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.... and y'all know what TLA stands for ..... Three Letter Acronym

Some would consider that a Dad joke.

That's nice using a Coupelet for the picture, just like the MTFCA logo.

Picture size should not be a problem, the maximum size is over 20 MB and the system will resize both the thumbnail & the larger picture.

If you like you can email me the pics that don't load & I can experiment.

Chris

Saw this today, I guess I missed it when it came out in Nov 2019. For those of you that don't know I worked for Chrysler in the late 70s. Windsor plant 3 which made cars when I was there and made the minivan when they started in the mid 80s. I also worked in the engine plant & the full-size van plan...

In the same local club as your local webmaster!!

He was over my house last week helping me fix a cowl light hinge on our Coupelet.

Same as Stan said.

Chris

The solenoid controls a plunger which is used to direct hydraulic oil under pressure to actuate the overdrive gearing, so you need an oil pump as well as an electrical connection. Give me a KC Warford stick shift any day. Simple, strong easy to operate and giving more gears to play with. Allan from...

A picture of the setup from my car a little way down in this post here:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/25 ... 1350666140

A quick search of the archives found this:

I don't know a lot of machinists, but Mickey Gustafson of Bakersfield Volvo overdrive fame is one of the best.

from here: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50 ... 1219536697

Chris

I have one of these in my 26 Touring, it has been in there for over 10 years no problems. Yes it is a Laycock type J found in Volvos and some British cars. They were made by a couple of guys in California, sorry I cannot remember their names, I will try and find the receipt. If I remember they were ...

Since no one else has asked, I will.

The gold color car?? Late sixties B-Body Mopar? Coronet, Satellite/Road Runner?? Looks like 383.

Chris

Susan is right, the only way to see Rich's talent is in person.

Website mentioned above, I have a floor weaver floor jack.

http://www.castleequipment.com/Jacks/PA ... _Parts.htm

http://www.castleequipment.com/Museum/h ... turing.htm

This statement is from the Montana Cross Country "T" Association (MCCTA) Board of Directors. In the final leg of the Montana 500, a tragic accident occurred involving the father and son team, Sonny Bishop and Dwayne Lukowski. The single car accident on June 24, 2020 sent both driver and passenger to...

I have sent Tony a note.

Chris

The Board of Directors does not want this discussed on the forum.

https://www.boulder-monitor.com/news/mo ... f4a6e.html

You can visit the link above or go to the Montana 500 website.

Chris

Do you have any pics of the rim dates?

All my rims have tires mounted.

Looking at the dates on the felloes above and my serial # C414,xxx it seems that only 1 of them could have came on the car.

Canadian production number snippet
May 31, 1923 C412,290
Jun 30, 1023 C419,611

Doing a little math, my car was built on June 10, 1923

I now have 4 matching felloes (or is it felly?)

The dates are from the top 10-24 3-24 4-24 5-23

Pal is on this forum, only 1 post though, signed up in 2019.

Username:pnegyesi
Registered users
First Name:Pal
Last Name:Negyesi
Location:Balatonalmadi, Hungary

Found with the user search feature under Extra Quick Links near the top right of this page.

Chris

Posting this for a member in Australia. Chris I'm in Australia and just bought a lovely 1915 Speedster. It has a Type A RAJO head (two rocker covers) I am having trouble sealing the rocker covers to the head to stop oil leaks. I can't find seals on line. Can you advise where I can buy seals? Jeff Br...

Brazilian Portuguese installed.

Do we know anyone that can test it for us?

Chris

Steve, thanks for your PDF file.

I find it interesting how much we do or don't know about just one small subject.

On closer inspection the lighter ones do in fact have Kelsey Wheel stamped on them.

I believe the important dimensions are the same - ie. where the rim meets the felloe front & back.

And yet another discrepancy, 2 different felloes, one weighs 6 lbs. and the other type weighs 8 lbs.

The heavier 2 are stamped Kelsey and have date codes, the other 2 have no markings.

Another discovery - No. 88 30 x 3 1/2 on inside of felloe

This is fun, I'm starting to feel like Rob Heyen! Clipping found in Detroit Free Press in Detroit, Michigan on Nov 11, 1952. William N Booth Obituary WILLIAM N. BOOTH Former chief engineer of the Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co. and inventor of the de-mountable rim auto wheel, Mr. Booth died Sunday In West Pa...

Found more interesting stuff. There are some good pictures of the cross-section of their wheels & rims further down the page. This link is about the Kelsey, Herbert Co. http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/k/kelsey_herbert/kelsey_herbert.htm This mentions them supplying bodies to Ford and others. In 1910 t...

Found US patent 1,475,167 for what looks like the driving lug on the Kelsey 88 rim.

