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Just like death itself, this saga has no end...

The new 0.030 oversize aluminum pistons we ordered arrived the other day, so today I began removing the connecting rods from the four-ring cast iron pistons that were in this 1924 engine. To no one's surprise (especially mine), two of the four connecting rods had been installed backwards with the...

Does anyone know a source for a pair of rear hubs look a like for a 1910 that use taper axles? I do have a pair for the straight axle and a pair of straight axles. I have a nice NOS pair of taper axles to use with fake 1910 hubs.

Sunday 9-29, starting at 10:00am, Medina Municipal Airport (Freedom Field). Medina Ohio on Rt-18.
Could not find anything online, except 2018? But was in newspaper.
My friend Bill and I are going, so at least 2 Ts... :)
I hear there's airplane rides... ;)
Pics to follow.

My reverse is a bit weak. I don’t want to get it too tight. IF the band was too tight would the car tend to creep backwards in neutral?

I am looking to purchase an original air cleaner accessory. If you have one you may consider selling, please send me an email, tmorsher@icloud.com Thanks, Tim Norwalk, Ohio

Just a couple more days to get any preorders in for pick up at Hershey! Lang's will be in the red field at their usual location. Our Spaces are RCF 38-43 AND RCG 38-43. We will also have some beautiful cars and used parts for sale as well.

There will also be Curtin Call Fashion and Accessories will be bringing her Suited to a T collection....

This was with some Model T parts I bought from the family of a long-time Model T gentleman who passed away recently. It appears to have been manufactured and not homemade. What is it?
Just curious.
Thanks

what is tire pressure 0n 30 by 3 tire

Sorting through a bunch of T parts and came across this weird spindle. Anybody seen this before? ACFD1F33-AF43-4423-BC19-E6E2462CCCDF.jpeg

I think I might have hurt the u-joint.
I installed an original style rear end.
Things were going great.
I took her for a little spin. Hit the breaks and it sounded like the u-joint was about to jump out.
Getting back to the garage was a slow ride.
The bolts for the ball cap were not tightened.
I tightened them and I am still getting the...

Jim Rodell put together a Bells and Whistles tour for us today. We stopped at a fire museum, Oktoberfest for lunch, an Octagonal barn, and train rides.
Weather was great and we all had fun.
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This fire engine was a Know 1912. They basically dropped an engine on top of a carriage.
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Ring the bell anyone?
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Just like a...

We spent yesterday cruising the back roads of Park County Indiana. We visited a saddle shop, cheese shop and cruised past a memorial for the great Cubs pitcher Mordecai 3- Finger Brown. Don't forget about all the Covered Bridges. The West Central Model Ter's do a fantastic job organizing this annual tour.

I noticed that my runabout leans a little towards the drivers side. I assumed it was because I weigh about 230 lbs and am generally the only one in the car on my frequent trips. I tried a topic search and only found one thread. Seems that it might be caused by some shifting of either the front or rear spring. I get the sense that if I loosen the U...

I received a PM on a wanted ad on the classifieds today from member wend555.

Data from his profile:

wend555
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Joined: Wed Sep 25, 2019 2:57 pm
First Name: wendell
Last Name: loadholt
Location: chicago
Model Ts owned: Prins Bertil Memorial 2010
Board Member Since: 2019
Contact: Contact wend555

Message:
jno brown carbide generator...

Even wearing an NH, Lizzie was making me work too much to get started. Wire brushing all the soot off the plugs improved starting considerably.

OK Model T brothers and sisters, with a good advice from Hank in Tennessee, I checked the wrist pin bolts for my knock, and they were all tight. I started probing further and I noticed some Babbitt coming off the thrust surfaces of the connecting rods. So it turns out I have 3 connecting rods where, due to improper tinning, all the Babbitt...

Is this rim lock supposed to be attached permanently to the rim. Ive spent 3 days trying to get the tire mounted and no success. I am using a spreader as pictured but the rim wants to twist and will not align as it should. Words of wisdom welcomed.

