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- Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Miss at 40 mph
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2177
Re: Miss at 40 mph
And we wonder why folks new to the hobby are hesitant to post on this forum. His car, his engine, his consequences. I've built quite a few Model T engines. A pull up to 40 won't hurt a new engine if you back off right away. Up and down helps seat the rings. Just my opinion, and why I don't share much.
- Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Requirements for a SCAT crank?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2504
Re: Requirements for a SCAT crank?
I agree with DHort. Every Scat I have put in along with new rods has required the corner radius of the rod big ends to be increased a little. The Scat crank evidently has a larger radius at the rod journals. I haven't measured the difference. It's not a problem, that's just part of fitting the rods.
- Sun Jul 18, 2021 1:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1927 Touring, what is this n the underside of my car?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2259
Re: 1927 Touring, what is this n the underside of my car?
Looks like the remains of a brake light switch. Not Model T.
- Fri Jun 04, 2021 8:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: I just joined the model T two piece crank club!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3719
Re: I just joined the model T two piece crank club!
I sure hate to hear this Vech. I joined the club a couple of years ago. I had just turned a corner and was was lightly accelerating when the crank broke. It sounded like a shotgun going off. It broke next to the 4th rod journal and took out the back wall of the block with it. Completely destroyed th...
- Mon May 10, 2021 12:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Luray part-finding service
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1133
Re: Luray part-finding service
This is a great idea from some up and coming entrepreneurs. These boys are learning to identify parts, how to approach and speak to people, and many other important life lessons. If I was planning to attend this meet I would use them for sure just to help give them the experience.
- Sat Apr 10, 2021 1:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Turtle Deck
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2868
Re: Turtle Deck
When we went to the store in the small town I grew up in, we went “uptown”. The business part of the larger town up the highway was considered “downtown”.
- Sat Mar 13, 2021 5:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Engine stuck, old man steamed
- Replies: 66
- Views: 8018
Re: Engine stuck, old man steamed
If what I am seeing is correct, the crank looks to be horizontal to the engine, the pistons tops can not bee seen and if you look close you can see the hole for the pin in the pulley on top. So even if a SCAT crank were installed, does not look like it would be in position to be hitting as suggeste...
- Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Engine stuck, old man steamed
- Replies: 66
- Views: 8018
Re: Engine stuck, old man steamed
Does it have a Scat crank? If so, the rear counterweight can hit the horseshoe that the lower cover bolts thread into. I had that happen once. I failed to check for clearance there, and when I bolted the cover up, the engine would not turn over. After a few minutes of panic, I realized what I had do...
- Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:31 am
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: Un-Distributor FS
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3564
Re: Un-Distributor FS
I am running an E-timer on my speedster engine. I really like it. It has the benefits of an auto-advance distributor with the look of an original timer and coils. It really puts out a big fat spark. It also fires the cylinders at equal, consistent times like a single point distributor. I could tell ...
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Show Me Your Chevy Disc Wheel Setup!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1887
Re: Show Me Your Chevy Disc Wheel Setup!
78298FB9-8D37-42FF-94DE-999A7C230CD1.jpeg I like them. Here they are on my speedster. I redrilled the disks to match the T hubs. The disks have a 3” hole through the center, so I made adapters that just slip on the hubs and have a shoulder to fit inside the disk center hole. The adapters are 3/4” t...
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Crankshaft Balancing...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4496
Re: Crankshaft Balancing...
I have a question for the balancing pros. I always have the flywheels dynamically balanced. I don’t know he how holds them in his machine, but I assumed it was on some sort of mandrel. It seems to me there might be a significant difference between locating in the center bore like the crank flange is...
- Thu Dec 24, 2020 8:25 am
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: WTM reverse pedal extension
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2285
Re: WTM reverse pedal extension
In Tennessee you can get a title from just a bill of sale. I have done it several times. Only once did I have to have a sheriff's deputy stop by to verify the serial number. All the other times I went into the clerk of courts office with the bill of sale and walked out with the title. I don't know i...
