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Have made a small change to the PHP driver and the running PHP version from 5.4 to 7.1

at 2:00 PM mountain time.

Your admins trying to work without disrupting your entertainment!

We will be doing some work on the site over the next few days.

We will try to keep the disruptions to a minimum but we may need to prevent you from posting (ee gads) for periods of time.

Chris & Jeff

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.

I'm waiting for Jeff to report back!

Thanks guys. I will look at removing the radius rods & move the stands back.

I'm removing the rear axle assembly to do some repairs on my Coupelet.

Does this look OK for balance?

The jack stands are just behind the door and just behind the gas tank.

They have to be outboard of the radius rods, this is as far back as I can get.

This was discussed at the board meeting in November but I will let one of the directors comment.

Here is a local Calgary story link. https://www.google.com/amp/s/beta.ctvnews.ca/local/calgary/2019/11/3/1_4668686.html For those of you that don't know your webmaster & forum moderator lives in Calgary. Also Harry Lillo is the current president of our local club. Ron Carey was a well respected car ...

Jeff has been able to keep up with his duties here, which is good as we won't have to dock his pay this month!

Looks like you have a good place to hang out and nice of the guy to loan you power & wifi.

Chris

On of the ideas behind VF forum was that extra material could be posted that wouldn't fit into the print version.

Also clickable links could be supplied to give that information.

Aleesa can comment further.

Here are a couple of betta pictures of Henrietta

PS Betta is Auzzie for better

A few more.

Old Car Festival at Greenfield Village, Dearborn MI

https://www.thehenryford.org/current-ev ... -festival/

I can verify this car is very fast. Sophie was always out in front when we were touring.

We were also very good friends and toured many times together.

I have a Garmin similar to that one a Nuvi 2555 with lifetime maps and am very happy with it.

Thanks for bringing us along with you, safe travels.

I added OCF to the title, hope you don't mind.

How about this, all in the old forums. https://www.google.com/search?q=model+t+tools+larry+smith+site%3Awww.mtfca.com&oq=model+t+tools+larry+smith+site%3Awww.mtfca.com&aqs=chrome..69i57.11199j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 or this for just pictures https://www.google.com/search?q=model+t+tools+larry+s...

Lots of posts in the old forums

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

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Spade mount or stud mount?

Let us know which ad and we will delete it for you.

Chris or Jeff

The Synder's rod is not the same as the Scat rod. The Synder's rod has insert bearings and I understand the demand was not there so they are not making them anymore.

Ruckstell ball bearing

https://www.modeltford.com/item/P211.aspx

Ruckstell Bronze Thrust Plate

https://www.modeltford.com/item/P139.aspx

When they lowered the spindle did they not also flatten the spring?

If so the curve could be extra clearance when the axle moves up & down.

So I presume you can just take a propane torch, heat it up, and it will pop out? Or will we have to pry it out?

This is the fan hub on our 1909 Roadster.

Is that center section soldered in there?

Need ideas for repair please.

Thanks
Chris

Car is sold

Mark, I am not sure why there are postings on the old forum, I changed it to read only when we started the 2019 Forum here.

There are only a few posts so I didn't think it warranted my time to track down.

No fear of losing the old info, it is backed up in several places. We are changing providers, first going to migrate our original MTFCA.com then migrate this site which hosts the forum and homecoming websites. Stay tuned as Susan, Jeff & I make the changes and please be understanding as we work thru...

We are working on it. Getting the royal run around trying to get it fixed.

Can you say "new service providor" ???

Who's going to the tour? Just making some last minute preparations as normal.

Chris & Maurice, Keith & Christine, & Tim coming from Calgary

Tim, yes the picture above looks like the top of my unit, 8 bolts on mine, only seven show on the picture but I think they just missed one. I got mine stuck in both gears somehow and it would not move off the hoist. Pulled the shift bar out and got it so it would move. Now will have to take apart an...

Dallas, we call them ALL/16 ths

How far should the shift rod move from high to low? I tried moving it by hand today. Out (towards the front of the car) seems to be high which is where it has been for the last couple of years. It wants to move in (towards the back of the car) but I can't get it to go very far. I have a left hand sh...

I'm pretty sure it is in direct at the moment as I have been driving the car without a shifter for a couple of years now.

I will fiddle with it tomorrow to see if I can shift it.

I have purchased a left hand Ruckstell shifter from one of the vendors but have not installed it yet.

This looks just like what I have. http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50893/61396.html Some text from that thread The unit was invented by Charles E. Starr. Mine is known as the Starr Planator. They were later known as the Jumbo Planator. They were built by the Price-Hollister Company of Rockford, ...

Tim, why do you think it is locked into one position?

Mounted in front of rear axle spool.

