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Hey guys, I wanted to replace my pan gasket as it was leaking in a few spots. I figured since I was under there, I may as well pull the connecting rod caps and check the bearing surfaces. I know what Good looks like, problem is, I have no clue if what I'm looking at is Ok or No good. What do you guys think? Is it worth pulling main caps to look at...

Hi Guys

Can someone tell me the hours that the museum in Richmond is open? I plan on going through the area next week on Mon or Tues. The website says winter hours are 10-4 Tuesday to Sunday but when I phone they say they are open only Friday Saturday and Sunday. Can someone clarify this for me?

Thanks

Kelly T

I sandblasted a couple of hubs and found this mark on the inside of one. I asked a friend he has not seen it eather.Any thought on who or what company may have used this Mark?

On a recent tour, I was given a pair of 1925 California commercial plates. They are red with white letters which I've never seen. The standard plates for 1925 are yellow with black letters. I decided to contact a license plate collector for an answer. His reply was my plates were made specifically for trucks with solid rubber tires. Nice to know.

This morning I was reading a new book on automotive history and one photo depicting a row of Model T's had a caption that stated they were new 1914 Ford cars. What I am questioning is the fact that they had the long brace rods that went from the windshield to the sides of the radiator bottom area.
Weren't those rods used in about 1912? The same...

I am a bit stumped. Back in 2012 or so,I packed the wheel bearings on the axle for my speedster project. Yep it has been sitting around alot since unfinished. But I put in my new king pin bushings and I noticed the wheel bearing grease was kinda runny and more like thick oil. I know I used some grease from a big ol can that was military surplus...

In my quest to find a decent front fender I finally located one in North Carolina thanks to a T owner who saw my posts on Facebook. We looked into UPS for shipping but it was $260. Also looked at Greyhound Bus which was much better at $80 but dropped it off in Buffalo an hour away.

The shipper then found a friend who was traveling north through...

There was a comment on one of the other threads commenting favorably on Don Booth's use of authentic slot head screws. I quite agree.

Here is a supplier that is a good source of slot heads. I have no association with them apart from being a satisfied customer:

Restoration Supply Company
15182 Highland Valley Rd #B
Escondido, CA 92025
(760)...

I found this in a box of spare parts with a Model T I bought.

Thanks to forum members advice,I successfully removed and installed the rear axle shaft gears. I set up the press with a Model A hub to support the axle. I took the drum off,but then used it for more support.
The axles were both slightly oversize and I polished the gear area to size in my lathe.
I froze the new axles and warmed the gears. They...

Went to a buddy’s shop to use the big shop press to get the TT wheels apart. Getting the hub bolts out took every bit of my might and my 3 foot breaker bar. Still surprised I didn’t strip a single thread or shear one of the bolts. Those things are TOUGH. Even with an acetylene torch and penetrating oil first, it still broke almost every tendon out...

What is the correct angle for the bottom of the sterling shaft?
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Saw this listing on Craigslist and looks brass era T to me.
I have nothing to do with this listing but thought to make mention of it. It may be a good purchase or not so if looking for brass era part.??

16 year old Mateo at the wheel, Grandma in back. 'Bout time that boy got his learner's permit.

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I have this interesting aluminum accessory valve cover for a Model T and would like to know more about it. Obviously the front is a screen to catch air to cool the valves? But the hole on the other end is puzzling to me. Its a round hole and has a hole at the top for a set screw. Does anyone have an idea of what is supposed to go there? More info...

I have just been named president of the West-Central Indiana Model T'ers club. Still being a novice in model t things I feel honored that the club would have confidence in me. So, I want to invite people to check us out and ask any questions. If I don't know the answer I will sure try and find out. Carl Finchum.

Yup next Sunday 1/26/2020 is the Script A swap meet in Saginaw,Mi.Lot s of almost anything inside and most have both Model A s and T s. McDonald Cadillac on State St in Saginaw. :D Bud. :D

Saw this on Ebay. Very clever Idea to recycle old rims and chipped lenses - insert photo of your car.

I'm planning on putting on my 26 coupe a right tail light with double bulbs so I can have a brake and tail light.I was thinking down the line adding turn signals by just wiring it like a modern car where the turn signal is just intermittent brake light. I'm sure I'm not the first to think of it but, haven't seen anything like that in the forum, or...

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I have a Sure Mic counterweighted crank I recently retrieved from a estate. Is it a boat anchor or does it have value?

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I am finally putting my 16 Valve Roof engine together and want to have a few words of advice from others. It is a model B roof and I am using a new scat crank. It has been suggested to me that for driving a stipe 250 cam and stock flattop pistons are the best way to go. What do others think who have had experience with these heads? I want power...

