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Funny thing...
Today I received both the Jan/Feb Vintage Ford and the March/April Horseless Carraige Gazette!

Now, where did I leave my glasses.....

Second that on the Scotch-Brite pads. Best thing for paint prep, especially with your irregular parts since the pads will conform to any shape. As Mark stated, the maroon VFN (about 300 grit) would probably be best with the harder epoxy appliance paint. If you weren't shooting epoxy, or other cataly...

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Thanks everyone for the input/suggestions.
I'm looking for easy & cheap but effective.

Hoisted the body & dropped the frame today.

She's cleaning up very quickly with just a wire wheel.
10 minutes in on the front crossmember, nice clean unpitted metal.

Could a single D (vs DB) stamp suggest Dodge manufacture??

Measured diagonally, tape end centered on front frame corner, and measured both at the far outer edge of the rear cross member, as well as outer edge of the frame rail tab riveted to top of cross member. Both readings the same variance. The rails themselves were then measured entire length, both rai...

Hoisted Daisy's body off the frame. All body mounts are solid, and 5 of the six body/frame bolts were original size, but driver side rear had a slightly smaller diameter bolt. Could be an odd bolt replacement, but it kicked my spidey senses for a possible Uh-Oh. Once off, I checked the frame for squ...

I am of Sami heritage (look it up, ya gotta learn something new everyday ya know, hence, the flag on the left). In our mythology Trolls kidnap & eat children. As such, all children are taught that if you are kidnapped there is one opportunity to escape. Trolls, as it turns out, are not very bright. ...

One possibility, rear end problems can 'transmit' the sound to the tranny. Mine had the same issue, banging in reverse, but not forward, (backing out of my shop rolls into sand), sounding like it was thumping under my feet. In my case the driveshaft roller bearing (among other things such as thrust ...

Here's the thread where a member posted the block specs

TT Square Cab mounting question - and a backstory - MTFCA Forum https://share.google/VI4YwETIkqcI9k6r3

I've never personally seen one, so can't answer to specific examples/methods. More than likely I'd only be stating the obvious as to what you see or are thinking, but, such as it is, my thoughts: I don't know how the middle bracket of a car frame lines up with the cab, if at all. The TT cab rear bra...

Very cool!!

If that Fastback was painted dark green, it’d look just like the Mustang Steve McQueen drove in the movie “Bullitt”. Nice! Close!!! But the car was a '68 390 Fastback. As it happens I also own a 2001 Mustang Bullitt, though in the entirely wrong color True Blue (although only 723 were built). 20250...

I had my '29 A Roadster at the bi-annual Emerald Coast Cruisin today. I met a young man, and spent about an hour talking with him. He's 18, working on a Mechanical Engineering degree at FSU, and recently decided to restore his grandfather's Model A. He admitted few if any in his generation give two ...

Or same exact pic with two different drivers AI inserted, but there are several variations between the two pics besides the drivers, not to mention camera angle.

Look for a T club or fellow member close by to contact for help. No such thing as a professional mechanic or SP out there who's gonna know how to work on a T. It's basically incumbent upon you. In the meantime order up the Black Model T service book from any of the vendors and read thru it. You'll f...

Timely topic, given I'm currently in the process of prepping the pans off my '14 to be repainted...

Nothing yet, but then our USPS is always late in the FL Panhandle

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My heart was set on owning a Brass T when I got a T Matchbox toy on my 7th birthday. Antiques however were always in my blood given my dad & uncle were original 40/50's era SoCal Hotrodders chopping & channeling 32-36 Fords and racing on the salt flats. My first T was a late '25 TT Closed Cab, purch...

Thank you Dan! So a little more digging answered my next question as to pump method. VERY cool, certainly better than a belt driven pump! A starter AND on board compressed air...what a thing to have in the day. Model T Ford Forum: Accessory Air Compressor -- Stewart Air Starter https://share.google/...

Imagination running wild with this one...
Grab the fluted rim, turn the outer shell winding an internal clock spring, push the center button...voila auto crank

?????????
Anyone??

Kinda like a blow up doll looks like a real girl...

"Inflated with your hand" !!!

I do however recall a news article about somebody using a blow up Doll in the passenger seat to cruise down the carpool lanes...some things never change...

This is why AI search is problematic. People have this odd belief that AI = truth. All AI does is create summaries based on lightening fast search algorithms across all found content. Anything posted on the internet relative to that subject is a potential quotable source, regardless if erroneous, sl...

Lang's is absolutely top notch. Then again, I'd say that of Snyders's & Chaffin's as well. We as a community are so blessed to have vendor's of such caliber & support. I've had nothing but excellent experiences with them all. As for your experience with USPS, sadly that's universal. 2-3 day express ...