Side view. Piece outlined against muffler is how unit is shifted, not sure which way is which.

Close up of P in a triangle

Top view

How about this 1939 Dodge ?? Looks like a dead match to me.
I take that back. There are a couple extra grill openings on this one.

How about this with the painted openings? Maybe you can't see them on the old pic?

Length is another way to identify them Check these links from the old forum http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/411944/478761.html?1410903128 I looked up all the lengths I can find. early cars till 9/19/14 30.687 (30-11/16) 9/19/14 till 10/19/14 30.687 (30-11/16) to 30.750 (30-3/4) A tolerance for ...

Thanks for taking the drone video and posting.

Here is a screenshot of their logo, no city names but you can see the states.

Mike Vaughn & Chris Brancaccio at MTFCA booth.

In Richmond for Homecoming, lots has been accomplished. The City of Richmond have finished paving & laying sod between the museum & annex.

The new entrance to the Annex

Small size Steve mentioned Permatex Grey .5.jpg Their sales blurb Outstanding oil resistance and joint movement tolerance. Eight times more flexible than cork/composite gaskets; three times more oil resistant than conventional silicones. Temperature range -65ºF to 500ºF (-54°C to 260°C) intermittent...

We normally have a tech topic at all our meetings. It doesn't have to be that elaborate, you can always learn something from even the smallest discussion.

Also if you use the link at the bottom of the page

Return to “Forum Support Questions”

the icons should display properly.

Good idea on the shirt George, remember stripes make you look thinner!!

I have always like your Henry quote by the way.

Chris

Dave has been fixed up

Check out this link

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/300409.html

Coker link says manf. is Hartford

https://www.cokertire.com/30x3-1-2-tr-135-rs-tube.html

Universal link does not specify manf.

https://www.universaltire.com/tubes-and ... -stem.html

We had a tech talk discussion about this place at a Model A meeting last year.

https://www.sandersreproglass.com/

I checked for Model T years and they only go back to 1928.

Might be worth a call to see if they can do T glass.

Richard, was it balanced after that?

Put me down for 2 please Les

That's a super addition to the vintage garage.

After you do some lapping as suggested above you need some of this. I did get it from one of the T vendors but not sure which one. EZ Turn is a specialty lubricant/sealant used for fuel and oil line valves & is resistant to high temps. Especially effective where high octane fuels and aromatics are p...

Once we're stable we'll put everything back the way it was with our tweaks & mods.

Took 3 tries to make this post because of auto correct.

Funny picture Dave, in one of my emails to Jeff this morning I told him, "let the force be with you" !!

We are continuing to work on the problems that are the result of the other day.

If this site is down for an extended period of time we will make a status posting on the old forum.

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/82 ... 1553355029

Chris & Jeff

You mean something like this????

http://www.mtfca.com/suppliers/Suppliers.htm

Chris

Several points I would like to comment on. There have been many discussions with the board of directors over the years to limit the forum to just members. The general consensus is that we will attract more members if we leave the forum open. Also education is a mandate of our 501c nonprofit organ...

Your user name is JUST Scobie

Give that a try.

We (mainly Jeff) have been looking at this, but no solution has been found yet.

Here is a link to a post on the 2012 forum, shows 2 car frames and a TT frame, not the best for comparison but will give you an idea.

http://www.mtfca.com/cgi-bin/discus/sho ... POST445569

We received an email from support that one of our internal emails was compromised and had over loaded the server. The password has been changed and we will check further.

MTFCA Member can post for free any others there is a $20 charge or you can become a member.

I think it is currently set to 25, I will increase it to 100.

Fixed you up Steve

We made a change to the session time out and will be talking to our provider about CPU usage.

Is anyone seeing this at the top of the page?

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Jeff & I will have a look at the logs, have had a few reports from various users.

Hasn't of course happened to me or Jeff today!

For those that don't know Tony was a former forum moderator know as DaGunny.

Attaching pictures for Gary

Chris isn't off to Asia until February! and will have my pc with me anyway.

How about this link. Jack Daron in 2015 Forum

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50 ... 1449267982

PS RB short for Running Board, that took me a minute.

Most people are having the opposite problem!

Try clearing your browsing history.

I did that on my Chrome and now I can see the NEW Unread icon Jeff put in.

Yes it means you are in the MTFCA Member group AND it is set as the default group.

Replying to another comment about the image size setting, Jeff & I need to discuss further.

The image space used on the server will still take up more & more space as we go forward.

If the files use 800 KB instead of 200 KB you can do the math and see how we would fill up our space sooner.

OK did a bit of research on the rotated thumbnails and made a program change to try & fix it. Some technical stuff for those that like it! During upload, phpBB doesn't change any orientation flag on uploaded images, regardless whether plupload is used or the "classic" upload function. The rotating o...

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