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Quick update--unfortunately, no progress yet. With the engine idling, we did confirm that all the plugs are firing, as the rhythm changed when each plug was shorted. We also set the timing as instructed on Milt Webb's website. It was extremely close before, but we did change it a small amount. Still...

Thank you all for the very helpful replies, we will be sure to work through your suggestions (with a test after each "fix") when back with the car tomorrow. The battery is less than a year old, and appears to hold a charge well. The electrical contacts throughout the vehicle had been cleaned before ...

Thanks for the feedback. To clarify, with the headlights on, the run is a complete failure, with the car stalling in low. With the headlights off, the run is technically "successful", progressing up the hill at a walking pace (or slower) under maximum throttle. This occurs with the car running on ba...

Norman, I did not drive the car before it was stored. I am helping to get it back on the road, but have not driven it before. We are using low gear when attempting to climb the hill. The gas tank had approximately 7 gallons in it when attempting this climb, and it is located beneath the windshield (...

Hello everyone, Been continuing progress on the 1926 Model T which has been parked since about 2009. This is the first Model T I have worked with. Last post was on the old forum, but we had hypothesized that there was gunk in the carburetor (a Holley G), and so we disassembled it, cleaned it, replac...