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Actually a jeep wrangler cover fits absolutely perfect on my 24 Touring

I lubricated my Balls, they are not sticky and thank goodness I didnt need tweezers to pick them up..... Oh by the way im talking about my OF carb

"When did I do that " indeed Rich. You've covered a lot of ground over the years, your very prolific

Carb work in general is piddly work but it is necessary work!. Stan if those balls are in good shape, not pitted like the one you show, could the needle be soaked in PB blaster to free up the spring?

That is a GREAT idea for the plans to go to the museum. Those plans need to be kept available in the mainstream of the Model T restoration community. They are a needed resource!

That was a screwy video

. I received a set of screw drivers from relatives in Canada, that sure explains all the square drive screwdrivers in the set.
I kinda like those Robertson square drives, they do work nice.

What kills me is if you do what the MTFCA axle manual tell you to do to remove the bushing you shear off the rivet heads, ridiculous! I think those rivets are expanded it there so tight that it wont matter if the ends of them are sheared off. Look how difficult it is to remove the pedal shaft rivets...

This is what I did Mark

The foam strip across the top edge of the spring helped form the nice round crown. The pleats create themselves as you pull the upholstery up around the top from the center to the outsides

Is that a wood furnace in front of the North Pole ice cream shop?. Yes, gas tank planters that's appropriate (clever) for a service station

Amen Burger!

Scott is correct, a version of those were on my car when I got it and they were wearing a groove in the tie rod. I rebuilt the front end properly and there is no rattling. They are not needed

A non vibrating side view mirror

Come on guy its obvious what he did, the canvas is hogringed to the top of the spring before you put the upholstery down around the spring, canvas holds the cotton from falling down into the spring then the spring is crimped to the upolstery

Harold that is not a choke knob, its a mixture adjustment, you don't turn a choke knob you pull it

I am currently working on this carb with Gene, does anyone have a float setting spec for it. Also when I removed the float needle seat there were 3 gaskets on the seat. Is this right, why would the seat need to be shimmed like that? Thanks

Mark, I just installed a Classtique upholstery kit in my 24 Touring without any added padding and everyone who sits in it cant believe how comfortable it is. Now if you are installing a complete upholstery kit you must install all new springs with it also.

I have a question, why is that part behind the choke flap called a flapper? Is it suppose to move or is it a stationary part and what is its function?

I thinking the same as Alan mentioned Rich. I have the same seals on my rear and I didn't use any shims like that

Terry, love your profile picture

Hank Knows because he is a purveyor of magical pixie dust

Jim, I have the same, oval tank under the seat. A couple of weeks ago I checked my fuel level, had 4 gallons of gas and went out for a ride with the family. We got to a moderately steep hill on the back roads, the car sputtered and died and would not start. I rolled backwards down the hill into a le...

Without Leons wood plans I would have never been able to restore my car. They were constant reference material during the early days of the build. Very sorry to hear of his passing. Rest in peace Leon

Mark are you refering to the video of Mike from Classtique doing the seat bottom? I found that Video very helpful and watched it several times to do my seat bottoms. The camera showed how he crimped the material to the spring pretty clearly. You must be talking about another video

Or install a fuel pump Norm

Dan the Man!

Stan how much would you sell a rebuilt OF for if you had one to sell?

I agree with Scott, I have 1 on my car, it works great

Mike is absolutly right, why would the promotion of a product that is an asset to the hobby, the Model T, be stifled here where all that is discussed is the Model T, it Is the Model T forum, DUH just rediculous!

Excellent idea Hank

All I have to say is that is Awesome Dave!!

Did exactly the same thing Dave

I think that is a great idea

Dan the Man

Weep rate, i like that one Duey. I had to make a move, my excessive weep rate caused my wife to not park her car in the garage anymore, she said the inside of her car stunk like gas and was making her sick. I put on the new sediment bowl and her car is back in the garage. Happy wife happy life.

Scared? Please, of course it's up high enough, only an amature would think any different

Cant figure out why some pictures post 2 times

Attention, NOT FOR THE PURISTS My car had a cast iron FSB with the brass valves. I used valve lapping compound to try to seat the valves (both the shut off and the drain valves) to no avail, could not get the #$%* thing to stop dripping. So I went to Tractor supply and found this bowl for a Massey F...

Dallas that IS funny, I thought the same thing when I read that

My engine is newly rebuilt and has maybe 25 miles on it, when I assembled it I carefully hand tightened All the bolts. While recently installing an air filter with a bracket that bolts to one of the crankcase bolts I noticed the bolt wasnt very tight so I went around and checked every bolt on the en...

Tom I would have myself rebuild it. You cant get a simpler carburator than a Holly NH. Just do it yourself, its childs play

I too like John did EVERYTHING on my car except babbit pouring and coil rebuilding. When I rebuilt the starter and generator I wondered if they were even going to work but after it was all put together it all worked perfectly! Those were one of the easy parts of the restoration. A lot of guys get in...

Has anyone ever seen one of these?

Steve, that was an excellent documentary, beautifully done color footage. Thanks for posting that

I didnt purchace them yet Larry, thats the reason for this post

Has anyone purchased the new top irons with the wood bows that the vendors sell? For $1040 ready for installation I was wondering about the quality. Doesnt seem like a bad price for the irons and the wood if they are decent.

I could not get that nice round crown on the seat back until I cut a strip of dense foam that you sleep on in a tent and hogringed it to the top of the spring. It worked really well.

I completely agree John, Mike is a Gentleman and definatly cares about his customers. I would recommend to anyone who needs a superior interior to contact Classtique

My family and I visited the museum this year and we were very impressed. The assortment of different Model Ts is outstanding. But what I really liked was the machine shop they put together with all of the period tools. The people running it are wonderful and friendly, as are all Model T people! Doug...