Not a Model T specific event, but I imagine you're referencing the 4 day annual Florida Flywheelers show going on right now thru the 28th. Great organization, they hold several events each year on their grounds, anything/everything antique engines, from static engines, tractors, cars, parades, you n...

Happy birthday Allen!

Or... the 'other' emergency panic stop emergency brake (assuming not a broke axle situation), stomping on all 3 pedals at once...
Risk to driveline, sure, but absence of other options, something...

One thing about these cars, you ALWAYS have to be prepared with thoughts of contingency ever present. It's not an issue of IF, only when.

Even with my Model A, with much better braking than a T, I have endured more than one pucker moment.

Good thing it all went well for ya'll.

I know the A was not equipped.
My belief is Ford first introduced them with the introduction of the V8, but neither certain of that.

Love it!!!
The Ozarks are so beautiful. What a scenic park!
Boy I'd love to camp with ya'll.

The sugar fine sand here is the biggest issue, it's in the air no less than the water mist. Ya T's survived fine without, but....I figure I need to protect the deep pocket investment of its rebuild. It's amazing how much sand I vacuum out of my F150's air box! I run a wire mesh filter on Annie Eliza...

I live in North Alabama and use this air filter. https://www.modeltford.com/item/CARB-FILT.aspx It seems to work fine and I don't experience carb icing even though it can get very humid. Maybe it picks up just enough heat from the hogs head to prevent extreme icing. I've been considering that filte...

I would vote for Kroil being best, having used it in a shop, but price/availability steers me to using PBB for personal use. My question back to you is how much do you use to justify a 5 gal bucket, and/or, how long would you expect it to last? Issue being the loss of volitiles over time degrading t...

Mixing different grades will raise (or lower) the octane rating depending on your reason/target. The end result will simply be the average of each octane level relative to the quantity of each mixed. Generically a 50/50 mix reg/prem will equal a mid-grade.
The question is, why go to the bother??

See? Your wife is right.... you DO have a hard head!

Pretty cool! Lots of fabrication done back then to fit a purpose. My friend in Arkansas has his dad's original Tudor. His father was the local blacksmith, who had removed the rear body panel & seat to convert it into an open work van to haul all his equipment around.

When I was taking apart my TT Closed Cab after purchase, in the note pad pocket/bin inside the cab I found a 2 1/2" long silver pencil holder/cap & chain with an old pencil stub.. Would be a perfect match for a pencil like yours...

I did some quick math out of curiosity, thinking about WWII scrap metal drives.... So as example, 175 Fletcher Class Destroyers were built in WWII, using about 4.6 million pounds of steel each, 805,000,000lbs total, which ends up being equivalent to about 3 months of late T production, each vessel e...

Hey Mark, I'll take it

YEA!! Finally!

The pile looks crazy huge, until you consider that pile represents maybe half an hour of peak production....even crazier!!

With the triangle depression my first thought was Hudson...
But the shell doesn't match their designs...

Thanks Wayne!
I had never heard the story of that riverboat, and just went and read about it.
I hear my fathers voice in my head "you have to learn something new everyday" (and he made us tell him what it was, every day growing up!!)

I know the 2nd owner started a partial restoration on Daisy in the mid/late 60's after being stored since 1935. Cleaning up the wood on her, while the firewall is original, the hood boards are replacements built by Syverson Cabinet, from their Des Plaines location they vacated mid 60's. Just some co...

LOL
I had that very set from the 60's.
In fact, I still have all my Lego sets from my childhood, as well as all the ones I gave my kids.... all broken down take up an entire 2x2x4 wardrobe size storage box.
My grandson goes crazy when I pour it all out on the floor

Almost look like period correct roads too!

Fun!!

Get it for your grandkids! Get it for yourself!
To be issued in March.

LEGO 11376 Ford Model T celebrates the revolutionary automobile - Jay's Brick Blog https://share.google/eucKsoTXwgHMDPktg

Way too many tools.... is that really a problem????

I learned a long time ago, thru many similar posted events, that those of us with good tools, or anything for that matter, will never be cared for nor appreciated by those who neither own nor know how to use them, worse, the mindset of "what's your's is mine also once borrowed" is pervasive.

I have my 24x40 3 bay shop...
Then I have a 12x24 storage shed for yard stuff, bikes, Xmas, boxes of stuff etc.
The shed showed signs of rodents...
Guess where my wife insisted the Xmas stuff was to be stored this year...
I tried to protest...it didn't work....

Back in the 80's the front spring pad I got from one of the vendors for my TT was like that, a section of top material with two leather pads riveted on each end. I used Bob's, Mac's, Snyders and another I can't recall now, but, somebody was offering them that way then. Maybe it was a cheaper 'econom...

