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Larry, i believe the middle strap was eliminated from the top boots well before 25, thus eliminating the need for the special eyelet in the top. BTW i recall being involved with the release of the new top material with Eric Haartz as well. I supplied Steve Coniff with an nos sample of the material that Eric also used to confirm the grain pattern....

It is easier to get the band out from the reverse band position. I suggest you pull out the reverse pedal, then pull the reverse band. Then if you are luck you and strong you might be able to pull out the low band towards the RHS.
This is one error I haven't made so I can’t say it’s possible or not.
Good luck

Susanne,

Your story reminds me of another:

My youngest son, at the time about 18, was not a fan of the TT. In fact, he didn't like it at all (a fact that's since changed). One Saturday morning I needed materials for a backyard project. My modern truck was in the shop, so I asked him to come along in the TT to get the needed items. He groaned,...

Carl, you are very welcome!

Norman, that's a relief to hear. Thank you.

I always wondered if that was not the intent of Ford; after all, if all you need is to hold a car on a hill or have an EMERGENCY brake, then the 9 drums should have been just fine... that he increased the braking capacity in the improved car, both with the wider brake drum and the larger hub drums, makes me think Ford was already working his way...

Yep; the entire body, fenders, wheels and chassis all Brewster green. The only parts black are the top sockets and buggy rail I do believe.

I remember that truck too. I had not been there for a while. Jesse says come look at this, opened up one of his many little shed doors and sat that truck. I think it was on the 80’s when I saw it. Still had all the dealer stuff in the windows and miles from dealer to his house.
One thing I liked was the 39 or 40 coupe setting where the porch floor...

That’s something that’s overlooked. New fenders don’t have the brackets.
The reason is probably that the original brackets were pressed into shape on a press and the cost to reproduce them wouldn’t be cheap.
Lots of old rusted up fenders have gone to the scrap yards when the brackets should have been saved.
Fender brackets aren’t hard to install...

I too had an issue obtaining flat plates for my 1910. A local Brass and metal supplies laser cut and drilled 6 for me. The same
Company also bent the firewall brass trim for me.
Alan

A quick google search yielded this earlier thread.

Brad

That’s a really nice unit for the shop!
I think we know that these older shop tools and equipment aren’t as plentiful as they use to be. It’s great that they are still out there but at the same time many wound up in salvage yards and still do and scrapped. That’s a shame.
At the largest salvage yard here in Central Texas you can see see old farm...

Nice looking car Russ.

I find it interesting that in 1915 the price of a sedan is $100 more than a town car.

I am off working in another state at the moment and ran across a for sale ad for a old home made trailer and noticed model t ford axle front and rear. When meeting with the owner he pointed out the front axles on that trailer had been narrowed by cutting in the middle and rewelding. He had purchased it to get he running model A engine off of it...

I'm with Don and Scott. I'd rather pull the engine and do the job out of the car. Anthonie's suggestion of a hoist is especially good with a cast iron hogshead.

Agreed - as we get a bit older, it's easier on the old bod to just remove the engine and you get a much better job at sealing up the trans. cover !

Good points.

Getting a proper...

There has been a time or two when my 8 foot rear door clearance had been challenged 😉

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FJ

That's the thrust bearing down there - use a block of wood & press it out.

I have had the good fortune to work with Mike on several upholstery projects on a couple of cars I have owned in the past. Great support from him. The last time I bought a top boot I drove to his new shop in Lindstrom MN. Good thing he has lots of room there as he sure is one busy guy! He always has time to answer questions or give info. He and...

Bob,
Question asked, and answered with what you posted, spot on, a bearing of surface area the size of a T crank will suffer with X'ing.

Glad you took time to tear down, things will appear on inspection. Sometimes making the diff. move to detect thrust wear is hard to do without really yanking in and out on the wheels, with both off the ground. To do so needs safe jack stands.

Proper maintenance is open it up and have that look-see ;) Now you can complete the task with the club...

You are near Las Vegas, you should definitely seek out the Southern Nevada Model T Club. southernnevadamodeltclub.org You will find friendship, advice, and quite possibly a nice Model T.

Wow, got me beat! That's a couple hours and change by modern iron, or a weekend trip in Angel!

I really got to enjoy when work would send me to the thriving metropolis of Alturas... I could see why people would live there (and not just because covid has avooided the whole area!!)... beautiful countryside and some really great people in those...

Sounds good Hank. I hope that does it. You are always helpful, thank you

Thanks for the warning!!!

Thank you, Dan and Rich... Looks like I have a woodworking project for this afternoon! :D

I'm noticing in the picture of the electric conversion that that 3rd hole is also bare - so it has me curious if it ever had a support there in the first place...

More mysteries!!

Wally was a super individual and friend. He was an ambassador for the Model T hobby, and a very active member of the Model T Ford Club International. I will always remember him calling me young man (which I'm not) whenever we spoke, and his kind hearted manner was a joy!! The Model T hobby has lost a GREAT one. Kathy's and my condolences go out to...