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 5:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Traded in my T
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3955
Re: Traded in my T
Congratulations! You will love your A. I have both an A and a few T’s and I like them all!
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:53 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Lost My Mind - Bought a Flanders 20 (Model T Competitor)
- Replies: 156
- Views: 25569
Re: Lost My Mind - Bought a Flanders 20 (Model T Competitor)
You can put a fan on backwards and the blades will still be pitched the same direction. Wayne is correct.
- Thu Nov 05, 2020 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: For Those Wanting a Good Natural Patina....,
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2037
Re: For Those Wanting a Good Natural Patina....,
I use stove polish on exhaust manifolds. It keeps them from rusting, holds up well to the heat, and is easy to touch up if needed.
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Crank modification????
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4354
Re: Crank modification????
Jonah, regarding your original question, when you are hand cranking the engine, you will only get a compression stroke every half revolution of the hand crank. It takes two complete revolutions to get all four cylinders over a compression stroke. You will not be able to crank it over two compression...
- Mon Sep 14, 2020 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Truefire timing issue?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3372
Re: Truefire timing issue?
Is one of the timer posts hitting the pan bolt directly beneath the timer?
- Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Looking for a club near me
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2765
Re: Looking for a club near me
Ricky forgot to mention that the Tennessee T's offer FREE memberships to students. We do this to encourage interested younger folks to participate. We would love to have you as a member. Just go to our web site and fill out the membership application. Be sure to note on the application that you are ...
- Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:28 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Show us your hit n miss engines
- Replies: 61
- Views: 16645
Re: Show us your hit n miss engines
This is the only one I could find a picture of. 1-3/4 HP Buckeye. Made in Lima, Ohio in the mid teens.
- Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: I ALMOST GAVE UP........,
- Replies: 92
- Views: 17885
Re: I ALMOST GAVE UP........,
Hank, I can't say enough how great this is. You have given these young men some discipline and direction that will affect them for the rest of their lives. They will never forget what you have provided for them. I had a shop teacher in high school that did the same for me, and to this day I am thank...
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Sticking valves?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3811
Re: Sticking valves?
I vote for vacuum leak at the intake manifold. I would not pull the pistons to change the rings at this point. Also, you said there was some smoke coming out of the hole in the valve cover. That would indicate to me loose valve guides, which would be less likely to make a sticky valve. Before you te...
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Erosion of Headgasket Surface
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4684
Re: Erosion of Headgasket Surface
Most shops only take off a few thousandths when they deck a block. Just enough to make it flat. I usually have them leave witness marks to show that a minimum was removed. I have had to have the area you are concerned about spray welded to build it up before the decking operation. I don’t like to cu...
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 3:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Thrust washer roller bearings?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5758
Re: Thrust washer roller bearings?
The needles or rollers in those bearings would have to be tapered to rotate correctly. The straight ones, like the ones you buy today, will have to do some skidding as the assembly rotates. That's what wears them flat. The straight ones seem to me to be a poor design.
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 7:36 am
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: SOLD - For Sale New Ruckstell P211 Ball Bearing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1965
Re: SOLD - For Sale New Ruckstell P211 Ball Bearing
If you reply to the email that was sent through the forum you will get that message because it wasn't sent to me. You have to send it to my address which was stated in the message, not just hit reply. This was not a scam. I got your email and responded with a refusal of your low ball offer. A nice g...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:00 pm
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: SOLD - For Sale New Ruckstell P211 Ball Bearing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1965
Re: For Sale New Ruckstell P211 Ball Bearing
Bearing is sold.
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:13 pm
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: SOLD - For Sale New Ruckstell P211 Ball Bearing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1965
SOLD - For Sale New Ruckstell P211 Ball Bearing
For Sale - Brand new in package SKF 7212 BECBY ball bearing. This is the P211 angular contact ball bearing that presses onto the P139 bronze thrust plate in the Ruckstell differential. $75.00 includes shipping to your door. Click on my user name and send me a PM or email. I will take PayPal, check o...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: How Fast is Too Fast?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 11033
Re: How Fast is Too Fast?