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A newbie to T life, have a 26 TT that is now running and desperately in need of new tires, flaps and tubes.

The current tires are marked as follows: Front: 4.40 - 4.50 - 21 4 ply. Rear: 32 x 6.6 14 ply

Thanks,

Christopher

Any ideas ? Very well made casting . We put several of our local peanut brains together and think it may be part of a “in the seat” pull start mechanism. The curved part at the top appears to have been sawed off. The sketch with red is my guess, to mount a pulley . Any help would be great! 8247174A-85E8-42B4-B3E7-D17AAE00671A.jpeg...

I just noticed that my Ruckstell axle width is about 2 inches narrower that my front axle. This is on a 1926 tudor. Question is ,did ruckstell axles come in different widths? My present ruckstell axle has a small backing plate and should have been a large backing plate, which means someone has changed the rear axle.

Thank you

I got these with some parts and I have had original sets before but this one is a puzzle, please look and let me know what you think
never seen one with burlap or one painted, Bob

As I am disassembling my 26TT I am trying to understand how everything works, I disconnected the transmission band so I could remove the brake pedal. I want to weld a tab on the bottom to operate the auxillary outside brakes. The brake pedal does not move very far when pressed which I see is normal. I can't understand how this small amount of...

Does the Model T Ford Museum loan tools to members? The front end of my 1916 Runabout is worn out and I need a Stevens axle reamer to complete the job. Don't really want to spend $800.00 for the one on Ebay for a one time job. Any help or suggestions is appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike

I have no idea what bracket's I am missing to mount this to the frame or is it the wrong one? Trying to mount to 1923 Center Door

Any information appreciated.
Thanks Mike

Posted earlier on the low growl, that likely happen when the pinion gear moved from the modern bearing set-up, upsetting the ring and pinion mesh, leading to my noisy axle that was always rather quiet. Fixed that with re-setting the pre-load and secured that set-screw locking collar, adding a smear of LockTite 640 Sleeve Retainer under that...

Two bolts two nuts and some scrap iron.
What does it make?
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I need some help identifying parts for twin Hassler shocks for a coupe/sedan. In the Parts Catalog posted by Jay - Northern California on March 15, 2014, ( page 20 has parts listed as No 4 - Rear Lever Perch for the Twin Type Hasslers for the Sedan/Coupe . This is the part that bolts to the rear axle backing plate on each end of the axle. Page 18...

I've got my first Model T, a 21 Roadster that was in the process of being restored and was never finished. I received many boxes of parts with it.
The car is painted and the engine is rebuilt. The transmission is in pieces and I don't know how it goes together or if I even have all the parts. There don't appear to be any brakes on the car. What's...

Pulled this off the Model T Ford Facebook page.
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Sometimes a photo will appear sideways or even upside down when posted on the forum. In my experience it's pictures shot in a vertical format which suffer that fate. I don't know if this works on everybody's equipment, but I find that if I rotate the photo 90º left and then back 90º right before posting it shows up correctly in Preview and...

Not sure of the history behind this car, thought it was cool though :)

I just talked to Ashley at Lang's about the lead time for door wood kits for my 24 Touring (I need left rear and right front). She called their supplier and was told 4 months.

Yikes.

Anyone know where a person could get them sooner? I'm not opposed to making them myself, but my woodworking equipment is VERY limited and I know it's really...

Hello guys,

thought I would work on the bows today and I discovered some things that don't make sense. Mostly they look like 18 roadster parts but as you can see when set up there is something not right. Note the middle bow has to tabs but only one will allow the bows to rest correctly when folded up. In the position shown there would be no room...

Stopped at a barn where I was told there was lots of old car parts. Yup... all kinds of stuff in one old shop building but mostly 1940s and up. Lots of NORS fenders for 1960s cars. Then I went to the back barn and there was a fair amount of T stuff and other early pieces. Two Reo trucks. Several Ts in different stages of condition. I did come away...

This one showed up today. This is especially for all the guys that think making the big bucks in the carburetor business is an easy way to get rich with no work.

