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Sometime ago I saw someone was wanting info on using a Chevy2 distributor driven by a gilmer belt. I used a couple of these in the 70s and they worked perfect. I found the boxes, so here is the part information. IMG_6219.jpeg IMG_6220.jpeg IMG_6221.jpeg IMG_6222.jpeg

Although in the past I've acted as a docent, I'm not officially affiliated with the museum in any capacity. I want that to be clear, this is ME acting on an email I received, not in any official capacity for the Museum itself.

That said, I did get the latest issue of The Klaxton , their newsletter, and the solicitation for funds to upgrade the...

Coffee social at my home when the original rear end was installed for me.

Here is a method I've used for years to install an NH on any year. A 1913 is a bit more difficult because of the aluminum manifold. If your car has a new fuel line this is going to be more challenging. I hook up the fuel line to the carburetor before attaching it to the manifold. This removes the work of trying to fit everything. All you have to...

In the interest of furthering this hobby, I'm sharing all my 3D designs and parts I've spent untold hours & days creating over the past couple of years. When I've departed this world, someone can take over and not have to start from scratch.

Starter and generator insulators, Stewart Speedometer gears, starter foot switch washers, Cutout cans,...

One of my coworkers saw this at a show somewhere. Any ideas on what it is?
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WHAT MAKE/MODEL CARB IS THIS ?????????
The secondary flapper is adjustable for a richer or leaner mixture for an idle and or fast running.

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I am working on a 24 Touring. It has a new wiring harness and a new ignition switch. The tailight only comes on when the switch is turned to “on” but not on “dim”. Should it be on in both positions? Thanks, Art

We just bled the Sure-Stop disc brakes on my 1927 coupe. This was a first for my son and me. It went very well with some guidance over the phone from Birdhaven (Bill Devine). He has been very helpful with the brakes and other things involved with my coupe restoration.

The first four photos show bench bleeding the master cylinder. The first photo...

There are 2 trimotors at oshkosh giving rides!

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Tudor update….engine being crated up….headed to get rebabbitted…..about to tear into transmission….not doing a frame off as the car is in tremendous shape, body and frame wise for having been garaged since 1954… the underside is just short of pristine, so I just want to freshen up after cleaning…. I know there are paints that are designated as...

I am happy to announce that I just received a Chaffin’s Garage re-ground 270 lift camshaft along with matching cam bearings.
According to Dave, 30 just arrived at the store last week and so now they’re down to 29…. I went back-and-forth between waiting around endlessly for a new Stipe?…. And ended up buying one of these cams from my good friends...

What are other peoples experiences with finding an auxiliary transmission that has been left out in the elements for a few decades, or nearly a century. Anyone ever find one with oil inside or is rusty water the likely discovery? I have seen some pretty ugly on the outside Ford rear axles that were fine inside.

… a special event called “EVs Then and Now”. This is a rare opportunity to see a gathering of early electric vehicles and the first floor where the business offices of Ford Motor once were. It would be great to see you there.

For details:

If you have been in this game for any length of time, you have heard the old tale of backing up hills to stop fuel starvation many times. I wonder how many who tell that tale have actually done it. I have found Model T backwards steering at more than a crawl so squirrely that I would be afraid of running into the ditch or off a cliff. I would...

This clip was used on the TV series The Fall Guy

Stumbled across this video, great guys, have a look see yourself !

Did the 1913 1914 E&J tail lamp have Ford stamped on the cap?

20230717_090556.jpg Linda and I completed 420 trouble free miles in the 25 Coupe with the MTFCI National tour from Devils Head Resort in the Merrimac Baraboo WI area. Winding scenic roads and steep hills put the 200 plus cars to the test. What a sight to see on the golf course at the resort. I don't like golf but was awestruck at all the beautiful...

Hi all, here's my current challenge... I have a newer exhaust pipe (steel I think) that's 1 1/2 diameter and I discovered (frustratingly) that the new muffler kit I installed today measures 1 3/8 diameter. So I ended up putting the old rusty muffler back on for the time being. Looking for advice on how to figure this out. I'm kinda surprised (but...

