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Ok, here is another revision 1-D...had to make a few changes because of some things Ron Patterson brought to my attention and my damned dyslexia (wish I had caught those numbers reversal before)...

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Thanks for all the advice Ron, as always you've been a big help. ;)

Some have the “Simmons” on top and sometimes it’s in the small print.

Back at ya...

Don't over think it! Not everyone has access to torches, welders or cash! But me personally, I would not use JB weld to fill in the gap. I've always relied on Mother Necessity . Even if you are not handy, this shouldn't be that difficult. Any way you can, (w/o crimping/denting) bend that lip upward. Secure the pan, get underneath/behind the lip...

Another comparison, here's the radiator that goes with #9267.
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To Belgium, the best way is Fedex.
No surprises, only the income taxes and local taxes to pay with an invoice after having delivered the parts.
USPS is cheaper at the start but there is a local handling fee of minimum €30.00 each delivery from the USA plus the same taxes as Fedex to pay at the delivery.
UPS is about 10% more expensive as Fedex and...

Have never heard this before Dykker. A real eye opener. especially the originality bits. Seems to be the exact opposite of what Cali. is thinking about. Are there any driving restrictions ?

I walked away with a new old stock 26/27 rear fender for $60 and a real nice hood former for 11-14 for my wifes projects and a set of lined rear brake shoes for my car new never installed. Can't remember if that is all I got as I got a call from the hospice nurse about my Mom while we were at the sale and had to leave early. We didn't spend a lot...

Thanks to everyone for the support at a time when it was needed most. We had a small grave side service today with family and friends and even had her little 13 year old dog there to let her know why she wont be seeing her mom anymore. (I have had 3 little sisters since I moved away from home) The dogs replaced me as an only child over the years....

Thanks Allan, that's what I was looking for!

R/ Roger.

I was confusing spider gears with pinion gears. I have NOS of both somewhere. I ran into 4 or 5 NOS. 2520s the other day. Now do radiator bolts nos have any value. I have 100 or two of them.

I wish I were closer to you. I have one, but have at least two projects that should have one. I don't know if I will ever get around to those two projects, but I would like to save good parts from scrappers and have as many pieces as I can for the projects.
A few years back, for a short while, they seemed to be in demand, now not so much. Too many...

I enjoy making stuff too. Especially the “brain teaser “ part of trying to figure out the best/cheapest way to a quality item!!
Looks great Scott

Bend them cold, a couple of crescent wrenches and a extension in the hole of the handle works.
There's a Ford tool for that, like a fork.

Jeff,

Just a suggestion to help us help you would be to include a yard stick/tape measure next to an item so we have a scale as a size reference.

Best of luck with your quest,
Dom

Now Dallas, what could you possibly mean by that? ;)

Well, about thirty five plus years ago, I had a TT with an all wood body that I restored. It had a Universal direct and overdive rear-end mount transmission. IT WAS GREAT! Easy to shift. good increase in gearing (5 in, 7 out). The truck also had a Ruckstell and 5 to 1 gears. I routinely drove it at about 40 mph with a just a stock engine. I will...

Thank you David H. I had wondered and didn't want to push at the time. So very sad. We lost my wife's sister (hard to believe it is getting close to thirty years ago!) to a stomach cancer. It and pancreatic cancer are closely related. The cancers develop in the most hostile environments the human body has to offer. The cancers that develop in...

Right you are Tim. Has anyone been to Indiana?

I'm working on a pillar right now that will attach to the rear seat box.

This is a rear passenger side pillar on the 1922 Center Door. The tenon on top of the pillar had rotted off, so I cut into solid wood, epoxied it, and then glued a new tenon on. The tenon fits into a mortise on the roof rail.

I just need to confirm with the opposite side...

I believe it all goes together as one unit...

If someone has the Model T Ford The Car That Changed The World book on CD could they send me page 199 as a .pdf file? Would like to print it and add it to my story board on the history of my T

I have a meter just like it and it is a DC meter. It may well have been used to test old tube type portable radio batteries. voltage range is about right but many had a 90 volt B battery along with 45 volt and others. You can test the meter with a 9 volt battery or on Your car. Wire lead on top is negative. point on meter case is positive.If You...

Tammie, it was great meeting you. Hope to see you next year!

Miss Nicola has her Speedster .... :mrgreen:

She lives in Naperville ... :idea:

FJ

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I just dropped off this beautiful 1915 Model T Speedster to Miss Nicola in Naperville, IL hand built by the talented TH in California ... ;)

Miss Nicola has wanted a Model T Speedster for more than 20 years ... :idea:

She say her poor husband ( seated next to her ) will never get to drive this ... :!:

FJ...

Kenneth,

At the Cookeville Tour Banquet it was announced the 2020 MTFCA National Tour would be in Spoken, WA 7/18-23/20.

