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Started tearing it down for autopsy. At least I remember where everything went

Andy

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I have a Ford Dealer option vacuum wiper from 1926/27 that I’d like to get rebuilt. I made contact with Ficken Wiper Repair but they don’t rebuild pot metal wipers. Is there anyone else who offers the service?

Just a thank you to junk poor D Brown of Iowa for posting that box in the ads I would not have found it here in Canada . Thank You very much Cheers Colin

I was going to add a license plate bracket to the front the other day and when I looked I saw this. A lock washer, a washer and no cotter key. That’s not right, is it? Do I need to reinstall any washers? Just the bracket, nuts and cotter key?

It won’t let me add a picture….

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From the Early Ford Registry forum:

I’m saddened to report that longtime early Ford enthusiast, collector and author Carl Pate passed this last weekend. Many of us knew Carl well. He and Anne attended many tours, and their cars included models A, F and 1909 T. Carl was a past EFR and HCCA president, as well as accomplished early Ford author and...

I’ve don’t this a few times with no fails so far. The chunk of round brass has been machined to the shape of the cover and weighs about 3.3 lbs. I leave it in the oven for about 3 hours at 300 degrees. So far none have cracked and all have come out straight. I turn off the oven and let it cool slowly.

I want to share how I finally rebuilt my 1910 steering column. I thought about this for over a year and finally came up with a solution that worked. I started by purchasing a two piece steering gear from a 1911. My 1910 steering gear was damaged beyond repair. I also purchased a new brass quadrant, but it wasn't the same as the original, so I...

Hello,
The parts houses (Lang's, et. al) sell a T1613 bracket that I believe is correct for a 1911-12 touring (pictured.) The back has a little bit of a slope to match the contour of the body. Now I've also run across a few where the back is straight up and down, which I believe were used on roadsters up until 1913 or 1914. The sloped brackets are...

Anyone use Herm’s way of doing bands. I have wanted to and with my busted drums thinking I will.
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I got this spring. I thought I had a picture of where it goes, but I cannot find it.
I am not sure how it attaches to the brake. There is a hook hanging down from
the hand brake lever. Either the circle goes in the hook or the hook goes through
the other hook. But then where does the circle go?

I currently have a temporary...

Came across this picture of questionable material used for band lining...... Woven textile, kevlar, wood, modern auto trans molded ???????

They said they had a $20,000 check to buy a Model A Ford....... And a Model T ride...

Hi all,
My 25 touring has three holes drilled in the top of the windshield frame. None of them looks like anything was ever bolted through them. Were they there for a windshield wiper and or mirror? When were windshield wipers introduced, and/or standardized? My car has a mirror drilled through the glass. How common was that?
Thanks,
John...

The Model T gets a mention so it's not OT.

Friends - This will be my first time attending a tour, and was wondering what the terrain is like around Cadillac, MI (e.g. many big or rolling hills; or, fairly flat)? Thank you. ~Bryan

Just picked up a 4 screw brass top coil for a spare on my ‘14. If I drill 2 more holes in the brass top do I now have a 6 screw brass top coil? In other words, other than the 2 extra screws, is there a difference between the 2 coils?

With wood wheels the tire is on and holds the hub in place so you can make the nut nice and tight.

With wire wheels you install the hub and tighten the nut before you install the tires, which help provide friction. If you
try to tighten the nut the hub just turns or the hub on the other side turns.

The method I was taught is to put a long crow...

I just recently found out that we have lost two long time midwest Model T friends.

Gerry passed on April 21 of this year

Forrest joined her soon after on May 22 of this year.

We enjoyed seeing Forrest at a number of Illinois/Missouri/Iowa auctions and were on a number of tours with Forrest and Gerry.

We will miss you guys.

Ron and Linda...

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Quick question: Should the top padding inside the cover over the irons extend all the way OVER the back top iron or just up to it? Seems like running it over the bow would make a couple lumpy spots that would make putting the welt over that seam even more difficult and less flat over that bow. And I may be answering my own question!

Howdy Forum Friends,…when I was laying under the axle greasing the APCO cap over the pitman ball I saw, to my chagrin, the absence of square nut below the main spring leaf 😳 I replaced the broken bolt with a substitute purchased from a prominent T parts supplier. With all the 7 or 8 spring leaf stresses on this 5/16” bolt,… why is it only Grade 5...