Why is a radiator for an old Ford tractor 150.00 and a t radiator 900

Just received my brakes from Larry Sidmore and I see now why they are for display only. They are just woks of art ,going to be hard to install then under a car thank you Larry.
Also received the cable style brake linkage system from Dan McEachern,the workmanship is terrific .I will be very proud of this system !
Thank you Larry and Dan
Cheers Pete

Howdy,

I'm trying to get some ballpark idea of the current values of a rebuildable complete Ruckstell rear end! I have a friend of friend that is trying to sell one and I want to be fair before I make an offer, I haven't seen it or know whether it is small or large drum. I need to sleep at night and look at myself in the mirror, so I'm not...

My parts chassis came with an accessory belly band (engine support) that I’m going to swap over to my car.

I also have some new wood blocks for the engine pan ears. They were absent from my car when I bought it.

I’m wondering if I need both the blocks and the belly band.

I have a 1919 Touring with an original 6 volt system running coils. The lights are inadequate for my liking in terms of safety and the fact it has the slight purple headlight lenses. I want to keep the 6 volt ignition system but would like to know if anyone has a diagram for a separate 12 volt system for a LED lighting system that could run off a...

I’m looking for an Italian contact to do a bit of research concerning a Model T in Italy, in the 1912 timeframe.
Thanks,
Rob

Question, what is the clearance the transmission shaft to brake drum bushings?

I'm in Nashville looking for a glass globe repairman. I was pouring packing peanuts over a glass globe I've had in a box for two years and a T part poured over on the globe and broke it. I should have left the damn thing unpacked being it's been safe for the past two years that way! There are a few small pieces the size of a half dollar coin with...

Just got these photos from a friend who took apart an early engine due to crankshaft failure. Lots of damage to the block too :(

Don't have much info on the cause, just can see the crank is in two pieces :o

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However, a stick of wood was lodged completely into the funnel of the single Ford oil line, surely...

Is anyone going to this?

I think I have ID'ed the fitment and Model number. Anyone run one of these on an Overland or other?
I just got what I am pretty sure is a Tillotson carb. The cover is missing over the bowl and every other markings are just casting numbers. It has a spring steel venturi that opens as more air goes thru and is wedge shaped. The opening is about 1 at...

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In a previous thread, I posted pictures of the above car, that I took at the Sandwich, IL car show in 1998. The windshield placard (attached to the headlight, since the car has no windshield) indicates that the car at that time was owned by an: R. Weiss, of Yorkville, IL (Yorkville is a neighboring town of Sandwich).

So what is the...

These little petcocks are made from unobtainium. They are used in the early Kingstons, some of the Holleys and a few others. Most often the need is for the early Kingston 4 ball with the short inlet -- the one with the inlet half way up the chamber. They are always missing, broken or leak.

They are 1/16 NPT pipe thread. I have never been able to...

Anybody know what this is?? It's on a C Cab TT a guy in Billings is getting ready to sell. 2020 1 25 tt truck

It's not mine, I can probably get some more info but I think at this point he just wants to know what this trans is. I don't recall every seeing one like it.

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I found this front axle support on e bay. Has anyone had an experience with them, on their car.?

George Schmidt

I came across these and would love any insight that you may have.
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Matt

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Bob Giles

I just found another item on e bay. Has anyone used this product are even heard of it.

Thanks
George Schmidt

I attended a car show in Sandwich, IL on the last Sunday in May of 1998 and took these photos of a Model K, and thought they might be of general interest:

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Several weeks ago, you may have noticed the Golden Gate Tour. It was almost totally centered in Marin County just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Below are a few photos. I'll post more in the coming days. For anyone that missed this tour, you missed a good one. I've never used Ruckstell so much, and mostly for downhill!

Henry Ford send one of his Ford Specials to France in early 1911. No Ford racers were sent elsewhere outside the U.S., nor to dealers or other drivers within the U.S.. For some reason, Ford released one of their special racers to French Agent Henri Depasse.

The racer had a special 183 cubic inch motor, to stay just under the 3 liter...

This is my winter project I have collected all the information I can find from here and the internet in regard to this gas line. Most of this information and pictures are for 1911 the question is would it be the same in 1912 I think it should be the same but I could be wrong I'm guessing. In Dads parts boxes I have found a brass T fitting 6 inches...

One of my favorite sites is Shorpy.com as it has different old time photos every day and has been discussed here before. This week one was titled Water Boys: 1939 and showed two kids pumping water out of a communal well. The remains of a 12 year old Model T are in the background, but also shown is how tough it must have been back then and...

