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Can someone please give me the dimensions of the timing gear nut? I'm only needing the dimension across the flats and the outside diameter of the flange.

Thanks!!

.... What would cause the vibrator point to magnetically stick to the center post of the primary coil ?...... As was asked by a friend .

Where can I go to find and see how fenders are attached both front and rear. Also, any information with
regards to hardware used.
This would be for a 14 to 15 depot hack.
Thank you.

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Rather than drift in the screwdriver discussion, I'll start a new entry.

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The 1917 wrench has survived in vast numbers, and most of us have it. You can adjust your bands with it, as intended.

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The 5-Z-829 ratchet is much easier to use (quicker). You don't have to turn it over multiple times.

Interesting 1910 Cadillac find, with lots of T parts and goodies sprinkled about. I bet there’s a lot of places like this still waiting to be found.

I finally have the means to ask my grandma if I could take the Model T and restore it - she said yes! Only thing is, I’ve never restored a vehicle, but I have some support (Mechanical Engineer friend and Electrical Engineer friend who are really excited to help out), means/willingness to do classes/education, the monthly money drip (or fountain),...

Posting for my friend Joe...he acquired this thing attached to a block. Wants to know if anyone's seen anything like it and exactly what's it for or does. Thanks!

Installing tires on a Model T or a Model A is no one's favorite task to do. Having installed three sets of tires on Model T's in the past, I have found that tire spoons work well for me. However, there's still the risk of scratching up the rims.

This past week I decided to have the rims from our 1929 Model A Tudor rims powder coated. The rims had...

Looking at online ads tells me that it's pretty common for people to not understand what they're trying to sell. Just saw a 1924 with 26-27 pedals and no look under the hood. The price was $14,000. Even at a reasonable price, I wouldn't buy a T without at least seeing it. Considering what site this is, I expect I'm preaching to the choir. :D

I have a current Hartford 30X3 1/2 tube. I don't recognize the valve stem as it has a different texture than the industry has been using forever. I've been cutting of the rubber valve stems for years, and replacing them with factory originals. I have had good luck doing this, and it makes me feel good that I have correct valve stems on my cars. I...

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And the rest is history ! :lol:

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I have to polish the brass on my Haigh's Chocolate's van for an appearance next week. It usually takes me a long, boring day to do the brasswork, a task I am becoming less enamoured with each time it has to be done.

My dear wife took pity on me and gave me an early gift It is a little marvel, without any oil.
Using my regular Autosol paste...

I just saw this auction coming up in Mendota, Illinois.

I see several Model T's and some old tractors. FYI

We, two of my grandsons and I, rode in the local parade again today. Now my low gear pedal goes almost to the floor. The linings are very low hour/mileage so I hope it will adjust and work a while longer. All else went well until I got back in my driveway headed for the garage. Then the radiator blew. It now has a split about 3 long at the top...

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Knowing that if you stack-up enough time, money and skill, anything is possible; What is the viability of thread repair on an original exhaust manifold?

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The only reason that I am asking is that this is a Made In Canada manifold and if it weren't for that, it would have ended up in the scrap barrel, straight-away....

Thank you you for your patience. I watched the final first version countless times only to find a few errors which turned into the past 6 hours straight improving. Enjoy this reflection of the designing, building, and assembly of The Hank Lee M1 Rebel. Thank you Hank Lee for your military service to our country and inspiring & crossing boundaries...

How long should the hose be for a Bridgeport Brass double cylinder tire pump?

Has anyone put a mechanical tach( Stewart Warner or ? On a cable drive off the generator? What do we do to get the ratio of rpm correct? Any thoughts. ? Thanks. any ideas welcome. Eric

The 15 has a steel round that fastens the rear of the top to the body. Anybody have an idea as to where to source the material?

I’m curious if anyone knows of someone selling the blue mechanic coveralls with Model T-era logos.

I thought this was discussed recently, but I couldn’t find the previous message thread. I’d love to see if any are available for Christmas.

Darin

What black paint finish should be on the 1914 lamps, horns and other painted brass items? I mean glossy, semi, satin etc. Thanks, Art

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Happy Holidays everyone. I just pulled the motor and did some work including changing the bands in my 22. Put everything back together and had it running in the garage and everything seemed fine. I took it out for a test drive and made it about a block and it started spitting and sputtering. I made it back home and it died and wouldn't start...

