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You need the right spring to keep the crank away from the crankshaft. A little oil on the crank bearing from time to time will prevent wear and ease cranking. Any excess oil will probably get on the front spring, which is good for it. Many people say that rebuilding an original starter switch gives...

Napa usually has an online coupon for 10-20% off over $125 purchases. I usually fill the munny gap with whatever oils are on sale. I buy the napa branded rotella by the gallon, along with gear oil... your bucket of 30w would be just fine. some members of our club use synthetic some don't. I don't be...

I had only one instance where some steam was coming out of the overflow tube. I was cautioned the round tube radiator, while correct was not as efficient as a flat tube, but so far it's performance has been sufficient. I'm not certain how accurate moto-meters really are but the highest mine has read...

little piddly things that cause break downs are the worst.

That looks like a worthy project, she should be ready for the road test this weekend, post a video.

remember, new plates were issued with the same number, every year.

up until the 60/70"s in some states.

The new fangled phone thing worked so I could get gas. It was a hot day today, and when I got home she was percolating but not over heating. When she cools down I’ll try different cutout springs. A guy at the gas station pulled around while his family was in the car and went all ga ga over the car w...

dunno, I have a 24 and I striped the rim because I wanted to.

do what you like and let future generations scratch their heads....

I like your colour pic too, I was thinking about striping the spokes... I may do something similar to that pic....

I need to try a stronger spring on the cutout, I have the cable tuned up and lubed up but I still have a audible whistle while driving. The choke cable could stand to be harder to pull, we shall see. I was at 3 gallons when I left this morning, and I sputter going home up hill at 2 gallons... I left...

Whistle is much more useable now. I had put some rtv on the flap and where it sits and let it dry while open, and it leaks less… I also bought a slew of springs at the ace herdware and repositioned the cable AND the new springs so they are more inline with the flap. There is still a little leak but ...

If the cut out springs get very hot, they will probably get weak. You can adjust the carb while driving down the road. Somewhere around 1 turn off the seat is usually OK. I start my car at about 1 1/8 turns off the seat, and it runs good when warmed up at about 7/8 to 3/4 turn off the seat. Most ad...

uugh, haven't driven her since the 4th... there is a club breakfast tomorrow, so I'll see if I have the carb tuned properly on the way there... maybe I'll have time to take her for a spin tonight.... I'm going to fiddle with the exhaust cutout springs tonight regardless.... I am sure I have too many...

I had some 3/8” fuel line on the shelf and it works fine so far without collapsing. I didn’t have vacuum tubing big enough. I’ll mess with the exhaust cutout later this week. Cleaned out the transmission cover screen. Adjusted the carb, I think, I must have bumped the holy hell out of it when I remo...

Proper vacuum tubing should not collapse. You may need to take the cutout apart and see if you can get the parts to fit together better. Ohh it's not proper vacuum tubing by any means, it's some cruddy clear stuff, not sure what it is actually made for.... maybe refrigerator water lines? I will nee...

Parade on the 4th went well, I was in a rush to get everything installed, but got it done. The cutout I got leaks so badly at idle the aermore whistle is audible at idle. not happy... when the vacuum tubing for the wolf whistle heats up it collapses, so I either need to switch to a copper tube or ma...

I ended up putting a 90* on the backside of the intake.

It's not visible except for the vacuum hose, if I were to plug it, at the 90 or with the 90 removed. it would not be visible at all.

one could even make them from fiberboard, but I'd stabilize them in epoxy before permanent use/installation.

ohh man I wish I had a slew of spare parts, but I am only a few months into model t's.... give me time....

yikes! I may have BOTH my exhaust cutout AND my wolf whistle on station in time for the 4th parade! AND I may actually have time to install both... I rigged up a lag pole for a 3'x5' 48 star flag at the rear bumper, but I have no been ale to go to walmart for more decorations..... I am somewhat pres...

