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The OP didn’t specify that the “Ford” logo needed to be an original part, so here is my submission. I added an electric stop light to my ‘15 touring, which meant i needed a stop light switch. The switch being near the trans inspection cover, I was worried that a tool might inadvertently short out on...

My wife had a knee replaced 3 months ago. She has had other surgeries, but says this was the most painful recovery. Also says it was well worth it. The first two days were the worst, then gradually got better. Started PT on day 3, 3 days per week. Her last PT is tomorrow. As others have noted, cold ...

Just an update. I ended up welding a piece of steel rod on the back end of the hood rod, about 1/2” long. The rod now bottoms out on the wood firewall and keeps the front end squarely in the radiator saddle.

Thanks all for your insights and advice.

-Mark

Thanks all for the suggestions. I had previously used a center punch on the rod just forward of the hinge, hoping it would not slide back into the hinges but that didn’t work. I’ll try a bigger punch on the underside of the hinge to try to pin the sheet metal to the rod.

My hood support rod keeps moving rearward. It only takes about 10 miles of driving for the rod to slide off off the cradle on the radiator. Is this normal? Is there a common fix?

It is not painted, just printed with silver color PLA plastic. The front and back are
Printed separately, then glued together.

I very much enjoy giving friends and extended family rides in my 1915 Touring car. Most of them have only seen a car this old in a museum or in a parade, so being able to experience a ride firsthand is something special. I always receive enthusiastic and appreciative comments. 18 months ago, I got m...

I made a support tube to keep the axle from bending while pressing using a 2x2 square tube fitted with thumb screws so the axle would be supported from bending by the tube before any bending could occur. I ground smooth the ends of the screws so they wouldn’t scar the shaft, and welded a nut at the ...

My manifold was warped, with the two center ports about 1/8" out of alignment. Since I didn't have enough experience to know better, I built an alignment fixture and gave heat straightening a try, using the "just let the weight of the wrench apply the pressure" technique. The first time I tried it, ...

About 3 years ago I had new wood put into my wheels by Stutzman’s. The wood was just so pretty, so I decided to stain and finish them with 7 coats of marine spar varnish. I know they should be black for originality, but I liked the natural look and reasoned that people have personalized their Model ...

“About the level of the Ford name on the radiator”.

Always been confused by this statement. Bottom, middle or top of the Ford script?

The drilled holes have another advantage. I have a Holly G that has the separate pickup tube and nut. The first time I removed the manifolds from my car I found the nut in #2 intake valve chamber and the tube in #3 intake valve chamber. Fortunately, there apparently wasn’t enough flow to suck them u...

Thanks for the heads up on the availability of the P-202 differential housing. I spoke to Dave at Chaffin’s today; he was very helpful, as always. He said they are trying to expedite a small batch of housings from their machine shop, and would have more definitive information tomorrow.

Thanks the replies. Although the pins show some radial discoloration, they are smooth, straight and measure within tolerance. I didn't find any evidence of seizing either on the pins or inside the bores of the planetary gears (what was left of them!). There was sufficient oil. I had checked it about...

Last Sunday I drove my ‘15 touring to the hardware store, about a 10-mile round trip. Coming up a hill in Ruckstell low, Ford high about 50 feet from my driveway there was a loud bang and a sharp jolt, then the back wheels locked up, the engine died and the car skidded to a stop, leaving two skid ma...

I live in the area. If someone needs help getting this out, I’m happy to lend an extra pair of hands to save some original parts. Send me a note.

Mark

I bought my Model T touring in 2001, knowing next to nothing about these cars (like the engine numbers are typically used for registration). To register it in California with horseless carriage plates at the DMV, I had to first take it to a Highway Patrol (CHP) office for an inspection. I made an in...

I have not tried this, but just a rambling thought. Back in the day we used to take dents out of off road exhaust pipes by filling the pipe with water and putting it in the freezer overnight. The frozen water would expand and push out the dent. I wonder if one turned the lamp upside down, drilled a ...

Thanks again Dan. Very informative!

My T education continues.

Thanks Dan for the additional info. Based on what you posted, the bevel and the use of imitation leather for the gasket puts the mag post squarely in the time window for my engine manufacture. I did find a thin black gasket (very brittle).

Thanks everyone again!

I cleaned up the mag post in question, and it looks quite similar to the 11-25-1908 to 12-7-1911 described in the reference document JTT3 was kind enough to post. The base flange is definitely some kind of fiber composite, and the upper sleeve is brass. The spring may very well be phosphor bronze as...

Looking at it a little closer, it looks like the upper housing and the base are two separate pieces, not magnetic and sort of looks and acts like Bakelite when I touch it with a small file.

