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colonelpowers

The tubes and flaps are probably sold. There is a man who is supposed to come by on Saturday. If he doesn't show up I will let you all know.

colonelpowers

Since I don't have a variable power supply I just used my battery charger to tinker with the cutout. The points open as they should and snap closed when the 6.75 volts the charger supplies is connected to the cutout. The cutout was a little rusty and was painted under where the screw heads should be...

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I found a set of 26-27 brake shoes that I will throw in as well. They are unlined.

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I bought these new last year and I think that they were about $330 before tax and shipping. I will take $320 shipped.

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I have 3 sets of bands for sale. The two sets with new linings are nice and ready to go. The 3rd set is still dirty with old worn out linings but is in good shape. $225 plus shipping for all 3.

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My generator wasn't charging so I cleaned the armature and got it going but was surprised when I checked the voltage. I was expecting made 9 volts but it was bouncing between 12 and 14 before the cutout and just over 6 after the cutout. Is it normal to get that much juice out of the generator?

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Got everything else on the car serviced, greased,or oiled and just need to top of the Ruxtell in the morning before a test run. Regular old SAE 90-140,right? It seems like someone said that there are some brands/additives that can be damaging to the internal brass parts but I can't seem to find thos...

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I don't know how to share a link but if you search "model t" carpet it is the first listing. The ad says in the heading "JVL Tailored Carpet Car Mat compatible with Ford Model T 1908-1927" The company is in England and the seller is "JVL Homeware Solutions." I don't need one but I am tempted to orde...

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I just came across this carpet on ebay and wondered if anyone has ever ordered one to see if it is any good. It is $22.80 plus shipping so it certainly is cheap enough if it is any good.

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I just brought home another T. This is getting to be a habit. Nice car with very few issues but it is my first time owning a car with a ruxtell. The previous owner couldn't tell me anything about it so I just wanted to ask what should I check on it before really driving the car. I think that it runs...

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Just thought I would see if anyone might have an old carpet for a 22 Center Door. My old car has pretty presentable upholstery but the carpet has almost gone to dust so I just thought that I would check. It doesn't need to be particularly nice, just not falling apart.

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While I am asking the previous question let me ask another, more important question. I have to haul a new T purchase home on Sunday and it will be about a 12 hour trip with the car on an open trailer. I am afraid of covering the car because of potential damage to the paint but I worry about the olde...

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A friend of mine told me years ago about an unusual car cover that he had had for an A. It always sounded like a good idea and I wondered if anyone has or makes one for a T. The cover was more like a cap and just covered the top and windows on his Tudor. It has been too long to recall the specifics ...

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I was talking to a fellow today who has double T truck and in conversation I asked what it would run and was told that he could do 40. That can't be right, can it? He said that it has a 2 speed accessory transmission and a stock TT differential. I thought that 25 mph would be a high estimate. Just c...

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I am seriously considering going to Luray this year. If I come, I should be able to bring it. I will let you know if I do.

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$250 plus shipping.

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It is in Marion, Virginia.

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The old trailer is ugly but solid. With different wheels stuck on it I towed it home and it pulled smooth and straight. It comes with an old set more 16 inch rims that have T hubs welded on. I have had them on and they run pretty well. I was going to fix it up but I have enough projects. $300

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I already sent Mr. Mosher an email but I thought that I would mention a part supplier that is probably on none of y'alls radar. Over in Unicoi, Tennessee is a Model A parts store. It has been there forever and he doesn't do anything online. Does primarily deal with Model A but he does have some T st...

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I would be glad to listen to any offers.

colonelpowers

Thanks for the answers so far. I have looked at those manifold type heaters that are similar to those on an A Model. They do work pretty well. We had one on our 29 and it was very comfortable. What I have been looking at now is the style that mounts in the back floorboard and has an exhaust inlet an...

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I bought this a while back with some other stuff and didn't see the front. I don't know what happened to the spider, but someone milled or filed a section out of the center. I has a nice wooden ring and someone could probably make use of it. It is $35 plus shipping if anyone wants it. NOTE I probabl...

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This visor came off of an unrestored 26 Touring and was probably only the old car for its entire life. It is in very nice condition and complete with original paint and glass. I can't decide what color the glass actually is. On the car I always thought it was black but looking through it at my shop ...

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I am fixing to start working on a new T and while I am thinking about installing a heater in this one. I really don't mind the cold in winter but my wife would rather not freeze. I have been looking at exhaust heaters with the floor grill. They look like they would be the most effective but I wonder...

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I was talking to a fellow today who has an old Jumbo Giant Transmission that he might sell. I searched the forum for some information and found a lot out but I wanted to see how you can identify the different models. He said that he had no idea if it was a 333 or 666. Is it stamped somewhere so I ca...

