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You have good eyes Rich, looks like there's a belt running over the 'flywheel'
Good thing they didn't have speedbumps in those days :lol:

If you are short on funds or cannot get it exchanged, it can be made to fit simply by machining off the lip on the spool. This is a one way fix though, and vandalised an original part. I'm sure it was done back in the days to get a fix done.

Allan from down under.

Larry,

Scott & Erik would probably know.

FJ

To tighten a grade 2 bolt after the slot has been ground down and the head smoothed to the size of the rivet, use a bolt that is 1” longer than necessary. Holding the threaded side above the nut with needle nose vice grips, thread on an all steel lock nut and run it up to the vice grips until you can grab the threaded end below the nut with needle...

More photos of the prototype on Royce's great website:

John, Interesting comment on the castor oil.
I have an original Faultless board track racer with a 16 valve Type C ROOF overhead.
When I asked what the previous owner had used for lubricating the valve system I was told the
Ford oil can on the firewall had always been filled with castor oil for this purpose.
There is a thin (and in places a not...

Thanks Don, I’d like to have them restored by then. I’d prefer something a little sooner, but I’ll be in touch if nothing sooner pops up.

Thank you all for your help. I now have more than one search option for accessing older, pre 2019 threads. Jim Patrick

We really need Holley NH Carbs and that is what we are mostly taking. We will give full core charge for complete carbs. The bodies need to be in good condition no cracks. We will also take Kingston L4 cores as well.

Also we are looking for coil box cores as well. Good windings and good condition wood. Bring them as well!

I will say that this is another of my favorite photos and very popular. It was posted:
buy me 6/7/19
by Herb 3/9/16
by Jay 3/4/15
There are so many great photos that we forget them. I remember this one because I thought of doing a painting of it. It reminds me much of the one Herb posted of a model S and Doctor Pagel who Rob discovered.
It...

I think it may be a 1929 Studebaker President. The radiator shell looks very much like the picture below, particularly the oval crank hole / cover and the panel in the lower part of the shell.

Dan

All of that beautiful work makes me think about needing a speedster to put it on.

Then I come back to Earth and remember the two other (non Model T) old cars in my stable that need attention first and the Vega Kammback that I want to build. So I'll just be happy to drool instead.

John E and/or other Model T'rs
Find a thread titled - Period image Tire art - dated 7 21 2010 at 5.06pm. Author was Benjamin L Clarke Sidney MT. It is of an electric motor of about 100hp, Could be a General Electric motor stator of about 1950 vintage. For memory you could see the coil leads sticking out ready to be connected after all the coils...

Pep,

I may need some time to sort this.

I believe my starter is 5/8” shaft. It has the square switch with the cable to the rear but it isn’t Abell. The flywheel is multi disk and not stepped. Gas tank date is 10/5, a Twin Cities build.

for the fun of it :

if you added material instead of milling, you would need a theoretical disc of metal 3.75 diameter by .130 thick to bring the compression ratio from 5.3 to 1, to 6.0 to 1.

Steve, I believe that it was electroplated, I missed some of the rust inside the clincher. The coating did not cover the rust, I'll be a little more careful next time, 20200309_110029.jpg 20200309_105906.jpg

Well that explains something I have wondered about.
Back in the T era there were crankshafts made with 1-3/8” crank pins. The advertising implied that they could be used with T rods, and now I understand that this is true!!
Further I have one of these cranks!!

SORRY!! Brain fart! Wrong section!

I am using mainly the axle gears, the spider, and the spider gears. The 3 legs of the spider need to be ground down shorter to fit in the Ruckstell carrier. New axles, a variety of new Ruckstell parts (thankyou Chaffins!), and reusing what I can from the old Ruckstells. Had to break down one rear assembly to get an early right half housing to...

Dean,

As many as you can - just take that car on your daily drives - if anything major is going to happen it probably will be within 100 miles or so of local stop and go trips don’t you think ?

FJ

Loved it...they should have this show two times a year...Thanks for the great time...

Oregon and Washington are on track to set the clocks and leave them be, just waiting on California then Fed approval. All three stated have to be on board before it can move ahead for approval.

Contact AACA Headquarters in Hershey and they can tell you approximately when this was produced. There were several versions of it made over the years.
Terry

It is mindbogling as to the wast knowledge of the men and women on this website. Every time someone asks about something rare someone seems to come up with the answer right away and most times even has one of those or knows where to get one. Love it. Frank

I am unable to attend so please mail me a piece of pizza...it will fit in an envelope!