This is discussed from time to time. My opinion. Ford built the Model T to be capable of going 45 mph. That doesn’t mean that is the cruising speed. You wouldn’t go out and drive your modern car wide open all the time. Most tours I’ve been on run 25 to 35, and we plan about 25 when we are setting up...
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Connecting Rod Babbitt Crack
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5947
Re: Connecting Rod Babbitt Crack
Those are ugly. The corner radii are not round, and there is a lot of grime on the flat areas around the bolts, even on the edges of the babbitt. The X grooves will do nothing without oil holes and dippers. I have seen nicer grooves put in with a can opener. You would be better off without them. Som...
- Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Pinion Gear With Bore Taper Issues
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5647
Re: New Pinion Gear With Bore Taper Issues
It looks to me like the bearing inner sleeve on the drive shaft is preventing the gear from seating on the taper. Push the sleeve on a little further by tightening the gear down with the nut and there's your dinner. Nothing wrong with the gear.
- Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: My Shop Stinks
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6920
Re: My Shop Stinks
Tell them to social distance. End of problem.
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 12:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Driving again but--
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3982
Re: Driving again but--
This guy on YouTube is running a test of gasoline and several additives for a year. He starts and runs 10 different small engines to see what is happening to the fuel. Keep in mind he is part comedian, but he does have some good videos. The original post concerned SeaFoam, and one of the additives h...
- Wed May 20, 2020 4:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: tire preasure
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3569
Re: tire preasure
You can also get your steering components too tight which will cause your car to wander all over the road and be difficult to drive.
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 4:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Difference between detergent oil and non-detergent
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6861
Re: Difference between detergent oil and non-detergent
Remarks deleted.
- Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:28 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Cutting the Grass
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2387
Re: Cutting the Grass
When I was young and dumb my brother and I would try to fly low enough over my uncle’s corn field to knock the tassels off. If we saw him out in the field we would bomb him with paper sacks of flour.
- Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:04 pm
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: FS TRANSMISSION COVER TO PAN SUPPORT BRACKET LOT
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1561
Re: FS TRANSMISSION COVER TO PAN SUPPORT BRACKET LOT
Mark, PM sent.
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:10 pm
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: FS- 4th main for core
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2897
Re: FS- 4th main for core
I usually save all the used ones I get through the year, then give them to Gene at Chickasha. I still have them since we didn’t get to go, so I’ll probably mail them to him. I don’t take anything for them. I just give them to him for the service he provides.
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8142
Re: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
It is possible to install the cam shaft 180 out of time when the timing marks on the crankshaft and camshaft line up correctly. Put the gear on the camshaft with the timing marks aligned then rotate the engine by hand and watch when the exhaust valve opens on number one cylinder. It should start to...
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8142
Re: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
I’m sorry. I thought it was on topic. I was trying to explain why you can’t get the cam gear out 180 degrees, which was his question.
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8142
Re: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
There could actually be two timing marks on the cam gear 180 apart and either one would work. If all other things are equal, you might want to rethink that. I don’t understand what you are saying. The gear could go on the cam two possible ways. One way is 180 out from the other. That means the cam ...
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Had A Fellow Model T Brother Show Up...,
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3019
Re: Had A Fellow Model T Brother Show Up...,
Dom is too mean to get sick.
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8142
Re: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
A Model A timing gear indexes only one way because of the way you time the ignition. Timing is set at #1 TDC. When you take the timing pin out, turn it over and put it back in the hole, there is only one spot on the gear that is #1 TDC. That’s where the pin drops into the dimple. I guess Ford though...
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:17 pm
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: WTB SPOKE JACK
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1523
Re: WTB SPOKE JACK
PM sent to you.
- Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Headlight problems
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5618
Re: Headlight problems
I don’t quite understand his terminal strip either. Looks like a jumper from the battery terminal (yellow wire) to one of the headlight terminals. If he installed that jumper, that could be why he only has one working.
