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Thanks, will do!

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Everything is just plain worn out, the Babbitt thrust washers went and did some fun inside, the pumpkin looks worn, the axle shaft keys slots are broken, was going to rebuild this but wondering if I would be better off finding a better one to do or if someone has one already rebuilt for sale?

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I’m looking for a 26-27 rear differential to replace the one I have.
Anyone know of any near Saskatchewan or Alberta?

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Thanks everyone, thought maybe I was missing something the suppliers carried or might have found locally but guess I’ll just order the stainless slotted ones online.

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In response to John Kuehn’s post about coming on the forum with a problem with my new radiator missing the top mounting ears for the shell, I have an apology in order. You are right. I should have contacted Brass Works first before I came on the forum with my complaint. I am truly sorry if I offend...

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Getting close to first drive, just have to install steering and drag link.

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Trying to put together my 27 coupe and looks like all my dash screws and swing arm bracket screws are all 12-24. Mine was a Canadian car and had Robertson oval head 12-24 screws, but they are in rough shape and some broke trying to remove. I bought the interior trim screw package from Snyder’s but i...

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Is anyone else having issues accessing on mobile devices?
I Keep getting error "too many redirects"

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Not really. a 12 ton press is a pretty standard, almost Hobby-type press commonly found pretty much everywhere (I've never seen a 1/2 ton press). Apply as much pressure as needed with the part thoughtfully supported and guarded (it won't be much pressure in the grand scheme of things). my point bei...

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Great video Flivver! Where does a guy go to get those valves and keepers you used in Canada? How does the valve stem length compare to the model T ones?

I cut my seats but am wondering if I too should have used larger head valves as some of these sit fairly low in the block.

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I measured the other one and it’s shorter, so I straighten the original one best I could. Thanks Txgoat for measuring yours, I confirmed mine is the same length.

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I’m going to straighten out the old drag link best I can then put the other salvage one I have beside it to measure, I’m hoping it will be the same, I can’t believe there are so many different lengths all of which are close to each other. None of the suppliers have replacement drag links listed for ...

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In that case, I would have devoted my attention to the clutch, radiator and steering, and let the engine be for now, assuming it has no knocks. It's possible the blowby would improve with some miles driven. A used engine with 2 piece valves that runs well with no valve leakage and no high speed (ov...

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I really do appreciate all the advice given. Maybe a little more context behind the story of this car will help to understand why I am trying to restore as original as possible. I’m the 3rd owner of this car, the original owner came from the same town that I live in. The car sat in a shed for the la...

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Tried Chaffins, no luck. Would rather new than a regrind. I think I’ll wait until they are back in stock. I can always pull the engine back out. Might just rebore and install aluminum pistons at that time, but really wanted to see how it will run with the original cast iron pistons because once I bo...

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Called several places, looks like no new camshafts are available currently. Guess I’m stuck with the old one for now. Was thinking about putting in a Stipe 280 or 250. Wasn’t sure which would be better suited for my car given it is a 27 coupe with a stock engine with original cast iron pistons, stoc...

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Disassembled chassis, replaced bushings and painting parts, now working on the engine. Can’t wait to begin assembly!

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Another good reason to go a little further with a new cam & adjustable/new lifters. You are seeing first hand what a can of worms working on a T is. If you use the old lifters, it would be better to pull them & resurface them. Thanks, I agree, my initial budget for this restoration has over doubled...

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Absolutely. As this is still the original cam and lifters I was going to shoot for around 0.015 clearance between valve and lifter but from reading looks like anywhere from 0.010 to 0.031 is acceptable? I would go to 0.010 but wondering if that is too tight for an original cam that likely has some w...

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Well, Scott i took your advice and called Neway before I knew it I had an order placed. They were terrific to deal with. Ordered the 31-46 cutter, the 60 cutter, the wrench, solid .327 pilot and an expandable pilot in case the solid doesn’t fit or in case I am doing other sizes. Total came to $288 p...