Tony,
I guess in one way or the other you took the picture! :lol:

U P S UNITED PARCEL SMASHERS

I have never seen one before.
You could make your money back by renting it out!

Well,....I'm guessing that because TT trucks were used for all kinds of things that involved pumping fluids, like water (fire fighting equipment) or fuel (as in tank truck) I'm thinking that the most common need for such a power take-off would be to drive a pump.

Winton will return to Grosse Point track and set more records in November of 1901. Henry Ford is present as an official timer, but for an unknown reason doesn’t run “Sweepstakes.” In mid November, Ford issues the world speed record holder Henri Fournier this challenge:

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At the end of 1901, Winton and...

Hum,it has to be better than that gross valve I tried once. Once I got that #*#*$*# thing out of my carbureter,it is 1 of very few things I can honestly say I FLUNG it as far as I could into the neighbors woods so I would not find it again!
The other thing was a pair of chineseism vise grips I threw in our woods,later found when clearing for my...

Pretty ingenious although more time consuming that I would ever spend to do it. I have a gear reduction motor I picked up somewhere years ago that will turn the engine over at about 100 rpm, hangs on a cut off crank with a coupler and will run for days on end for about a nickels worth of electricity. I've used it several times to break in an...

No more wisdom out there? I read through the patents and didn’t see anything that would drive being handed, but that doesn’t mean much.

The process was/is intended for setting valves on a worn out valve train only.

You will not get any benefit by doing so. In fact it will hurt performance in your case.

Don’t do it.

You have low use on the cam and lifters.

Set valve lash a .010” on both intake/exhaust per the cam manufactures recommendations.

Some early 1915 models still had the carbide lamps hence no hole for a switch. The 1915 parts book does not list any lighting components.

I was looking through the images on that Bing search, this one shows more cars at the bombing

Link to article about a book about the bombing.

Just wondering if there was a “too high” point for body to be above the chassis because of block thickness....

All these aviation stories remind me of another forum I belong to!

Stan, I wonder if you have the co-ordinates of the Dupuyer airstrip you're talking about? I had a quick look around but wasn't really sure of where to settle on.

I think it's extremely unlikely I'd ever fly in there, let alone get to the U.S., but it's interesting to me all the...

Can you post a photo ? Some Stewart drives had a tapered pin holding the swivel halves together rather than a threaded bolt & nut.

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Good find! It looks like a whole maintained 1911 engine with service updates, like the later fan assembly. Neat that it still has a dogleg intake and wing nuts. Does the exhaust manifold have T511 on the center-inside facing the head and, if so, is it prominent or smaller and harder to read?

Kiln drying hardens the lignin in wood and that makes it hard to steam bend. If you can, use air-dried wood with an open grain. Open grain woods are easier to steam bend than closed grain.

Some modern replacement items are mentioned in the mtfca 'handbooks', but the info is buried in the text. Carb floats are mentioned in that publication, and I think generator bearings & seals in the starter/generator book, but those few are only a fraction of what others have already mentioned. A comprehensive list would be helpful, pulling that...

Back to the top. Anyone??

According to the MTFCA Encyclopedia, the last year for the roll-up rear curtain was 1914.

Yes, the swap is Saturday April 18 at Bob’s farm. Hope to see you and Bernie there. Hopefully Bob will chime in with any additional details.

Speaking of “leaving it there”

Another reason for NV first is we’ll be moving to ID as Nevada transplants with Nevada license plates, not CA. Not that I’ve thought thru this Or anything....

Jeff

In September of 1928, Ford switched from using the Abell Starter Drive to the new Bendix Starter Drive. The Abell drive used a starter armature with a 1/2 diameter shaft. The new Bendix drive used a starter armature with a 5/8 shaft. The Abell drive and the Bendix drive look nothing alike. Shortly after the introduction of the new Bendix drive...

As I did on my 1926 coupe in which the 1/4” safety glass was too thick to fit into the frame using the original cork or rubber gaskets, you can partially fill the windshield channel with enough of “The Right Stuff” sealant to hold the glass centered in the channel. Once it has cured and the glass secured in place, more of the “Right Stuff” can be...

Knew Ed a long time. He was a great guy and knew every inch of the early Fords. We horse-traded many parts over the years. Will miss him.
Terry

The float Chambers are specific. The throats can be flipped

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Some whacko is surely going to demand that this is abusing the pigs and demand that it stop.