For one of my oil pump assemblies I fabricated a plate the size and shape of the carb outlet which was about 1/8" thick. It had a 1/8" o.d. tube silver soldered into the side of it over which a 1/8" i.d. vacuum tube would fit. Placed between the carb and the intake manifold it made a "no modificati...

I have vacuum taken off the inlet manifold after the carburetor. This is used to power my Trico vacuum windscreen wiper. It is by way of a brass tube fitted into a hole drilled in the inlet. This is the usual location used locally and gives no impact on combustion as it does not alter the mixture a...

Where would be the best place to access engine vacuum? I have a spare intake heat exchanger and was wondering if I could harness enough vacuum just ahead of the carburetor. The only other place I can think of is on the intake manifold, but that would be post carb and would possibly interfere with co...

There is a rectangular skeletonized steel frame work inside the visor vinyl. it didn't feel like steel trying to feel it while it was on the car... felt more like cardboard... mine was cracked in the middle front, and was waving at me at highway speeds and on windy days.... At the clubs workday this...

6v or 12v make sure you have the correct coil.

buy a spare condenser and coil.

huh just had a thought... are condensers voltage spficic

There wasn't a visor on my 24 when I purchased it. I like the increased visibility without it and it is safer. 20240619_102109.jpg I have pondered removing it, but I did notice in the rain it does keep the windshield clear.... I think I used my hand crank wiper for one solitary sweep in maybe 3-5 t...

Jerry VanOoteghem wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 25, 2025 2:37 pm

WillyR wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 25, 2025 2:07 pm
I'll also attempt to tilt it up a little too as I'm hunching over to see if the light has turned green....

Me too! Learn to look at the traffic light reflection in the hood of your car while at a light.

I'm looking at getting one of those prism reflector thingies....

Tadpole wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 25, 2025 2:17 pm
Wolf whistles are a lot of fun, takes a 1/8npt hole in your intake manifold. At parade speed a wolf whistle will make more noise than an Aermore as well!

Would 4 noisemakers be excessive?

I think not.

I'm going to be in a 4th of july parade so I ordered a 3x5' 48 star flag, and was pondering getting a metric buttload of those little flag holders, but maybe I'll save that for next year.... I do have to improvise a flag pole, but I think I have enough junk to make one.... my visor for my windshield...

maybe it's a model t thing... I recently purchased from a well known model t vendor... after a few days I called them to ask if they received my order, they mentioned they were making the part I ordered, and hadn't charged me and won't until its ready to ship after the paint dries... I'm not even su...

I joined last fall, I think I just got my magazine a couple weeks later... don't rightly remember....

Thanks for that write up Larry, it sounds like a fun time!

I can hardly wait to find my race car and get crankin’ and wrenching!

If y’all turn up your pacemakers, will your T’s go faster?

I do not have a pacemaker, but I think the days of even microwave interference is long gone. I am unsure if changes were made to the microwave or the pacemaker. But I would assume the pacemaker is the one that has improved. I am very new to T’s and have already been using a gps speedo/odometer unit....

I don’t want to hijack this thread, but I have wondered for years how anyone could get a stock Model T to run at these speeds. An internet search found this article on the 2024 500. A very good read. https://www.hagerty.com/media/great-reads/montana-500-model-ts-doing-the-impossible-since-1961/ Con...

GarrettG wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 17, 2025 11:57 am
2025 Montana 500 Day 2 Video Link
https://montana500.run/wp-content/uploa ... 0-Day2.mp4

Thanks so much for the video update!

I was hoping to find a clamp on cutout, but I could only find an inline.

I’ll order the choke cable today as well. It looks like I’ll need a return spring from tru-value as well.

Install Sunday maybe?

Got to be ready for the 4th of July parade…

Next year....

Don't even have a car yet... or a trailer... or a tow veekle...

but that's the goal....

I'll at least be able to attend to at least volunteer next year, but I'm setting the goal higher than that...

That should make it 4 New Mexico cars in attendance....

