MTFCA Forum

Looks pretty normal to me for a slow revving four cylinder engine. Is your 1915 still having starting difficulties?

For those with access to Facebook, I have posted hundreds of pics from Hershey on my Facebook page. Too many to post them all here.

Oops, my bad, I thought Rob said earlier that he was going to bring his N, so I assumed the one I saw was his.

Rob was at Hershey with his 1907 Model N Runabout.

I usually try to start the day with shorts and a T-shirt with a sweatshirt over it (and a hat to protect my balding head). A little chilly at first, but with all the walking and a little hot chocolate I can make it through the morning until it warms up, then I can peel off the sweatshirt and be comf...

Bump to the top!

If you have a flexible wand wit a magnet on the end, push it up through the oil drain hole and let it grab the washer and nut. Then see if you can push them up the back wall of the pan until you can see them from above through the inspection cover hole. Once they are up there and you can see them, g...

Bump to the top!

You can buy spokes from the vendors and do it yourself if you are so inclined. http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/411944/454203.html?1404960383 If you just want to send them off to be done, folks have good things to say about Stutzman's. http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/708324/727448.html?1488...

The most important thing is to make sure that your front axle leans back per the diagram, providing the correct caster angle.

Earlier discussions on the subject: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/708324/811510.html?1511644043 http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50893/76091.html?1229654307 The discussion in the second link implies that 1922 was the last year for the factory supplied gas tank cover, at least on open cars.

Yours looks correct.

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/59 ... 1473984808

The link has more photos, one shows the engine number as 4884.

Ernie Spittler will be in the Red Field, space RCB44.

https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7162

Neat! Are you sure that it is a Model R? It appears to have Model N fenders (didn't Model Rs have full fenders and running boards?) and an Model N or S pointed rear deck (Model Rs had a rounded rear deck). What size wheels and tires does it have?

How large is the storage building? I have a 3 car garage that I had insulated and drywalled. Then I installed one of these, turned down low to take the chill off. I can also turn it up and make the whole garage toasty if need be: https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200578579_200578579?cm...

Wayne, try this for posting pictures: 1. Email the pictures to yourself using your smart phone. 2. On your computer, open the email that you sent yourself and save the pictures to your desktop. 3. Get into this forum thread, create a new reply, and drag the photos from your desktop into the reply wi...

https://www.mtfca.com/encyclo/S-T.htm#spring

You must get the washer out, don't take a risk leaving it in there. I once dropped a band spring down into the depths of the transmission, here is how a friend and I got it out. I removed the oil drain plug, drained the oil, and fished around with a magnet tipped flexible wand through the oil drain ...

In another post Dan Hatch mentioned that he will be in the Chocolate field, spaces CR32 -38.

Larry LaPatka just advertised one, here is his post:

https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7069

Bob Bergstadt was looking for one, here is his WTB post:

https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6995

I would sure like to attend this auction, but I'll still be in Hershey then.

Try calling Classtique and ask them directly, or maybe they will be at Hershey and you can talk to them there?

https://www.classtiqueupholstery.com/in ... ion-videos

I see from another post that Lang's will be in the Red field, RCF 38-43 and RCG 38-43.

Another bump!

Can one of the moderators make this thread a "sticky" until Hershey is over? Thanks!

Bump to help keep this thread close to the top.

https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5865

By 1952, finding two unsold, knocked-down condition Model T Fords would have been newsworthy! A quick Google search found this, but hopefully there is more:

http://chesterlib.org/chesterlibrary/wp ... script.pdf

For a few drops a week, I would slide a butter tub under it to catch the drips and top off the level a couple of times a year.

Looks like the Australian source on Ebay is gone, but there are other sources from China and Hong Kong:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R ... -hong+kong

That one in the lower RH corner looks like it could be pipe threaded on the outlet side and used with a right angle fitting for a positive shutoff oil sight glass:

Betsy, my 1924 cut off touring (now a pickup) gets about 15 - 18 mpg. I run a Kingston L4. The engine runs smoothly and the plugs don't foul, so the mixture must not be too far off.

Here's what I use in mine.

https://www.modeltford.com/item/140W.aspx

A Google search of "van briggle carburetor" revealed an old advertisement from the Van Briggle Motor Device Company in Indianapolis, Indiana. Apparently they sold a range of automotive products, not just carburetors. https://books.google.com/books?id=7kPLx5LYx9UC&pg=RA18-PA29&lpg=RA18-PA29&dq=van+br...

