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Need info from anyone who knows how the oiler works on K.serial no 892.
Have had it running but are the oilers supposed to show a drip of oil.
Can make them drip manually.
Any help would be great

Anyone else use WH red grease ?
Positives/Negatives ?
I have had good results, as chassis lube and wheel bearings. Getting ready to pump my u-joint full of it.

Our HCCA chapter is hosting our annual antique auto campout again this year. You may remember seeing some of the photos from last year. Let me know if you want to get a copy of the forms and I will email them to you or they should be attached to this post. Lets hope!

Its May 31-June 2nd this year and its held on private land just up the coast...

Is the disc drum used with the 3 washers different that the one used with the flange bushing? I am working on a 27 and need to replace the disc drum. I have about half a dozen spares and they all look the same, even the one that came out of a 1912 transmission.

Hope this is the proper place to post this: You're all invited to drive your Model T's (or other pre-1949 vehicles) on the Historic Columbia River Highway this July 13th. It's a chance drive on this beautiful section of highway built in 1920-22 and largely unchanged. Much of it is closed to motor vehicles except for occasional special events like...

I’m looking to purchase a bare Ruckstell axle housing, large or small drum. Please let me know what you have, tmorsher@icloud.com to reach me. Thanks, Tim

I bought a pile of T stuff and this transmission was in with it. the output end is a model t universal and fits the driveshaft perfect. It even has the 4 bolt flange that holds the T torque tube to the transmission. the input end is 1 1/8 which is to big to fit into the transmission of a T. It has 3 forward and one reverse. the only markings on it...

I'm looking for help getting a set of wire wheels transported from the Bakersfield swap meet to Texas or Oklahoma. If you have room, I'll pay for the assistance.

Can anyone identify these aluminum pistons from the photos without me pulling the head? They say Model T-HC on the inside of the skirt. Does the HC mean high compression, or is it just a coincidence in model number?

My flywheel has .004 of runout in one small portion of the rim, about 4 long, which I discovered when I put it on a mandrel in the lathe. I placed a dial indicator on the FACE of the rim....on the edge it's fine. How could that be you ask? Well, the machining looks good and upon very close inspection I realized the casting itself was off...warped,...

The August 1, 1909 Ford Times states that all Model T Fords being shipped are 1910 models. Serial number for August 1 was 8109. It devotes a page to the new Tourabout.

During Spring cleaning of the garage, I found a complete fan assembly. The blades (4 individual pieces) are riveted onto a brass sheave with 4 rivets each. I have only found one photo through a supplier that lists it as an 09 -16. Is this correct? Any idea as to value? Most of what I have been finding again have been in storage for 35+ years. I...

Here is a French Model T with an interesting tailgate.

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Please follow the link:

Have a read of Wayne's observations and please add your wisdom.

Cheers
Adrian

A while back I posted a video of my steering wheel clicking. It turned out some dum ass (me) failed to put the cotter pin in the pitman arm and the it had loosed up just enough to make arm move up and down very slightly. I got everything tighten back up and a new cotter pin and she is good as new.

I have a 1927 roadster pickup. I am installing wood bands. The bands shown for a 1927 has one wide band. All 3 bands in mine are narrow. Can I cut the wide wood band down to size. It will still have the oil groves. My motor number is 4042906. Is mine not a 27 roadster? Has engine been changed out? Did some 27s have all narrow bands and some one...

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Should the teeth cut when pushing, when pulling, or does it matter?

Hello all,

I am the proud new owner of a 1925 Touring modified with a distributor. Here is the problem I'm having. It will start fine with the key turned counterclockwise (batt) but just dies when switched to magneto. At the risk of stating the obvious, this suggests to me that the magneto is bad (and might have been the impetus for installing...

In the dissolution of a family estate, there is a 26 Coupe of my granddad's located in Wisconsin rightfully belonging to my nephew. He's at a stage in life where he has neither space nor the assets to perform any restoration at this time and I offered to try to retrieve it and get it running for him. I don't think it's been started for 30 years...

So digging through stuff I found a sample of the earlier version (17-25).
Any interest?