A good friend has a timer relocator that I am going to go have a look at. He's pretty sure he has the gear for the cam. I hope so. I guess the relocator isn't worth anything without it. He thinks it includes a modern looking distributor cap and wires. That part I don't much like. I really don't want a modern looking cap and wires under my T hood....

so many --15.000.000 plus, model t's have been terrorizing our hi ways for well over 100 years, each one has its own identity, many of its parts can be taken from one and used on another, with no aperient change in operating as a unit excepting perhaps the carburetor, as the vacuum shurely between the two engines would differ, why then has there...

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West Peterson offered to photograph and publish the story of our 1907 Ford Model K Runabout during the New London to New Brighton Run last summer. Below are the photos and text. Thank you West, all those on this forum who helped get this K back on the road, and all our friends and well wishers:

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Notoriously these two plugs show more fouling while #2 and #3 will appear clean. I understand this is due to the fact the two end cylinders run cooler because of their 3-side exposure, while the center ones run hotter because more heat builds up between those two cylinders as a result of their confined proximity. Would there be any advantage to...

Does anyone know where I can buy Duracryl Acrylic Lacquer Royal Windsor Maroon paint ( color for a 1927 Coupe ) .... Macs sold It at one time but not any longer ??? Thanks for any help .. joeg48@hotmail.com

Sometimes I forget if I’m making parts or chips...??? I think there’s a part in there somewhere...🤔

Atwood-Castle Co. was established in late 1908:

· “F.E. Castle, formerly with Gray & Davis, of Amesbury, Mass., has again gone into the lamp business by acquiring an interest in the Atwood Mfg. Co., of Amesbury. As a result of the arrangement the name of the company will be changed to the Atwood-Castle Co., for the future.”

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Has an one tried the brake up grade that uses both the foot brake and the e-brake. Is it a worthy up grade? Is The installation very problematic? Thanks Chuck. I have a 21 roadster.

I have not found a reference for how far the contact surfaces of these drums can be machined. Mine are a little pitted but are, otherwise, in very good shape. Most of my local shops will not touch them. But I did find someone who will turn them if I can provide a maximum diameter. Since these are parking brakes, I don’t know if this dimension is...

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I need this 5/16 rivet. Anybody know a source, or will I have to make it?

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I have no connection to this listing, and at $475, it isn't cheap, but it sure is neat to look at. Post ID # 7050776368 is a Ford Motor Company display piece of various automotive hardware (nuts and bolts and such). The actual nuts and bolts are fastened to pages of a leather binder. I haven't seen anything like it before, and thought others might...

Someone on here was searching for the book by David Gingery providing information on building such a rig - I found my booklet finally so I would like to get it to the right person - drop me another email, please.

The paper bowl ring gasket that came with the rebuild kit for my NH carburetor is too tight for the flange. If I try to stretch it enough to get it to fit the flange, it will rip. Is there a secret to getting it to expand enough to fit the flange? I don’t ever remember the ring gaskets being this tight. Years ago, they used fit the flange perfect....

Hello, here's a question from dad, who is working on his August 1913 chassis. He wants to know if anyone has information on when Ford started to use 1914 bodies. I see in the encyclopedia that '14 touring bodies may have appeared as early as July '13, can the same be said for other body styles? Thanks.
-Jeff

does anyone have any info on a Dulux Improved carburator built for Western Auto

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I have no connection to this, but it definitely worth a look.

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So I have a new pinion roller bearing sleeve and it seems to be too small inside diameter. Seems to measure about .993 id. The drive shaft I have is a nice original and measures about 1.003 diameter. So.010” interference seems WAY to tight. I am thinking about getting the sleeve pin honed.
I’m thinking that.001-.002 interference would be about...

Someone emailed this to me today.

Looks like a T axle in the front, not sure about the rest.

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Hi All
I've had this slightly mangled radiator cap for years. It says Livingston Radiator & Mfg Co New York and it is has a patent date of May 22, 1904. It is brass with what looks like brown bakelite moulded over the top of it. Has anyone seen on of these? Does anyone have a good one? Did the pointed Livingston radiators on Model Ts have caps...

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Hello, here's a question from dad, who is working on his August 1913 chassis. He wants to know if anyone has information on when Ford started to use 1914 bodies. I see in the encyclopedia that '14 touring bodies may have appeared as early as July '13, can the same be said for other body styles? Thanks.
-Jeff

I am rebuilding a Ford script battery horn. It is assembled with two types of hollow end rivets. Two of these have a very flat head and are used to secure the horn mounting bracket and also the diaphragm. The other two are are just for the diaphragm and have a much thicker head. Anyone know a source for these rivets?