I've read the old post about the order of the radiator, shell, front plate, fender, etc order of assembly, but my question is once I have all the pieces in place and all the fender hardware snug, but not tight, is there a logical tightening order to keep everything in alighnment?
It seems I will have hardware at the brace to angled bracket at the...

The Ford News was established in 1920 by the Ford Co. for various employees. It was published twice a month. They are full of Ford news f interest by employees. I have a run of them, perhaps 100- or more total. Some duplicates. I do not remember where I found them, most likely a Ford dealer. Before me I have several from 1923,24,and 25. I will...

Drove my T to work today, and all was good on the way down, all good on the way back until I got to 5 miles from my house. The car sputtered once or twice and stopped. Pulled over, checked it out, and it started right back up on battery ignition. When I turn the switch to the mag it just dies, and even jiggling it, it doesn't change. I know the...

Auxiliary transmission included in a Model T for sale near me. What is it and worth?

In my zeal to replace the rotten steel on my 1912 torpedo i forgot to measure the hole under the tank. Is it a 3.5” hole or 4” hole in the rear deck? Can someone measure theirs for me?

Also, What were the screw holes for? Im thinking someone made a blocking plate and put a truck bed on it at one point but i am not sure.

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Tom Pilz and I have done a few upgrades to my '22 touring. New glass, tires and a radiator have been added. We did a valve job to get the engine running well. I reconditioned the upholstery and top. We also changed all the bushings and tightened the front end to eliminate a death wobble. I've been driving the car all over my corner of Long Island...

I'm looking at some 30 x 3.5 rims for my Ford type wheels. Does anyone know anything about the one on the left? I've never seen one that had tabs where the hole extended into the ridge behind the tabs. Does it fit a Ford Felloe? image000001.jpg

Got nice new nickle radiator cap that I hate to paint OD green for my WWI ambulance project. Have older painted cap that I would prefer to use, but someone has drilled a very small hole right at the top. Either to let off steam, or to allow air into the system or to mount something. Can I use this cap as is? Presume I can JB Weld up the hole if...

One of the many gone( as in off line not dead yet) but not forgotten Model T contributors put this together.
Again only sharing what is possible and not gonna debate like the 1909 T purchase.

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M1 real class,

Dry clutch using a SVO Mustang bell housing, clutch pressure plate, etc.

Tremec T5 transmission

Open...

This rim is missing the latch bolt. It looks to be a 5/16 x 24 tpi thread. Does it just use a short bolt and washer?

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Thanks,

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Keith

OK, Found a T for sale cheap but wonder if it is just several cars. Wood spoke wheels, gas tank under seat, coils over engine, nickel plated radiator surround. Can this actually be a legitimate complete car or just built of parts.
Thanks, Tom

Has anyone ever had a new modern drum crack?
I have taken a couple of them out of customer cars that were black from heat but have not seen a cracked one.
Has anyone? Thanks Dan.

I have a vintage aluminum 3 speed Warford. What is the correct main shaft bearing preload?
Thanks,
Mike

Anybody know anything about these? What to use for a key blank, what the cap looked like, how it works?
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Over the past few weeks, I noticed old Liz was starting to develop a misfire, which at first, I thought was one of her coils beginning to fail. However, upon testing each coil myself, and taking them to visit a fellow Model T enthusiast with his 1914 Touring, running his car on my coils, revealed that there was nothing wrong with them. Still, to...

Purchased a decent split rim, refinished it and upon assembly, we stripped the bolt that holds the split rim together.

Has this happened to anyone and what is the solution?

This was the last step before reassembly and putting on the car.

I think I remember that a wide brake drum can be used in a 3 dip pan. Just can't use a wide brake band.
Is this correct or am I imagining it? Thanks Dan

Over the past few weeks, I noticed old Liz was starting to develop a misfire, which at first, I thought was one of her coils beginning to fail. However, upon testing each coil myself, and taking them to visit a fellow Model T enthusiast with his 1914 Touring, running his car on my coils, revealed that there was nothing wrong with them. Still, to...

I read the hogshead removal topic from last year.

1. We installed the hogshead a few months ago so the ultra black and gaskets are nice n tight.
2. Everything is moved out of the way.
3. The rear axle is detached.
4. We installed the removable bands backwards and one popped loose, so have to do it over.

Now the issue is how to break loose the...

Looking for some opinions and input regarding bumpers for my 26 Coupe. I put reproduction bumpers on the back.
Since then I have acquired an original set with brackets for the front and was just going to hang on to them. Paid $400.00.
I have decided to put front bumpers on to mount some signal lights.
The originals are in great shape and I got a...

