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Hello grumpy old people that think money is more important than life. Now what would be really controversial? An E-timer! So I made my own. Just to make people mad. HomeBrewElectronicTImer.JPG It's an arduino. That they use to teach programming to children. And a few hall effect sensors, and MOSFETs...

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Prepare by changing oil a week or so before hand. Time to find leaks ect. Carry wire. Spare timer and or coil. Electrical tape, duct tape. Small jar of tree gum or a bottle of gasket shellac. Small bag of spanners, screwdrivers pliers and a broken piece of hacksaw blade. Bonus if you carry a spool o...

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Is it safe to run a properly rebuilt engine and transmission at a steady 1900 rpm? And, what would it cost in LABOR to get an engine/transmission rebuilt using old but servicable parts? Ok this thread goes on & on, i can't be bothered reading it all. I can answer half your question though. So a spe...

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With the Rajo where will the coil box go?

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I've done 50MPH in a stock T. It's white knuckle driving, and you'd do well to have a balanced engine. Mine didn't have counterweights, being pieced together from other peoples cast-offs you don't get that luxury, but with stock size tires, matched weight pistons and balanced crankshaft ect, you can...

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Someone should make a silicon mold of the terminal connectors & caps.

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My cast drums are much heavier. Much higher thermal capacity for reduced brake fade.

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Yes. I've used it myself.

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You would have to wonder why though.

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That's nearly what some people list them on trademe for.

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Yes your compass idea should work well. I have done the same thing. After soaking my old coil in acetone and brake cleaner I used gasket shellac to seal it up again. In theory you could use that penetrative wood preservative used on soft boat hulls, but the guy who rebuilds the coil in the future mi...

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That's a whole lot of stuff on the running boards.

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Steve, I like your setup better than mine. I think my setup came with longer king pin bolts. So no modification to the axle should be needed on my setup either .. Now it may become a problem when I need new king pin bolts ... If only the bearing surface was worn, try nickle plating & ground to size.

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Cold radiator for black pepper? I didn't know. I did tip some in while getting gas the other day so it went in hot. But the leak stopped right away. (tax on bringing in a radiator would be the cost of buying another T, so I'm led to believe) I know from experience that Seafoam can do amazing things ...

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Those few photos look similar to how I do things like that. I didn't know i was even close to how other people would do it.

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That surface rust truck looks great to me. Oil the rust & leave it that way sort of finish.

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Why is that the second to last swapmeet? Was it not popular enough or was it being forced out?

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I've used laundry soap. I've used CRL. I've used vinegar, but that has to be flushed with water & neutralized with lots and lots of baking soda afterwards.

All of them didn't get all of the gunk out. But they did remove quite a bit.

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Sometimes it depends on your perspective of what 'bad' is. For me, plain water doesn't leak out as fast as anti-freeze. I'd rather use a corrosion inhibitor but I can't as it'll only leak out. Black pepper slows that leak. But it doesn't last forever. Hence I carry a can of black pepper to get home ...

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JP_noonan wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:18 am
So its a real dying art, yet you don't want to share it, because its dying?

Even the tools are subject to blackout. Ancient knowledge has been lost that way many times over. Go figure.

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Almost certainly.

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I believe in bolts & rivets. Welded frames are yuck. And very very difficult to get legal in my country.

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I've tested LEDs on AC and they worked fine.
If you're fancy/clever you could put a zener diode type thing in them somewhere so they will cope a little better?

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Tested the home made timer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1tfZmqFWak

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Where you said "Why not go for a whole rebuild at this point? " I can think of a reason not to. If your existing engine is fine you might get it back with almost no improvement, or find it is tight and doesn't hand crank any more. If your engine is tired then you might find a rebuild is an improveme...

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: This home made timer is looking promising

home made timer

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I've done this. It wasn't as hard as people make out. All I did was set the body on the frame where i wanted it, rivet some 6 MM steel to the subrails that met up with the original body mounts on the frame. And you may have to make some angle iron mounts where the firewall meets the frame, I did tha...

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Rear axle tied to the front of the trailer diagonally. Front axle tied to the rear of the trailer diagonally.

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I make my hinges much the same way.

And that tank is nice.

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It can be fixed, with much effort. You could even hammer up a copper water jacket & solder that to the block if you wanted to. But that would require much soldering. You can probably drill out that rotten area and drill & pin pretend metal stitch it if you wanted to at home. I've done that on cylind...

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I don't have 2 million dollars spare right now or i might consider it.

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If that's no skill then i have negative skill. Thought it came out well.

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Someone told me that the cast drums on their small drum ford were from a hillman hunter / dodge dart i think it was sold as stateside. Use standard T shoes with lining. The cast grips & deals with heat better than pressed steel apparently. It was an upgrade and only required drilling some holes and ...

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I am glad tires are available, tires for other cars seem to be going out or production or something.
But you're'll getting tires for $189?

