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I am needing for an oval tank 1920ish, the bottom treaded flange for the sediment bulb to screw into. Mine is missing. If you have an old tank the is bad and the part is good, I would be interested in it. Especially if you can cut about 2 inches or more away from it so I can use it as a patch and ha...

I found this. Not mine.

Are These Model T or Model A Replacement Valve Guides ??? I just got these and cleaned them up. They came with some Model T parts. The internal measurement is 0.312 inches, standard size for a Model T valve stem. They are two piece with matched halves. The long ones are a little long and the short o...

The spoke is bad, Period
I agree with Dom.
Give the vender a chance, but like I say to sellers. "Treat me right and I will sing your praises. Treat me wrong and I will hire a march band and drum you into the ground.

For what years will this one work for?

This makes me think that a good choice for the average driver grade Model T would be stock large drum rear wheel brakes that would operate as factory built by emergency brake hand lever operation, but also, additionally hooked up to actuate by means of additional linkage to the foot brake pedal wit...

There were tools in that eBay listing?

Somebody got a good buy. Seen them a 10:03 am and wish I was closer. Would have got them.

Real or Repro. ??? 1909 - 1911 two piece brass timer. What do you think??? Looking at the wear marks on the outside and inside, it looks like it could be. The slotted screws and thumb screws have the right long term wear too. I do not have the roller, but knew what this was. I do not have an early M...

Don, Your assuming the chicken is big, ............, Maybe the billboard is small.

Cooper Gas Gauge Sold to Gary

Gary,

Here is what I have. Box, instructions, template, float system, and gauge. Never was installed.
PM or email me if you are interested.

I think I do let me check. I think it is MIB.

Yes, I actually have one that I got off Ebay about four years ago.

I do applaud the MTFCA on the books they have produced, and for anybody in the Model T hobby, they should be required reading. Among some other books that are out there too. However, the conversation and knowledge on this website’s forums need to be preserved and accessible forever. I have learned s...

These two guys know just what I am talking about. I have lived the nightmare the last 40 years of computers and software upgrades. With all due respect to the other posters, the discussion is getting off topic from the original question which is a very good one and one that the BOD should consider. ...

I have a very important question for the MTFCA and the board of directors; How are we going to preserver and make available all the conversations, information, and knowledge on the MTFCA website for the future generations to access in order to keep the Model T hobby and cars running? Because as tech...

Way Cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE the engine

Sold to Kemp, pending payment.

Steven, I am interested in this tool but I need more knowledge of its requirements, capabilities, and method of use. If others show interest, take their names but I would like to have first option. Thank you, Ken Buhler Ken, Goto this link and scroll 1/2 way down to the red alignment tool (Allen's ...

FOR SALE: KRW PISTON ROD ALIGNMENT TOOL aka "SEA LION" This is the hard to find piece. The price in $125 and that includes shipping to the lower 48 states. Shipping elsewhere will need to be calculated. I do not have the base, but other bases will work. With the base the rod attaches too, this "sea ...

I HAVE FOR SALE A "MODEL TT REAR END TORQUE TUBE NOSE". Price is $55 and that includes shipping to the lower 48 states. Shipping elsewhere will need to be calculated. The torque tube nose is part of a torque tube shorting kit if you were to add a second gear box to your Model TT Truck. You did not n...

I have for sale, ( $15 that includes shipping in the lower 48 states, shipping elsewhere will need to be calculated), two good complete Model TT inner rear end seal cups. The one on the right is a completed sample (not for sale) when you put the felt seal in. The felt seal is put in and the ring is ...

Here is a set I have, it looks like a Marquette brand. What year would these go on?

Boy, if you wanted to steal a car, that would be the way to do it. Do not even need to get out of the truck.

IT SNOWED LAST NIGHT...! 8:00 am - I made a snowman in my front yard. 8:10 - A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn't make a snowwoman. 8:15 - So, I made a snowwoman. 8:17 - My feminist neighbor complained about the snowwoman's voluptuous chest saying it objectified snowwomen everywhere. 8:20 ...