I believe it was a very attractive metal Jim

Al Im no expert but I think the little "nub" on the side of the iron is suppose to point to the outside of the car. You might have the irons on the wrong side. If you flipped them around the iron hitting the upholstery will be on the outside

Dean was that Garmin made when your T was new, the dust on that thing makes it blend right in with your antique car

Dean was that Garmin made when your T was new, the dust on that thing makes it blend right in with your antique car

After reading this thread I thought it was about time I got my car insured, still dont have it on the road yet but have alot of money into it. So I got quotes from JC Taylor, Hagerty and Grundy, Hagerty was the most and JC Taylor was the cheapest, Grundy was in the middle. All you guys say JC is exc...

Make a clip out of sheet metal to hold the kick panel to the floor board riser to hold it to the curve

When installing the welting on your door panels the edge of the welting lifts giving an unfinished look. Lay some masking tape along the lifted edge so you dont get any glue on the door panel then apply some black weather strip adhesive with a toothpick in the crease, press it closed and put another...

You could get on the edge of that with a sharp chisel, Ive never had a bearing race beat me. Come on Mike, you can do it!

WOW! Better than visiting a museum! Was that a pile of top irons in one of those pictures?

Rich your awesomeness amazes me every day

Did you hear about the polish helicopter pilot who crashed, he got cold so he turned off the fan

Dan I just came across this problem while working on a friends engine. I was installing that shield and it was very tight against the center hole. The Problem was that piece on the camshaft is the nut that holds on the timing gear and it was loose and worked its way out against the timing cover. If ...

Tim, where do you get a $44 battery???

Why not Scott? They tell you to do it in the manual

I'm currently rebuilding my rear end and using Chaffins manual. I'm wondering why there wasn't a shim selection chart ever made so you would know what size shim to install under the ring gear. Meaning, if you had .030 backlash between ring and pinion, what size shim would you need to get .012

Its Karma Fred, good things happen to good people

Well I recieved the elusive FP voltage regulator today that was said to be "not produced" due to an obsolete part to manufacture them. I'm just glad I was able to score one!

Excellent Scott, I commend you for taking on the sheet metal work yourself. Everyone should....if you dont try it you will never know if you can pull it off. Alot of the work you did on the bottom of your car looks exactly like what I had to do on my car and the same way I did it. And didnt it feel ...

Amen Brent. The woman in the rocking chair looks like she is on her cell phone. We see the same thing with these phones day in and day out that the first thing we think of when we see a woman with her hand near her head or just holding something we think its a cell phone

You think that hardware store had creaky floors?

Very funny Bill, Im partial to "Mother Father Cocker Spanial"!!!

Soak in water for about 4 hours clamp them while they're still wet, let them dry in clamped position, remove and use weathestrip adhesive to apply them to the hood

When looking for a short in your car, disconnect the ground cable from the battery and hook up a test light from the cable end to the ground terminal of the battery then pull fuses from the fuse box one at a time till the test light goes out. You will now know what circuit the short is on.

This is an amazing trick I learned, when siliconing say a bathtub or anything you want a straight clean line, run a strip of masking or painters tape along the edges on both sides before you lay the bead, smooth it with a wet finger and peal off the tape while the silicone is still wet, you will hav...

Richard, read what he wrote it explains how he had them formed to the hood

I believe the extra money Classtique charges is for the pre made kick panels and door panels ready to install. I don't think the other upholstery suppliers come with those

Thank You Preston! after you told me about the VRs I emailed Fun Projects and they said they had a few left so got right on the phone and ordered one

I just went on thier website and it says they are still backordered, so how were you able to get one?

Preston, are they finally making the VRs again???

Knoebels in PA still has them I was just on them last year

Yes Scott, when I rebuilt mine I spent alot of time on the commutator doing just that and now it charges too good. I have to do that final adjustment of the 3rd brush on the car

As an added note I am seriously speaking from experience and I am not blowing smoke up anyones ass

OK since everyone is chiming in, here is my input, I am not a fan of draining carburators for the fact that if it sits for long periods of time the seals dry out and you are in the same boat of removing it and rebuilding it, I have seen it first hand. I have had lawnmowers, chainsaws, logsplitters a...

Rich im glad to see that you sign all of your work so that when you are long gone people will know that they have "an Eagle" worth hundreds of thousands of dollars

I have seen it with my own eyes and it is a work of art, just spectacular

Craig is your muffler clamped to the pipe?

Dave H, I believe you are correct. If you think about it when the muffler is clamped to the exhaust pipe and then bolted to the frame when the car flexes over uneven roads the muffler is transmitting the twisting torque all the way up to the pack nut causing it to loosen. Is it possible that everyon...

Might be a loaf of Italian bread over his shoulder

Thanks Dave, I think I'll find a small black rubber plug to put in the spring hole to keep the dirt out, it will blend right in so you wont see it then just pop it out and squirt some oil in

Fred your a Gem

I have a shackle question, my original front spring shackles were in good shape so I reinstalled them with new flip top oilers everything is tight with no play but when I lowered the car to the ground the oiler in the spring got crushed against the perch. Are these repro oilers the wrong size, cant ...

Hey Rich could you post a picture of the belt guide installed, thanks Doug

That was a very good explanation on how to perform that procedure Bob

My smart phone must be dumb it posts pictures upside down and sideways but if you click on them there right side up

If you add picture attachments and they preview upside down or sideways will they right themselves when you post them?

John you speak for many of us! Thank you Hank

I love it Hank!

Very cool Mark. 2 excellent topics, the study of antique photo processes and antique cars

Charlie it looks like your looking adoringly at your childern in that picture. A man who loves his junk

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