Got home from a little concert tour over the weekend and this was waiting to bring me back to reality. I think it may have been damp a time or two and got a little surface rust on the...

A knowledgeable friend told me that the transmission inspection cover on my car was upside down. It was painted on one side, so I figured that was the outside. Is this a prank played on newbies? Should the 'v' shaped 'valley' on the cover point down towards the drums bands (Like it wants to drip oil back down the center line) or away sticking up...

Can anyone know what's happened to Dave Currier? He's not answering phone, VMAIL messages I've left him, or EMAIL???

Still in business? I tried several time withouth any success...

Any one have interaction with him before or project he done?

I went on his web site, he look he made several nice project.

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Does anybody have any idea what the purpose of this accessory is?
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Going through the files, I came across the following information.

Morris Chamberlain owned a Ford Dealership in Chester, NJ. Morris sold Model T's that were shipped to him in crates. At some point in history, he got into an argument with Henry Ford and would stop selling Fords. When Morris died in 1952, two brand new Fords still in their crates...

Hello. I cannot find the fuel capacity of a 1926 Tudor (cowl gas tank) I thought I drained the tank, but when I added fuel it only took 7 gallons of fuel.

Some of you may recall my friend John, who bought a 1924 Coupe two years ago to match the one in family photos taken during the 1930's. You may also recall a couple weeks ago that I started a thread about the pistons in the engine and the poor compression/performance the engine exhibited. After removing the cylinder head and discovering oil crud...

A 27 steel closed cab TT followed me home a while back. It came with two top wood kits. I started messing with it last night and realized that neither were totally “correct” for the truck. The four center slats needed to be trimmed to length and shaved slightly to fit in the sockets. The sides, front and back pieces are all long and the radius’s...

Going through some old family pics with my cousin. Pretty sure this is dad's dad....
Not a coupe expert, thinking early 20s ?

I have inherited a 1922 Touring that needs some mechanical and minor restoration work, and would like it to be a nice driver, not a blue ribbon show car. Any recommendations who can help in NC, SC, or VA? I am in the Charlotte, NC area, so the closer, the better. Thanks Eric

The repop 1912 firewalls are made out of cherry. Is that the original wood for 1912?

Today I received two identical private messages in response to my WTB speedo swivel post. The sender,wend555, joined today and has no posts. The message contained an email address to respond to. When I Googled that email address it comes up as an known fraudulent buyer on several sites. Art

Big sale starts in 5 days, must mention forum sale, Bob

Can anyone tell me the age of these? Am thinking pre brass top?

A buddy and I are coming up Wednesday and probably won't get there till 6 o'clock or so. Are we going to be able to get in the camping section? We used to go every year but haven't been in probably 10 years or so. He wants to go one more time, he figures it may be his last time there. I would hate to get there and have no where to camp. He has a...

I picked up a bunch of T parts.
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Can someone tell me about this. Has original paint and punstripes. Its missing one bulb but I have pleanty. 20190925_190925.jpg

Does anyone know anything about Cal Cams?
I was looking through some Model T parts I have and notice a camshaft that had “Cal Cams 256 Brad” marked on it.
I measured the lift at .276. I suppose “Brad” was the Cam grinder.

Any information is appreciated,
Scott

We're hosting a one-day tour in the McPherson area. We did a NY-Paris scavenger hunt type tour last year. This year it's a duck hunt - just as much fun! Attached is a flyer (I hope). Feel free to contact me for more details.

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Pictures tell the story, and idea what it's from/for. The curly wire looking thing is actually a hollow tube. Thanks

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Need recommendation for a good 6v charger that puts out more than 6amps. make, model vendor and price. Seems like all I can find are 2-6amp automatic chargers.

I am looking to put innards into my tapered axle 6 rivet rear housings. Will innards out of a 1915 and up rear axle fit into the 6 rivet?

Got a call about a local 25 for sale. Had to see it of course. About quarter inch of bondo over most of the car. Home made canvas tom nailed to a wooden frame work. 26 or 27 engine. Worst part was the cobbled up wood nailed in place for body wood. Does not run but it does have a title. Priced fair at $ 5000.oo . No I did not add 3 extra 000.