I have respoked my steel felloe wheels on my T using a Regan press a friend borrowed me. After carefully reviewing videos to see how this is done, and being mechanically inclined, I proceeded to pursue this job myself. All went well and after installing the wheels I found runout in every one of them. The worst on has a 1/4 Inch on left rear. I...

We’d love to have you join us for the All Ohio Jamboree, Labor Day Weekend 2023 in Grove City, Ohio.
This is the 34th year of fun, fellowship, great food, great driving and of course ice cream!
For more details contact Megan Stauffer-Miller at mstauffermiller@gmail.com.
We hope to see you there!

This will go into the classifieds, and I'm putting it here too in hopes of somebody saving this stuff.

The owner of a pile of Model T parts near Fort Scott KS is moving soon and needs them gone. He will sell them at scrap price to whoever will come and haul them away. I don't remember in detail what's there because I got what I went for and...

I purchased my car last November, 1925 Runabout. It had been sitting on jack stands and had not run for over 10 years. This is the first Model T I've owned so have no experience. After a lot of cleaning, replacing the transmission bands, etc. I finally started the car this week. I was concerned about adjusting for a proper neutral so I have kept...

I ran into a guy at the gas station during the MTFCI Tour in Baraboo, WI. He was looking at the front end of his car and looking perplexed. I walked over and saw this. Gave me chills! He said it began to steer kind of funny and he thought he'd better pull into the gas station to check it out. It was a new tie rod bolt, recently installed. Notice,...

Thanks to Mike Kossor, who noticed my remark that coils don't need to be checked often. He suggested they could get out of adjustment quicker than I thought. So I did some testing.

From my 1915: Of the four coils and a spare, one capacitor tested excellent and four were good. On the coil/dwell test two coils tested good and three were poor, to...

As a bunch of you know, the late Ralph Ricks and I had decided to collaborate on a study of 'pins' and 'bushes' to help the cause. Together we would collect dozens of pins and dozens on bushes and zip tie matched pairs with various quantity and color of zip tie. Only Ralph had the secret code and for me and my end, I had no knowledge of the duty...

Am looking for a restoration/repair shop/mechanic familiar with friction discs drive brass era automobiles.
Within a 250 mile radius from Fort Wayne Indiana.

Thinkin About ordering a set of Blockley tires for my 26 Tudor (450-21)
I understand that Blockley is fairly new in the tire manufacturing business.
Does anyone have an idea of how they wear?
My last set (Universals) likely have 8 - 10K miles on them and they are done. Pretty disappointing

Dave Eddie

setting up my bearing clearance with time saver fresh babbitt reground crank. i have .001 on 1 .001 on 2
ans .0015 on 3 i can turn it with one hand should i let it alone it turns nice. philip

Friend needs info on how to install Fun Projects voltage regulator and to adjust his generator to specifications for that voltage regulator. Thank you to anyone in advance for posting those instructions.

Any feedback on the newly manufactured U-Joint being sold by suppliers?

Here is something to annoy the purists. Our model T racer named the Rattler. There is a model T block under all that speed equipment. It is a 1927 vintage DOHC Gallivan/Rajo head with a pair of Winfields. All period speed parts. Not as pretty as a DO Fronty but just as fast and far more reliable. We race this car several times a year at vintage...

I will be acquiring a significant collection of parts including TT Ruckstells and standard rear ends, drive shaft, springs, radius rods. Which parts should not be scrapped? I do not have a TT.

Hello all! For the past spring I shave seemingly tried everything to get my carburetor to smoothen out, with seemingly little success. The carb was cleaned out, dipped in Berryman, adjusted the idle screw and the flow adjustment, and nothing seems to help. It will start up alright, and just run really rough until it just dies. The only solution I...

So I have a 13 touring does the front window fold forward or reverse

I just got back my early block from having it Thermo cleaned and magnaflux. It came out better than I thought. I do have about a 2 1/2 crack that you can see on the pictures. I was expecting more cracks but was relieved to only have one.
It does have some pitting in 3 of the cylinder holes. Each one is not as bad as the others. It’s going to...