I pulled my speedometer cable out today for cleaning. I have a Stewart 160 speedometer with a wire cable. What grease should I use and how much of the cable should I grease?

Tim:

I replied to your private message two weeks ago regarding Prestolite tanks but it is still sitting in the outbox which indicates you have not opened it.

Unfortunately I can’t include a video. It seems the more I run the screw out without stabilizing the bottom right leg, the more I MIGHT be stretching the OEM tire carrier. See the bottom right leg position change from 1st to 2nd picture. Is there another curved piece that should go above the bottom of the additional rim ? The first picture has the...

I still haven’t done the autopsy on my transmission, but here are a couple photos to show the rest of it turned out ok.

Andy

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Watch the pistons. Looks like someone was trying to overcome the 2 up 2 down with related dead spots.

une 21 is my birthday and I am 92 this year.
Just wanted to let all of you know,
That I am doing well.
I move slow because of my back,
I am in good health otherwise.

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I am at our store 6 days a week. I was in the Army 1950-53 during the Korean conflict.
Repair lamps,
Help with selling items.

I plan...

I’ve been dismantling the March 1927 spare engine I got recently. Everything looks pretty good except one co-rod bearing, it has a few missing pieces of Babbitt. My question is what is the limit undersize the journal can be without having to have the whole crankshaft turned? I hope I explained it correctly.

I have a stock 1915 engine, rebuilt with 30 over pistons. Runs fine, starts easy.

Why would a newly rebuilt engine have low compression?

Pulling engine on a 15/16 Touring. Does not look like engine will come out pass firewall. Is it best to remove hood former and firewall to get it out? Or does someone know a better solution.
Looks like firewall was sealed to body with black RTV??
By the way, has starter hogs head. Thanks Dan.?

We don't have R.V. Anderson supplying correct hub bolts anymore. Do we now have a source of the right bolts ?

I was getting out of my 22 Center Door and found this on the running board. I can't place what it is but I thought I would ask the experts. Any ideas?

Why were there never any Model Ts made with front brakes, when they were deemed required on the first Model A vehicles?

Very few people have ever added them or provided a reason for needing them.

Rear disk brakes are often added and considered required!

I have a 1920 wood wheel T (30 X 3 1/2 ) and want to mount a speedo drive gear true. Is there a template one can get (copy) or a jig? Any tried and true solitions??

Who made this head? Is this a Reeder? I look in the outlet and didn’t see anything. Thanks Dan
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The cap on the carb mixture rod on my 1910 has me puzzled. It is unlike the repos in two respects. First it has a small arrow so the operator can determine the proper setting. Second, and most puzzling is the cap on the underside is recessed much like later later carb needle valve caps. Any information about this style would be appreciated....

The 1911 touring that I restored came with a back seat floor cocoa mat that was in pretty poor shape. I put it back in the car after I was finished, because a new one from the vendors was close to $100. I'm not sure that its even available right now, because Snyder's shows it as discontinued.

This past weekend the wife and I were in Kansas City...

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What the heck went on here? Wow!

Found in an antique store

Are the parts suppliers no longer able to get the adjustable drive shaft bearing kits? Does anyone know where to get them?

My daughter and I spent over half an hour trying to line up the U-joint. I have a tool to hold it in place, but just could not get it in the 4th main. I think I need a 3rd person to push from the axle itself, or maybe turn the crank? Anyone have a suggestion on how to make this easier? Thank you.

If one was to build a roadster pickup (1913) and wanted to use a Warford gearbox could one add 12” to the chassis rather than cut down the driveshaft and radius rods.
Pros and cons…

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Has to come out.

2 steps forward, 18 steps back. Trying to solve a pretty bad oil leak coming out of the pedal shafts. Took my bell cap off for the first time, not realizing how heavy it is and I did this to the mag. Is it jacked? what do I do now?

With my current WWI ambulance project, I have lights, horn, a siren, and a interior red lamp for the interior ambulance bed. So, I would like to install some junction blocks, not terminal blocks to run positive power through a fuse to a junction block with about 6 posts. And, a seperate 6 post unction block that I can run one wire direct to the...

I pulled off my starter this evening and SURPRISE, this wire said hello to me. Any idea what it is? I will be taking the hogs head off tomorrow to get a better look. The other surprise was the broken bolt (bottom right). Got it out pretty easy though.
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Occasionally someone asks, How many are left? If club memberships are any indication, the answer is, A lot. This website says, Over one hundred chapters have been formed in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and South America. How many members do those 100 local chapters have? How many members does MTFCI have? Assuming that...