Found the equivalent US patent 1,579,067 but this one dated 1926

More on the Canadian patent 197890 Looks like a 1919 US patent filed in Canada in 1920 https://www.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/patent/197890/summary.html?query=197890&type=basic_search (72) Inventors : WILLIAM N. BOOTH (Not Available) (73) Owners : WILLIAM N. BOOTH (Not Available) (45) Issued: 1920-0...

Look what I found.

Canadian Patents Database / Patent 197890 Summary

(12) Patent: (11) CA 197890
(21) Application Number: 197890

DEMOUNTABLE RIM CLAMP

Hap, I have also read most of the info in the links, some great info in there that needs to be put together like you say!

Here are a couple pics of the felloe.
Notice the date- 5 23
Also Kelsey Wheel
Windsor Ontario Canada

I have 3 of the Kelsey 88 rims.

This was less formal than the other webinars, just Jeff & I relating our stories.

There were about 15 in attendance.

Here is the currently installed languages:

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Sorry Frank, the Hungarian language pack is not up to the version we use. Quote from the language pack page: Please make sure you have the right version for your board. Packs for 3.0 will not work on 3.1/3.2 and vice versa. We are on 3.2.8 That language pack was last updated in 2012 and works for ve...

Story of Phillip's coupelet is in the Hemmings email I received today. Good story that I am not sure I heard before. https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2020/05/26/the-first-car-featured-in-hemmings-motor-news-is-still-with-the-same-family-more-than-60-years-later?refer=news&utm_source=edaily&utm_mediu...

Yes Frank, that was another reason for making the post.

Magyar added to the list.

The spokes I removed had the alternating taper.

Susanne, mio nonno era di Baselice, a 50 km da Benevento, a 100 km da Naples.

Remember Fantasy Island? Tatoo announces at the start,

"Da plane, da plane"

In Aussie it's

"Da pline, da pline"

To change your language go to your profile then preferences. It's one of the settings there.

Si, mi nonno e nato in Italia!

Italiano next.

Krees

I am learning about these wheels that I have on our 1923 Canadian Coupe

There are 2 different kind of lugs, ones with a flat nut and ones with a conical nut.

One side of the car has the flat ones the other side the conical ones.

Which one is correct or are both correct?

We had a problem with the US-English pack the other day which I fixed. Then I thought I would install some of the language packs of members I knew from outside North America. This is what I have installed so far. Language Packs.JPG If you are in another country that is not listed and would like your...

From the encyclopedia 1926 COLORS: All cars were painted black, with black fenders, initially. Closed cars were then offered in colors: green for the Tudor and Coupe, and Maroon for the Fordor. Other options offered later in 1926, perhaps for the 1927 models. WHEELS: Open cars used 30 by 3-1/2 tires...

Here's the link - found with the search function above with the words: mask wife

https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic. ... ife#p94569

Chris

Sorry for the late notice, Jeff has some work commitments he is dealing with. He set this meeting up for us. Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81030971198?pwd=bXd5UGtJbzFWVzlSZVlkc3BnK1QwQT09 Password: 231730 Or iPhone one-tap : US: +16699006833,,81030971198#...

Be patient, waiting for Jeff to setup meeting.

Yes it is 'only' spamming but annoying non the less.

I have blocked email registration and for now an admin will have to approve a registration.

Chris

My current process is to block the user name, email address AND IP address.

I also put a dated note in the system.

It's never ending.

Jeff & I are up to the challenge.

I've knocked off several of these today.

I am now checking if the OT Forum has some different permission settings regarding posting.

They original poster was posting the replies.

Chris

We will be having another webinar this Saturday May 23 at 10:00 am Pacific Time.

Jeff will be relating his entry into the Model T hobby and his trials & tribulations with breakdowns and fixes.

Details will be forthcoming.

Chris

Clincher tires definitely need 60 PSI or the tire and tube will spin on the rim and rip the valve stem off.

Walter actually figured it out himself.

Me or Jeff accidentally promoted him to an Admin!

He's back to normal now.

Chris

Thanks guys, I got it, had to move up 1 hammer size and filed a chisel down flat and pounded away.

I checked the bearing against another spindle and it slides right on.

I took some emery cloth to the spindle very lightly, it did not seem to have a high spot.

I am having some problems removing this bearing. I may have messed it up already trying to use my gear puller behind the seal and possibly bent the cage.

Any ideas? I know it is NOT supposed to slip on the spindle but this one is really tight.

Very successful webinar today, up to 72 people were online and still 43 an hour & a half later.

My plate

Kirk Petersen's plate

So close!

We record the webinars and post them on YouTube for viewing later.

We now have worked out the details of hosting this Webinar.

See the details and registration info here:

https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic. ... 598#p94165

Hope to have you join us.

The MTFCA Board of Directors has agreed to support webinars on Model T topics of interest to the membership. These can include, but are not limited to, specific topics such as aligning headlights, converting to LED lights, adjusting the carburetor for proper mixture, changing tires, installing new s...