Thanks for the photos.

First, my '15 starts and runs on mag. I live in a hilly area and decided to add a mag post outside oiler. I took off the mag post today for the first time, and expected to see a spring-loaded spike. Instead, I found no spike, but a spring that extended down and makes contact with what looks like a l...

I recently ran across this adapter that lets one torque bolts that can’t be accessed with a socket. Seems it would useful to torque that back head bolt that is under the firewall in my ‘15. I’m not affiliated with this company in any way, but I do have some of their other tools (motorcycle related) ...

So what are the two things that look like hoses for?

Anyone know what this is? Looks like to hoses attached, I doubt for an air conditioner, but people have done stranger things!

I used a modern commercial brass ball valve, but my son turned a piece of brass round bar stock with a hole up the middle. I JB welded the “vintage looking” brass piece over the ugly and modern looking sheet metal valve handle. Not original or vintage, but it works for me and doesn’t stand out as ou...

In 23 years of ownership I have trailered my T exactly twice. The first time was when I bought it. I was quite the newbie and had never ridden in or driven a Model T before. The seller gave me a 10 minute ride and explained how to drive it, then he drove it up on my borrowed open car trailer. I don’...

I built the “Big T”. As a kid. Made a display platform of plywood covered with green velvet, and used the posts and ropes. Even won a local model completion with it!

It had been over 30 years since I had been to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, so last November my adult son and I visited the HF, GV, the Ford Rouge River assembly plant, the Ford Piquette assembly plant/museum and the abandoned Ford Highland Park assembly plant where my ‘15 Model T wa...

Ready for looking at Christmas lights.

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I also found a nice piece if leather at Hobby Lobby last year and used it to replace one of the leather corners on my ‘15 touring. They had a couple of different textures/sheens and I found a pretty close match.

When I first got my T, it had a switch mounter to a piece of flat bar mounter over the hogshead inspection cover, like the photos in the second post of this thread. It had to be removed every time the inspection cover was removed, and the switch had to be readjusted when reinstalled. I don’t know th...

After rebuilding my motor / carb /coils last year on my ‘15 no starter car, I routinely get free starts after a drive and the engine is warm. Recently, shortly after pulling into my garage I got a free start, turned the motor off again, then again got another free start. Intrigued, I continued and g...

I believe my Ruckstell is a fairly early one; it has the early brass shifter housing. The numbers on my tag are 0.10” tall, and from the left side of the 3 to the right side if the 8 measures 0.50”. While the numbers are not “perfectly” aligned vertically, because they are not rotated and are pretty...

I have a bracket I took off the left side of a ‘15 touring over twenty years ago. It is cast, and clamps to the vertical mount for the headlight. Looks like it could be used for either side.
If it’s something you could use, it’s yours for the price of shipping from California.

Those are Alemite Pin Type grease fittings. I think I read somewhere that they came on the scene in the 20’s. When I got my ‘15 Touring 22 years ago the kingpins and tie rod ends had oil cups, but the spring shackles and steering column has these. I have kept them; and as someone else noted, the gre...

I decided I wanted the wood look when I replaced the wood wheels in my ‘15 Touring last year. I received the wheels from Stutzman with new hickory wood and sandblasted/primed hubs and rims. I stained the wood with a mixture of golden pecan and red chestnut Minwax Wood Finish Penetrating Stain, then ...

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Thanks to all on this forum for the gears and advice I received. I built a holding fixture and was able to press the gears onto my new axles without issues. The press fit was 1.4 thousands interference, and I had to dress one side of the new keys a bit for a nice tap-in with a brass hammer fit. For ...

Thanks, Mark for the advice. I have gained a lot of insight into this process from this forum. I am in the process of building a restraining fixture to keep the axle from bending and moving out of the press and have access to a machine shop and 20-ton press. I plan on measuring the bores and shafts ...

Thanks to all who responded either via this forum or privately via e-mail. I was able to obtain a pair of very nice gears locally from a very generous member. Thank you MTFCA!

-Mark

Yes, I did reach out to Langs as they have been very helpful on previous occasions.

Ted- Thanks so much for looking. I have found a pair locally that I will pick up this weekend. If for some reason that doesn’t work I will contact you next week.
Again, thanks for your time and generous offer,

-Mark

Ted- Thanks, will appreciate you looking.

Thanks for the reply. I picked up the axles in person at Chaffins last week, but they didn’t have any gears. Dave at Chaffins is keeping an eye out some.

I am looking for two differential axle gears (the ones pressed onto the axles) in very good condition for use in my 1915 Touring car. I have purchased new axles, but my existing gears are quite pitted, and I understand that reproductions are not available. After nearly a year's worth of effort, I ha...

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