The discovery of this item made my recent engine rebuild worth very penny. This has nothing to do with the engine itself of course, but was discovered during the rebuild process. In driving the car, I had no idea this was going on, and about to fail completely. The brakes felt about as good as T brakes can be. I'm posting this as a lesson for...

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So, in going over the mechanicals, took the front hubs apart to check the bearings.

Both hubs are running on ball. 80% of the balls have flat spots, but no scarring or pitting.
The races actually appear to be in decent shape, again, smooth face, but where the larger inner races do show a slight run in groove.

I decided to get the new NOS inner...

I did a search (MTFCA mattress) and have not seen where anyone made seats from mattress springs...then burlap, cotton, covering, hog rings...
Anyone ever done that?
I used a spring or two from a mattress maybe two years ago to fix my existing seats and they seem to be the exact shape and size.

We dropped a Bendix cover bolt. Can it be left in there or must we retrieve it somehow

I broke a couple teeth on my cam gear and found this one in a box of stuff. The markings on it are a bit technical for me but I thought some of the cam gear heads out there might like it.
I put it on TDC and it works fine.

Here is a photo supposedly of a South Dakota Indian family at home with their what looks to be a 1918 ( I think) T Touring. But my question is what’s on the porch. We have a corn sheller almost identical to the one pictured on the left of the other grinder of some sort. So what was it for? I’ll bet someone knows if they were raised on the farm.

Years ago I bought a set of fairly corduroy type material with softer fabric inside for 1914 brass. Now I need another set and Lang’s only has crummy light weight white cotton 1 layer covers. Snyders and Restoration Supply doesn’t even carry brass component covers. Where could I find the described covers ? I just remembered Chafins, I’ll search...

I noticed that driving on the current hot black top my tyre pressure has increased. Is this normal?

I am replacing a leaky head gasket with a copper gasket from Lang's.

Should I use any gasket type sealer on the head or just use the copper gasket without sealer??

Thanks,

Chuck

I just rebuild the Ruckstell axle on my 1926 Roadster Pickup. while I was waiting for parts I decided to put new wood band linings in the transmission, and replace and lap the valves. I just got the whole engine back together but every half turn it seems to bind slightly and there is a dragging/grinding sound coming from somewhere. The engine does...

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I have sent the word out by other means.
This is to hopefully to fill in any gaps.

I am selling off all of my Model T parts.
These are the good stuff I kept for myself.

o 1914 Block - 1916 Blocks - 1916 Low Head
o 1915 Complete Engine – Stuck
o 1915 - 16 Front Fenders, Running Boards
o Many internal Engine, Transmission and Rear end parts.
o...

What is the suggested hole diameter on the block crankshaft bearings ?
Thank you.

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For those in or near north central and north west Ohio..and even beyond...its time to announce our upcoming tour to S. Bass Island, Ohio tour, otherwise known as Put in Bay. This year it is Sunday July 7th. I think last year we made the 10 a.m. boat, more on that in coming weeks.
Last year we had a great turnout, a great time, filled a ferry to...

Finally got my 2/27 engine running quietly enough to hear myself think and noticed a high pitched wheezing sound coming from the intake area. Felt around and did not notice any difference and thought for sure I had a bad manifold gasket or copper rings. Sprayed carb cleaner and brake cleaner and really did not identify the exact location of the...

We've all heard of named highways from the early days of motoring. The Lincoln Highway is the most famous, of course but there were many others. There were many local names (Lomita-Redondo Road, Chester Avenue, Pepper Tree Lane, etc.) and others that extended through several counties or states (the Ridge Route, Columbia River Highway, etc.) By the...

I've been driving Ts for a while, and there is one thing I've never mastered. Not sure if it's ignorance or whether it's just not going to happen.

Is there a way to shift from low to high without the engine lugging as it goes into high gear? I never seem to get it right.

Thx!

Greg

Can anyone ID these tools. There is no Ford logo on them.
They were in a box of wrenches that I purchased.

Project 26/27 chassis and electric start fires it right up. Need to charge magnets to get magneto working. But I want to hand crank it once in a while and when I engage the hand crank, it is at the 9:00 position when facing the car and the upward pull with my fingers underneath and thumbs not engaged, just doesn't quite get one full compression...