Don, first thing I thought of as well. Probably convincing anyone that PETA stands for Pigs Enjoying T Activities would be a hard sell.....

Beautiful video. Nice drone footage. Love the scenery.

While the concept of inductive discharge spark ignition is fairly simple to understand, attaining good engine performance in the Model T requires a little more knowledge and skill. That is because the multiple coils in the Model T each must be properly adjusted for equal and consistent dwell time to fire spark or engine performance will be...

Thanks, That pretty much answers what I needed to know. Time to get back to the shop and see what I need to order for the bendix repair.

Have fun and be safe ........

We've always used them for our engines rocker arm rebuilding.
I always speak with Gary and never have had problems.

I'm surprised that anyone would of had problems with them unless it was from a long time ago?

Not a jest: I'll bet E J liked the cool breezes coming off the big lake up in Duluth. I hope he enjoyed his stay in northern Minnesota.
I imagine Mr DuMee saw Chester and Clara Congdon's Glensheen Manor nearing completion! Pretty neat.
The jest: Jeez, the hired man did a fine job of keeping an eye on the home property huh? Sheesh.
Very interesting...

It isn't about the bulb (at least with respect to 6V vs 12V).

This will explain pretty much all of it:

Hello everybody. When using adjustable pinion bearing is it necessary to pin the u-joint.Thanks in advance Harold

Yes.

Hi Bill!
Well kidneys may be overrated, UNTIL they let you know who's boss! My right kidney told me that 2 sundays ago with a trip to the ER. This friday it's a trip to the surgery center to blast the stone that wont budge!

Thank you for the replies much appreciated. Tim unfortunately yes I plan on using used drums again as of right now As much as I'd like to I just can't swing the price of new one's would love to have them someday I'll keep saving my pennies.

No, the dogbone cap is way too small for model A , even too small for T I’m guessing a diminutive size car, thought someone may have an educated guess as to make. It’s probably perfect for Henry’s cyclecar !

Thank you for the replies. I had considered using a hoist I made to go on the back of my tractor to lift the rear assembly and lay it down. I dismissed that idea since the tractor doesn't have the finesse that is required. I will assemble on jack stands.

Bump for Sunday 2

George, the 26-7 model TT's in Australia had front and rear wheels of the same size, eliminating the need for two spares. In Japan, with RHD, it would make sense that a TT was sourced via Australia as a restored car, or initially from Canada when new.

Allan from down under.

Thanks Erik

A single point distributor ignition system and the four coil ignition system used by the Model T are fundamentally the same.
For each individual function in one system there is an equivalent function in the other.
To say this another way the two systems are fundamentally the same the only difference between them is the parts are organized...

My older brother, RIP, was a state and federal trapper. He would get ridiculed for killing animals, he was a natural trapper and very human in the kill if required. Can you imagine releasing even bears from your traps by use of a choker, he did. Even a procipine was released unharmed.

You normally thin the weakest genes. When man moves into their...

The dimmer was used with the combo light/horn switch first 1918 model year, dimmer on dash. Later ignition /light switch on dash, the dimmer sat in place of the ammeter on magneto only T's up to 1927.

Older post with some factual info:

Great for you to have the truck and memories to go with it. I hope your family keeps this story going. I like the green!
Thanks for sharing it with us. Now drive it!

Hey Dewey...... I guess you can do all the fiddling you want, and all depends what kind of song you want. Lol.....

It would certainly fit the wider running board on a 26-7 T.

Allan from down under.

Those crafty Canadians only used 3 holes in the fibreboard, one for the spring, and just two for the wire. The spring is hooked into one of the loops on one of the split pins in the rear spring U bolts.

Allan from down under.

Dan.....I thank you very much for posting your photos on dry clutch conversion. There are of great help......John

I normally use a starter to start my T's but every so often someone will ask me to demonstrate crank starting! Usually, if I am home and crank start, it starts right up and on a week long tour a couple years ago, the generator went out the first day so I crank started it every day and ran on mag. No problems there. However, when someone is...

Rajo overhead on a T coupe.

Wouldn't it have been a whole lot easier and faster traveling to just leave the Ford behind? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Pictures sent.... to Holland !

Looks very nice and I like the 1922 on the radiator face.

I just noticed the banner that read This is a Model T website is missing. Just saying.

I did file a little and got enough gap. Started and ran! The head of the distributor has some wear. It could be moved and the gap would widen. I checked mag output. I will likely remove the Bosch and go back to coils. Thanks for the advise!