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I am going to try to make a deal on the 23 Dodge, I think. Is there anything that I should be sure to look for or look out for? Any red flags that I should be aware of?

Thanks

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I have been looking for another T and can't seem to find anything that isn't junk or overpriced in my area. A fellow recently offered me what seems like a fair price on a 23 DB coupe. The car is pretty much original but the engine was rebuilt a few years ago and started up but then they never did an...

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I boxed up the starter this morning and got it ready to ship out only to have the buyer back out. Since it is already ready to go and is setting in my way I will take $100 plus shipping. The bendix alone is almost worth that much.

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Any takers for $125 plus shipping?

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A better deal, 200 shipped for the Gypsy Curtains.

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A better deal, $150 plus shipping

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This is a very nice top boot with no damage that I can find. I have never had it on my car since I don't often put my top down. It is for a touring and I don't know if it will fit any other models. I don't really know what it is worth but I know what a new one costs. I would take $250 shipped. If so...

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This is a nice set of curtains that I purchased earlier this year for $350. I ran them on the car during the summer but have since purchased a set of side curtains and don't really need them. I will take $250 shipped if anyone is interested. I will sell the top boot with the curtains for $400 plus s...

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Any offers?

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This seems to be a good starter. It spins right up when you hook it to the battery. The bendix is complete and in good shape. The cover does have a small hole in the end that could be repaired. I will take $200 plus shipping.

colonelpowers

Hello Again. The old paint wasn't saveable but beneath it I found some nice remnants of nickel plating. What would you recommend to put on the oxidized steel and plating that is now exposed. I am planning on just wiping it down with an oily rag unless you tell me something better. Thanks for your he...

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I have ridden high wheels since I was a teenager but this one is going to take some practice. It is completely different from a regular high wheel.

. I hope that the attached picture loads but if not, look up an American Star High Wheel bicycle. There are a couple of videos on YouTube.

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This isn't a T specific question but it is applicable to T's so I thought that I would ask the experts. I am working on an 1884 American Star High Wheel bicycle and it looks like much of the original finish is still present under a ca. 1950 repaint. Any ideas on how to just remove the later paint jo...

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I went out and measured the hole. The actual opening is 7 1/2 x 16 1/2. The stitching was in two rows. If you went to the outer stitch it would be 10 x 19 but I don't think that would necessarily have to be done. Anything larger than the hole itself would be great. I can always cut the hole to fit. ...

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Thanks for your replies so far. I had thought about those Hastings windows but my top has a single window and it is larger than any that I have found so far. I will keep looking maybe, they did make something larger.

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My top is old but usable the only problem is that at high stress points some of the thread at the seams is getting pretty weak and breaking. In most places I have been able to reinforce these spots as I notice them and thus far everything is holding up. I do have one problem that I hoped you would h...

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I was blessed to find a good set of curtains for the 26 touring. After driving some I think that it would be helpful to get some extensions to make it easier to grab the handles through the little access flap. They don't need to be pretty, the car isn't. Just looking for something that will work. I ...

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Wow, I would have never thought that you could get that look from a can. That is definitely food for thought. Thanks for sharing.

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Y'all have generously given me great advice again. I thank you. I am hoping that I am going to be able to take the car down to my wife's uncle's shop. He is an octogenarian and sadly unwell but he was a great paint and body man. His shop is set up to paint in so maybe he can direct me on the prep wo...

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I am thinking about a brush paint job on my T. Any advice on paint, techniques,etc.? I am not ready to take it apart and do it the right way yet. I know that a lot of cars were just painted with whatever was handy. I don't want it to look horrible, just better. If the car had a nice patina I would j...

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They are sold.

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I very recently acquired these with the intention of doing some modifications and using them on my car but I found some more that do not require any work. These are apparently NOS and have never been on a car. The material is still flexible and not brittle in the least. I don't think that they were ...

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I am looking for a set of side curtain rods for my 26 touring. Also looking for a top boot for the same car and a better set of curtains than what I have at the moment.

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Here is a picture of what I came across.

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I was looking at some pictures today and came across a 26/27 T that had the brake lever mounted in the center. It had an accessory transmission and the lever was either mounted to or on the passenger side of it. It was definitely a brake lever as there was no lever by the door and the shift lever wa...

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My 26 has Wards Riverside tires from the 50s. They are cracked and hard but I drive it almost daily and year round, in all weather and on fairly long trips. I have replaced tubes as needed but the tires are still holding on fine. I did have a similarly aged firestone on another T that split open whe...

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I love the dog story and I am happy to know that old Ralph wasn't just telling me a tall tale. I have thought about that many times through the years and always retold it as a fact but never was absolutely certain of it. I am reminded of another dear but departed friend, Mack Sturgill. He was a publ...