They'd be more like $600 each down under.

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If the chevy SSR didn't count you'd think the earlier jeeps would.
Or you know... like.... a model T i have, it's only 97 years old. Certainly not as old as a car that only came out this year. Such an innovation.

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I'm wondering is beeswax would make a good alternative. It wipes off with gas on a rag.

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It'd be funny if both museums had the rims assembled incorrectly.

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Has anyone ever ordered from AliExpress? I have, it's like a bunch of random sellers listing things to a global audience. I can't complain so far, only seller that sold me anything bad was selling welding rod. It was cut up pieces of longer welding rod & wasn't very good. They had bad feedback, so ...

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Silicon should never be used in there. Yuck.

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Few days more work and this timer should be ready to test in a real car.

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Is it true that you should shrink the spokes with heat or the wheel will not have correct tension and wobble when hitting a pot hole?

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What about putting a vacuum line into the vent to keep the oil from leaking out?

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I thought they were vented through the axle shafts? into the brake drums.

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Much better than the other kind of boring. Thought it was going to be like my life, so boring.

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All those reasons. Trust me, I tested coils in car before pouring the tar in and one arced badly and filled with smoke.

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How well do these perform compared to an NH as these choke down quite a bit. Not sure why they have the flapper either. Must besome logic to it.

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I know people that can supply almost all those except the tires and tubes. But you won't like the price.

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Sounds like you need to make the young one replace the bushings and show them how to use an oil can under the threat of not being able to use the car again. Sounds like they get enough milage out of it.

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Toilet flap inside.

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Easier when you don't have to. Because I'm repulsive and nobody would want anything to do with me.

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No, it's going down, just like our lives. For every restored car you see there is 100 that get taken apart and thrown away. Trust me,people intend to 'restore' something but have no idea how or what is involved. Just check out any car forum, or if you want to harm your mental state, the gluttonous d...

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Ethanol, woodgas,hydrogen fuel cells. Nuclear electric cars look really good on paper but are unlikely to become reality.
Then there was that electric ModelT ice cream truck in the T oil pan.

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If you have taken out the magnets, do you need a bolted washer or custom collar behind the triple gear pins, even though they are pressed in? Or is this just a precautionary measure to keep them from backing out, and not mandatory? P.S. How come I have a bad gut feeling? Not mandatory. But a collar...

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JWalters wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:57 am
Buzz off Troll![/b]

Take your own advice.
I built 2 model T's to prove old bigoted men like you wrong. And I did, go cry now.

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Tmodelt wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 06, 2019 7:55 pm
The very worst mistake that I have made is non T related. I corrected not one but two instructors while in nuke school. I was right in both cases but still labeled as a "boat rocker". I did apologize to one of the instructors out of respect.

You should not apologize for being correct.

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JWalters wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 05, 2019 11:52 am
An all metal clutch will always have drag. That’s why the lined disc was designed.

I doubt people bought 15 million cars with stuck clutches.
Have you considered getting a hobby outside of trolling?

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Wrong, the steel disk clutch is fine if you have even the slightest competency at adjusting anything.
That old fuddy who never passes an opportunity to push turbo400s under people noses is nothing but a troll or doesn't know what end of a screwdriver is the handle.

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Do you guys figure if the bulbs are 6v-24v could they work for the folks that have magneto headlights? Jim Ok i tested just one bulb with magneto headlights. They light up dimly at idle, and get brighter at speed. At full speed i fear the resistance starts dropping & they'll burn out so you may wan...

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Model A side of fordbarn? LOL muppet country you mean. Do you guys figure if the bulbs are 6v-24v could they work for the folks that have magneto headlights? Jim I used to try & make my own LED bulbs. Have a feeling i tested that but i can't be bothered testing it tonight. I'll tinker with some of m...

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Outside oil lines.

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Mike, that reminds me of one... My ex's cousin was working at a dealership I was at and replaced the head gasket on some sort of Mitsubishi. He put blue shop rags (the paper ones with strings inside), in the cylinders to soak up any coolant. He was pretty green. Got it all back together and hit the...

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Larry, do you know why I don't listen to you? It's because you don't live in a place called real life. And you post such 1950s spec' words on so many places on the internet that someone might think you have access to time travel. I don't. I can't even find a timer let alone a shackle, and nobody can...

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jagiven wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:39 am
Thanks for the heads up. We just installed the new shackles on the kid's car thi as fall. We'll need to keep an eye on them.

One wrap of aluminium welding wire seems to space them out from the bushing far enough that they will not present a problem. For now.
A washer would be better.

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I know I should be glad that these are available but I really should have ground some of the serrated edge off. When it touches the spring or perch they tend to bite & then the shackle itself wears in places that it shouldn't. Thinking of re-making the worn parts in 8MM steel rather than the 5.5 MM ...

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Made a cam seal because nobody has anything imperial in stock and importing them is too difficult.