Bottom line you'll only find them with some luck. Original Boyco's & such can still come up for sale like here or Ebay, or be found in antique stores, swap meets, etc. Just keep your eye out, but they tend to be very pricey. There had been some reproduction 'Boyco' copies made years past, but no lon...

Just for specificity, what truck cab style are these for?
Definitely not for the factory closed cab, not sure about the factory C cab, not sure how tall the side/back panels are for the C. The closed cab are all narrow strips.. Might help to identify intended use.

The shoes for a TT are completely unique to the trucks, and are different and much larger than the car brake shoes.
They are cast shoes, with a riveted lining.

I don't know what availability exists today, but it took me forever to find a pair in the snail mail want ads world of the 80's.

But where's the fun in that???

According to my wife, I can't get anything without first tearing it all apart...she keeps asking me why the T is completely apart now after I got it running...she figured it was done then!

Unpin the brake rod on the active wheel and lock up the brake on the other

My Dad & Uncle were two of the original 40's/50's Southern Calif Hot Rodders, chopping & channeling mostly '32 to '34 Ford Coupes and racing on the salt flats. My Dad's pride & joy was his '36 Ford Cabriolet he had into the early 60's, with a '51 Lincoln V8, where he could recite with pride every op...

Cleaning, stripping rust & old paint, and repainting all the various small chassis/body parts. Now I'm eyeballing my firewall, an original in solid condition, but finish worn down to bare wood in spots. Thinking I'll try repairing, bleaching, cleaning, prepping, lightly sand and refinish vs buying a...

Who doesn't love a flathead V8 hotrod...
But why oh WHY do so to a perfectly decent condition one owner car???? Some things I don't get, this one being sacrilegious IMHO.

Welcome!
Those are some great TT's. My first T was a Closed Cab stake side TT.
And this beast is a hoot!!! I can only imagine what's required to crank this monster!

https://youtu.be/C9Aomol9494?si=FCnQDN1eyfgjrbws

You can buy eyelets to screw into the spark plug hole and lift with a cherry picker (engine hoist), easily found to rent. Personally, I don't like putting that much stress on the head using just one eyelet especially with an off horizontal lift. Two is minimum in my book, but that's just me & my par...

Mike, Well, I'll confirm your suspicions about white lithium. When I tore down my TT in the 80's I had to store machined parts until I had the money to restore. That was one of the recommendations then, greased up and wrapped in oil cloth. Only to discover later the onset of serious rust after only ...

Thank ya'll!

So just picked up a set of used rollers Chaffin's was selling recently, got them all cleaned up nice & purty, question being, what is the preferred method for long term storage, especially given I'm in humid/coastal salt air.

Let me know all your suggestions....

The perches are in correct position per my eye. With the axle positioned vertically (and therefore the perch pins thru the axle being vertical), then the spring and wishbone mounts would be canted forward as is seen in the pic. With the spring & wishbone mounts horizontal, the perch axle pin and top...

Interesting combo of parts.
The engine is 26/27, but it is not a TT frame.
I don't recognize the cab, but neither is it a factory TT cab, probably a mash up of a much later body.

Well, it's not a TT frame, and interesting use of a mating plate to adapt a car torque tube, ya wonder what happened to the TT torque tube given it would have to use a TT drive shaft (shortened as well), not a car ds, to spline into the worm.
Use what ya got!

Man, next time I go thru MO, I'm bringing some tools and giving you a call!

Wasn't 979 the prefix for all the porn telephone numbers back in the day? LOL

Gulf T's is disbanded, it was Kathy Tagert I was in contact with. Several from that club attend events organized by a South GA group, there was one last Fall in Tallahassee I missed, unfortunately.
My '14 wasn't local, it lived its life in Michigan, but nice to know there may be another '14 close by.

The halves should not clamp on the bearing spool, especially if you used a paper gasket beyween the halves. If it is tight relax the diff half bolts a turn or two. You cn use the back bolts on the radius rods to drive the housong forward. Allan from down under. Thanks Allan, I hadnt considered usin...

Well, presumably base purpose being an oiler, but yet so odd in many ways simply begging for more questions... Like, where did it come from, why is it an unfinished casting being that the oil outlet remains untapped, and what purpose for the top cover, an inspection hole, or what? But, given it woul...

While we no longer have an active Model T or A club here on the panhandle, we do have an FSU Branch here in Panama City. I did my fair share as an Engineering Instructer with AT&T and would love to offer something like this. I for one would certainly be interested in your material. There HAS to be o...

Scope is on order from Amazon....figure I can wait a few days before cracking the egg.