More than you ever wanted to know about straw hats:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxbVTozEoa0

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/59 ... 1482970081

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/59 ... 1481945767

Hope to see you there! Will you have a table of goodies out for sale, or is that spot just your base of operations?

The whole car is neat, but those manifold clamps are works of industrial art, IMO.

I have an original copy of the book mentioned by Walter and can vouch for the accuracy of his quotes from the book.

Thanks Stan, no rush. After doing some more research online, I found that another name for that size is 10V2-28. The spec table for 10V2 says it has an OD of 10.3 mm, which is almost exactly 0.406 inches. I found an Australian supplier on Ebay that has 10V2-28 taps and dies, so I bought one tap (to ...

Bumping to the top!

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/11 ... 1276923207

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/41 ... 1397363021

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/41 ... 1402837423

Steve, I hope you are able to find a new set of top sockets and windshield frames at Hershey this year. Hopefully, they won't be thin and weak from rust on the inside. Getting new sockets will also give you a second chance at fitting the top to the bows. So, who takes care of Shorty when you're away...

I need to chase the threads on some of my Schrader 777 stems. The 4-way stem tools that are universally sold have a die that handles the small end (0.305-32), but not the main shank (0.406-28). I've done what I can with a thread file, but to do a really good job I would like to have the correct die....

Keep an eye out on Ebay, I got lucky and found a petcock with pipe threads on both ends so that I could shut off the oil flow to my sight gage for driving and open it only when I want to check the level.

Also check the bearing outer sleeve for a burr or bent over section that is keeping the bearing from sliding out. Bend or file the end of the sleeve as needed.

Great video, way to go Dallas Landers! Thanks.

If you are going to Hershey, keep an eye out in folks' random parts bins. You can also check with anyone selling old gas cans at Hershey, sometimes they have a box of random extra lids.

Here is what I used on mine - two coats of stain/sealer with light sanding after each, then three coats of exterior grade spar urethane with a light sanding after the first two coats.

When did the metal floor board risers go into production? I thought it was later than 1923, but I could be wrong.

Normally there would be no need to separate a steering arm from its spindle, is there some reason it has to come out, like it's bent or cracked? I have a press, so if it had to come out I would thread the nut back on backwards so that it is flush with the end of the steering arm (to protect the thre...

If you can't get one used, I believe the vendors still sell them new, at least Lang's did the last time I checked.

Rich, I sent you a new PM with the USPS tracking number for your parts, please check for it, thanks!

The vendors sell a suction cup mounted fresnel lens, but I couldn't get it to stay stuck. https://www.modeltford.com/item/A-TLF.aspx Now I use this, it sticks to the inside of the windshield using only water (no glue): https://lightinsight.com/ I have one on my Model T and my daily driver Honda Elem...

If the machine was right, and with a BP reading that low, Steve would be fainting every time he tried to sit or stand up!

I suspect that the machine was out of calibration or otherwise malfunctioning.

These Ruckstell parts (and the parts that were going to be in post #2) are spoken for, thanks Rich!

The ring gear is sold, thanks Rich!

I bought a batch of Ruckstell parts a while back - These are the parts I have left over after picking out what I wanted to use and combining them with some new parts to make a complete Ruckstell for myself. The shifter ball is brand new - the shifter from the vendors comes with this ball, but I pref...

I bought a batch of Ruckstell parts a while back and this ring gear was with them. It has 40 teeth, but the back side is recessed and the markings imply that it is designed to be run with a 13 tooth pinion gear (I do not have the pinion gear). This ring gear does not appear to me to be worn much if ...

So sorry to hear that your eyesight hasn't improved, Forrest.

Thanks for letting us know about your auction. Isn't that the same week as Hershey? Hopefully that won't cut into the turnout at your auction.

What Scott said. There is probably a vent hole in the top, but it may be blocked by a non-original gasket.

The official car show is indeed on Saturday, but walking through the huge car corral that surrounds the swap fields is like a car show every day of the event!

From the meet & greet thread:

"The MTFCA spaces are at: C4Q 34 to 37."

Does anyone know where the MTFCI spaces will be?

Wonderful!

