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Has anyone received their copy of this book yet?

The spark ring 3 posts above is what came with my Service Station HCCT.

It is heavier and has wider and deeper V shaped notches.

It is also more difficult to keep the sparks from hopping to the HCCT frame near the coil box.

Gene, those E-timers need 4 good coils to operate.

All they do is act as a switch to turn on the coil.

That part is precision, but that is where the great production ends.

I have a 20 July 1925 engine and transmission with the ears and bolts.

It also had the coil box on the engine.

The Mag only powers the coil box, so that would not be a problem for a T engine with a generator.

An early T engine that taps some of the mag voltage to charge a small battery could or might mess up LED lights.

My HCCT has the pulley, like Les has shown in his photos, and all the numbers cast in the frame, pulley, and spark ring, but no serial number on the side. The heavier spark ring on Bill's unit is a giveaway that it is a Service Station Equipment Company HCCT. My SSE spark ring was brass with 16 deep...

Henry, you might be closest to the real problem with your poor ground theory. I kind of specialize in electrical problems, so I helped one club member that had no light at all, front or back. The first step was to turn on the lights and measure the voltage on the wires getting to the lights. There w...

Would anyone have an extra TrueFire Timer and Rotor they don't need?

I could use a spare.

Jim Golden

The most common cause for me has been the low compression made worse by letting all the oil drain off the cylinder walls between use. The next problem is an accurate measurement of the compression has to be done by a screw in gauge to capture all the pressure for an accurate reading. That is easily ...

Scott, you have some good points! I have also noticed with the HCCT that has a voltmeter that when I start cranking and slowly increase the cranking speed there are no immediate sparks and watching the voltmeter will show the sparks start at a different voltage level for each coil tested. This situa...

I have an original July 1925 engine that has the transmission cover ears and the wide brake drum. I was surprised to notice the bolts that hold the back plate to the drum assembly had just large round flat screw heads. A little later in 1926, the bolts were elongated, as the hex head could not turn ...

Scott, the StroboSpark allows the coil to be tested at 3 different voltage levels, LOW, MED, and High. I measured each AC voltage with a coil buzzing for a load. That was several years ago and it was about 2.8 for LOW, 3.6 for MED, and 4.4 for HIGH. The voltage might vary some if you tested and aver...

Has anyone tried to buy a StroboSpark lately? A friend that wanted one a month or so ago could never find one. I have 3 HCCTs, 2 restored originals and a modern repro, a StroboSpark, an ECCT, and some Buzz Boxes. The StroboSpark and the ECCT both will tell you the capacitor is bad, which it always i...

Is the glue on those early coil boxes water soluble?

I have always wondered how you get 4 sets of dove-tails apart without destroying them.

I bought an early Hand Crank Coil Tester with a flywheel like that on it. I suspected the teeth were removed in a large lathe to keep them from catching on a workers clothes. Someplace I read that all flywheels produced after 1919 had the ring gear with the starter gear ring attached, just in case t...

Does anyone know of a source for these 5008CST Coil Point Adjusting Tools that are shown in Langs catalog?

The problem is likely one of two possible situation: 1. The engine is getting no fuel. The hot air pipe is not connected to the carb input and the venturi effect is icing up the carb and shutting off the fuel'. This can happen in less than 10 minutes on a cold wet day. 2. The engine is getting too m...

A title is worth $500 to a $1,000 in Maryland by itself, but then it is worthless alone, as most states are clamping down and inspecting the vehicle to verify the title now. They are also doing it to verify you are not trying to register a Model T with a big V-8 engine and the number is not on a lar...

The most important measurement is the spacing between those magnet pole pieces and the pickup coil pole pieces. If the spacing is close to .040 you will only have about 8 volts out of the Magneto. .025 to .030 is ideal or fine, if the engine has new main bearings. That is all I had on the first engi...

I recently purchased a complete 1925 engine that had been in storage for about 40 years. The valve cover was in place and tight, but the inside area was filled in the front area by a mouse nest and the whole center area was filled with a bee's nest. There was a very large mouse nest in the front par...

The earlier new manufactured Bendix assemblies had a slight problem with the grooves not being cut quite deep enough all the way to the end. That caused the gear to slam back hard enough to lock, so it would jam and each new Bendix was good for one start, until removed and freed up again. An easy fi...

The most difficult part is finding those magnets.

They are and remain very strong.

A friend had one just like it for sale at Hershey for the same price. Either you bought it or it was either a kit or an early cottage manufacture product. That device will tell if a coil is bad, when you get no sparks at all. It will not tell you the capacitor is bad and it is always no good! It wil...

Yes, that plastic piece with the magnets is required.

The magnets hold their strength forever!

The magnets shift to make things worse.

The plastic does a melt down.

I have been helping friends with Model T electrical problems for about 40 years now. I have helped a dozen or so with TrueFire ignition problems and most were simple to understand and repair. Two of my friends have had the Timer Rotor do a melt down, due to the engine overheating, in this hotter tha...

Wanted To Buy True Fire Box or Timer Module. Jim Golden, Bowie, Maryland

Actually, I always thought that the engine was designed that way because most people are right handed and cranking early engines often resulted in a broken arm or wrist, so it was easier to get along without your left hand broken.