Have a great day,
Dom

Thanks everyone for all your great wisdom especially Wayne. I now have a much better idea on what I have.
Randy

Beautiful car and video. Thanks for sharing . :D

Heff buddy you should sell me set if thise A wheels
Bob

I don't worry about it. I know it's a better idea to keep the top up, but sometimes I just don't think about it. I recently drove my T from Sacramento to Lake Tahoe and back with the top down. The top of my nose got sunburnt, but after two days, it went away, and now it's back to normal. I've got sun lotion and all that stuff, but I always forget...

It is huge although this year,I have heard, due to some construction they will not be using one of the parking lots, so the others may be crowded a bit more. Set up day is Tuesday and you can bring bicycles in to ride around and buy from those who are ready to sell. Wednesday is the opening day, and no bikes are allowed. Wear comfortable walking...

Richard, my apologies for a bum steer in some of my response. our RHD cars have the starter switch on the opposite side, so the cables and looms have to switch sides under the car. Hence the different route for the wire. The insulators and the 3 hole fibre piece are likely the same, but will be in different locations.

Allan from down under.

Joseph, your memory has served you well. In industry, the tolerances you have stated are standard. The drawing itself will typically have a Tolerance Block where tolerances for the part are actually spelled out. In some product lines such as gyros and superfinishing of gas bearings, tolerances will be far closer, but in automotive, this would be...

It is tough for me to judge how long it took or how tough it was to do. It took me a few months. However, then was even worse than now as far as my time goes. Most days I could only get in an hour or two, if any time at all. It was (still sometimes is) common for entire weeks to go by that I couldn't work on it at all (why what should have taken...

Hi Joe, I did some work on my 27 Tudor front windows a couple of years ago replacing all or the felt channels and the mechanism and rollers, but not the bottom channel. None of the side or top channel parts sold by any of the vendors would fit my doors. Snyder's uses the same part numbers for A and T. I ended up getting new felt channels that were...

Bill

I think you did an outstanding thing for the club, and I'll bet they were not only thrilled to get it, they were probably gracious to you, as well. You and those who have preceeded you in donations are the true heart of the hobby and an inspiration to us all, or at least to most of us. As someone who has never had the opportunity to visit...

Thanks Colin, Dave and Steve! This is great info!!

Why not put your top up, so you can see what you are doing?

Ron,
Is it something you want me to pick up at hershey to take care of? Joe Bell 419-618-1025

I had a similar rattle and found it was octane knock caused by my Reeder aluminum high compression head. I went to 91 octane gas and used a little less advance. Rattle gone!

I am so pleased to see young people being involved in the hobby. Some of my best memories are of resurrecting a rusted out Mercedes sedan with a buddy, working in a chicken coop with minimal tools and gallons of bondo. His mom sewed the seat covers for us. We drove that thing all over northern Ohio and had a blast! I hope your helper will have as...

He's alive and well at my kitchen table forming a post as we speak.

He even survived my 18 year old son driving his car today. :)

The good and the bad.

My old boss found this hat at the local Country Club. Club opened in 1924, he just had to buy it for me.

Then I close the door to go for a drive and the driver window cracks from bottom to top. Ugh!

At first I was thinking maybe it was to hold something besides the canteen/water. But with the ability to turn it to pour. I figured it must be for water. Evidently the strap over the top which is now rotten would hold it from turning while driving :-)

Wayne, I could bend it. But I was kind of wondering if I could find the exact container it was...

I have built up a collection of 8 point sockets in 1/2 drive. Some are two different vintages of Snap-on. They are very handy when working with coach bolts and square nut when building wooden bodywork. I paid US$13 for a 9/16 Snap-on one on ebay. You can guess where that one gets most use.

Allan from down under.

I'll second the Optima red top recommendation. I share one between 3 cars. Set up with wing nut terminals, it is easy and CLEAN to transfer from one car to another. Because it gets used, it rarely needs to go on a charger, but I have one on standby anyway. Spendy, but well worth it.

Allan from down under.

... if the builder was open to criticism, I would welcome it.

Criticism is like cilantro, a tiny little bit of it goes a long way and it’s never good served by itself. It’s always best served combined with other things.

also check Bob Drakes, they list a show qty 36.

Found a set of rear hubs.
They should be here on Monday.

I really thought I was stuck between a rock and a hard spot.
Thank you for all your help.

Have always had problems with Grosse, seem to stick open or closed for any reason, most for me is from gas setting a while, other times from additives in todays gas that dry and deposit on the ball. Maybe too is these are china made, balls can be tiny bit out of roundness, seating poorly. :shock:

You know my fix :D Go with Ford. 8-)

100_7541...

It is somewhat comforting to know I am not alone. I took a picture of my valve in the open position and store it on my phone in a separate album titled: starting model t , so I can remember.

I was able to post photos on the Model T Club of Facebook.

check your email

Dean, I have two handles left from a small run I had done. They are on hold for a friend, but we haven’t made a connection yet, he may only take one. Drop me a line and I’ll send a pic and if it becomes available , you can decide then. Tmorsher@icloud.com

By the way, Craig s cell is 419-290-4442. If you're not going to Hershey, and want to deliver, he's only about 2 miles from the Ohio / Michigan line, Sylvania is a suburb on the west side of Toledo.