I am trying to make an inter connection drawing of the 5041E (Factory Number 7661D) 8-wire loom for the 26-27 Model T.
I have been doing some research into this loom.

There is a list of 572 Model T documents at this location :

Of those 572 documents I found 89 Parts Lists from 1909 – 1930
I looked at all of the Parts Lists and extracted the...

A while back, a local rancher was auctioning off a bunch of stuff that had been stored in an old unused bunk house. I ended up purchasing a complete knocked-down 1910 Sears Motor-Buggy still in the shipping crate. A friend and I tore into the crate and pulled out the parts this past fall. Probably should have kept the crate for display, but I...

I finally wrapped up my 1913 headlight hook up today. I have some photos, but need more. I'll take them tomorrow and post the pictures then. I can say one thing for sure. The kits that Ron Gocek made were 100% incorrect, except for some of the tubing which was one foot too short!

Need inside or covered storage near Reno for my Model T this summer. June to early September. Please email with details and cost. Have please to leave open trailer in Minden. My contact info is in VFord Magazine Sierra Vista National Tour.
Thank you Susan and Joss Sanderson

Here are a few photos of a French Model T at the 2017 24 Tours de Rambouillet.

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What year did they change the headlight focus adjustment screw from the top to the side ?
TIA :)

Does anyone just happen to have an Autocad file or a scale template drawing file for the glass in a 1926-27 Roadster? I have the dimensioned drawing from an old thread ( ) but if someone's done the work to bring this into modern manufacturing it will save me some time.

Among the photos of French T's in a photo album at Benson Library was a clear photo of the two door sedan that made the 1912 Monte Carlo Rally. The painted radiator with striping, spare tire fender, along with electric headlamps are interesting early features of this sedan. Since the striping is probably black, I wonder what color the car was?...

can i use the condensers sold by langs in my k&w coils that are marked 1958

I like to restore my Stewart 1276 speedometer.
However, I cannot take it apart. I am just able to unscrew the back and a chrome ring but that is blocked by the dat counter reset knob. I don’t want to break anything.
Does have anyone experience with this?

Hey All,

During the weekend I started a new project.
Repairing a 1915 touring with an accident.

On the right side of the hoghead I found two Mystery Bolts .
Does someone out there have an idea why these bolts are there and what is the use of these bolts??

Photos in attachment.

Thanks
Andre
Belgium

Hopefully we will be there in Space A-68 and B-18.

The spaces back to each other.

We will ( hopefully ) have a nice 1915 Model T Touring
and early Model T parts.

See you in line on Thursday .....

Where will you be and what are you bringing ?

FJ

It was on this day in 1826 that Samuel Morey received a patent for his compressionless Gas or Vapor Engine, known now as the internal combustion engine.
In the early 1800s, he developed an interest in flammable vapors. He discovered that turpentine, when mixed with air, was explosive, and he designed an engine to make use of this phenomenon. Much...

Any thoughts for a new battery for my '25 T Roadster pu? Size, amp, etc?

Check this out, never seen one in all my years
inspection plate for transmission cover to allow you to oil the bands
looks like Evers Sauvace
Chicago Il
anyone ever tried one of these,Bob

my 24 touring has 4 mid 50s kw coils. i took it out for a spin and had a sudden skip. i found that it ran better on the 6v battery and got home.
switched back to mag. and found that no 4 was not firing switched the coils around and the problem moved so it is a coil problem. i did the
light bulb volt meter magneto test and have good voltage. the...

I and a friend are looking at a 1927 Roadster pickup with the idea of building a depot hack body for it. My question is this, it has a nice box with tailgate, the body is primed but in need of some minor sheetmetal work along the bottom - seat springs, fuel tank, windshield frame, bows, etc., etc. Any idea of what such a collection would be worth?...

May 3,4,5. How is this swap meet for T stuff. I was thinking of going it’s not to far from me.

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Jiminy Cricket, I'm no fool : pedestrian

I was torn as to whether to make this OT or not, but decided to post it in the general discussion forum because the answer could be applied to damaged, fractured, or leaking Model T fuel tanks.