Small Pedal is for the Whistle; large disc is the top half of the Bermuda Bell (plunger hole) pedal2.jpgpedal1.jpg....either operated with right heel. awesome thanks so much! I have my bermuda, about where the white plastic bag is in your first pic so my passenger can actuate it. I think I'll mount...

You cannot believe how frustrated I have been with odometer apps and such… It was a total fluke that the odometer was at 99.9 miles when I pulled into work. I was thinking I would have to reset it every 100 miles! Nope! it worked just fine, and continued past 100 miles. I may reset it at oil changes...

One of my longer semi-regular trips has a 3/4-1 mile hill that I have to take in low band, and an even longer trip I want to make regularly has a 4-5 mile hill I'd not attempt without a ruckstell.

My experience driving a stock 1915 runabout has been 10 — 15 mpg in city driving, and about 20 mpg on trips. IMG_1603 copy.JPG High speeds will eat a lot of gas, but 10-11 MPG seems low to me. The Z head should help MPG. Traffic permitting, try running a few tens of miles away from traffic and at s...

40-45 MPH in a closed car is pretty fast. Wind resistance goes up very rapidly as speed increases, especially as you get above 30 MPH. Be sure your spark advance linkage is adjusted properly to get full advance and experiment with leaning out the fuel mixture once you are on the road with the engin...

Fill the radiator until the upper tank is about half full. If you are using plain water, fill it to the top. 10 to 11 MPG is rather low for a Model T. You may find it is doing better after a few fill ups. I'd think your car could do more like 15 MPG without trying too hard. The most accurate result...

I finally got some consistent data with the gps/odometer.

10.85ish miles per gallon.

I've done Tad's method also - I have a long choke cable attached under the dash on another T. I did find a decent 5' push/pull choke cable for cheap off the amazons.... I'll see where it wants to mount... I have an unused mystery button on the left of the steering wheel on the dash so I could use t...

I got an aermore whistle for cheap enough, but I need the cutout still and I'm researching using a choke cable to actuate it. I don't think I want a foot pedal... the speedo/odometer seems to work well enough, I may consider getting an original type of speedo, it seems they are $250+ and would be ni...

If I may hijack your thread with the same question... I have a whistle, but no cutout or pedal. I did read about using a choke cable to operate the whistle? if that doesn't work the locking pedal seems readily available and one could disable the locking mechanism. does anyone have pics of pedal plac...

TMiller6 wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 10, 2025 4:10 pm
I discovered I have two nicely painted left hand headlights for my early ‘26. I also discovered the
right hand headlight bucket hiding unpainted elsewhere in my shop.

only make left turns?

She looks like a winner! a running car beats a 10 year "period correct" project in the garage.

Saturday is a club breakfast, and Sunday I'll be checking my transmission screen for odd ball metal and kewpie dolls and such. no other odd sounds since that piece possibly came off a clutch disc... running flawlessly..... I now have a plethora of gaskets so I can inspect ad nauseum... I have not ti...

When I had initially gotten the car, I thought that while running the horn lost volume. I did quickly realize that it is so loud in the cab it just sounds like a significant volume loss....... same with the bermuda bell, while driving around the bell sounds tiny... but it is very audible from the ou...

I dunno, that car looks awful fancy....

congrats to the new caretaker...

My local club poured coils the week before I joined, so I haven't had the pleasure....

are balance beads a new thing I seem to have only heard of them in the last couple years.

my shimmy doesn't start until about 80-85

Last night I topped off the gas tank, and re-set my new gps bike computer. The app I was using to track mileage didn't seem to record every time, and was a PITA... hopefully the bike computer works better. I have a battery box for charging my phone. I didn't see a place where I wanted to tie in a ci...

Top speed has increased, but braking has decreased with the new wheel pinstripes, but gas milage has improved....

I did much better than I thought I would colour matching…

George House wrote: ↑
Sat May 31, 2025 10:04 am
So, Willy……. When will the Active Lane Change Assist and Stop Start System arrive ?

Shortly after the LS swap….

