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Received a text this morning with an offer to purchase a complete Steven's Driveshaft tool set for only $200! Person claimed to be a MTFCA member micshotrodgarage . Phone number is (423) 621-3141. Keep your witts about you. There out there!

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Here’s a neat early dirt track car in Central Texas along with some early cars in the background. I don’t think the racer is a Model K but it’s right along in that era. The poster says it’s around 1915 but ???

My clutch is slipping.
I have verified the linkage is properly adjusted.
I will need to adjust the three fingers on the clutch drive plate.
The question I have is, do I turn the screw clockwise as viewed looking forward from the back of the car, or counterclockwise?
I only want to do this once.
Thanks for your help.

Just received word another good Model T friend passed away from Vero Beach Fl. Don Palmer was T and A guy. Just a nice Gentleman, he told the story of when he finish high school of driving his A across country to California, what an interesting story.
I have been on several tours with him.. I will miss him. RIP Don

Our club's Dust Off Tour was to see a collection of cars in Pocatello. 50 miles away and I had only seen a couple of these cars before. This is a family's collection in a nice old building downtown.
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A 1912 Runabout.
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1921 Fire Chief's car.
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2 1927 Tudors and a 1923 Touring car.
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T Purists, I suggest you ignore this post. :D

A friend with a 12 volt electrical system and WOSP geared starter recently swapped his generator for a Mitsubishi alternator that was installed on another friend's Model T. The gear is attached by a roll pin and I seem to recall others reporting problems with this arrangement. From what I can see the...

Can someone give me the thickness or width of a rear wheel spoke? I am sending parts to Stutzman‘s to get some rear wheels made and want to make sure I send the correct sample spoke. I have a few different ones some have an oval spoke with a sharper point on the front some are a little more rounded. The ones on my car now are not correct. This is...

Looking for the adaptor if anyone has one laying around.
Thanks,
Eric

Found a video I hadn't published from a couple years ago. Thought I would dust it off and share it with you all.

Off to the Charlotte Auto Fair to buy up all the Model T parts. Will let you all know what we find ! Darryl.

I was at an estate sale today that had quite a few Model T parts, including a 26 or 27 touring project. I picked up a bundled gasket set for a low price that included 4 unused head gaskets. The head gaskets look just like the copper sandwich head gasket that I've used before, but the thin face sheets are steel instead of copper.

I'm curious if...

We are not moving, but will need to expand the garage! I'm hoping someday to get a '26 TT that needs to be restored (it's painted, but not assembled). In trying to figure out the dimensions, I have that they are approximately 65 wide and 155 long. What is the height of one? It has the enclosed cab.

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Hello,
I'm not sure what to call it, but I think it's called the stove, connected to the stove-pipe, connected to the holley 4500 carburetor.
It sits off the exhaust manifold near the #1 cylinder on a 1910-1912 model T.

Does anybody have pictures and dimensions of this thing? Drawings?

Hard to make one, if I don't know what I'm making... And,...

Commutator wire retainers are shown in Lang's catalog (5033B) page 77. Should I use these? They hold the wires, but what are they attached to?

I know there is some controversy regarding the use of combustion chamber or spark plug mounted explosion whistles, but does anyone know if they work off of intake vacuum? Maybe a silly question, but as much as I like bells and whistles those things are expensive and I'd rather hook one up to an intake manifold than the combustion chamber if that's...

Ok so here goes:

I rebuilt my generator.

I retrofitted an old cutout body to allow me to install the diode currently sold by Langs.

On the bench I set “null” on my generator with the third brush lifted.

With the generator in the car it was putting out too much and moving the third brush as far as it would go to lessen the output .. it was...

My grand-daughter is a Firefighter with the Kennebecasis Fire Dept here in New Brunswick. They have the T Fire Engine pictured below. It has been out of operation for a while, but the engine/transmission are currently out of the vehicle for repair/rebuild. She is certified as a fire engine driver so she is looking forward to it being on the road...