Work smarter not harder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fekZDeIGl18

Really the fender is all there, it's just been "clear coated" The coverage is just thicker in some places.

Here is a link to VowellArt for drawings for Model TT rear ends.

https://mtfca.com/phpBB3/app.php/gallery/album/59

I have one mounted on the side of my bed on my Model TT truck with a search light. I would guess those are search light brackets if the arms move like mine. The one I have swings 90 degrees back and forth to cover a field of 180 degrees but the mounting bracket is turned 90 degrees so it can be moun...

Some time around April 1922, the thrust bearing plate #1052 was eliminated and new design T-1004-TT33 cap was used. Could be about the same time as the filler plug was added. See page 236 Service Bulletins. Mark, Mine did have the thrust bearing plate (it looks like a gasket in the first picture bu...

On a side note, here are three different Model TT Truck rear end, end castings, for the brake plate and brake attachment. This one is the 1918 Model TT Truck rear end, end casting, one with the extra piece on the bottom for the rivet to attach the brake plate. This rear end also had a two piece spi...

Seventh, in the internals there is only a two-gear spider. 1918 TT REAR END #11.jpg Eighth, in the internals the drive shaft end splined grooves are shallower as well as the grooves in the coupling. First picture left one is the 1918 Model TT rear end one. In the second picture the top is the 1918 ...

Third, the bolts from the rear worm gear cover cap does not go through the casted gear housing (pumpkin). The casted gear housing (pumpkin) does not have the hole going all the way through the casting. 1918 TT REAR END #6.jpg 1919 - 27 TT REAR END #1.jpg Fourth, there are a set of matched numbers s...

I would like to open this up for discussion (please add what you have found out on Model TT rear ends). In repairing my Model TT Truck, I collected 7 other rear ends for parts to use in the repairs. One of the rear ends was an early one (year 1918). Through the research on the MTFCA website on all t...

I just rebuilt my Ruckstell TT rear end and there were two things that would make it loose "in and out". First, there is a fiber thrust washer (about $7) that will wear down and cause play (you will need to sand the new one down to get the proper clearance). Second, worn parts in the rear end that n...

Do you mean axle play "in and out" ? Do you have a standard rear end or a two speed Ruckstell?

Here is how to make the pipe system to make the brake rods collapsible. Also some drops of oil inside the pipe will make it slide better.

Since posting pictures of my Model TT Farm Truck project, https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17453 I have had several people ask/email me about making my parking/emergency brakes into service brakes instead of using rear outside band brakes. First it was not my idea, I heard a rumor ab...

Add Hassler Shocks to the list of "what oil to use in my Model T", "the best bands for my transmission", "the best spark plugs", etc., etc.

Sharp TT Truck! Question. Did the front fender brace come with the truck when you got it? I have a few front fender braces but not one like yours with the headlights curves. Looks sharp. No, the truck did not have that front fender brace on it, I added it. My 1924 Model T touring has that type on i...

Steve, It's gorgeous, and ready to work! I see lots of cool accessories, but please tell us about the black iron on pipe on the brake rods... R/ Roger. Roger, The black Iron pipe is my design to make the brake rod collapsible when I apply the rear brakes. I put a brake equalizer and stainless-steel...

After four years, I got it finished and back on the road. I went through all the systems front to back, repairing and fixing if needed. I also dressed it up a little. My scope/vision was to keep it looking old, like an old farm truck that was used from 1924 to 1950 plus. To make it look like you jus...

I just use clean gasoline, brake cleaner, or carb. cleaner for my final cleaning. But I have a couple of dip buckets I use before hand. These are metal buckets with metal lids. What I do is, if I have any dirty gas, dirty kerosene, used thinner, used brake cleaner, used carb cleaner, used WD40, used...