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Chickasha Postponed - Now Cancelled
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9241
Re: Chickasha Postponed - Now Cancelled
Is this country’s reaction to this virus what we have to look forward to now in the future? The CDC estimates that 12,000 people died from the flu between October 1, 2019 and February 1, 2020, or four months. This new virus has been here since at least November of last year, and we have as of this a...
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:17 pm
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: Hoping to pick up at Chickasha
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2643
Re: Hoping to pick up at Chickasha
See you there Ryan!
- Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Assembly Lube......what are you using??
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5146
Re: Assembly Lube......what are you using??
Red Perma-Tex engine assembly lube. Stays in place and doesn’t harden.
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Compressed Air Breakin
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6298
Re: Compressed Air Breakin
What is the advantage of “breaking in” an engine with air instead of running in the car?
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Engine Rebuild Cost Estimate
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12309
Re: Engine Rebuild Cost Estimate
Like I said, I’m not disparaging any other engine builder. I’m sure they must know some secrets I don’t and I’m open to learn. Maybe I should go visit them. The OP asked if 4000 was reasonable for parts. I listed most of the common parts I replace when I build an engine and got the prices out of one...
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Engine Rebuild Cost Estimate
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12309
Re: Engine Rebuild Cost Estimate
He probably meant to say that the crankshaft was being reground, not rebuilt. If I got an estimate from somebody (professional) who said he could rebuild a complete engine and transmission for $2,000 in parts, I think I would keep looking. You can't do it now for what you could a year ago. I'm not i...
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Engine Rebuild Cost Estimate
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12309
Re: Engine Rebuild Cost Estimate
4K does not sound unreasonable to me for parts. By the time you do the machining on the block and buy all the parts, you won't be far from that. The last several engines I have built have bumped that amount. He said new cam, pistons, rods, valves, mains redone, crank ground, magneto, transmission, e...
- Mon Mar 02, 2020 7:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: I couldn't help myself, My New 1912 Delivery
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6945
Re: I couldn't help myself, My New 1912 Delivery
I've had the privilege to see it in person. It truly is a beautiful car, probably more so in person if that’s possible. Congratulations Ricky on finding the car of your dreams.
- Wed Feb 05, 2020 5:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Gas Blowing Out Carburetor When Running
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8030
Re: Gas Blowing Out Carburetor When Running
If it is ignition related, it would be a backfire, or for some reason igniting when the intake valve is open. If it’s not firing back out of the carb and just chuffing raw gas spray out, it has to be valve related. The only way gas can flow backward through the carb is through an open intake valve. ...
- Mon Feb 03, 2020 10:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Your Technique for removing rusted in & through valves
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5642
Re: Your Technique for removing rusted in & through valves
I got these out using penetrating oil and tapping the butt end through the lifter holes. Patience is key. I have seen them so thin that they break off as soon as you start tapping. I have never had to drill one out.
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 7:50 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Memory
- Replies: 55
- Views: 15993
Re: Memory
What were we talking about?
- Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Driver's side headlight won't light
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9049
Re: Driver's side headlight won't light
He is having the problem with magneto headlights. They are wired in series. I don’t quite understand how one can work and one not since the current has to pass through both. If one burned out, neither one lights. Seems like it would have to be a ground problem.
- Sat Dec 28, 2019 11:45 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: No tests required!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3240
No tests required!
My grand daughter is 16 and has been learning to drive since summer. They live in Olive Branch, Mississippi. She has not had drivers ed in school, just her parents coaching her. Last week she went in to take her driving test and found that no test, either written or driving, was required. All the DM...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 3:03 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: "OK, boomer"
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8125
Re: "OK, boomer"
Now don’t get me wrong, I am NOT calling anyone names. I’m just saying I’d rather be a boomer than a troll, but that’s just me. I am in line with the way of thinking that says I didn’t ask to be born, I didn’t design the social security system, I didn’t vote for it, I don’t control it, and I have no...
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:58 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: "OK, boomer"
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8125
Re: "OK, boomer"
” take money from people to whom it belongs and gives it to people to whom it does not belong.”
Not so. Some of it belongs to me and I’m collecting.
Not so. Some of it belongs to me and I’m collecting.