Pat, Ya don't have to sell me, I stand with ya. I'm not of the younger cancel culture revisionist mindset. I was very disheartened for my son, which caused me to wonder what kind of reception something like this would get in today's college environment after the sh** show my son received 17 yrs ago!...

Great project, but I certainly hope ya'll end up with a good audience. While all your draft slides paint positives, today's world is steeped in rewriting history, focusing on negatives, or virtue signaling applying todays perceptions to cancel those of yesterday. My son did the same kind of report a...

I can't tell from your text if the assembly is back in the car. If not, just undo the front nuts on the radius rods and the 6 spool bolts and slide the driveshaft assembly forward. Allan from down under. Allan, Still sitting in a cradle. That would be my hope for easiest path if I have to check by ...

Blow it up and look at the faces.
Not to mention several people appear to be missing legs/feet, but that's OK, looks like I found one of the missing legs on this lady....

So...
The restriction would be the threaded portion of the housing for the spool stud, being the narrowest point.
The camera head diameter on the Depstech is 7.9mm....
I just mic'd several of the old spool stud nuts at ID 8.5mm tightest to 8.85 worn..... WOOT!!! We have a go for launch!!

Great idea Kevin, here I've been thinking about having to bend/snake/contort thru the drain hole around the carrier, but that's a straight shot if it fits!!! Hadn't yet thought of that.
Now to get specs on camera head/snake diameter....

Thanks ya'll!!!!!
Who doesn't love a new tool?

I might just end up loving my evil paranoid side!

Hmmm...OK so I just looked.... $32-$80 either Wallyworld or China Harbor.....
Mama just shakes her head everytime I say I need a new tool!!!
I might just need that!!! Better than needlessly cracking the egg....

Dan....

And who might that be???
I already bought one spare axle from you....
You wanting to sell me that Rux??

Hey John, I actually thought of that, but neither am I aware of who/how/where I can access one. Thought of a plumber, but didn't think they'd be small enough....
Something to look into, or, maybe some of ya'll have suggestions....

I'm now realizing being anal with an evil minded paranoid subconscious does NOT make a good combination! My ego of youth never allowed such doubt to ever disturb my beauty sleep.... this is new uncharted waters for me as I creep up in years....at the moment I'm discounting the side of me screaming "...

I generally don't recall my dreams, but this morning I woke up like I'd been poked with a cattle prod! I had recently rebuilt my rear axle. Through all the various test fits setting thrust bearings and gear lash, while I had torqued down the pinion gear, I had left it unpinned intending to do it wit...

+1 on Dan,
Sure looks like a rudimentary pre-heat unit to me

This is what's sad to see, so many wishbones that appear to be in good shape w/good balls, stacked carefully presumably for that very reason, but....all the ends now buried in the ground rotting away.....

Boy would I love to spend an afternoon in that yard...

Any '17 and early style over axle wishbones in decent condition are near impossible to find. Any early/early short yoke versions are going the way of the DoDo bird. That one is a platinum find. The biggest problem of all is they are near impossible to ship, quotes being in the hundreds of $$$.

^^^^^^
Ya wonder sometimes how large scrap heaps of good steel like that escaped WWII.

The last pic reminded me of a time I was 4 wheeling out in the Sierra eastern high desert decades ago, between Bishop and Mammoth lakes CA. Way out in the middle of nowhere we came across a very large trash heap. Typical stuff, bottles, small to large tin cans, but tons of Model T and other car part...

I just bolted two 2x4's to my bench extending out far enough to cradle the housing, and screwed in cross boards between the two to keep the housing secure and resting on 4 points.
$5 vs $100, worked fine for me anyway.

Oops...oh lord, how embarrassing, my head math is going wonky!! Damn, I'm going senile!!
AAAAAHHHHH!!!

Yes to all that.
Just another fun Ford T observation!
Quirky things that they are!

Just kinda hard to imagine a casting/machining process that would be so significantly off center...you'd think 0.10 would be a huge deviation, but obviously not.
But, 116 years ago, that was obviously "AH, it's good enough"

Constantly inspecting and cleaning up parts, I noticed something odd about my fan hub. The belt hub itself spins true. The fan blades themselves spin true. However, the hub shaft and blade flange are spinning 0.097" off center!! The rivets for the blades were drilled true to shaft center, not with t...

OK, round two, the other iron.... anyone? Looks kind of similar, but stamped 90 degrees....or....??? And on that note, is there a comprehensive list of supplier marks somewhere? I tried searching and find onsie twosies, but not a list.....does one exist, maybe in a book somewhere?? Cuz I've encounte...

57 years....wow....
My deepest condolences on the loss of your wife.

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