Bill, that original Ford puller has a 5-Z-1172 number on it, but it is hard to see.

Dan, I stopped by Harbor Freight today and bought one of those pullers. The Part Number is 63684 and it cost $14.95 today without any coupons. The opening is listed as 1 5/16 and needs to be 1 3/4 inch for the rear hub. By careful calculations, and cutting both sides, I have exactly 1 3/4 inch now. ...

If The truck can still be driven, the poor boy or old farmer solution was to loosen the axle nut about three turns, replace the cotter pin (so it can not vibrate off all the way) and drive the truck over a bumpy road or driveway kind of fast. A short trip will usually loosen the drum.

I had that problem with a loose wire from the ammeter to the battery. When the current generated by the ammeter has no path to the battery and does have a path to the lights, the voltage can go up to 36 Volts and the head lights and dash light, along with the tail light go out like the old camera fl...

What most people don't notice is that water inlet on the brass radiator top is 3/8th inch off center and sometimes the vertical piece is bent the wrong way at the bottom and that places the water inlet 3/4th inch off center in the opposite direction.

The above message was just a rest, but I over did it.

Nice to see this 2019 Forum actually working again!

I had difficulty with adding the new spring and realized the end that is bent over is longer than required.

Grinding off half the length made it much easier to replace.

I had difficulty with adding the new spring and realized the end that is bent over is longer than required.

Grinding off half the length made it much easier to replace.

"Tinkering Ted" Aschman has a procedure in one of his two books on how to replace that spring without removing the engine.

If your T has a generator and the motor is running fast enough to make some electricity, the engine will continue to run and soon may burn out your generator.

When you turned on the lights, you did not have ample current to operate them, so the voltage dropped and your engine stopped.

Next door, in the State of Maryland, you cannot drive any vehicle on a road or highway that cannot exceed the posted speed limit by 5 mph. That law makes it illegal to drive a Model T on about 60 % of all Maryland roads, and elsewhere. The law was passed a few years ago and aimed at dirt bikes, mope...

This part will have Ford or an F stamped on the back side.
Jim Golden, Bowie, MD

While I learned some time ago that the hole was in the Model A jack, I have never been able to find a reason for that hole.

I recently purchased a 1926 Touring at a Delaware estate sale. While I got a copy of the original 1947 Tennessee title and several registrations between 1947 and 1953 with the correct Engine Serial Number, the Delaware title has that number removed and an Washington DC DMV 2112 Number inserted in th...

What are the likely possibilities of ever finding a key for a Bauer Steering Wheel Lock?

I know the lock was made by Briggs and Stratton and has an E 37 Key Code showing.

That is all the information I have available.

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James still has that box up in the attic.

There is a possibility that I can photograph the other side.

A friend told me he had several of them.

I will visit him on Monday and I may be able to get some better photos.

There is a reason that wrench has a short handle. I added an 18 inch piece of pipe over the handle for extra leverage. Then heated the nut area with a rosebud torch so the nut would turn. That almost worked, but the whole end of the exhaust manifold turned easier and broke off. If the nut turns too ...

The rest of the list Back Seat Spare Items Tire Hand Pump Exhaust Pipe Nut Wrench 2 Spare Coil Boxes Spare Inner Tube Tire Change Bar Tool Axle Jack & Arm Tool Wood Block 1 Spare Brake Band 2 Spare Clutch Bands Brake Band Recovery Tool 2 Rain Coats Small Coil of Safety Wire Small Coil of Electric Wi...

There was some questions last year about what spare parts should be carried in your T. I recently bought a Model T owned by the same man since 1947, so he was experienced. This inventory sheet was found in the car, along with all these spare parts that he considered essential. 1926 Ford Touring Inve...

Jeff, the standard print could be just a little larger and bolder for old folks to read.

I recently bought this old ford sign at an estate sale. No one there knew anything about it, except the deceased couple had an extensive collection of antiques and traveled all over to get them. They specialized in English pottery and may have traveled there to buy some of their items. Could anyone ...

Jason, I just bought a 1926 Sport Touring too.

The previous owner bought it in 1947 while still in college, but he took good care of it.

I would post a photo, but these direction to post a photo are apparently written in Chinese.

I'm sure they will limit the SPAM anyway.

After reading all the fine print, there appears to be no way to transfer an image directly from my computer to this 2019 Forum.

I went to the BBC website for more details and I found no direct image post plan there.

Am I missing something?

I recently purchased a Model T in Delaware at an estate sale. The 88 year old previous owner had bought this car in Tennessee, when he was in college, back in 1947. I was given the Delaware title, signed by his widow, and a signed and notarized copy of her authorization to settle the estate, along w...

I frequently met Bruce McCalley at Hershey, tours and a few other places.

I do believe he set the website up and was the webmaster for many years.

Vic and Lorrie attended the Florida Winter Tour last year. He bought the Stromberg OF carb I donated for the fund raiser sale. We visited quite a bit on the tours there and at the dinners. Late last year I tried to contact him, with no luck, to see if he had used the carb. Another friend told me he ...

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