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So I called all the local shops and as I suspected they are all 3-4 months out. But the price one shop gave was $11 per valve which to me I thought was quite reasonable. Art, if there was someone within a few hour drive from me I’d probably bring the block over and get it done, but doesn’t seem to b...

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For the price of sending to a machine shop, you could buy yourself a set of Neway cutters. When you're done, you'll have a proper narrow seat and will own the tools forever. You will be one popular guy. With very wide seats and low valve spring pressure, you spread the seat force over a much larger...

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So I started with the timesaver Green (very fine) using a suction cup method, I was having trouble getting a grind 360 degrees around so I thought maybe needed a different compound, so I tried using the permatex valve grinding compound, and used that for a bit also made the mistake of trying to duct...

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Trying to get a good photo. I read that in another post grooves from lapping are bad? Because when they heat up and expand the grooves won’t line up? Just trying to clarify what is acceptable.

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No step, just very small grooves, or is that normal/ ok?

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So I’m in the middle of a rebuild, it’s a 27 engine still original and ran, but puffed a bit of smoke when throttled. I’m currently restoring the car and am now focusing on the engine. My plan/ budget is to just do a minimal rebuild right now as I want to try and salvage the cast iron pistons and it...

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Thanks Bruce for the photos, nice looking body! I can say that in this case and my wife won’t get upset ha ha!
Here’s mine!
Also have a question for you experts out there what are the three holes for on the left side of the dash (see photo) the two outside are square and the middle is round.

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Thanks everyone, interesting to see the two original assembly line photos both with different windshield colours.

Bruce, considering the original condition of your interior, did you have any photos of the dash and windshield areas?

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Looking for help trying to decide on trim colours for 27 coupe. I have searched the forum but seem to get different opinions on what is original. I was planning to paint the dash, windshield frame, and windshield side trim/swing arm bracket body color, but the lower steering bracket black. The windo...

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Did you ever find your hood shelves? I’m looking for a drivers side if you have an extra?

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Jim, My 1927 coupe, which was built in January 1927, has wood around the rear and quarter panel windows. Sorry I’m not trying to highjack the thread but I’m also trying to figure out the interior wood for a 27 coupe and am wondering how the seat back wood is fastened at the bottom? Does anyone have...

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The saga continues... I replaced the head gasket with a new silicone one, can’t find a dam copper one, and don’t have any visible leaks from the exterior but feel like it might be leaking inside cylinder number 3. After shutting off the engine after running 15-20min I can hear a bit of a hissing noi...

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Yep, think I’ll be replacing the head gasket maybe this weekend with a silicone one I ordered. In the meantime here is a couple videos of it running. https://youtu.be/lEUYWdHT8cM This one is my son and I trying to cold start it: https://youtu.be/n1fKxUVFhOI Think I need a new battery, I barely get a...

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Well it’s been a busy fall and winter. My son decided to buy a 1989 Mustang GT convertible so have been busy restoring that, finally got that out of the way and back onto the T. I took the advice and ordered new pistons and rings. I also honed the engine block. Pretty much all the scoring was remove...

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I agree this engine should be stripped down and rebuilt but looking at the pistons they are already 60 oversized and with the scoring in cylinder 1 and given everything that I have discovered I'm thinking I would be better off to start with another complete long block. My father had one sitting outs...

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I just realized something else, watching Mikes videos he says that the split in boss goes away from cam and the wrist pin bolt should be on the cam side. Well all my rods were installed with the wrist pin bolt on same side as the split opposite side of cam. Does this mean they were installed backwar...

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The video shows them lapping the rod from the bottom as opposed to having the piston in place. I like the idea of having it in place just to ensure I don’t lap the rod crooked. Is there any concern if I just put the rod and piston together. And lap them in by hand cranking the engine, even though th...

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Scott, thanks very much, those videos are great! Answered a lot of questions. I tried searching YouTube initially and never came across them. I did notice that the wrist pin is tighter in number one than the others which might account for the scoring. Would timesaver work to relieve it a bit? Also j...