I wasn’t expecting my pinstripe tool until monday, but usps screwed up and delivered it today. I’m only waiting on my white paint, which arrives tomorrow. Red paint arrived today. The new gps odometer lacks a few features of the one that only cost $10 more but it is more useful by a lot. I really on...

Jerry VanOoteghem wrote: ↑
Fri May 30, 2025 9:24 am
Please, don't use those rear axle shims. If your hubs are bad enough to need them, then fix the hub issue.

There were two sizes available and if I need to build a wheel it will get me by until then and they were cheap.

98.6287% of the stuff I got is to file away for emergencies

By Monday I will have all my pinstriping stuffs in and should have the wheels done possibly that day. Paint will be mixed and matched prior. I only needed one 4 dipper pan gasket, but I clicked on a bunch of different gasket sets and a set of hub bolts and other odds and ends and an analog multimete...

maybe they were removing enough rubber to balance the weight of the valve stem?

and they are crosseyed?

I seem to recall mortuary's always has a metric buttload of magnetic based flags to put on cars in a funeral procession, I'd ask where they get theirs...

Those dippers show signs of never being fitted, just put over the rod bolts and drawn down, conforming to the rod as they go.They should not distort inwards at the sides of the scoop, and the rod holes should not be stretched oval If they were fitted, there would need to be some relief on the sides...

I replaced a sheared off crank dipper, I learned I need to lube my slapper timer so I used dow 33. I have successfully started my car with the crank two times now and she fires up with very little effort. The leather crank holder thing is in very good shape and no cracking, but it is very dry so I c...

Did I mention, I love this car…

I didn't get to drive her today, I was in a rush and would have needed to stop for gas. I did, just now order an analog multimeter, and I figure I may keep it in the trunk maybe.... I found a different gps computer that looks like it will automatically track mileage once it is turned on. I read the ...

I didn't get to drive her today, I was in a rush and needed to stop for gas. I did, just now order an analog multimeter, and I figure I may keep it in the trunk maybe.... I also ordered my pinstriping paint... AND last night, I had never started it by the crank before, and after lubing the slapper t...

uhggg.... so I have the pinstriping tool on the way but no paint yet. I'm not the best at being able to match or really care about having the "correct" shade of carmine red... BUT since I already have a stripe I do want to match it perfectly... IT looks like if I am mixing a burgundy type red, I use...

I have fixed the oiler scooper thing off cylinder #3 and have her buttoned up and back on the road. I also learned I need to lube my anco slapper timer every 200 miles or so (it’s been 600?) I have an ancient tube of dow 33 and I looked it up and it’s a hi temp lube so on it went. A club member said...

The old dipper sheared off and the flange with the spot welds was intact.

There is a looberkashun hole in the cap.

I have a new dipper and I can see how it’s spot welded to the flange.

When I get the old one off I’ll see where the old one failed.

I’m watching kitchen nightmares now and I’ll button her up in a few minutes.

Regarding the pinstriping set. Those sets require skill to use. Might be far less frustrating to get a buegler. A good friend of mine turned me onto them, you've seen his work I'm sure... https://www.beugler.com I still haven’t gotten the paints yet but I did find a new/unused beugler striper for r...

It looks quite nice in there, no signs of other foreign matter. The holder piece for the scooper is tight no signs of con rod problems. On any of the caps. The previous owner recalls one of the rod may have had a shim removed some time ago. It this was the one and the old scooper was reused that cou...

I got a mess of parts and gaskets on order, I should be able to borrow some stuff on monday to get her back on the road.

But tonight I'll pull that pan and see for sure where I'm at.

Last Saturday we went for a annual spring drive, it is about a 100 mile loop that is all but 4 miles on backroads and over 40 miles of dirt and gravel. Most years the weather is really nice, however this was not most years. While we did have some sunshine it was mostly cloudy and lots of rain at ti...

varmint wrote: ↑
Thu May 22, 2025 3:45 pm
You can get a cheap bore scope $10-$20 on A-zon or eBad. I did and use it/abuse it.