I have an antique ornate brass Bradley-Hubbard gone with the wind oil lamp that has a stamped, cylindrical brass kerosene tank. The lamp is circa 1890 and...

Does anyone have a copy of the instructions for the FunProjects Wheel Press?

The instructions are to hard to read on my phone, and my work PC, blocks the site.

Thanks

Just found this cool accessory
the Allen Bradley co.
Bradleystadt
it is to adjust the amps on your car
any car in the T era that has a generator with the 3rd brush
just wondering if anyone has ever used this item? Bob

I purchased a set of new triple gears from Dan McEachern last week. The quality is extraordinary. With bushings installed and fit to the pins, each weighs exactly 1017 grams. No need to balance. It was easy to bore the bushings because the ODs of the gear teeth are concentric with the bushing hole making it easy to center off them for boring the...

Household name among old car folks, especially the Model A gang. They've closed their doors! You can follow the discussion on the AACA Discussion forum to get all the sordid details.

Terry

The Allen Bradley Co. made this for all cars with a generator with a third brush just like the Model T Ford
has anyone ever seen this? Bob

Its great that in 3 months, there have been 1000 topics posted. This is a good thing for our hobby. Some very nice things listed.
Thanks to everone who takes the time to photograph them and list them!

Hoping someone here can recommend a quality brass plating shop. I'm in Ohio where I will assume EPA regs have all but deleted this service. FWIW, I recently had some parts done by a brass shop in nearby Dayton Kentucky that I would not recommend.
Regards,
Scott

The great outdoors and a T !!

I've stripped all the old paint off my open valve engine and have it down to the metal. It has an aged metal look now, which I kind of like, but I'm undecided if I should prime and paint it or leave it unpainted. If I decide to paint, what paint should I use that will adhere to the engine; but if I decide to leave it unpainted, is there a sealer...

Thought I had this dialed in correctly but the passengers side in particular shows more wear on the outside of the tread.

“The driver is Rowland Winn, who was a successful garage owner from Leeds. He became Lord Mayor of that city, and he had a garage in Middlesbrough on Linthorpe Road.
The photo was taken in July 1911, and he was in luck that day as he won his class at a speed of 44.5mph.”

I like this one but there is just the one photo. The exhaust looks like just...

The rain today didn't stop the delivery of a rare piece of Model T history to the Museum. High on our 'wish list' has been a pan straightening bench.

Thanks to the perseverance of Sam Mendenhall from Alabama, the Model T Museum Vintage Garage now has one! Sam found the bench in Pensacola, Florida where a gentleman had acquired it more than 50...

By dint of gentle scraping at the paint, I have exposed a number on the seat of my 09. It appears to be 657X with possibly a ghostly B off to the left. body no.jpg

My T has developed some leaks and I would like to determine if it is mainly caused by the pedals in the hogshead. I think I will need to install seals in the hogshead, but that is down the road. What would you suggest I do to make a temporary fix? Thank you.

I have put new transmission band linings and rear brake shoes on, removed the body from the frame and started dry fitting some pieces. I have also made a windshield riser board and refinished the Kingston coil box. I also welded and shaped a new tip on the parking lever pawl. I need to rivet a running board bracket on and rivet on a parking brake...

Wanted ... Looking for a chrome or nickel radiator shell for a 1927 Coupe ..... Thanks for an help ... joeg48@hotmail.com

Is this an original model t battery? Came with my runabout.

When I got my '13 runabout a couple of years ago, I replaced the anti-squeak leathers in the hood. They were hard and brittle as over-cooked bacon. All the heat and fumes under the hood is tough on leather. Probably a good idea to occasionally clean them with warm soapy water then apply as much saddle oil or genuine neats foot oil as they will...

I am restoring a 1915 runabout and am in the process of tearing down the non-demountable wheels to send to Stutzman's for re-wooding. I checked with a local company about sand blasting and powder coating the rims and hub parts, and getting them powder coated black only adds about $20 per wheel. I'm leaning towards just varnishing the spokes, so...

I only had a few minutes after work to go stare at my T yesterday before sunset, so I tried a little experiment.