What a slow process. Read all the post I could and decided of .015 on exhaust and intake. Took about two hours just for the exhaust. Partly my fault for not taking off the manifolds, and it was too hot in the garage this afternoon, so I took a lot of water breaks. I’ll do the intakes tomorrow night. All clearances were around .30 when I started....

They look like suspension parts and are new but I don't recognize them.

And body supports of some kind?
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Jeff

The valve facing tool pictured in the What is it in the vintage ford leaves me with a question
How was the valve turned to face it? I have one of the type pictured and also one that is a little different.
Did they use a hand drill or brace attached to the valve stem or what? How accurate were they, has anyone tried one out to see how well they...

Two of the last three cars I have bought have had three to one gears. One set was probably installed in the car in the late forties when the car was first restored. They are in mint condition too, with the name of the gear company stamped in the ring gear. It's amazing how this installation was done. They had to remove all the studs from the rear...

In researching Holley G float adjustment I came across these diagrams.
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I wonder if anybody here can ID the source publication.

My carburetor doesn’t leak while the engine is running, but when it stops it’ll start leaking about 30 minutes to an hour later. I turn the valve off at the tank every time, but whatever is in it will leak and really smell the garage and house up. Any ideas on how to fix this? I believe it’s a Kingston carburetor (26 coupe) are there any rebuild...

GPS 2019 track with proposed Hershey route.
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What oil/grease is recommended for a Ruckstell?

Latest issue I have is with lighting. Currently all original 6 volt setup, 2 headlights and one taillight. I replaced all bulbs about a year and a half ago. Recently one headlight on dim burned out. That was ok to me because I run on battery so it saved me some juice. Now both lights burned out, so I switched to brights. Both lights worked but...

I am rebuilding the rear for my 1909 Roadster and I noticed that the tube of the two piece driveshaft from this car is actually 1/4 inch smaller in diameter than the driveshaft from my 1915 which has the “one piece” closed spool driveshaft. The reason why I bring this up is because #1 it is visually different in size which is why I checked and #2...

I am sure I read a post that someone had talked to or knew a person who bought an Ames from someone in MI who's father had owned the car. This bought about all the ames discussions that are still avaiable. A picture or two of Gary's ames was also posted. If anyone has information about the car, Gary's son has much history regarding the car and...

I converted my headlights to use a 12 volt LED bulbs wired in parallel. I chose bulbs that work with the original BA15 sockets. The left one works great - the right one flashes on and off with no rhyme or reason. I've:
1.) Swapped bulbs
2.) Changed plug-in sockets
3.) Ran a separate wire from the + on the plug-in socket to a independent 12 volt...

Does anyone have a diagram of the Allen Coil Tester? I have one I'd like to restore but I'm not sure how some of it comes apart. I'm hoping all it needs is the magnets charged, but I won't be that lucky !

Hi, My 12 rivet differential leaks slowly at the two lower most bolts. A few drops a week. See picture. The fluid level was down as expected when I opened the filler bolt so it isn't communicating with the engine oil. The fill hole does not appear to be leaking. How much torque should the bolts be? I did find the bolts loose a month ago and...

Reassembling this switch I'm working on and can not remember if the little hole is placed at the top or bottom. I have it circled in green in the photo. This is riveted and I only have one set of rivets so don't want to mess it up. The nuts and bolts is to hold it while i rivet it together. Am I correct that it goes together with the hole to the...

anyone taking any decent used high radiators to hershey ? or have one to sell in general for that matter. philip

Do any of you guys have any vinyl graphics on you T ? How well do they hold up over the yrs ? I'm wanting to add something on each door of my Roadster when I get it back together in honor of my good friend who gave me the car. I'd much rather have it hand lettered but I'm sure that would be lots of $$$$$$.