I keep forgetting that modern technology is getting cheaper and cheaper...

I already fiddled around at the drain plug and didn't find anything more there, that's where the clutch plate looking piece came from

Jerry VanOoteghem wrote: ↑
Thu May 22, 2025 2:20 pm

WillyR wrote: ↑
Thu May 22, 2025 1:40 pm

I was going to drain out the lower oil check valve and jack the car up.

Did you remove the drain plug at the bottom of the pan?

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I wasn't going to drain all the oil, just drain from the lower check valve

Question - did you jack the front of the car up when you drained the oil? If not, you want to do that before you pull the cover. There is like half a quart of oil in the pan dips, it is a lot less messy when you can get as much out as possible ahead of time. It is probably still going to be messy. ...

alright I have been reading up on dippers, and since I'm set up for them I am going to buy a set along with a few gaskets. I'm hesitant to pull my inspection pan without a new gasket, but I will probably do that tonight anyway since I'm curious as to what other metal bits I can find. If I find any m...

I got excited thinking you had 25 coils laying around....

as long as the test and calibrate fine I wouldn't worry about them.

You will have to, @ the least, lift the motor off the pan a bit. Resealing is a nightmare. This job is really a pull the motor & tear down IMHO. For this reason I would not until you have clutch problems that require the work or another problem that needs a motor pull. Regarding the dippers. They a...

When I say bad luck, I installed a couple sets in customer engines. Had a great neutral. Few miles later no neutral. Pulled down, disc were all warped. Now that was a few years ago, problem May have been fixed. But once burned, twice something? Yeah, I don't want to take any chances, is my list cor...

I swear this car knows when payday rolls around.....

OK so this is the original set? That's the original "STYLE". They are new. Dan states that he has had no luck with them. I have never used new ones, so I can't say. I have always looked for good, original, used discs. I'm not sure I have time for that, maybe the turbo 400 set then...... I'm seeing ...

When you go back, don’t use reproduction clutch disc. Never had any luck with them. Go with 400 disc and original large disc. Original Ford discs, in good condition, are also an excellent option. I feel that they tend to be more "bullet-proof". Others prefer the Turbo 400 discs, which is fine. If y...

Your magnet is on the wrong side of the screen!!! The magnet fits in the screen trough on top. The way you have it makes it likely to fall into the transmission. I think they're in the right place. They seem to be smaller magnets than we're used to seeing and are obscured by the fuzz. Your magnet i...

Pull the screen and look at drums. Also pull the bottom cover and see what took out the dipper. When you go back, don’t use reproduction clutch disc. Never had any luck with them. Go with 400 disc and original large disc. If you have to replace brake drum get one with replacement lugs. First, watch...

I just cleaned the screen less than 200 miles ago. There was a little bit of metal on the magnets nothing like this there is a metallic sludge all over the magnets. Had it for just over 6 weeks https://i.postimg.cc/65zKLbbs/IMG-5646.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/pXPxjMZY/IMG-5645.jpg https://i.postimg.cc...

speedytinc wrote: ↑
Tue May 20, 2025 11:49 am
"I did burn out both filaments of the test bulb...."
Excellent.

my son commented on how brightly it burned.....

I am recalling events of that day, and this is how it happened. I was pulling into a car show, on mag, looking for a parking spot. low band.... The car dies, and I'm not sure why, figured user error, so I switch back to battery and re-started. I must not have switched back to mag and continued to pa...

Maybe try backing away a bit with the camera/phone and then zooming in?? Is it hard steel? Can you file it, or will a file not "bite"? If you try to bend it, will it take the bend, or just spring back? There are not a lot of thin metal parts inside your motor. I almost want to say that it's a piece...

Willy, Let me know if you still want an Aermore whistle...I've sent you several emails, as well as a PM and no reply. If you are no longer interested in one, Please let me know so that I can offer it to others. It's old, brass, and has maybe 100+ years of tarnish on it. I polished a small section t...

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