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 7:05 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: "OK, boomer"
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8125
Re: "OK, boomer"
I paid into social security and Medicare my whole working life, so I’m just now getting some of that back. I am not denying anyone any government benefits. These young folks have the same opportunities to pay into the system just like I did. I also put myself through school with no government debt f...
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Stipe cam
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5119
Re: Stipe cam
I looked at Langs’ catalog for Stipe cams. It says they “can be used with stock lifters”. It doesn’t say you can’t use adjustable lifters. I take that to mean no special lifters required. I have put in several Stipe cams with adjustable lifters with no problems.
- Thu Sep 19, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: FJ - Henry Ford Is Running For Sheriif In Louisiana ...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3861
Re: FJ - Henry Ford Is Running For Sheriif In Louisiana ...
Right up there with Mr. Ford, is our own Scott Conger, who was elected mayor of Jackson, TN.
- Sun Sep 15, 2019 7:07 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Post your favorite sign
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14669
- Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:44 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Post your favorite sign
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14669
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Checking the crop
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1946
Checking the crop
Checking out the cotton crop here in West Tennessee.
Cotton likes the hot weather. The bolls are starting to open. Soon it will be time for defoliation and the fields will be pure white as far as the eye can see.
Cotton likes the hot weather. The bolls are starting to open. Soon it will be time for defoliation and the fields will be pure white as far as the eye can see.
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A different option to the fuel sediment bowl
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9433
Re: A different option to the fuel sediment bowl
If you run over a walrus in the road, it could get jammed up under there and break the glass.
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 9:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: My T broke my wrist DAMN
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11427
Re: My T broke my wrist DAMN
Sorry to hear this news, Charles. Hope you heal quickly.
- Mon Aug 12, 2019 3:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Headed to Cookevill
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3578
Re: Headed to Cookevill
MTFCA National Tour in Cookeville, TN sponsored by the Tennessee T’s.
- Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Show us your TT
- Replies: 63
- Views: 18779
- Tue Jul 09, 2019 7:48 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: When cows fly
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6459
Re: When cows fly
They wind tunneled that cow wrong. Cows always stand with their butts to the wind. That’s how you tell which way the wind is blowing when you have to pick a field for a dead stick landing.
- Sat Jul 06, 2019 4:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 4th of July Parade teaching my grandson to maintain and drive
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3977
Re: 4th of July Parade teaching my grandson to maintain and drive
Dallas, if that boy had a beard I'd think it was you.
- Fri Jul 05, 2019 7:10 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This is becoming ridiculous!
- Replies: 50
- Views: 16249
Re: This is becoming ridiculous!
They’re gonna put the retail parts stores out of business. That’s a loss of a few jobs.
- Sat May 11, 2019 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T quiz
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6462
Re: T quiz
Top prop nut keeper. Not sure if that’s the right nomenclature.
- Sat May 11, 2019 8:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Muffler pack nut loose
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7538
Re: Muffler pack nut loose
I love Model T’s, but I think sometimes we need to be reminded that the Model T was designed and built during the period of automotive infancy. Henry Ford was smart and had a keen mechanical mind, but he was not perfect. Let’s face it. There are some less than perfectly designed parts on the car, du...
- Mon May 06, 2019 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Sort of OT-rattle can paint problem
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5059
Re: Sort of OT-rattle can paint problem
I have had good luck with the Rust-oleum High Performance Enamel. You have to closely follow the instructions on the can. If it says wait 10 minutes to recoat, watch the time and spray in 10 minutes. If it says wait a few minutes, I usually wait about five. If you can’t recoat in the specified time,...
- Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Which way should the blade cut?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7511
Re: Which way should the blade cut?
It should turn ccw as you are looking at the blade side of the saw, and cut on the pulling stroke. Those are good saws. When the blade wears out, you can make several nice knife blades from it.
- Mon Mar 25, 2019 6:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Replacing a Valve Part 2
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Re: Replacing a Valve Part 2
That broken piece of valve that was missing may have gotten under the intake valve and bent it. I would check compression on #3.