Just yesterday I noticed a tapping sound that goes with the drive shaft. I removed the floor boards and drove with a passenger and he said it feels like it coming from the u-joint area. Any ideas what else it could be? Thanks in advance.

Their YouTube channel has a nice video of 1940s era Model T race cars.

Check it out

I posted that 3 & 4 cylinders were not working but 1 & 2 working well.
Not the head gasket with 50 pounds of pressure in all 4 cylinders. Strong spark on all 4 cylinders. Intake manifold not leaking. All cylinders and valves going up and down from sparkplug hole examination.

I took all of the suggestions from the form and also spoke with the...

Is there anywhere in Canada that sells these tires? The shipping and tarrifs and exchange on the doller make them pretty steep. Before I pulled the trigger on a set from over the boarder I was wondering if anybody knew of any in canada

I have a newly restored 1913 touring with engine splash pans installed that boils over after a drive regardless of idle time. Does anyone have any experience that points to the pans causing this?

Just to show there are young people getting into T's. Warning, some pubescent male language. ;)

Paw, the truck is squealing like a catamount…
It’s the Depression, son, everything squeals.
I know Paw, cant we buy some grease?
No son, Sam Drucker at the General Store called in my credit ledger.

My Model T was converted to 12 volt before I purchased it. The previous owner hand started it during my first inspection, saying , the floor switch was defective. Once I got it home, I purchased an after market switch from Tractor Supply.
At first the starter would turn very fast and the floor switch because very warm. Now the starter will not...

So I've got what seems to be a little fuel problem. When driving up a long, but moderate incline, my engine will start to surge as though starving for fuel. This effect is especially obvious when I have less than five gallons in the tank. When I throttle back a bit, the surge disappears unless I'm below five gallons, in which case I need to either...

got up too late, so I drove to Kohler-Andrea State Park. Love walking along the shore of Lake Michigan. If I had a suit with me, I would have jumped in and walked out to the sandbar. Maybe I can get the wife to go soon. Water should be warm by now.......This is what the dunes looked like up the road before Kohler built the Whistling Strait s Golf...

I have a rebuilt generator - refurbished armature, new bearlings, new fieldcoils, refurbished brush holder and new brushes. On the car it turned out not to work (well).
The other day I bought a basket of T-parts with a straight exhaust manifold, 7 nice nickelplated hubcaps and a generator with a pulley and the gear for the generator.
Today I...

Guys just having some fun with the old stuff.

Happy weekend Forum Chums!

Before I list the following items, I would like to know what would be a fair price to ask…. for both me and a potential purchaser.

I have one very very nice running board off of a 27 Tudor.

I also have a stock 27 head that has been hot, tanked, and lightly milled.

I was able to get my hands on a 270 cam, so I have a...

I have been installing these on my 1919 touring. I am not sure how the running board and shield fit together. Does the bottom edge of the shield sit on top of the running board or should it be the running board sits on the edge of the shield. Are the rolled edge grooves supposed to mesh together. I have the wooden blocks under the running boards,...

Last October, driving from Laughlin, NV to Long Beach, CA, several of us from the Long Beach Model T Club climbed a long hill from Amboy to 29 Palms. The grade was hard for the Model T's and went for at least 20 minutes. It was in the upper 80's temp wise. At the top of the hill we stopped. When I checked my gas level I found the tank was so hot...

Tried my hand at building Oil slingers IMG_4651 .jpg Started by cutting some equal length 3/4 blocks IMG_4673 .jpg Next milled off the edges. one side for the triple gear pin ring. the other for the mounting tab on the ring gear side. IMG_4680 .jpg Test fit on the mounting tab. Used original spools and a new set of original brass screws IMG_4692...

While cleaning up one of my cars for a tour tomorrow, I got to thinking of spindle bolts. I remember well when Randall Anderson was duplicating the early ones, and remarked they are .503 . I have a couple of NOS early ones, and that is true. I don't believe they were ground ever? The later NOS ones I have are not so accurate. They are Ford script,...