Is there a difference between the grease cup used on the rear axle/driveshaft and the steering bracket? Parts vendors call out two different part numbers #2545 & #3596 respectively. Curious minds want to know

I am replacing the brake drum on a wood wheel and am not sure how tight to make the new nuts.
Anyone have a torque value that I should use.

I found this image in a book what is telling the story of an old railway (De Gooische Moordenaar) true the villages in my area, in 1923 the railway company changed their horse carriage into a Ford truck
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For those who are into trivia, as I am, look at the post Kim Dobbins placed in the classifieds, showing the rh inside of the firewall. The three pilot holes for the speedometer are there, even though speedometers were no longer being supplied.

I am acquiring a 1915 Model T and have limited knowledge of how to maintain it. I live in New Jersey and do not have a place to keep it. Can anyone help me please?

What is this part ? Looks like it could go on the front axel under the miter mount. What would be it’s function ? It was in a box of T parts.

My official Model T auxiliary gas can lost its filler cap on the way to the Co-op last trip. Obviously I failed to cinch it down tight before we left home. Roads are pretty rough, it rattled loose. The neck measures 2 OD, stands 1/2 proud, three coarse threads showing. Any ideas where I can find a replacement ? Metal cans of any kind are a rarity...

Below is pictured a KINGSTON MODEL “L” BRASS CARBURETOR with a Model T NH carburetor below to compare size. (details Below)

LENGTH 5 ¾ “ AIR INLET 1.635” OUTLET 1.38”
Pat May 3, 1904
Pat Mar 8, 1916

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A little off topic but in case you wondered what happened to Harold Wills (Henry's chief designer of the Model T) after he left Ford in 1919, he went to what is now Marysville, Michigan, and founded the Wills-Ste. Clair car company. This past Sunday a small number of members of the Casual T's followed Brian & Kelly Dowell on the Jack Zimmer...

I have a pick-up and a trailer with a car in it, I can take parts from So. NH or places on the way if anyone needs help. I'm leaving on the 7th, returning on the 13th.

Good morning!
I'm in the process of assembling my early engine with a 26/27 crankshaft. After reading all of the posts about broken crankshafts, I was interested in opinions about adding counter weights. Do you think it would help protect the crank, in other words less stress?

Have a great day!
Michael Paul

Developing a rear axle low howl at road speeds. Functions just fine, only a bit noisy.

Opened up the pinion housing to take a look. All new parts in 2006, so there are some miles on this Ruckstell axle.

The pinion gear seems fine.

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The ring gear has a bit of wear showing on the face, and may be the cause of this low howl....

I just acquired this cool Van Briggle carburetor , does any one have any experience with one of these? Bob

A newly minted set of rocker panels for a 1922 Center Door Sedan.

Don Booth is an amazing craftsman. He didn’t have the curved corner pieces but he was able to match the curve anyway.

I had my first reported failure of a generator and feel bad about it as it caused for a man to go fishing for the pin that retains the gear, Ouch! Mr Richard Williamson will receive a full refund, postage and pain and suffering.

I feel pretty bad about this, not going to make any excuses. My Dad and I rebuilt these years back and for any reason...

Can someone provide the diamensions for the wood block spacer at the steering box/frame.

Do any of the vendors sell Dusters / Car coats?
If so, I'm keen to hear you recommendations, please?
Thanks & Cheers,
Rob

I cleaned the fouled plugs and put in the new coil and she started right up. This morning I started it and was able to drive it in first gear ok, but when i changed to the second gear, it started backfiring and the started clunking out and had to drive in first gear to and from the car show today. I took the carbuerator bowl off and cleaned and...

The box end wrench is marked Fomoco in an oval. Is a car or tractor wrench. I found the box end along with the 6” Stilson wrench. It was on the bottom of a box of old files and hammers. Looks like it wasent used much considering the condition of the handle.

I was at a car show a few weeks ago and a got into a conversation with a guy from Maine that owned a TR-3.
We talked for a few hour and he said he had something that looked like a Model T radiator on his wicker basket.
In a few minutes he returned with this and said that it looks like it belonged on my T and insisted that I take it.
He said that...