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I've posted this a time or two before, and this is probably something everybody know anyway, but I always thing that it's an interesting little piece of Model T Ford history:

Perhaps a bit of conjecture on my part, but one reason I think there were (and still are) many cut-off tourings is because, as a pickup truck, they not only made a very...

I have had good luck using Teflon tape to seal the plugs. I just snug them up. The Teflon tape means that they don't freeze in the holes, don't leak, and are easy to remove.

Neil

All of a sudden this thread has become less entertaining...

Susan, you need a spanner. :D Put the spanner on that 6 sided thingo on the bottom, and if it fits closely, you can wind that spanner in counter clockwise direction and the thingo will wind off.Then you can turn the bottom half of the housing in the same direction and it will come off too.
Seriously, removing the output end where the cable housing...

Tim, I started out with the original style cable-equalizer setup oh my AC brakes, but couldn’t find an unobstructed path for the cable to follow from the equalizer to the brake assembly. Rich Baughman’s rod-style linkage fits my ‘17 Touring better. It’s very well made, and straightforward to install. And Richard is a very nice man to deal with....

John, Thanks for your information & research. This may sound nutty but late last year i bought an unfinished early 23 project that has been in pieces for years. the chassis from what i can tell has been restored (except maybe the rear axle). It is all cleaned derusted primed & painted. That includes all the body & sheet metal parts, seat frames,...

This is a forum about Model T’s and helping people with Model T issues, not political issues. Unfortunately that can be fine line at this time. Please talk about The Car.

George, with the multiplicity of tyre sizes and profiles these days, there are likely to be other combinations which will work. Take your 30 x 3.5 tyre with you and try it on against whatever you can find. The higher the tyre profile the better, as this will expand more when you inflate it, so you get more stretch.

Allan from down under.

Tis better to beg forgiveness than to AX permission. No good deed goes unpunished!

I emailed the owner. Here is what he said. I am not inserting any comments from me.

Neil: Thank you for the listing and interest - to answer your questions:

The engine is a 1915, vin#797606 (May, 1915) on motor (will confirm, on the title)

I started to do a limited restore and was removing the top (mouse disease - hole) as well as the radiator...

To add a bit to what Adrian Whiteman and Neil Kaminar posted above, I bought an amateur restored, but quite nice driver grade '26 Touring from the widow of the fellow who restored it and for whatever reason (???) had installed a Ruckstell rear end as well as an iron Warford auxiliary transmission. With the Ruckstell, the Warford and the Ford...

Hope to be getting ready to assemble an engine soon & I was wondering if & what are you taking off the valve stems prior to installing new valves. For this build I will be using new vendor provided stainless valves. Thanks George

I just did mine with the new stainless valves.

I took off about .100 or so to get room to adjust. I just did it...

I finally found one. It is in the mail to me now.

Jace, not clear if you are wanting to remove the rear wheels from the axle or the rear tires from the wheels. Either case you will need special tools. To remove the rear wheel from the axle you need a Ford Model T rear wheel puller that screws onto the hub cap threads, or a wheel knocker that screws over the rear axle shaft. To remove a clincher...

Red Hook restoration family has been handling them for years, Frank, John Iocinnio they supply most of the vendors with the Kevlar bands, hope this helps.

My Sept, 12 assembled B series motor has the reinforcements at the trans cover bolt holes. Somewhere in my reading a photo of an alloy trans cover with a hand engraved 1912 casting date, showed the reinforcing ribs, so they did start early on.

Allan from down under.

Uh huh George! (BTT) :)
Neat project David! Man, that's going to be beautiful right off the bat and you KNOW this car. Pretty neat and thank you for sharing with us. :)
I'll be one to say: IHC automobiles? Cool! Sometimes I hide words like Old Tractor, saying OT, right here on the board. :lol:
It'll be fun to see your progress and hope you keep...

Interesting information Tony, thanks.

An Austin Seven was the first vehicle I drove (apparently), when I was three years old. I remember nothing of it but I had let off the handbrake and nicely reversed it down a significant hill into a neighbours drive - more, I suspect, through good luck than good management!

Some years later I bought a Seven....

Thanks guys I ended using a bolt, three washers, and a nut to build the tool. The spring came off like a charm and have now finished cleaning up the rear axle spring and all the hassled parts.

Cheers.

See Luke's separate post on why he deleted this post

It was many years ago but I found sealed bearings front and rear and then removed the inner seal so the bearing would oil from the inside but seal to the outside that really helped to hold the oil in the trans.

the answer to your question is tell them to put the shaft in a swivel vise using v blocks.
swivel the vice until the taper indicates straight with the machine ways.
use a 1\4 woodruff key cutter and key it .135 deep.
philip

That's not the right way to pick it up Phillip. If you do that, when you're done cutting the keyway, and checking with a...

The '26-'27 T coupe doors were used on early model A pickups so those window regulators should be the same. jb

As to the rear-end grease mentioned in the OP - I know that the poster was joking, but in about 1964 a guy pulled into our gas station and said that the engine in his 1950 Plymouth was knocking and he wanted us to put three quarts of 90 gear oil in it's engine. We told him that most of the Chrysler-built flathead sixes knock slightly after about...

