Guys,

I would quite like to contact anyone who is able to supply a few handbrake lever extenders or a few reverse pedal extenders. Please message me.

Len

Hi Folks,

I bought a job lot of tools this week. Anyone know how to use a Radamax plug and spark tester? The two prongs lead to a filament inside that presumably glows when touched to HT lead and earth. View through the little window. Haven't tried that yet! But how does it test a plug?

Found a library picture of the car at

https://www.google.com/search?q=model+t ... WfBXJGOWTM:


Couldn't work out how to post it, sorry.

Len

Pictures will come in about two weeks time. Just trying to do the spadework in anticipation of meeting the car.

Hello Folks - I've taken an interest in what was described as a RHD Model T Landaullette. It is a 1915 model and is a Canadian built car, but it went to Australia. So, it may not quite conform to the US built spec if it was custom built there. I wouldn't like to spend the next ten years describing i...