I've read many articles and posts on varying preferred methods of balancing the wheels all to get a smooth ride.

What I have not read is how anyone has determined the ounces to add in either dyna-beads or the stick on weights. The loose bearing method is great, but how do you go about calculating how much weight to add? Same for the beads. I've...

A recent discussion in our Off-Topic forum evolved into an exchange between Bill Dugger and me about Mansfield MO and the Wilder homes and museum. That got me to thinking about the Show-Me Tour in that area. A little digging turned up the fact that the tour was in 2007. Just to see what I might find, I googled Show-Me Tour Model T 2007 and found...

I have been looking for a very long time for a pair of driving gloves for the speedster project. We have found all the vintage clothes shown in my inspiration photo, but I wanted a real pair of vintage driving gloves to go with them. Finding a useable pair that fit me, was the hard part. These show wear but the leather is still soft. Happy day in...

Can aluminum be used to make adapters. I have some aluminum slugs that are 8 inches in diameter and 5 inches thick.. If I make adapters out of them, how thick should they be?

Hello again,
This head came with some Model T parts I purchased a while back. I'm not finding any specific info about this head on the forum, other than it is a high head. Is this an aftermarket head? Any help is much appreciated.

Congrats to Rob Heyen who's Model K runabout is the cover car on AACA's Antique Automobile magazine for Jan/Feb 2020. Apparently it was built by a guy named Ford...

Cheers, Bill

It has been nearly 3 years since Shirley my 1922ish Touring was made road worthy again. If you are looking for a summary of what it takes to get a worn out Model T back to being roadworthy, here is a summary of what you might encounter:

It was a lot of fun and still is. -- IV

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...And so, I sat with my monument to stupidity; A Model T in absolutely *no* danger of starting; All seemed hopeless. “That’s it!” I thought to myself: “....You’re not even capable of running off to join the circus....!”

“....We’ll be down on Sunday if that’s okay.” Was the PM I received from Dave Young and Scott.

...Let me see...Is that...

Until recently, I could determine which forum items I had already read as the unread items were shown with the color red until I read them. That red color for unread items seems to be gone,...??? How do I restore this feature,....????

...The Model T began to sputter and die...Could it be a bad ignition switch? Going to magneto yielded no results.

“...C’mon, little fella!!!!” I pleaded. “If you’re good and we make it home, I’ll get ya a nice treat!”

...My girlfriend was not amused; “BABE!!!!” She pointed-“I think it’s giving you the MIDDLE PEDAL!!!!”

...I was not amused....

I've been lazy, and busy with other things over the Christmas holidays and haven't got the new valves put in our '21 Touring yet. I have the head off and the old valves out already. The stems have been cut on the new valves and I have tried two or three and found that I will have enough adjustment with the adjustable lifters to set the clearance...

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hi all,

I recently bought a set of front T springs from a swap meet, and I assumed they are 1926/27 because they had 8 leafs. There isn't much in the encyclopedia for measurements, can someone tell me what they measure for spring width and length?

Also, these are not drilled for oilers, so I'm not sure exactly what I have at this point. here's...

I am finally getting around to rebuilding the drive shaft and rear end of my '27. I think that I want to order the Timken bearing for the pinion bearing kit, rather than the standard roller bearing. Also the hot set up seems to be Timken bearings for both the inner and outer rear axle bearings. The outer Timken bearings seem to be a direct...

The Ersland family announced last night at our local club meeting that the Chickasha, OK Pre-War Swap Meet will continue beyond 2020, with help from their younger family members. I think that is good news for everyone!

My first attempt using a new app, Lumafussion. It took a bit to learn to maneuver, and I’m still not good, but it has a lot of potential.

Ford vs. Benz

Dropbox link:

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Hello, new to the forum, new to the Model T world.
Just trying to get a handle on the value of these historic vehicles.
Starting at the top of the line I see that the MTFCA Museum has a pristine 1924 roadster on display.
My question is, if you could buy it and afford it, how much would you pay for it?

Will I have it done in time for Chickasha ?
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Here is a Phinney Walker rim wind with a angled case. How does something like this mount on the dash? It has a set screw on the bottom. I’m thinking that perhaps there was some sort of bracket that it mounted to in the firewall. Any help much appreciated
Thanks
Mike

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I received this in the mail today. It only cost me $20.

I think is a Model 160, but I am not sure. There are no holes in the case to mount it to my dash bracket.

My dash bracket has mounting points located at 10 am, 2 pm and 6 pm.

As you can see, the speedo has a removeable mounting bracket with attachment points at Noon, 4pm and 8 pm. This...

Has any one used this tool? It looks like the perfect tool for removing and installing the rear end.