Early Sept of last year in the Forum Classifieds a person was looking for the cast iron stove heater for a 1912 which led to several others desiring one also. Dan Mari stepped up to recast a run. This week I received mine and it is very nice.
We are loosing a lot of craftsmen and the items that they produced for us & the vendors. Just a shout out...

I found these in a lot of paperwork that I acquired recently and thought others may find them interesting;

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Hall Motor Company, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Cooper Irvin Motor Company, Amarillo, Texas

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Higgins Motor Company, Higgins, Texas

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Jones & Lindley, Ford Dealers, Clovis, New Mexico

The...

Hi All,
I found this window crank in a box of parts, but not sure what car it comes off. Has 2 places to bolt it to the car. Any ideas? Thanks.
John
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Have you heard about this. The ships from WW2 disappearing from sea bed? Seems there is a big demand for “Low Background Steel “.
Means Model T just went up in value. My place is covered in it!!!!!! NICE.

Anybody have pictures of how the windshield attaches to the body? Looks like a piano hinge that bolts to the top of the cab and also looking for a picture of the adjustable bracket piece that tips out

That's the current price for a set of 5, before shipping!
This is a rim flap cut from he outside diameter of 13 car tube, given away by the tyre shop we have do all our farm tyres. 20230718_131802.jpg

13 tubes are becoming rarity these days, so yesterday I explored an alternative. This is a liner cut from a new $8 bicycle inner tube....

The front camshaft bearing shell is loose in the block. I have had this happen before, and have shimmed the bearing shell in the block and also used press fit sleeve retainer. But neither is a good fix. Are there any more fixes out there. My Babbitt is perfect in the shell, but I have about .009 play up and down between outside of shell to the...

Got this Pinion gear from I don’t know where. Anyone know what it fits. Same size as Ford 11 tooth gear. But this one has a half spline shaft? Years ago I had a Moore AUXILIARY Transmission in pieces and seems it had a pinion gear like this.
Am I remembering correctly? Thanks Dan
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Ford gets a tow at the ford.

Somebody in one of the FB Model T groups asked for a comparison between an aux transmission and a Ruckstell. Based on reading, not actual experience, this was my take:

The Ruckstell sacrifices some speed for more climbing power. On a low-pedal hill it gives up a bit of climbing power but lets you lay off the pedal. An aux transmission (Chicago,...

We recently took our 1926 Touring into the Safety Harbor 4th of July parade. Car ran great about 10 miles there and nearly back. Best the car had run for years with new plugs, timer, one rod replacement, head gasket, starter and oil change.
After the failure of #3 and #4 cylinders to run the car was brought home by flat bed, AAA. It was running...

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On Thursday evening, the MTFC of St Louis along with the Model A Restorers Club had a display at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park in conjunction with the showing of the movie Show Me 66 About the history of route 66 through missouri.

This weekend we are having an overnight tour to St James. I am told about 125...

Looking for Dupont paint code equivalent for Ditzler 546 Channel Green. This would be for acrylic enamel paint.

Patricia had a Cancer procedure on July 13th. The surgery went very well, described as text book. She was released from the hospital the next day to go home. This morning, at her oncology follow up, there was no trace of cancer in her lymph nodes and next week the Dr will discuss and determine what type of treatment she’ll receive, if any. She...

Does anyone know the gear tooth count on a TT high speed worm gear, pn 1044B? Not the worm. Counting teeth in the artwork, The parts book shows (29) for the std gear and (31) for the high speed gear.

If anyone has any info on the jess. blker. Belt drive distributor let me know

Hello,

Are there any model T owners in the Stuart, Florida area? I am new to the T world and could use some assistance please, once this virus clears up in the area.

Thank you,

Jeff

Is it necessary to presoak linings in oil before they are riveted to bands or can I do it afterwards before I reinstall them ?

Anyone out there have on of these I can purchase.
I don't need to be trainied up on what it is, who made it and that it is no longer made.
Just need one.
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What would be the Model T, if found and you owned it, be? Mine would be an early 1911 Torpedo, all original, and made in 1910. The second one would be a two lever town car. This aside, I would be most happy if I could complete the restroation of my 1910 within my life time, I am 91. Okay, I have owned this T for 77 years . It has always been...