With heavy hearts we must share the news that Mary Potter has passed away. Most of you will remember Mary as the wife of Russ Potter who supplied rebuilt carburetors for many Model T hobbyists. Mary too was instrumental in the business, handling all of the business's shipping and billing duties.

For those wishing to attend her services, her...

For the past year or so I have had a passion to get the Low Bridge Kingston coil to fire better. I noticed when I started troubleshooting and rebuilding these that the current hardware was causing the coil to perform poorly. The output was weak and the coil was not consistent.

I could tune them for more power but found they would not fire on the...

I bought a new floor mat 8 years ago and with great difficulty installed it last week, tearing the brake pedal slot in the process.
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The old mat was already quite torn, making it easy to install and remove.
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The new mat is covered in a black sort of dust or mold release agent which stains...

I'm searching for a 1916 Couplet Build Sheet that is Mid to late July. I have sent an Email to Benson Ford per this request, but am curious whether MTFCA, may have a specific BFA resource to make this request to. Does someone have such a contact who I could reach out to?
Regards, Scott

Our local parades are coming up soon, as are most I suppose. I'm thinking I'll ride our three grandsons in our '21 Touring. Then, I'm seriously considering selling the car. We've had it since late 2016 and enjoyed it. It has non-demountable wood felloe wheels, with new/old tires. I'm told the wheels need rebuilding or replacing. That is so...

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My ‘26 roadster with a straight thru Simmonds or NH carburetor failed to start. Diagnostics dictated fuel problem. With the sediment bulb shut off I’m underneath draining the bowl. With that over I removed the bowl and float. Latter didn’t make any noise when shaken but the triangular shaped needle didn’t fall out so I removed it. And it’s rubber...

I’m going to install a cast iron dual exhaust manifold and I need to make some clips for the studs to attach it. Just wondering if someone can show me a design that they know works!!
Thank you

OK, Guys and Gals,
I am having a major brain issue.
The petcock for the radiator needs to be replaced.
After pulling the old petcock out the threads are really messed up.
Is there a helicoil thread repair for this application?
According to Lang's the it is 1/8 pipe thread.
If there is such a helicoil fix for this what size should I get?
Or...

For my birthday, my wife got me a set of Egypt Garage’s e-lights for my 27 Fordor. I’ve read a few posts on the board about them not working well, having the unit fall off, and a few other things.

Has anyone I’d a good experience with these? Any tips or tricks you can recommend for long loading success?

My Fordor has a stock break light amd I...

Can anyone shed some light on why some headlight lens rims have Ford script and others have Ford/Brown script? I assume Ford script is more common? How rare is Ford / Brown script?

Is the shut off valve in the brass and cast iron sediment bulbs the same? Can I take a valve from a cast iron one to replace the broken one in my brass bulb?

I am working on restoring this car back to it's glory days, I currently have no top, but I have this old picture from 1952 showing a hard top installed on the car, the story was that they found a top from a truck of some sort that fit well on the T. Would anybody be able to chime in maybe with some idea of what this top may have came off of?...

I have replaced several starter drives, but haven’t had this happen before. It looks like end simply unscrewed. Nothing broken. I compared to another one like it. I am not sure how it is secured once it screwed back on. How is it secured? I don’t see a pin. I would like to reuse if I can. Thanks

About 20+ years ago I hosted a Workshop at my shop that had Tony Cimorelli, and a small host of other guys (-and their gals) attend for a 3-day workshop. At that one, we focussed on fabricating and repairing sheetmetal for a Runabout that Tony was restoring for his wife. At that time Tony was Model T Club webmaster and so we did this as a payback...

I am going to start work on the seats for my speedster. I want to use a period style synthetic leather, but I am not sure what would be the best choice for durability and authenticity. What have people used?

In placement of the bands in the transmission is the removalable ear required
to be oriented in a specific direction ? Towards the pedal side or opposite side or low speed
adjustment?
Or does it not matter ?

Thank you.

Hello all,

I've set up a YouTube channel, mainly for my small woodworking business but also to showcase antique car musings that I think people will find interesting. I invite you to watch my first video, a montage/timelapse of finishing my brand new wooden wheels.

I welcome any and all feedback on the video production, as I plan to do more of...