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I guess that I was 4 or 5 when I saw my first model T, a 1917 Model T roadster, that belonged to a friend of my grandfather. I fell in love and as kids often do, I spent much too much time telling everyone about it. There was an old man, Ralph, who lived in our neighborhood, and I remember talking a...

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I figure that at least some among the Model T brethren must fool with antique bikes so I wanted to ask if anyone might have a high wheel that they would like to sell. I am currently looking for another bike, preferably a 54 inch wheel but I can ride a 56 or a 52. This is probably a long shot but I t...

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If you still need one, I have one that should be good.

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If you make these, I would like a set.

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I just wanted to ask a question about wood bands. It is time for new linings and thought that I would try wood but I wanted to ask if you have to pull the hogshead to install them. I have a 26 with quick change bands. If it requires the hogshead to come off I will probably go with Kevlar instead. Th...

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I wish you were closer, I would definitely get it. It would be a shame to see it scrapped.

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Well, I'd say that would be a more difficult fit but with careful application of a few rolls of duct tape it might just work.

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We were out today and took a rough old dirt road. As we proceed the road started down the mountain and was quite steep but it held back all right and at the bottom we were greeted by a nice river crossing. As soon as we were out of the water back up we climbed and the further we got the steeper it g...

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Being pedantic is fun; let me try. You said that 9 out or ten "do NOT" have bumpers. Well, there were 15 million model T s built so that means that 1.5 million model t's had bumpers. That is still a lot of cars. Of course, this rack could have been used on any number of cars in the period but since ...

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I collect antique bikes and picked this up a while ago. I don't know anything about them apart from that they came off of a wooden rimmed safety bicycle so they period correct for a T. Let me explain how they work so that you can picture it. As they are laying in the photos, the left mounts to the f...

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I haven't really convinced myself as to whether or not I want to get rid of this and honestly I don't know what it is worth. I has been on my 26 touring since it was new and I love the look of it. I took it off recently because it really blocks my vision when I am driving the car. There are no marki...

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I am looking for a hitch that will work on my 26 touring. Also looking for a used top boot (even one too bad to use that I can make a pattern off of would be fine) and a set of old but usable side curtains.

Thanks

colonelpowers

Slowly, with y'alls help I have been sorting out the little bugs and issues with my old T and by and large it has become a pretty well reliable car. I was out the other day and when turning in a parking lot I noticed a popping noise coming from a rear wheel. When I got home I jacked it up and inspec...

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I am going to see it on Thursday and I will try to get some good photos of it then.

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I wish I knew more about it to tell you. He did say that the transmission is a muncie. He only ran it for a minute and has no idea about the condition of the transmission. It is a stripped down racer; open wheels, nothing for comfort, it looks to be lowered as well. I thought about doing a little sy...

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I am going in a few days to check out an old t that a guy pulled out of a barn. I am thinking about buying it but since it is pretty modified I wanted to ask what I should be looking at specifically and what might be red flags. The car was apparently built pretty early and was raced back in the day....

colonelpowers

Just seeing if anyone has a usable top boot for a 26 touring. I am also looking for a used but usable set of curtains for the same car.
Thanks and God Bless,

Joshua A Powers

colonelpowers

First, I do want to thank everyone who has offered advice thus far. I am normally very adept at sorting out issues when they arise but I don't know if it is other things that I have going on that have muddled my thinking or what. Anyway, here is an update on what I have tried thusfar. I removed the ...

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I wanted to see if anyone going to Luray and passing through Southwest Virginia on I 81 might be willing to stop by Marion, Virginia for a few minutes to check out my T and help me figure out what is causing it to run rough. I have posted about this before and have worked my way down your list of su...

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This is not a T question but I figured that someone would know the answer. In addition to Model T s I also have a team of mules to get around town with and today I bought a nice old heavy freight wagon. I normally wouldn't buy one that had been changed to automobile wheels but this one had been chan...

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I went out to help a young guy get his 26 T running today and show him how to drive it. When I raised th hood I was surprised to see a nice polished 4 ball Kingston. We got the car started and it ran pretty good but the choke/mixture linkage for a 26 doesn't work with that carb. To start it it took ...

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My 26 t has started running poorly. I actually wrote about this previously but after much tinkering I have no solution and more issues. The car doesn't have a miss but it isn't running smoothly and it seems to be getting worse. I drove about 30 miles yesterday and by the time I got home it was worse...

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It is time for a new set of bands on my 26 . I vaguely remember reading here on the forum someone talking about mixing band types and using wood on the brake drum and maybe kevlar on the others or that may be backward. It seems that at the time their reasoning made sense but like I say my recollecti...

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A couple folks mentioned possible fuel/ carb issues which I will check tomorrow but I did forget to mention that I have a restored Kingston carb and a new sediment bowl. Also, and I know it is not the best idea, I put a temporary fuel filter in the line. It is a riding mower filter so it is a little...