I have been collecting good oversized cast iron pistons to use. Last year I got a good 1920s block is good condition that needed a lite overhaul. So last winter I just had to hone out the cylinder holes and use four 0.005 oversized pistons with 0.010 over sized rings (filed to fit) to get it back in...

Forgot to say, if your rear end is already rebuilt, then the change over to the high gear set is not hard. If you are rebuilding your rear end then there will be more time, and the trouble of finding good parts. Mine was a rebuild, and I though it was not hard to do. Just finding parts and time in p...

I just did mine, and it was not hard, but mine was a two speed Hall Scott (Ruckstell) rear end. It is a lot heavier than a standard TT rear end. Just follow the MTFCA book on rear ends, and it will be just fine. Like what was said before, everything is heavier and use plenty of blocks and jack stand...

Thanks Frank, great link to plug history

Thanks Steve for the information, but I was looking to see if anybody had a detailed list with spark plugs and the number on the plugs (example like Edison #14, Champion X, and so on). I have read what is on the MTFCA website about spark plugs, but was wondering if there was a detailed list. Because...

The title says it all; What 1/2 inch Pipe Thread Spark Plugs Work in a Model T ?
Has anyone developed a list for the antique and modern plugs that work in a Model T?

The wire is probably all rusted up together tight, so ......... technically it is a rusted on nut.
I also think he, ......... "nailed it" ........ right as a good repair.

Sorry did not read your first post.

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Sent PM about Em Axle

This is what I did for seat covers in my Model TT farm truck. Those feed sacks were the reusable type and are like a lite weight canvas

Damm Skeletons went joy riding in my truck again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also according to the MTFCA Ruckstell repair book, new bearings would measure 0.562 and they are still acceptable down to 0.557 (the roller on the roller bearing is what you are measuring) I have read on this website, a person could shim between the rear axle housing and the bearing sleeve, such tha...

According to the MTFCA Ruckstell book, new bearings would measure 0.562

How many leaves are there in a Model TT rear leaf spring set up? The truck I have, has nine on each side. That seems like too much, because the leaves are very tightly compacted together under the cross member and there is no movement what so ever where they attach to the cross member. The leaves ha...

I also use Gibbs or 140w oil to coat my parts. Then I put them into zip lock bags. Last I use a 3 x 5 card with the name of the item and the specifications of the part so I do not have to measure it again to see if it is a good part. If you do this procedure, the part is protected and ready for use ...

What I mean about the drive shaft is not finished in the middle, it was not turned smooth at the Ford factory (there is a Ford stamp)

Les,

I will ask the machine shop to recheck the runout by clamping up 13 1/4 inches from the end to be cut.

Steven How much wear do you have where the bushings run? So you are going to remove about a foot of it and likely from the front end. If you chuck it in your lathe 3 jaw grabbing it where you will cut it off with the pinion end supported by a centre by the tail stock , how much runout do you have t...

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I am putting a Muncie 3 speed gearbox in my Model TT Truck. The drive shaft I have, that I am getting cut down to put the auxiliary gearbox in, has 0.035 inch run out in it. I was wondering is this too much for this drive shaft? I would like to know what your experience is in this matter is.

Jim, Sent you emails for pictures on TT parts from you other postings and I would like pictures on the TT internals.

I just did mine this weekend. I packed the U-joint with grease, and when it was all coupled up I shot about 70 pumps with a grease gun.

Just as a side note, this is what I do. When you figure out or know the amount that the head has been milled off the head, please stamp the amount that has been milled for future reference. Like -0.125 somewhere meaty on the milled side of the head. That way you will not have to remember it and the ...

I read a book about that Depot Hack, ........... it was call "Old Yeller".

You need to pull the engine. I am pulling mine this winter because I found a magnet clamp and some brass screw heads when I changed the oil this year. Google MTFCA transmission exploded http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/708324/751545.html?1505852037 http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/599638/662...