I put one in my Dad's engine during rebuild. High compression pistons stock head and cam, advanced 5 deg. new snyder rods with babbitt I did balance the crank flywheel rods and pistons, should have also balanced the drums. She runs like a top with good power but is not as smooth as I would have liked. That was three years and several thousand...

In all the years of touring (40+) this is the best tour I have been on. They set the bar high on this one.

:D

15 million plus Model Ts were made. All that were built with electrical systems were 6 volt. I could care less what you do with your car's electrical system, but if your T isn't running as it's supposed to on 6 volts (and the magneto), there is a problem. My approach would be to find it. If it's a slow crank, a voltage drop test should be...

Got my 1926 Touring nearly a year ago. I've been working on 60s, 70s, and 80s Fords and Mercury's since I was 15. Own 7 of them and two non-Fords now along with a 52 Farmall H and a couple of ATVs. I can make nearly anything run including most antique American pocket watches. Talents a gift from my grandfather.

A friend was visiting for a few...

I have a Stewart 160 in my '25. Russ did it too. It has never been a problem. I greased all the links a few months back, and the chain and housing were as clean as they were when I put the car together over 10 years ago. Perhaps you should think about changing brands of speedometers?

I have pulled down engines with odd pistons in them, you have to remember at one time nothing was availible, I have seen plenty of Ford 292 or 312 piston in them that may be what you have. Hope this helps.

Whew! That is a good find!
Nothing like a bit of grease to smooth the way :-)

Thanks for the replys and advice. One thing I forgot to mention (due to a slipping clutch in my brain) is that the rear exhaust port on my block has seen some repair in the past and therefore I will use a new manifold. Don't want to risk any more damage to the block.

Thanks again all for your reply

J W B M CO COLO USA MODEL 520 PAT APRIL 14 1914 stamped in a circular pattern around the lamp socket/plug means John W Brown Manufacturing company. I first thought it may mean COLOrado, but found out it means COLumbus Ohio. The model number of course being 520, and the official patent date. They were one of the several (minor variations) lamps...

I'm looking for a good, used sediment bowl for a 1922 Center Door.

Once I post in the classifieds, have at it. This is not a for sale posting, it is a story about finding T parts.

Jeff

Donnie, I have done way scarier things than that! I never thought about that photo till some of the posts. It does look like a pole. The scary part was that the backhoe had no brakes. None. Joe's dad was moving blocks behind the wheels as we went. Being on the fire department 34 years kind of forced me to be a problem solver. Just need a git er...

I was just thinking perhaps the magneto was back feeding into the negative side of the battery, with half the sine wave cancelling the positive feed of the battery to the coils. It might be worth mentioning that the magneto's ground point and battery's ground point were pretty close together. Also worth mentioning is that the engine running rough...

Here a quick Video in the goal to hear for the first time Engine running. No fency video, all natural moment, took by wife live. Sorry I spoke in French on the Video, I come from East part of Canada. We spoke English and French. But nothing to see with France, we are Canadian and leaving in North America. I was so please to heard the engine for...

I think I discovered the problem. I had some errant sparking between the back of the spark ring and the ammeter. So I put a spacer washer behind each of the four insulators and that allowed the spark to choose the ring instead in that area. Also filed out the spark ring mounting holes a little to allow better centering. So now I need to figure out...

Nice happy ending!

Mark -- The Arkansas Tin Lizzies/Tulsa clubs will be having a T tour in Guthrie, 19-21 Sept. Email me if you want more info. waterwalk999@gmail.com

Always interesting to see what people did to keep thier cars going.
I would not use that axle. Lots of good axles out there cheap. A good repair now and in the day is the stevens axle bushing. Lots of the stevens tools out there to borrow and someone on this site was making new ones. Special jig aligns the upper and lower to center the reamer that...

Hi Steven,
Good question, I can't recommend what to do.

Do you have the MTFCA book on differential rebuild? Well worth getting that and it covers setting clearances and provides advice what to do. Mine is in the workshop across the year and I can't recall that passage by heart...

Generally the clearances in the TT are not so touchy as in the T....

The free start is always sweet, though the Mrs. doesn't always share my jubilation. The sign of a well tuned T. I get quite a few, though I can't take any of the credit. The T came to me well tuned.

Mark, you bet! I have gone to the museum since about age 7. Visited Fonthill earlier this summer, and was there once when I was a kid. This summer was the trifecta! Definitely the coolest 😎 places on earth.

I think we have met. I have followed your posts, videos and FB stuff.

You can have the best grease or soft oil known to man,but if dust,dirt,and water go past the felt seal trouble will follow it in.Bud.

You never have to go far to enjoy your T. Thats a great way to do it with your best girl.

Yesss!