The fender I bought from Mike Lebsack at Chickasha is so very nice, and undoubtedly wearing faded original paint. Mike said it was pulled off a car and put in dry storage many, many years ago and it shows. I made a deal with him before...

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at auction Friday nite. Brass was stolen by vandals, otherwise appears to be correct car. 40 yr. old restoration. Sold for $16,000 plus the juice. 93CE9901-5384-4600-AE74-E20986BAAB8C.jpeg A045429F-51AE-4BA4-A55B-4E927F2475D4.jpeg 976BDC98-3C12-4E56-A003-7F01A2F2F5CD.jpeg ADDF7280-72FD-473F-BD21-FF8702D3F17B.jpeg

Alright gents, before I go further I want to ask for your opinion, I have my Touring motor stripped down and intended to refresh the components and give her a general going over since the car hasn't been run in years. My plan is to remove the head, clean, inspect and put a fresh gasket and bolts back in place....but...those suckers are really...

Tore it back down, borrowed a friend's valve seat resurfacer and cleaned it up. The seat will eventually need replacing. But the car is not hard to start now, and grounding the plug does labor the engine, which it did not do after I replaced the valve last week.

Just finished taking it for a spin and it runs just like it did before the valve...

I've been debating for a month whether to ask advise after not finding anything on the topic in the forum.
So, we have a 6v horn from the 1950 Ford F1 that went 12v and no longer needed the original horn.
That horn was disassembled, painted,and has a strong Honk on the 6v battery from the T.
The horn also works with the 26-7 bracket but sounds too...

Does anyone know what kind of material the magneto coil ring is made from? It looks like cast iron, or is it some kind of forging?

Well, what do you know, A hillbilly from the Ozark hills of Arkansas got invited to an Invitation only car show ... We received a call from the Oaklawn events promoter at The Oaklawn Horse Racing track in Hot Springs Arkansas. Seems they are having trouble finding a true antique car. I guess they only want so many Mustangs, and Camaros :) :)....

The staff at Benson Library (THF) have been great locating additional photos of the Ford Special racer sent to France in 1911. All photos were purchased, and not intended for reprinting. Courtesy THF, all rights apply.

The racer was sent to participate in the French Grand Prix, as well as other competitions. I have know idea what possessed Henry...

I'm not sure what the callout for the cotter pins is, since the parts books don't mention them at all (probably because they were so common it wasn't necessary, like lock washers today). So I gave both the Willy's part number and Pin-Cotter (PC) part number. If anybody knows what Ford's numbers and or letters were for cotter pins, please let me...

Is this a Victor #1 lamp? Lamp body is black, top is brass plated steel. I have never seen one of these.

I can not find a chart that also includes a Warford overdrive.

I notice that it refers to Ruckstell Low and Ruckstell High . I had thought that Ruckstell high was incorrect terminology as a Ruckstell is actually 1:1 when in high, right?

I also included an old engine RPM/speed chart.

I can't say I understand it all, but it looks like a TT with...

Last weekend I purchased several engines for cores. While this is most times a krap shoot, so far so good. I don't see any cracks or bad parts and even most of the drums are good. Whild dismantling these engines, I found a 27 motor that is in really good shape under the dirt and rust BUT, I find that there is no hole in the block for a throttle...

The past few days ....

I have met Miss June and Miss Montana in Camp Verde.

Then I met Doris & Jim in Cave Creek.

The Model T Family In Arizona is doing just fine.

Miss Montana is hosting a get together the same time as Bakersfield Swap in Camp Verde.

FJ

I have some vintage Champion X (crimped brass top, long insulator) plugs and noticed on one the brass top rotates, but the electrode at the far end does not rotate with it. How is the electrode attached to the brass top and screw? Is this a problem? Is this fixable?

Also, the copper crush washer is missing. Is there a good substitute? I have a...

Found this oil can in dad's stuff.
Makes reaching everything a lot easier. :mrgreen:
After a good bath the other day, I oiled everything I could reach. I need a couple manhole covers for the rear springs. Shook the front end and everything seems tight. It steers pretty good anyway.