I have a 1919 Runabout, Roadster , Torpedo or whatever you want to call it just like what’s pictured. I restored mine to as close as I thought I could get to what I thought it was.
In saying all that I decided it was at least a 1919 because of the seat riser which had the hole for the starter switch.
Going by what you have it appears this car,...

Hello all together,

thank youfor your help. I decided to go to a workshop here in germany for repair.

Thank

Willi

I enjoyed them quite a lot!

But it looks safe to me... :lol:

I've heard people say that when something is definitely not safe.., and compared to some of those this is bulletproof safe as crossing the plate 2 seconds before the ball gets there...

If you climb that rigging day in and day out I'm sure you'd think it was fine... at least until someone ran into it.

Good stories!

Darin

Hi Don, This image was posted to one of the model T facebook pages I watch. I thought it looked like the original version of your car. I have enjoyed watching your build progress. I had a 4 valve Rajo on a Tudor Sedan at one point. Never had any Head gasket issues. It was a newly made composite type with copper and asbestos alternative inside. I...

Problems with vac are usually related to the tube and nut above the plate. I use a liberal amount of red heat resistant silicone sealer around all junctions and have not had a problem in years of renning. I would also recommend using the original type glands with high temp sealer on them.

Ford generally had a bit of a crossover time when changes were made. Most things (the under-axle wishbone being an exception in 1918/'19), cars got the change before trucks. Both cars and trucks were being put together at numerous branch assembly plants located in several states around the continent and a few in other countries. Canada, did its...

Someone must have tried to remove the starter while the bendix was still in place. It won't come past the coil ring and can very easily damage the ring. The old insulation is usually very brittle and the coils need to be rewound. In order to do that the engine and flywheel must be removed. Then the magneto ring removed and either rewound or...

You can not prevent theft but you can track it for $39.95

Some info on paint colors and

From Texas T

Search on Lang's for a list of items containing the word rivets . The results include tools and part kits with rivets

Have seen only a rare one or two original gaskets boards at swaps, and priced to match.

So did the only simple thing, made a copy of one. ;)

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For someone new to the T hobby, that was a great link to read through such a diverse collection of best practices and guidance.

Thank you for sharing,
Darin

Although brazing is a very good fix, I try not to braze anything that I can weld. The main reason for that is, once something has been brazed and if for some unforseen reason it needs to be welded in the future, it is VERY hard to get a decent weld on something that has been brazed. The bronze can be ground off, but it takes a lot of grinding as...

Interesting past discussion on a loose baffle

Thanks for the explanation !

I must be living in a jaded world. I don't get a spam call on my cel phone once a week. We get a couple a day on the home landline phone, but seldom answer.
As for spam emails, I get none on several accounts - yahoo, gmail & live. Same thing on my ISP emails. I've had a yahoo account for maybe 20 years and get no spam.

I hope this post doesn't...

Absolutely!

The brake handle and release rod on my dad's roadster was set up like that - it had a very distinctive pair of angles bent to move the brake inward, to give clearance between the brake handle and the Ruckstell shifter next to it.

On many wishbones I examined before choosing the one I have for replacement, I saw the imprint of a hex nut from wear on the bottom of each arm where the perch nut rides.

From prior experience I discovered one way to smooth out the contact with the cone shaped nut is to make a copper washer to be placed between the bottom of the perch arms where...

There are two top dead centers for each cylinder. The crankshaft makes two rotations for each turn of the camshaft and also there are two positions in which the camshaft gear can be installed on the camshaft. But it doesn't make any difference which position the gears are in relation to the camshaft. Only thing which matters is that the gears are...

I have a Bergs low radiator in my 1917 Touring. Even on these 90+° days it has never come close to overheating. The only issue I had was that my radiator neck came off a couple of weeks back. Yeah, I had a motometer and winged cap which Bergs had advised against.....

I took the radiator to an old-time radiator guy who soldered the neck back on....

If the crankcase is connected to the frame, it would appear that all you have to do is support the torque tube and then put it on the trailer. Block the wheels on the trailer and drive slow. Then you can work on the car to your hearts content.

Made in Atlanta GA

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Crack it open and look. If it hasn't had oil put in it yet it won't be too messy of a job and if it's correctly done it will go back together easily and, if not correctly done.... it was going to come back apart, anyway!

The head on my car has a small crack in the top of the water jacket. I recently obtained a good replacement and will have it surfaced before installing it. I intend to use a silicone head gasket since I have two in the shop. I won't have the block's deck ground flat since the engine is in the car. Will the silicone gasket accommodate minor...

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Good keyways are the first point in any inspection I make. If they are OK, I bolt likely candidates to the same axle, and select the ones which go on least. They should be less worn in the taper. Then they need careful scrutiny of the inner flange, looking for cracking around the hub centre. If you still have some left to work with, the hubcap...

As previously posted, the car went to Minnesota. I spoke to the new owner at Hershey last year. He stated that he plans on keeping the car as is, but with an improved useable top that he was hoping to find at Hershey. He was also looking for some other little things that the car was missing.

My apology, at my age I get easily confused and was thinking, I wouldn't want the Dodge strain.

Ed aka #4

I have both ends - drop me a note.

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.

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...