Good original ignition switches are on ebay all the time. I would prefer one of those as opposed to the reproduction junk!

Bummer, isn't working. No longer available for me.

I wouldn't count on 2021 either.
You may be right, Tim. If we're lucky there may be a vaccine in a year, but there are some viral infections with no vaccine after decades of research.

Wow, Thanks Dan : I'm now tempted to try it wondering how it will perform compared to the many different carbs I've rebuilt and tested. The info doesn't mention performance so I'm not expecting U&J similarities. I see that you're in North central Florida, we had a spot in Zephyrhills for over 20 years and just sold this spring about a week before...

Don,

I'm currious to heard your feedback at 0.030 if you will notice some differences.

I love to see solid rubber tires on early Ts. Great save. Lifetime tires AND a mobile massage chair. Win/win. Stutzman wheel in Baltic,Ohio can replace hard rubber tires if anyone has some that are too far gone. Very reasonable, too.

I have rebuilt several Ruckstells using new parts here and there as needed. A couple of years ago, one of my customers asked me to install a Ruckstell in his car which had a stock rear end. He bought the complete Ruckstell kit from Chaffin's, and I must say it was a dream working with all-new parts. Everything fit as it was supposed to, and I...

I have a Model T friend there.

Give me a call.

FJ
260-804-6695

I have no problem admiting when I am wrong or even voicing my experiences. Thanks again and have a great day.

Thanks Jerry,
yes these are in good condition too.
Cheers

Bob: I suspect that while the shim improved the mechanical connection between the transmission and drive shaft tube assembly, it also enhanced the acoustic coupling of the parts, essentially 'turning up the volume' of sounds already present. Drive careful, jb

Thanks for the info!
Mike

USA built Ts also had one longer leaf nearly reaching the shackle end.

That video was really neat Harry! Goll he runs nice!
Happy belated Canada Day to our friends up north.
Happy Fourth of July to our US friends.
:)

Wet sand with 800 grit, then 1000 or 1200 grit if you want a smoother finish. Rinse with water and wipe dry with clean paper towels. Don’t treat, seal, or paint with anything. A T steering wheel should never be cleaned with anything but plain water. If it gets sticky or makes your hands black, then it needs to be wiped down with clean wet paper...

Jerry, the photo is Sterling Hayden in the Nick Ray film Johnny Guitar.

John
While I have not received a message from you, it certainly seems like you have received some good advice (about the coil box and Jim Golden)!
Fortunately for me, I have never had to repair a Trufire!? But I am pretty good at understanding electronics.
As I live in Canada, shipping to me may not be the first choice, but if all else fails I...

I found on our car when attempting to chase the petcock threads with a new 1/8 pipe tap, that the tap would bottom out against the flywheel before enlarging the threads in the pan. The tap length needed to be shortened to work.

Good point. I've found MAC brand NPT taps to be stubbier than others, but I suppose one could use a cutoff wheel to...

Here is a little earlier K-W AUTOLOCK with a brass cover I have on my car.
K-W also made a Master Vibrator with the same switch but the cover is stamped MASTER VIBRATOR .
The base of both of these look like a regular '13/'14 Model T metal coil box switch but the inside is different.
Patent date is January 23, 1912, same as Darin's.

I have 4 rads 1912 -13 and 3 top tanks all Canadian which are all plain , I have never seen an early brass rad with made in Canada on it. Cheers from Red Hot Manitoba

I use the original oil line that Ford made to use inside the crankcase and use the outside oil line that’s used with the mag post on my T ‘s. Every bit of oil helps.
Surprisingly the mag post Oiler delivers a steady stream of oil also. Not a heavy stream but slow and steady. Remove the tube from the adapter in front of the front cam gear cover and...

Pats Restoration in Conn.

That's great, Hal! Those all seem like very nice kids.... Which one wants the T? All of them?
Best wishes,
Keith

Terry, happy July 4th to you and the family. Just curious if you're email problem has been eliminated. Bob J.

The P38 key is a great invention. I retired from the commercial nuclear industry and carried one on my work key ring. A very useful tool. Wish that I still had mine. I willed it to a newbie when I left. I haven't replaced it yet.

Kim R. Wynn

Leaking vent repair went smooth. Removed the bowl and float, blew out the ball valve (thought I had the needle/seat type). Replaced the gasket and re-assembled. All appears well.

Drained the fuel tank, removed the shut off valve and found a couple large pieces of debris in the fuel tank blocking fuel to the inlet valve. Removed the debris and...

Handy hint if you're old and feeble: The pneumatic stapler is a must. You can guess how I know this. :D

Thanks Dan ;)

Guess am a bit younger than so since I bought that at Sears Robuck in Memphis new in the sixties.

Rest of the tear out....outer sleeve worn down, and no optical illusion , that solid roller bearing is leaning like the Tower of Pizza , loose cage and wear.

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Also had the leather type...

Congratulations to a lucky coupe; (both the car and the wife).

I've been running 26's for years. Same gap as an X.