I have a HALL SCOTT "Ruckstell" early Model TT rear end on my Model TT Truck. Yes, It does have the two gear spider instead of the later four gear spider. The cast name on the outside of the rear end says HALL SCOTT as do all the stamped internal pieces of the rear end (see first two pictures). Ruck...

Always have something to carry stuff. You will buy more than you expected and it will be weight more than you expected. I have a 3 foot long stiff canvas bag that was used to carry firewood.

CASH IS KING !!!!!!!!!!!

If you want to get some excitement, just ask, ....... "What oil is the best to use in my Model T ?"
or how about this question, ....... "Should I use a water pump and which one ?"

Henry, I do not have any documented information on the different drive shafts or coupler. Just what I have read on the MTFCA forums and the observations of the 8 TT rear ends I have taken apart (4 standard and 4 Ruckstell). It looks like there is some here. There is an article in the Ford Service Bu...

There have been a few times that this has been mentioned in this web site, so I ran across this case and took some pictures of it. There are four pictures of drive shaft splined ends and couplings for a Model TT truck drive shaft. One end is an early drive shaft that came off a Model TT rear end. Th...

I have a HALL SCOTT "RUCKSTELL" 2 speed rear end in my Model TT truck. It has both of the names on it, as an example of the naming, just like the shifting level that is in the first two pictures. But what I found interesting is the early shift lock body (in the 3rd and 4th pictures) is made of brass...

The ad says; " IT START AND RUNS."
I guess that is the reason there is a tow strap on the back and tow chains on the front.

Is this an early Gene French design?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Model-T-A-Ford ... 1431.l2649

I would be interested in it but I do not have the money now or the room as of yet. I only have room for two at this time. It is just bad timing for me. Ask me in four years form now when I am retired. I plan to get a 1913 or 1914 Model T Touring to add to my collection.

I will trade these front set Pancake Hasslers springs for a rear set. I will need to see pictures of yours. Email me or PM me. Here is what I have. There is one ear that holds the spring that is gone. 951fronthasslers1.jpg 951fronthasslers2.jpg 951fronthasslers3.jpg 951fronthasslers4.jpg

As a trumpet player and collector/player of antique trumpets and cornets. Here is one of the best in the business.

http://metzlerbrassrepair.com/index.html

PLEASE KEEP THIS THREAD GOING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S TOO FUNNY

Need more people "COFFIN" up more jokes.

Does Anyone Know Where This TT Truck Is?

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Yes, I am, but I am 7 hours away.

sent email

Yes, it is for a Muncie. Mark, if he changes his mind, I would like to get it.

Sent email

The high speed worm will have 6 teeth the bronze gear will have 31 teeth. The low speed worm has 4 teeth and the bronze has 29.

The top one is the 5 to 1 the bottom one is the 7 to 1.

Grady,

I sent you an email.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1917-model-t-f ... SwWepeaZ5x

The description is:

1917 model t ford. Condition is Used. All original motor is not running. Does have a transmission.

I am looking for the stand and mandrel for the K R Wilson rod alignment for this sea lion. Does anybody have one for sale? Here is the picture of the sea lion that I have.

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I have for sale a generator armature. It has been cleaned up, continuity checked, growled, commutator checked and turned, and insulated sprayed. It is a working armature check out by my local starter/generator shop. I will sell it for $60 and that includes shipping to the lower 48 states. Other ship...

I have for sale a horn and some kind of switch setup. The horn will need some work to get going. The switch setup just looks cool, but I have no use for it. I will sell them for $45 and that includes shipping to the lower 48 states. Other shipping destinations will need to be calculated. PM me or em...

I have for sale one box of "1925 and back" transmission band linings (different materials, MIXED BOX) and one EMPTY BOX "THAT IS THE GREEN ONE FOR DISPLAY". I will sell them for $35 and that includes shipping to the lower 48 states. Other shipping destinations will need to be calculated. PM me or em...

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