Per Mark above, Google is the best to use for searching, always has been. "your search term" site:www.mftca.com rear axle drawings site:www.mftca.com 2 or 3 words is usually sufficient, leave out all the small words. The last update to the website software broke some of the old forum software code w...

Stumbled across this watching something else, found it very interesting.

Lots of the same things as in our Model T wooden wheels.

I like the part where half the spokes were put in backwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaFGOCou_7I

Just over 26 minutes.

Just so everyone knows, we are working on the logistics of holding this seminar between myself, Jeff, the board and Mike K.

Chris

Pretty simple, you share your screen and play the video on your computer.

Share Screen is on the bottom menu when you roll your mouse down there.

Here is a thread from 2010 on paint codes.

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/118802/170186.html

Could you post your findings for all to see please.

This is the one I use:

https://www.clipconverter.cc/2/

Follow on screen instructions.

I am troubleshooting an email problem with another user.

If you are having email problems using the forum let me know please.

Chris B

Gary, yes the webinar platform will allow us to make some of those presentations.

James, we are working on a new website and when that is up we will make sure everything is updated.

Chris

Some quick edits and it's now posted on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn6sUE0 ... e=youtu.be

As most of us are sheltering at home without our families with us we thought it would be a nice little diversion before your dinner this evening.

There is a free version of Zoom.

Chris

Rich, you can't just post a picture like that without any details.

Knowing you there is a story behind that picture!

Here is a link to an old document, "Removing a T from Mothballs", looks like from the Towe Auto Museum.

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/70 ... 762335.doc

There is a lot in the document but if you take one thing at a time you will be fine.

Chris

Taken during the 2008 Centennial in Richmond.

Me, my wife Rose, my sister Becky and my niece Julianna.

Dom, I am the oldest of 7, and have a friend who is one of 11, but you sure have everyone beat with 18.

We'll figure out a place to keep it on the website, not just in a post like this.

Chris

Lots of info in these posts:

https://www.google.com/search?q=chassis ... e&ie=UTF-8

Chris

How does that look now?

Moved the Museum Info to an announcement, now there is separation between those and the regular posts.

Chris

I was waiting until the dates have come & gone.

In case someone was under a rock!

Chris

Our 1931 Model A Pickup was painted by Brian Muise who was a Dupont paint rep. and he told me it was Mercedes blue.

Remember Model A fenders and running boards are black.

I just received an email from Susie and unfortunately she says it has been canceled.

When I receive more information I will post here.

Chris

Steve et al, if you look at the top RIGHT of the screen you will see Extra Quick-Links. Click that then click "Search for Members" Member search1.JPG If you are logged in then you will presented with the following (if not logged in it will prompt you to log in) There are lots of options there, fill ...

Roger was president of the MTFCA in 2005.

He was quite the character, we had the pleasure of visiting him & his wife Jan in Tennessee before they moved to Florida.

He will be missed.

Chris & Rose Brancaccio

A few more pics of the guts.

I can't see how mine would shift standing still, the 2 dogs in the sliding collar have to fit into the notches in the case.

More progress on the disassembly, but problems found (as usual). The pinion bearing sleeve is a slip fit on the end of the driveshaft and a little piece fell out when I removed the pinion gear. You can see the damage on the end of the sleeve. Also I believe someone notched the woodruff key which I b...

We started with a 1 1/8 inch shaft, heat treated 4140, 36 inches long.

A short video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAnpF6EmXlc

Better picture of the taper attachment.

They are not available from the vendors any more due to demand.

We (mainly Glen) did the work on a South Bend 10" lathe. Have the thread, taper and keyway done.

Notice taper attachment behind lathe bed.

A little more progress, pictures of the shifter. It was pretty gummed up needs a good greasing, think that was part of the problem with it not shifting.

Does anyone have a picture of the same shifter? Not sure that the brass part should be a half circle?

It was Chris magic!

Guests cannot see profile info.

We will check into it.

Good idea

The yearly change over is not required with this type of forum software.

The database at some point in the future may become big enough to warrant a split but not at this time.

Dan, yes put the AC reproduction brakes on before I toured with the car.

There is a detent between the 2 notches, for neutral ????

There is a lot of gunk in there and the shift rod has paint on the inside. Cleaning it up will certainly make it shift better.

Does anyone know if the car needs to be moving to shift?

Have come back to this and have removed the rear axle from the car.

It is a Planator mfd by Starr Transmission Co. There was a piece of tape that was painted over covering the data plate!

I've got some of those magnets on my tool box and they slam onto the metal when they get close so you would have to be careful putting them on your sheet metal.

Mark, if you hadn't told us we would not have known where the wrinkle was!

Nice job by the way.

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