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Winthrop, Iowa on Madison Street looking East.

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I found that rebuilding the stock rear axle took more than an hour or two, but following the book made it pretty simple. I expect a Ruckstell will be the same.

I'm not an ace Model T mechanic who can diagnose and fix all problems. But this one is simple. It ain't rocket surgery. I found it wonderfully easy to find old metal stems and buy them cheap at swap meets. Saving money by buying tubes with rubber stems and installing old metal stems is so simple that even I can do it. If you find this intimidating...

A labor of love. But these will endure for another 100 years or more!

Good morning Mr. French I would like to purchase your Bosch distributor. do you take Pay Pal. you can respond to me at JLBLJB@AOL.COM Thanks Jerry Berger

If you resort to a standard bolt, be sure to get correct length, that is most important.

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The reproduction are well made, good quality, and have the correct shape under the head, note the slight collar that centers with the cylinder head bolt hole.

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Thanks everyone. After I posted my question, I found an original block. I figured there was some shrinkage and came to the conclusion that 3/4 was the right thickness. I looked around for an Oak scrap and didn't find one so I made some temporary spacers from pine. I also thought about some sort of length-wise reinforcement from front to back but...

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When these replacement bearings first came available, it was common to advice to delete the pin from the u-joint attachment to the driveshaft. It was also advised to remove the thrust flange from the torque tube bushing, letting the split collar shown in your two pictures do the work of keeping the driveshaft from drifting back, towards the rear...

I received mine this week and they are excellent, Thank you for another perfect part.
Jim B

I guess that I'm not concerned at HP loss. The Gallivan has been radar checked by the state patrol at 113 mph at the Yakima Regional Airport. No I was not driving. The original builder was the driver. This was in 1959 when airport access was nowhere near what it is today. I seriously doubt I will exceed 60 miles per hour, I'm old and the reflexes...

Speedster, so everything is different. Basically I tried to seal the crankcase the best I could. Hardest part on a T is the valve galley where the throttle rod passes thru, but I run a ‘19 block with 2 side covers so easier to seal. Made up an aluminum oil fill cap with o-ring seal and stuck a PCV check valve in the top. All that is left is a pipe...

A 1910 correct hubcap! Oh the blasmany!

From June 2022 when the Coupe turned 100 years.
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I’ve got one of those also. Picked it up at a swap meet somewhere. Mine has a significant amount of wear.

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Hello Beat,
I have located 14 hub caps Made in Canada. They all have experience . There is three that have no significant damage, nice lettering, and the logo looks like yours. They do not have cracks at the thread area. eMail me with yours and we can make this happen.
Best regards,
Ken

Do you have any for wire wheels?

Ya, the rollers looked good, but trash so says the micrometer.
Beyond that, the cage support pins are so wallowed out you can see the twist in the pic, but so ovaled out and thinned pins I'm surprised it was still intact. Looking to be all original never rebuilt, and showing it's age. Well, can't say never rebuilt, I doubt Ford pinned the diff...

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It's a great swap meet for Model T and some Model A stuff. Thank God we don't have to put up with tables of Barbie dolls and Beanie Babies. I will be there for sure, but not selling only buying new treasures with a focus on late 1911/early 1912. Maybe 1926 stuff. Then maybe next year I will get organized to sell some stuff.

It is such a marvel just how far technology has come in a mere 100 years.

That's a reproduced ERA bracket the uses a stock Ford wheel - he just chose to mount the wheel reversed from original.

Nice work as always Bruce!

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C/P set is sold. Thanks MFTCA

Someone was looking for the springs while back. I posted a link to this, but guess he didn’t want them bad enough.

The choke rod on my 26 Touring also sticks. It only sticks when I adjust the carburetor, I have to turn the knob back and forth to loosen it up The square shaft is too small for the swivel and does any one know how to fix the problem.

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Also if you hold one on each end can you twist it a little, a lot or not at all. if you can twist it, there isn't much need to measure each roller

Please can you help me locate wheel hardware for 4 wheels including dustcovers for metal stem tubes Thanks so much. Tony

As Alan indicated you need to be more specific as to what you need.
There are many styles of rim lugs which are designed to mate to a comparable rim & felloe. I have a variety of many different lugs. I have a supply of new...

All three Stromberg OF's are sold pending payment. Thanks MFTCA

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Set of 4 plugs in pic #2 are sold.

Reducing price to $550.00. These are as scarce as hens teeth, get it while its available.

Price reduced to: $1,150.00
This engine needs a new home and deserves to be in a great 1914 car!

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Bob, this is another excellent video! Anyone who uses Lego in a Model T engine rebuild video deserves our respect. Those valve stem caps are a great solution for anyone who finds their stems have become too short. Neat.

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Thank you Mark. I didn't know either.

Ready to mount and use.

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Here is their price list from 1974.

I'm using 12volt batteries in both of my '13s that are about the size of a Model T coil. They are rechargeable too.

I ended up with a 12v for a power wheels kids car. Running wire soon.

Very interesting Frank. Thanks for the education. I hadn’t considered that. Makes sense tho. Guess I didn’t realize reasonings behind battery design. Still don’t know best Class 1 battery to acquire..

Yep… Some of these Gen Z ers would unplug our life support just to charge their cell phones. So let’s teach them Right from wrong…

Unrelated, but similar situation. Years ago a group of us CA speedster guys shipped our cars to NY for 2 weeks of upstate adventuring. We flew out and found that the nice fella who had offered to hold our cars had somehow loaded them into the 2nd story of an old timber factory building. The best option to unload was thru a 6’ wide double door over...

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closer inspection they were made from front hubs, appreciate the responses

current reproduction.

Tat is a beauty Scott. Excellent threads, heavy pinch bolt an no sign of any hammering on the drive bolt. I have not seen one that good for many years.

Allan from down under.

Brent will do. Send me an email with your shipping info and I’ll get them packaged up for you. Thanks!

Because the improved 26-7 models had the larger diameter brakes, the rods were shorter. The lever on the cam was also longer, so the rods no longer needed the offset bends.

Allan from down under.

Just measured them and they are 8 across - added a second picture.

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For reference I'm running a dodge column in my couoe takes the same shaft size as the T so I could care less either way 😅

SOLD pending final payment.
Thank you to the buyer and MTFCA.

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Looks great! Almost art. Best John

Choke springs are made to be strong... To keep the choke open. And to stay open with engine running over all types of terrain.

You may consider contacting Russ if you want new.