Bill, is that 6270 copper gasket in between the 6269 tube and the cast iron-Hot Plate Cover (the bowl holder)?
If so, I need to get in touch with someone we know.
I didn't really like the connection between the tube and the hot plate cover ( bowl holder) but went with it and got lucky.
I put a file to the cast cover to clean it up, screwed it...

Mike called this me this evening just to check on my recent I-Timer purchase.
I am impressed with my I-Timers performance.
Thanks Mike for the followup.

Yes the gas line goes over the hump. When I bought the gas line a few years ago it came with the reprint from Ford about installing the gas line.
I found out that my car didn’t have the gas line clamp and it was missing. So I had to order the clamp. Iv’e had the car over 50 years and it had been taken off before I inherited it in 1959.
If you...

Us Model T guys tend to be notoriously cheap. Well, to be kind, let’s say “thrifty”. ;)

Oddly, we tend to wax nostalgic for the “mom ‘n’ pop” independent providers of goods and services, writing paens of praise for the personal attention, prompt service and honest integrity they represent. Then, at point of purchase, too often we’ll opt for the...

I too have a 26 Ford and have wondered about this. Given the large number of unique or unobtainable parts I've been left with the impression the Fordor was more of a response to a request car, so customers were not lost to Chevrolet, than a fast buck money earner. Just compare the upholstery of a Fordor to a touring.i bet they could trim five...

I ordered one from EBAY a couple of months ago. They call it a Canvas Stretching Pliers. Haven't used it yet. Still waiting on my top from Classtique.

Another option which I have done is to make new spindles that accommodate the brake backing plates and your hubs.

CDA954 is aluminum bronze and is probably overkill for anything but the most severe pin bushing application. It would help to know what the piston material is that you need these bushing for. The Ford cast iron pin bushings are probably something close to phosphor bronze.

Frank, that'll be really neat!

Wonderful news Tony!

I sent a report. There are I think 2 or 3 more right below it.

Ok guys thank you all. I changed the condenser with another one and ran a ground wire to the distributor housing. And I am back on the road just remember that all new parts some time don’t work. Thanks to all Ron

Yes, the frame has been waiting for a few years as Iv'e been steadily hoarding TT parts. I've got enough to actually put together a whole truck now I think, including a decent closed cab and a stake bed. We'll see how it goes. I think I still need a good pair of rear rims.

I had a T go “rubber side up” on me once... but it looks like a whole lot more fun in the pics!😬

Philip Jamison, Thank you for looking at your machine & giving me the information on what size that spring should be. Now I am on a spring hunt, it works fine but I feel it would be easier with out the lever flopping around. Thanks again George

Thanks Anyone else care to share their experience?n

Thanks for posting these, John.

That would be my guess that it was changed out for the more common later style T tank.

Thanks for the info! I just placed an order from their website and it didn't mention the free shipping, maybe the shipping charge will be removed before they charge my card.

Oops, I see the issue, I missed the note on their home page to enter the discount code - I'll call them to get the code applied.

Update - nobody manning their phones, so I...

The lock on my 24 Coupe is almost identical to the later lock as shown in Squirrels pic.
Fortunately mine came out fairly easy.
You might try to remove the 2 screws as shown in the pic and then take off the door handle. It’s held on by two screws on the outside side of the door.
After the handle is out and the 2 screws are removed from the...

Itchin' for more Scott.
Ya, these T's can be a bit snug for us taller guys.

So true. My future son-in-law was here the other day. He's 5' 7 and skinny. My daughter is 5' 2 and also thin.

They wanted to take the T around the block a few times. Both of them hopped up in the T easy as pie....they fit in that front seat together with lots of room...

Thanks again Kieth, Those pictures are just what I needed. Art

FOUND what I need :D
Wahtja find sir?

@TRDxB2, I misread your earlier reply and suggestion to buy a diode.

I'm only getting a cutout with diode. I'm not buying a diode to repair my cutout, but may try to add it to my order and see if I can salvage my old cutout.

Wow! Sorry to hear about the kickback! I can remember years and years ago when I inherited the 24 Coupe my Grandfather gave me. I was about 10-14 years old (can’t remember for sure). when my mechanic Uncle came over to try to start the T. It took a while with a low battery but I remember him reminding my Father to remember you can get a broken arm...

The last time I took a wheel in to be powder coated they hung it by a thin wire around the center so of course the powder coat did not stick in that area. I had to paint it. They also coated the part that fits on the hub and I had to sand that down almost back to bare metal so the wheel would fit correctly on the hub. Too bad they really did a...

Don't forget the Firestone 5 lug demountables (drool drool)... And yes, that is a DC plate on the front, along with a Virginia plate as well ... I don't see a drivers side door (there's a spare tire there anyway), but they probably had everything in (or over) the boxes in the back seat, and set it up once they got there...

Yes, it's original to the car. My car was delivered with both the rands and a roll up windshield.

Modern oils are different to original. I use 140W gear oil in my Ruckstell and aux box. They must be 'non-EP additive' oils. Those additives erode the bronze - especially when just sitting between uses.

My go to is LA's Awesome Cleaner - 20 oz - Dollar General.

I put it in a plastic container with lid. Let it soak over night. Pull the part. Scrub with wire brush, rinse and repeat.

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