Special delivery for BushMike. A nice little load on the TIme Machine. Trying to round up enough TT rears to find a couple good axles. I took the non-Ruxtell apart and found one pretty nice axle with very little shaft wear. The opposite side with the loose cage was shot.

Hello--and first a disclaimer. I'm not knowledgeable about Model Ts, but I have the answer to an apparent mystery photo in a thread of July 3, 2017 (but archived under July 5, 2017), which I can't reply to. The thread title is Does anyone know the source of these two photos of a Model T RV? Farther down in the thread, Peter Kable posted a photo of...

As I reported in my post about oil levels, I had leakage at the drain plug. I installed a copper washer to replace the crushable washer I had installed with a new plug. It still leaks. I have looked closely at the area above the plug to see if the leakage is coming from above. It is not.

The attached photos show the situation. What is causing the...

How do you attach the two piece heat shield to the firewall and floorboard? Nearest I can figure the shield screws into the front floorboard and the shroud to the firewall. But if this is the case you'd have a devil of a time removing the front floorboard because the attached shield is fitted up under the shroud. What am I missing?

Have two front wooden wheels on my C-cab truck that are in sad sad shape.
Would appreciate any recommendation of who could make them well again.
Thanks
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One of the guys over there decided it would be cool (I guess) to repost that (deleted) kid's shock video on that group. The guy posting it then defended posting it to show this entitlled kid's antics . I'm sorry, but the LAST thing I want or need is to either give that (deleted) more youtube hits or be unknowingly subjected to seeing something...

And I always worry about wheel termites…..

Hi All

I thought I would post a follow up progress report on the straightening of the rear axle housings for my ’13 project.

This note also ended up a bit long so again please bear with me. Hopefully you may find something of use buried in here somewhere.

Thanks to the notes and suggestions provided earlier I got over my hesitation to heat and...

Use old school methods. Shunting the heat transfer with heavy brass, inoculating with carbon while keeping it as hot as possible. Old shaft restored!

4 hours later, DONE! Shipping back in the morning.

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My own kids learned to drive a T through the fields alone when they were 7-8 and outgrew any interest in Model T's at about the time they received drivers licenses.

The stable was full and eventually I was down to only driving my own personal favorite, and then had it moved to Florida right after my left kneecap exploded into 50 pieces and was...

Over the years with my T when I have to check spark at the plugs, you simply have a screw driver and hold it by the plug and you see spark. Nice snappy spark is good, weak spark jump is bad. Really simple. If you have a starter car and its not working you crank it over until you see spark or have someone hold it to see if your getting spark when...

I believe this tip is in the model T bible . Very nicely polishes crank journals. Light leather strap and 360 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper.

Prominently visible, it engendered more than one model T joke (e. g. If you're so dang smart, here - YOU drive ! ) I'm sure there were a number of variations through production, yet another tiny detail that may indicate year of manufacture ?

The top one is from an original 1914 column and appears to be machined from billet stock.

The bottom one...

I know some on the Forum are hot to trot when it comes to new toys.

Repairing body panels, mig or oxy-acelyne have been popular.

I see a new welder is on the market using a lazer diode. Appears to give nice clean welds, any one using such a tool for current restoration? What are your results?

I have not yet driven my 1927 coupe. I had a slight oil seepage at the drain plug, so I drained the oil to install a new plug gasket. I thought it would be interesting to see how much oil would drain from above the lower spigot. I drained 2 quarts 16 ounces. There was 1 quart 8 ounces below the lower spigot. Therefore, the total drained was 3...

Check this out it is a silent film, does anyone recognize anyone? Bob

I have an original Ruckstell book in front of me, and it says to use Gargoyle Mobiloil C . Does anyone know the modern equivalent of this is? No guesses allowed!

This is Carl Hillberg. Head of C.E. Hillberg c.p.a. Turlock, Ca. He will be 101 in September. He has an office by the front door and always greets you with a robust hello. One of his sons runs the firm, but I have always seen Carl about the office. This picture of Carl is when he was 4 yrs. old in Turlock. IMG_6158.jpeg
Another friend of mine in...