Just curious. What happened the last few days. Forum was locked.

I am trying to install the starter bendix, and I am having difficulty getting the shaft key in and the end piece over it. Any suggestions how to accomplish this would be appreciated.

Just installed a new Brassworks radiator in a 25 T coupe. The owner had ordered it the end of last summer and finally recived it around New Years. It replaced an original round tube. I had the usual hassles with the radiator hoses getting them to come apart. I did have one issue with the radiator, the passenger side dropped right down over the...

In our discussions of various subjects, some of them going on for several pages, there are often long posts that make several points. Some folks, when responding to a particular point, will quote a whole long post containing that point. Don't do that. Cut the clutter. Quote just the part that pertains to your remark.
Quote just the part that...

Lots of good stuff with low estimates, including brand new brass radiator and a couple of 5 balls thrown into lots … Frontenac T

Scroll the page to get to the individual lots.

Brooklyn YMCA boys organize hospital unit for work in France. Reviving a victim with a pulmotor; Washington Irving High School girls present war ambulance to the Red Cross

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What tool is used to adjust the fan belt on 3004E fan bracket on the 1927 engine?

Anyone know Anthony Leemed or had dealings with him?

Frontenac Water pumps: Who has one? Who knows about them?

I've got an empty housing of one as well as an impeller casting from Dan McEachern.

I've been searching for some info on these for quite some time, and unfortunately havent been able to find much.

If any of you fine gentlemen know anything, your knowledge would be greatly appreciated!...

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Ever notice the script here? I've been working on painting my tt frame. I pulled the rear leaf springs to inspect and sandblast and found this nut on one of the bolts. Not sure it on the bolt going through the spring on on the u bolt. Could it have been part of final inspection or am I over thinking this? 20230410_165146.jpg

Since Kwik Poly is no longer available what is being used instead? I'm working on my '25 Touring front top bow. The straight section is completely rotten & broken in 3 pieces. That will get replaced. However, my one corner piece, while not rotten, has lots of splits and won't hold a tack. Replacement is not an option right now. An epoxy type...

There is a local individual who is trying to find a home for a full set of all 4 doors for a fordor 26/27 to settle an estate. I know in 26 the fordor was the only body style not to change to the new design. Is it correct to assume then the doors will also fit 23 through 25? Will they fit any of the low cowl years?

So... I have been leaning toward the idea of making my speedster engine more “era correct” as I swap over to the Akron-Hed, but I really like the reliability of some of my relatively modern accessories. The items on the list to consider removing; belt driven alternator, Datsun oil pump, and electric water pump. But arguably, all these systems are...

I have worn out my drift punches and three hammers trying to get this race out. It hasn't budged. I know it has only been in there for 101 years but this is frustrating.

It's my impression that twenty years later these numbers are still pretty good. But I haven't made a study of completed sales. Maybe my impression is wrong. If you're familiar with the current market, what do you think?

Not supposed to be welded this way, is it?

The photos show my old hose clamps and the new ones. Which ones should I use?

My 26 t has started running poorly. I actually wrote about this previously but after much tinkering I have no solution and more issues. The car doesn't have a miss but it isn't running smoothly and it seems to be getting worse. I drove about 30 miles yesterday and by the time I got home it was worse than ever. Today the starter will barely turn...

An interesting article popped up on Hemmings today.

Industrial Fire in Richmond Indiana forcing large scale evacuations today.

I was at the home of our Mr T today. He's been making up a demonstration motor out of bits, the prime factor being that it shouldn't cost anything to make work.

The present task was to make up a usable magneto. He'd got the base sorted out, and was in the process of re-wrapping some rather dubious looking coils.

I've always been a bit skeptical...