I haven't tried it, but another possible solution would be to use Loctite 603:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSOpkJu4KEI

Messages don't get marked as sent until the recipient opens them.

Roger, I'll take them, I sent you a PM, please check for it, thanks!

Announcement from Russ Potter in another thread: "I wanted to let you all I will be set up at Hershey PA. 2019! I will be in spots - RWI 32 & 33. These are a few pictures of some of the Super Brass Model T Carburetors I will have available. Thank you all, and hope to see you all at Hershey! Russell ...

http://www.magnetoparts.com/

http://www.mainelymagnetos.com/MagnetoParts.html

Another bump!

Wayne, now that you mention it, I did have an exhaust blockage earlier in the year - the flapper in the manifold heat control valve broke off and got blown downstream in the passenger side exhaust pipe earlier in the year. It was causing an intermittent rattling sound. Thinking that the sound was co...

A couple of months ago, I finally got fed up with the exhaust manifold leaks on my 1971 Plymouth GTX. I thought that the gaskets were blown, but once I got the manifolds off it turned out that the driver side manifold was cracked into two pieces and the passenger side manifold had a circular spot wi...

Bump to the top!

After I purchased Betsy, I noticed that the pan ear on the driver's side had a significant weld repair, so I purchased and installed a pan truss as extra insurance.

I have driven Betsy from Hillsboro to the Museum of Transport several times. The trip north on old Hwy 21 is fine, and going to the Museum on a Sunday morning on Hwy 141 is OK, but going home in the afternoon is dicey, even on a Sunday. Steve Thum, can you provide any guidance on how best to navigat...

Yikes! Yes, all of those roads are too fast and congested for Model T travel, IMO. Even the next ring out from there is too fast and busy.

If for some reason you can't swing the trip yourself, you can have the top kit shipped TO YOUR HOUSE and Elizabeth will travel TO YOUR HOUSE with her trailer of tools and supplies and install the top kit AT YOUR HOUSE.

You can get the top kit from Mike at Classtique, then pay Elizabeth at "Class it up" to come to your place and install it for you.

https://www.classtiqueupholstery.com/

http://www.class-it-up.com/

Looks great!

Glad to hear that you are sharing your expertise with Mike to further improve the OEM fidelity of their reproduction top and upholstery products!

I follow Royce's suggestion and use 5W-30 year round with no problems so far.

Looks like it's for checking / setting the pinion and ring gear mesh and backlash. It would help hold the ring gear housing in alignment during the process.

Bob, if by early you mean small brake drum housing, I'll take it. Please verify and I will send you payment via Paypal post-haste, thanks!

From elsewhere in the forum - note that the width of the front bow isn't specified because you trim it as needed so that the top attachment brackets line up and fit onto the ends of the windshield posts.

Yes, I got all of the fasteners on those wheels new from Lang's.

The last picture in my post lists applications of Model T Ford, Gray, and Maxwell. Here are a few pics of a set of Model T Kelsey wheels that I built up a few years ago, then sold to another member in Texas.

It looks to me like a Kelsey 88 rim. It uses a special felloe with four notches and separate lugs.

Bumping again! I won't have a spot, but I will be going as a spectator.

Some camshafts have the hole for the timer roller indexing pin drilled all the way through, remove the timer roller assembly and see if there is another hole 180 degrees opposite the one that the pin is currently installed in.

Bump to the top!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boater

I've also seen them called "skimmers".

Bumping to the top!

I saw in another post that Dennis Michaud says he will be at or near OBK60 in the Orange field.

I bought a set of roadster sockets and bows from Lang's for Betsy, my 1924 cut-off touring (now a pickup). I was happy with the results.

To Larry's point, the current reproduction sockets do not have the raised dimples stamped in them where the side curtain fasteners go.

My profile pic looks like Red Green because I like Red Green!

I have a boater, but it's such a chore to keep it from blowing off in the slightest wind that I never wear it. How Henry Ford kept hi on while bicycling is a mystery to me.

Regarding the hat rack, I hang my newsboy cap on the choke knob on the dash.

In the past, I have inquired with both the MTFCA and the MTFCI about sharing newsletter articles, both were fine with it.

When asked, the AACA and HCCA were both opposed to the copying or sharing of their newsletter material.

Congratulations, sounds great!

Search found 354 matches