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I thought I would check in with the experts before I take to tinkering tomorrow. Not too much to my dismay at the moment all of our modern vehicles are having issues so our 26 touring has had to step up to fill the void. Today I had to run to Wytheville (about 60 miles roundtrip) to get some feed fo...

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I have an old T trailer that I am trying to get on the road and am looking for some rusty ugly but usable bits to finish it. It is definitely in a heavily "antiqued" state that I kind of like so the anything else that I put on it needs to match. All I am needing is bolts and nuts for mounting the ri...

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A friend of mine asked me today if I could possibly help him sell a frame and drivetrain for a 17. I told him that I would put it on here for him and see if there was any interest. It has been a while since I looked at it but to the best of my recollection it has a rebuilt engine that was probably o...

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Sold splash pans

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Good solid set of splash pans. No cracks or dents that I can see. $100 plus shipping.

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Battery box for sale. So far as I can tell it is all original except someone primed the lid. The box still has original paint. The lid has some very light pitting and a few small dings. $150 plus shipping.

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I wonder if it is possible to replace the front top bow on a 26 touring and save the top. I can't see how it happened since every other bow is solid and the top is pretty nice, though very old, but my front bow has nearly turned to dust. The top material attached to it is nice and solid. To me, it l...

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I wasn't paying attention and put this in the wrong section.

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I think that this is an impossible task but I thought I would ask. My 26 touring has a bad bow right at the front. I can't really understand what happened to it. Every other one is rock solid but the front one is not broken, it seems to have just disintegrated inside the canvas. It somehow is comple...

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I wanted to see if anyone might have a top boot in decent condition for a 26 touring. It is an unrestored car so it doesn't need to look new, in fact aged and a little worn would probably look better.

Thanks and God Bless.

colonelpowers

My unrestored 26 has some quirks in the transmission that I wanted to see what y'all think is the cause. In low gear, when pulling out it wants be jerk quite a bit until it finally grabs and goes. I have driven other T's that are much smoother. The second quirk is that when stopping,just before it c...

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I wanted to see if anyone might have a set of Gypsy Curtains for sale. At the moment every supplier that I have checked with had them out of stock.

Thanks and God Bless.

colonelpowers

I just thought I would try again to see if anyone has any usable side curtains for a 26 touring. They don't need to be nice just something to keep a little wind out.

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I haven't tried bypassing the switch to run on just the mag but I believe that it should work fine. At a little above idle speed the magneto is putting out about 20 volts. It could be better but I don't think that it is a bad reading. I may try to charge it again sometime.

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I have checked everything magneto related (even recharged the mag) and it has to be in the switch. How easily serviced are the 26 switches? I would have taken it apart while I had it out but I am always fearful of breaking off those little ears that are bent to hold the back on.

colonelpowers

I talked to the man I bought the car from tonight and told him that I was going to come and get the parts. Who knows there might be some gem that I overlooked. Anyway, if anyone is in need of a engine project, I would probably be glad to give them one. A friend of mine also has a 17 chassis with a r...

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When I bought my last T, about 2 1/2 hours from home, the purchase included 3 partially disassembled engines, a pre26 transmission, a few pans, a rear end, some oval gas tanks and some other random bits. I was just getting over surgery and alone when I picked up the car so I left the parts for a lat...

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Hello, My 26 touring has been losing juice intermittently from the magneto. Sometimes it runs great on the mag and sometimes there is nothing. I am planning on taking the contact out and cleaning it well tomorrow. I reckon that I will also check the wire for any bare spots while I am at it. Just wan...

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A couple years ago I bought a T that had a set of Firestone Polonium spark plugs in it. They seemed to work fine but I eventually replaced them and put them up in a cabinet. I came across them the other day and was curious to know if anyone knew much about them. Are they a better plug by being radio...

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I finally got the 26 running like it should after setting for about 40 years in a shed. I probably should have changed the oil before I started working on it but I wasn't sure if I would have to rebuild the engine so I just added some oil to bring it up and let it go until I saw what happened. The e...

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Can anyone recommend the cheapest new 21 inch tires? I just don't have much cash to spare at the moment. My car has 60- 70 year old tires that are still holding up but I am wanting to put the miles on the old girl come spring and I definitely have concerns about getting too far from home with tires ...

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I am really just needing the eccentric cast iron insert. Much of the outer lip is broken off of mine. I would be willing to buy the entire water outlet if I need to.

Thanks and God Bless

colonelpowers

Hello Again, Thanks for the advice. After looking at the current range of motion on the rod I can see why it is bent the way they did ( the wrong way). It currently cannot go any further on the retard without hitting the timing cover and fully advanced it hits the oiler line. I am going to have to d...

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Thanks for the help. I will try it out tomorrow.

God Bless.

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