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I was attending a car-show with my 1915 Model T Ford on a hot August day—I mean like around 101 degrees—HOT. After four hours of shooting photos of people posing in the old car and giving rides, I was over-heated and exhausted. Now, with the show starting to break up, I was not especially looking forward to wrestling the...

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I have mentioned before that my grandpa was 18 and bought a brand new 1923 Roadster in '23. However, this weekend my cousin gave me three of Grandpa's books and one of them was a 1922 Owner's manual. So, either grandpa forgot what year he bough the car (which is possible since it was nearly 70 years after the fact, but he had a sharp mind.) or...

Does anyone have the correct Paint Code or Formula for the Midnight Blue? Some may reference it as Midnite Blue. Since we are a PPG shop, if you have a PPG formula, that would work for us also.

Thanks!!

Unfortunately I am sharing the news Bobs wife Connie has passed away unexpectedly at 53 . Here is the link to her obituary.

What is the size and type of these bolts that hold the 26-27 pickup bed to the frame? I’m thinking hex head and fine thread, but size and length? I know they have to pass all the way through the frame and the wood blocks up in the frame…. Thanks! IMG_1423.jpeg

Hey fellers, drove my car around today and all was well. Battery was charging and no issues. Came home and tightened up my 4 bolts holding my switch and ammeter and hooked up my battery and saw a little smoke starting to come from my ammeter- it was hot?

Here is my wiring- anything look out of place? A little puzzling to me.

Thanks,
Jim

I have wooden bands. I have not driven my T in a couple of years and am getting it ready to drive. I’m sure the bands are pretty dry. Does one have to allow the car to sit and idle while the bands saturate themselves with oil before driving? How long would it take for the car to be running in idle before the bands were sufficiently oiled before...

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Unfortunately, the antique car community lost a very valuable person last week. I’m not sure how many of you knew my grandfather, but he’d be at Hershey every year. He was known for his brass lights and restored magnetos. A man of many great talents. From his amazing car collection and hat he tinkered with throughout his life to the many estate...

I drive my cars regularly. Like every day regularly. Up until the time I put a Russ Potter carburetor on the car and Coil Dr. coils they were hard to start.
Not anymore. My starter-less ‘13 starts on the third pull, regardless of temperature.
We had a late first snow this year. This morning was the first. I had to drive my daughter to the Santa...

I recently acquired a used 5055 solid state cutout from Fun Projects - I'm assuming it's basically a diode with some sort of crowbar circuit to prevent a runaway condition. It seems to have a diode drop in the forward direction and a high resistance in the reverse direction. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to further test it to make...

After rehabbing 20+ armature cores today for a big order I'm working on, I looked up a name stamped on a couple of old generator armatures. They had clearly been rewound at some time in their life, but no time in the near past. These looked OLD.

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It turns out that ARMEX was a stamp used by a company named...

 
FYI - There are NOW SIX HCCT's on eBay right now.
All seem a bit expensive to me.

1 Weidenhoff - Uncommon - decent price

3 Allen Rotating Spark

1 Allen Brake Drum

1 Service products

Installing rebuilt starter on my 27 and needed a gasket which I found and installed with a little goop. So, with a cork gasket between the mating surface of the starter and the hogshead, how does the starter get it's ground?
On my WWII jeep, the mating surfaces not only do not get a gasket, but need to be free of paint so that bare metal touches...

I saw this and thought I would share these photos of a 1925 Fordson Hatfield-Pennfield conversion tractor.

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I have nothing to do with the sale of this tractor I just saw it on...

Did the13/14 open cars have a roll up rear window?
Craig E Luton

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Driving on a road where 50mph is allowed, which is the case on almost all the roads connecting villages, is not very convenient. In no time you collect quite a lot of vehicles behind you and when they start overtaking, it can be quite frightening. So I think of some kind of overdrive to be able to drive 45-50mph without overrevving the engine....

I am working on my Muncie 3 speed and making good progress. I got a brand new idler shaft from Dan Mceachern and a really nice input and output shaft and a bunch of small parts from Karl Von Neumann. The new input and output shafts a fractionally better than my old ones.

The old idler shaft was worn and 22 mm. The new idler shaft is 7/8 so I...

wondering if anybody has been able go into the EFR website as have not been able to for a week now

I hope all have a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow.

I do appreciate MTFCA and all the people that use this site.