Maybe a savvy person can put the lubrication chart up here. I...

What do you like to use to clean and protect your top ??
Mine is about 40 years old and still in very good condition, but it has some mildew and just needs a good cleaning and something to help from mildew.

I don't care for the slimey shine of Armor All.
Everything sticks to it... :roll:

I should mention, it is vinyl, not canvas.

All of a sudden today, my Mcafee virus program is telling me this site is not as safe as it should be. Anyone else seeing this?

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I run this every couple of years hoping to find a matchup with someone. Please check your ‘19-‘20 T’s.
I have a friend who has approximately 20 invoices of T's sold through Auto Service Company of Copas, MN. He allowed me to make copies. Hopefully someone will have one of these cars. Most all list the name of the original purchaser of the cars....

I was lucky enough to get a wood kit for my '14 from a local member of the club, but have no instructions,plans, or anything else besides the wood. I am looking for some help on this and have searched the website to no avail. Where does one turn for help. I called Lang's and talked to two people and they said there are not any, for the kits they...

are there any other sellers that have the ac brakes for sale? I have the linkage, but cannot get the brakes i ordered.

I just rescued a pair of Dreadnought tire chains, complete with box. The box is marked 4.40 x 29 balloon. They fit snugly in my 4.40 x 21 tires on my 23 Roadster. Does anyone know their value?
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I'm finally working on my Model T again, hobbling around with my cane and walker or riding my amigo. Today I dragged out the box containing the top that came with my '17 touring, which had been unopened until I opened it last fall. The postmark is 1988, so it has been boxed for a long time. Surprisingly it is in great shape (or at least appears to...

We tore down the kid's 25 engine to rebuild the tranny. That's done, before putting it all back together, we decided we would check over the rest of the engine.

Right now it's a short block, only has the cam, pistons/crank, and valve train.

It is really difficult to turn over. I loosened the bolts holding the caps. I added a 1 ft cheater bar to...

I'm on it. not sure why it's not working so you may see an error here and there as I test various components. Not to worry - that's just me.

this should display in quotes once I fix it

this is just a display problem, it doesn't affect anything else - I'm frankly pleased that this amounts to the *only* problem remaining for me to fix...
What...

I was torn as to whether to make this OT or not, but decided to post it in the general discussion forum because the answer could be applied to damaged Model T fuel tanks.

I have an antique gone with the wind oil lamp that has a stamped, cylindrical brass kerosene tank. The lamp is circa 1890 and like many stamped brass pieces this old, stress...

What do you recommend for polishing and preserving brass parts such as firewall brackets, coilbox latches etc? Art

Its been a while since I rebuild a motor. Is the consensus on new aluminum piston clearance still .005 ?

I decided to remove the old, rattle can paint from my open valve motor and found some curious numbers stamped on the drivers side of the cylinder head. I know the head looks like it has a pink hue, but the sun was coming indirectly into my pole barn and gave it an unnatural color. The indirect light also revealed the mystery numbers. They are...

I would like to attach the forms/info regarding our next Speedster Run which will be held March 30/32 in Laughlin, Nevada. I'm having no luck doing that however. If you are interested, you can PM me. I have posted them on several Facebook Model T pages as well. Happy T'ing.

A respected investment adviser said this about investing in companies:

“....about 3,000 automobile companies have existed in the United States” and that of the remaining 3, one was bailed out, one was bought out and only one is still chugging along on its own.

I had previously read that there were MANY, but I had no idea that there were that...

Let the summer begin......

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Thank you Dean Yoder

Saw this on e-bay. I have no connection to the auction. These are sometime during the 20s to 1926 era since they have the fractional sizes and part #. They are late T era.. pre Walden. Walden bought Stevens in 1926. I already have a set and this is a steal, someone please buy these so I do not have to buy them .. :) :)

Tranny is rebuilt on the kids car, so before putting it back together, figure we should take a look at the pan, especially when we found no babett in the 4th main. Put a 4ft level across, it is a little bowed. Also the ears look bent.

So without a pan jig, any recommendations?

Thanks

I am looking for restored 1913 model t roadster send private messages to glenn of northport