The photo should be fairly self evident how it was formed.

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For some reason i think YT recommended me this a few months back.

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wayne sheldon wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:00 am
I HATED dealing with the gamer and marketing mentalities that took over the tech world.

I feel like they destroyed the internet. As libraries close around the world our written word is replaced with...

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If it were mine, I'd drill a small indent in the lug and center punch a matching dimple in the shoe where the clutch exerts no force. And then lock-tight the shoes in place.

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Erik Barrett wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:02 am
Who could possibly answer this question no?

You would be surprised how many people on the internet would say "No" and then go on a 5 page rant against everyone else who'd admitted they'd made a mistake.

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Old belt leather to the show.

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That happened to me, it was a stripped thread in the block, could not get the head bolt tight enough. However, the head gasket didn't blow and i didn't lose compression. It ran just fine until the next valve grind where i put a home made helicoil thing in the hole and it survives just fine. Don't sw...

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Yes i have, i make them every day.

When i try to impress a girl i sometimes forget to turn the fuel on...

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The transmission washer, if the transmission fits together well without the other 2 washers, then you will not need them. The triple gear bushings. Having them stick to the pins is fairly common. They can be repaired, or replaced. Try not to remove the pins however. If the pins are left in the flywh...

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I don't have any power to choose. What's freewill? Something that exists only in movies?

When i read "All alone" i heard this in my head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F1D_X6 ... I&index=24

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For people that can't stay logged in, i got tired of it so i switched to the "https://www.modeltfordclubofamerica.com" with the S in it, it stays logged in. Works for me, your mileage may vary.

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Nobody has a lathe, or at least one big enough to hold a timer they can rent me for just long enough to reface a worn timer. I don't think I succeeded with this setup, merely moved the problem from one area to another. How would you hold the spinning stone still in the wooden board? Maybe I need to ...

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I agree to preserving what is left.
My car is made from other people's cast offs that were deemed too far gone to restore. I got it to look like a original that'd lived through many changes. People ask when I'll restore it. Never I hope. I like it as it is.

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That film was on TV twice when i was a kid. It was weird.

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Curious about the red headlights. Why and how?

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Kerry, the logical thing to do is put the extractors on the floor.

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I don't know if anyone mentioned it yet but low/high pedal does need some movement in the cam or you'll have no neutral.

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Well that's good.
But I put the shop code in my arduino & it crashed.

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Old Hillman hunter /dodge dart drums are what you need. Re-drill to fit your hub. Cut off the excess and you have cast iron that the shoes get real bite into rather than steel which isn't as 'adhesive'.

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I noticed accessing the forum from the home page is broken.
Did you change the web address from "http://modeltfoldclub ect" to "https://modeltfordclub ect ect".
Apparently the 's' on the end of the http gets rid of errors.

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I'm not 100% sure where you're going wring but if you're clicking "register" instead of "log in" that'd be why.

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Mine has pipe threads, no crush washer. But i have expanded copper crush rings by soaking them in water & freezing them.

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Could take 2 days of cycles.

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I don't know how you formed those lamp burners. When I form parts they always look home made. My hood handles look wonky & uneven and yours look die formed.

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Strip the flesh & salt the wound!

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I use 70ft/lb. The reproduction nuts are made of cheese & don't handle much more than 90. Old orig' ones are tougher but mostly all gone. Anything too tough & the axle threads would strip right off so... cheese nuts it is!

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Started making a right hand drive friendly timer because the left hand drive one is getting to a point where it can't be skimmed true anymore.

See that stump of welding rod? That is the rivets,and the arm is also soldered for good measure.

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Or you could cut some copper pipe & push it in the holes, then swedge the ends over so it doesn't fall out.

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Submerged in water with only the top exposed. Took a while.

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Fiction.

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Maybe they were modified for something else? Ton truck maybe? If the spoke center is the same they''ll fit T hubs, hopefully.

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I started collecting parts as a kid, but my dad kept throwing them away. IMG_20180804_113909_resized_20180804_024103161.jpg ========================================= Mine did the same thing ! In spite of all our acreage, he'd haul off everything from parts to whole cars. And this was a guy who buil...

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Potato phone image snapped at the beach one sunny day.

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I like that one, i have one like it in my car right now. I also can't figure out how people live without a swiss army knife. Have one in my pocket as i type this.
Weird thing is i first thought of my screwdriver that has cracks & snapped & welding up again 5 times.

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aliexpress Dual-USB Not as clean an install but the volt meter was a nice touch. You must be running a 12volt system.... Specifications on that unit: Input Voltage: DC12V-24V Output Current: 3100mA Material: Aluminum alloy+PC Work Temperature: 0~40℃ Output Power: 120W Output Voltage: 5V Size: 33*59...

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If i had the resources, i would try to fix it, because i'm strange. That and obvious location problems.

If you do fix it, show us out of curiosity.

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