I am thankful to have a place to trade parts.
Thanks to all that have purchased some of my extra parts and for selling parts that I need.

Happy Thanksgiving,
Clay Atkins

Has anyone, besides me, noticed that half of horns on 1913 and 14's have the horn mounted upside down? Look a Rootlieb's ad in the Model T Times for verification. All one has to do is look at a factory photo!

My first time pulling a model T engine. It’s a 26 Roadster Pickup with an older aluminum Warford installed. I do have a frame brace supporting the Warford. Question-do I unbolt the Warford from the hogs head when hoisting the engine out (my preference) or do you try to take the Warford out bolted on which seems like it would be difficult? Also if...

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Does anyone know of a supplier for 1913-14 Corcoran headlight rims?
Thank you
Craig

My wife was able to get three cars in a 2 car garage. I have the '26 T, '28 A and the '55 Chevy truck. The T is on rollers and in front of the A. That works to save on storage, but it's such a hassle to get it out that the T hasn't been driven in over a year now. The garage is 24' long and the A & T are 26' end to end. I need to make up the 2'. I...

Hello,
I have a 1914 touring car with acetylene headlights. Last week I noticed the glass in one of the headlights tipped back. When I opened the headlight to put the glass back in correctly I noticed the grooved rubber thing around the glass had deteriorated so badly that it was breaking into little pieces. I looked on a couple of the parts...

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In a bind and can't get a gasket to install my rebuilt starter in time for an event this weekend. Dan has one in AL but it's a couple hour drive and some gas money just for a gasket.
I see the pattern on the vendors site but not the thickness of the gasket. Don't know if this is just paper or rubber or cork or what. Thinking of purchasing cork...

Received two Vintage Ford Magazines this month, November- December issue. One last Thursday with the Challenge Match mailer insert. Now today I received another with the normal renewal insert.

Did anyone else get two? I'll use the extra to give to a deserving new member.
John

I picked this up with some T parts .
Any body know what it is for?
Thanks

O.K. here is recent find marked with a 5-Z number:

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The head is stamped with a 5Z number, 5-Z-6101-A. It is 9.750 long and the head is 3.250 long and 0.875 tall. The ends of the head (faces?) taper down and are 0.125 thick.

Ford switched from 3Z to 5Z for tool numbering...

I have tried searching for my particular problem with the installation of a 920-1 case iron case Warford in a 1914 Touring. Problem is - the center U shaped portion of the emergency brake shaft hits the front of the Warford preventing the Ford transmission from going into high gear. Has anyone experienced this problem and how did you fix it? TIA...

I have tried searching for my particular problem with the installation of a 920-1 case iron case Warford in a 1914 Touring. Problem is - the center U shaped portion of the emergency brake shaft hits the front of the Warford preventing the Ford transmission from going into high gear. Has anyone experienced this problem and how did you fix it? TIA...

I've had my unrestored 1915 touring for 20 years. I don't know how many miles we've toured, but I've run the wheels off it. In that time, I've had to pull the radiator and fix small leaks every 3 or 4 years. In 2019, I decided I'd had enough of that and made some changes that appear to have worked. I decided to isolate the radiator from any hard...

I have been in the woods for some time and I have not scene any posts from Tim Morsher. Is he still with us or just retired? I mean no offense to anyone.

Next year in early 2025 the Ford Motor Company of Australia will celebrate its 100th birthday.
As part of the celebrations, Aussie Model T owners are invited to be part of this special day, the 2025 Geelong All Ford Day.
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The 2025 event is special and will feature the 100th year of Ford Australia and in particular the first...

Who is using one?

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The above picture is of the speedometer drive and driven gears on my 1914 Roadster. As you can see, the two gears are not alighned with each other. What am I doing wrong? Or is this setup normal?

Thank you for looking.
Craig

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I'm sure it doesn't look like much, but it is helping me complete a set. The manufacturer only made this version of the tool for a year or two before coming out with what I am sure was a more cost conscious design. If anyone would like to venture a guess I will post a little later with what it is, I am sure that...

I showed my son the thread on pole shoe screw removers so he could keep a lookout for one at the Bendigo Swap meet. No need he said, I already have one. He scored it with an auto electrician's test bed when his old boss closed his shop. 20241125_130926.jpg
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Allan from down under.

Heres one I have not seen-----have you?
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