I’ve got a stand-alone 12 volt system on my T to power tail lights, front markers and rear turn signals. It functions fine with the engine off but will not flash the turn signals when the engine is running. The system has worked perfectly for 5 years with a magneto-less engine in the car. Now, with a different engine and a very healthy mag,...

I researched past forums but no one asked/answered this. Learned a lot about moly... non moly, zerk fittings, etc. I recently bought a ‘14 runabout and changed the oil just to have a time frame of new oil. Also want to grease all 5 grease cups. I unscrewed the large U Joint grease cup and spied a brownish grease. I like Mobile red non moly...

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I ordered an upper coolant outlet to replace my old one which is rusty enough to be flaking apart like an apple turnover. The new part will come either unpainted or in some kind of primer.

Either way, to match the engine, the outlet will need to be painted black. Now, I have an old can of black Rustoleum laying around and for a little part like...

Being a Canadian I’ve never needed a pair of these before!
Looking for suggestions/recommendations on a good place to buy a pair of these!

I started a channel showing some videos and pictures of all the things we do with my 26 t speedster throughout the year and what we are changing. I will attach the link feel free to check it out and subscribe !

Can anyone recommend an affordable setup enabling one to professionally electroplate plate small items himself? Thank you. Jim Patrick

I’ll do it again. Any reports and/or photos from this weekend’s endurance run? I heard they had a good turnout.

Andy

Here is something I found on MSN’s home page.

Was helping Craig Beek organize some parts etc and came across some photos of a top he has (no longer on the Touring). Did a bit of bit surfing the web and found some info about it. The photo's of the top were taken several years ago and the top is currently stored up in the rafters of his museum. Planning to pull it down to get some better photos...

I did something dumb; something embarrassingly amateurish. While reinstalling the upper radiator hose fitting on the front of my aluminum high-compression head, I cross-threaded one of the two bolts into the soft aluminum and now the bolt won't screw more than halfway in, and at something of an odd angle, at that.
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Do I need a tap or a...

What is the best way to remove the blue from my new tire white walls?

Has anyone ran a Carburetor made without a float on their T with success? Seems like something that would have caught on if they worked as well as they claimed? I ask this question with little carburetor knowledge so thank you for your patience.

Thought you might like the test I did on the valve cover style oil filter for model A's

I was privileged to interview Dave Woodworth, an expert of the history of early Auto Camping and early motor homes. Here is the interview:

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Can anyone spare a measurement for me? A TT closed cab door width and the hight from the bottom of the door to the lower belt line. In other words, the size of the flat spot where you’d slap your business name. Thanks!

Jalopy Journal has a hundreds of Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white. Some we've seen, some we've not.

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It is time for a new set of bands on my 26 . I vaguely remember reading here on the forum someone talking about mixing band types and using wood on the brake drum and maybe kevlar on the others or that may be backward. It seems that at the time their reasoning made sense but like I say my recollection of it is vague. Does anyone else do this? I...

Hello T Forum. Is there a way to keep the transmission bands straight while putting on the hogs head without having the special clamp.
Thanks in advance,
Jacob Mangold

As most of us know on the forum lots of Model T’s at the end of their days were junked out and whatever then the chassis were used for trailers. I’ve hauled home a few myself in various configurations.
Here’s one in 1940’s Texas that was as a cotton trailer. I haven’t ran across many photos up close of a T farm trailer in the day. Thought you may...

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There is a couplet and a town car advertised in this auction. The couplet looks like it has a later engine. What are your opinions? Art

Photos showing those small steps.

The third photo shows the clip pin used instead of pin with a cotter key. They say this makes changing fan belts easier. Any concerns about a clip vs a cotter key?

It took a sanding of the fan shaft with 320 and 400 grit to get it into the hub.

The attached photos show the horn button pieces for my 1927 coupe, and the new connection wires.

The original wires were attached to the two screws by twisted bare wire. The ends of the new wires are different than I expected. What is the best way to connect them to the screws?

What are holes in the vertical pieces for? Should the wires go thru...