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Yes I did tow it home on its own wheels, but it was in neutral so the engine would not be turning right? Wish I had known about the risks including to the fourth main. We towed it about 2 miles and at a maximum speed of under 10mph more likely 5mph as I was worried about braking in time to not hit t...

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If you are using Yellow timesaver, because of a "too snug" initial fit, the timesaver So if they are all too snug to start could I just slowly tighten up the bolts starting at even 5ftlb so that I can still hand crank it and start lapping until it becomes easier to crank, then tighten to 10ftlb and...

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Here is piston 1.

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Well, I think I might be looking at a rebuild. Removed pistons, and both 1&2 don’t look too good, 1 is the worst, has quite a bit of scoring. This thing has hardly any run time since it was rebuilt 25yrs ago. I’m sure some scoring is normal but this looks excessive to me?

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Thanks everyone, this is exactly why I posted, I don’t want to just create more of a problem. I do have the service manual so will just start reading before I do anything. Oh what I wouldn’t do to have a model T mechanic in my garage today ha ha.
Thanks Norman, great advice on the break-in.

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I ordered the .010 undersized. I’ll have to measure though.

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I’m still quite new to this and appreciate all the tips I can get. My plan tomorrow is to: 1. Drain coolant and remove head. 2. Undo each rod bearing one at a time and remove piston. 3. Undo wrist pin bolt and remove wrist pin, how is the wrist pin held in place, circlips? 4.install new rod through ...

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Well my parts finally came in. Hopefully I’ll have it back running tomorrow. Couldn’t find another copper head gasket looks like it’s out of stock everywhere I tried. They sent me the silicone one but now after searching the forums I’m sceptical to us it. I might see if I can salvage the existing co...

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Here are the results

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Was about to order then thought nope, I’m going double check the measurements, just didn’t feel right. Measure twice order once as they say. Glad I did, I was reading the micrometer wrong, I added the vernier number to the wrong decimal place, oops. Here are my results, pretty uniform, but looks lik...

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I did measure at 90 degrees, really didn’t see any difference. How do you tell if it is concentric? Here is the product image they provided

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They were pretty much the same across the bearing surface, I took a few measurements in each direction to check for roundness and across the surface. The surface looked ok to me (see photo)

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Ok, so I’ve checked all the journals with a micrometer looks like they are all 1.248” +/- .003”. So assuming that means the crank has never been ground and I need standard size rods? I’m leaning towards replacing all four with new forged Babbitted rods from Snyder’s. I like the idea of built in oil ...

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Thanks John, much appreciate the advice. I’m going to pull the caps off the main to check the Babbitt, are there torque specs for these? If the mains turn out to be ok I might just replace the rods. I’m not sure these rods are a balanced set anyways the motor did have a bit of vibration, I thought i...

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I was looking at Lang’s they sell some ‘X’ grooved ones and the dippers too, is that something I should consider?

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I was wondering about the missing cotter pins too, the bolts were still tight but I don’t know what the torque is supposed to be on them.

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Yes it does run on magneto. Runs much better on magneto than it did on battery once the coils were setup.

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I do have the external oil line from the magneto post also. The engine was rebuilt with only a few hours of run time, I wouldn’t think that it would be plugged already? But that said it does leak oil like a sieve from the gasket joint between the hogs head, the oil pan and engine block right in that...

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Thanks everyone for the help. Just a quick look at the remaining rods they still look alright only number one has a slight movement up down but really very slight, I’m still not sure what is acceptable. The babbitts look intact though. For the mains do I need to pull the caps to check or would I jus...

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Thanks for the replies I have the Ford service manual and it talks about dressing down the caps, but looking at my babbits do I have enough left or should I be replacing the rod?

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I’ll try to keep the back story short but here it goes. I began restoring my 1927 model t with my father when I was 15 (30 some years ago). It’s been an off and on project since then. My father gave the car to me about 8 years ago and has since passed away so I was tired of just looking at it collec...

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