Is this a small rear drum on my 26? If so I jave ordered the wrong size Rocky's

Nice looking 1917 towncar sold for $14k. Very slow bidding, dont think anyone actually wanted it, a target of opportunity buyer.

Trying to send a PM, and it seems to not work for some reason, or I'm too dumb!
Any way, you bought a Dayton hub from me, and I would like to talk Dayton with you if you have the time. PM me, or call 763 401 0065,
thanks, Clayton

I'm looking for information on what type and size of rivets were used to attach the body sheet metal. Is there a list or document that lists the types and sizes of rivets used on the model T by year ? I'm currently working on a 1920 touring car. I'm in the process of replacing some of the sheet metal because of rust. I wold like to replace the...

I'm making studs for early 6 rivet rear end housings. These housings accept studs with a thread size of 3/8 x 24 tpi. I've been told the other end of the studs are threaded 3/8 x 16 and and are held with castle nuts of that size and wired together like later set ups. However, I thought I recall seeing another early 6 rivet rear end that used 3/8 x...

The ad that Mark Chaffin has in the Classifieds for the Spindle Arms made me think of this:

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Has anyone seen one of these out in the wild, or might have one that they would be willing to share some photos of? With a price of $45.00 when new, I am sure that not many of...

I've been reading a lot of 1930s factory-issued service material from Packard. During the mid 1930s, Packard used aluminum cylinder heads on a lot of cars. In at least one bulletin, they advised against using copper-clad head gaskets with aluminum heads, citing corrosion issues. They recommended and supplied a Terneplated steel-clad gasket....

Saw this over on the Ford Barn... Too funny to not share!!

Tennessee Mort and the Model T

Jennifer
aka ModelTGal

I need to replace the upper coolant hose.

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Now, the hose looks very short and I'm wondering whether there's a trick to performing this replacement such that I won't need to unbolt the metal outlet from the front of the head.
Any advice?
Thank you.

Ebay item number 225489861518, no affiliation to listing...

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I just bought some nice vintage kerosene oil side lamps that I’m considering installing on my 24 Fordor. Is there a set of brackets I can buy to mount these to the cowl or windshield frame somehow? I’m hesitant to drill holes in the car, but would love the look of the side lamps on my closed car. I also purchased an oil tail lamp from the same...

What material is the packing on the 26/27 fuel shutoff valve …The vendor was out ,,I guess I could look at others …
If it’s leather I have scraps I can cutout a new one ….
I’m using a small valve ,,into a glass bowl filter now…I want it to look more like a mechanic worked on it not a plumber ;0)….
Thanks in advance….

Tornado's
Have any of our members been affected by the recent weather events?
Norm

Anyone know what these fit? Got a pair, don’t see any markings on them. Thanks Dan
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Trying to install my engine, I can get the U-joint into the 4th main but can't get it to slide together the last 3/4
I can get the engine into place just fine without hooking to drive shaft, the square end of the U-joint measures .880 is this correct, I didn't think to see if the U-joint fit the 4th main while I had the rear end apart, I have a...

Anyone ever try a model A style glass sediment bowl on a '26-'27? Just curious.....

What does everyone use to re-wire their car, or at least replace what areas need help? Original wire is cloth? Looks like the ends are simply crimped on or where they soldered? I assume closed ring ends opposed to forks?

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I'm looking for advice on what tire brand to buy for my '16 roadster with 30 x 3-1/2 demountable rims. I drive short distances around the suburbs, I don't expect to go touring.

My 24 coupe (titled) is what i assume is a 24 but the engine is stamped 23. I assume that happens a lot. The engine was made at the end of the year and assembled on the car in 24 or maybe there was an engine swap later. Is this pretty common? i wish i had the written history of this car .. oh the stories it could tell.

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Finally have it clamped on!
A copy of a design of mine from the’80’s.
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Borg Warner automatic for my wife’s speedster!