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Scott, what I don't understand is how a lug which makes no contact with the rim in an unworn combination of rim and felloe, can be considered a drive lug when there is no connection. Just because a patentee calls it such does not necessarily make it such. Comparing this to your 350 F truck wheels studs is somewhat dis-ingenuous. A closer...

Good to hear! Thank you Kevin P.

Thanks John and Scott ( for actually answering my questions) Knew of Fred Allison but had not made the starter connection to him.
Seems Fred has been dealt a poor legacy especially as his FA Liberty Electric Co had his name(initials) up front.
Not much recognition from that if any. Maybe there was some kind of fall out and Ford set about getting...

That's encouraging news for the NH users!
Thought I was missing out with a G that's ready to go, right in front of me but perhaps not. :)

If it’s a grown man that built this, I’d raise an eyebrow, then shrug. If it was a kid, I’d clap. Probably built for a grandkid, the guy made due with what he had. It’s better than my go kart attempts when I was a kid, most ended up looking like this.

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Michael Lebsack repops the original manual cheap.

I would think that was very good! A roughly one percent variant in chamber size? You will have a greater anomaly than that due to the flow characteristics in the manifolds! Cylinders one and four flow better on the intake that do cylinders two and three. And cylinder number two has the worst flow on exhaust due to it following cylinder number one...

So this coupe that gets 300 to 400 miles a year has an oil leak at the starter.

Finally had time to see where the leak was. The gasket at the Bendix cover was deteriorating - dry and hard.

Removing the four cover screws, to discover that inside the cover was two stripped thread bolts (Loose Screws?) with lock washer. A bent Bendix spring and no...

In that 14th picture, the ladies are different heights, but their skirts are the same distance above the ground! They must have had an ordinance dictating that length! :lol:
Norm

Dan, did you actually call them to see if there is still a discount? It used to be a minimum of 6 bars and it calculated the discount for you. Now says to call for volume discounts.

One thing that you also didn't mention is the cost to get 6 bars shipped has become as much as one bar costs!! :o

Congratulations Robert. It's a dubious honor indeed.
This may be a similar tool.
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I'm sure I have saved as much time looking for bolts as it took to build the 50 or 60 drawers to put them in. I have saved a hundred trips to the hardware store to buy a little screw in a package for $3. Besides I like to work with wood. If I use 1% of the bolts I have sorted out it will have been worth while. All we can do is try.
Speaking of...

The vendor went thru the carb and decided to send it back to their rebuilder for further eval.

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Success! After speaking with Erik in regards to his original Top Boot, the straps are 5/8 in width. The new Top Boot that I had purchased is at the canvas shop having the missing re-enforcement stitching added and once I get it back I will make the correct- ish straps (wrong metal tips) and install them onto the Top Boot. The strap...

Tom Monocchi. ???

Thank you, Olivier. I enjoyed the video and look forward to the next. Regards, Bob

Thanks alot for your answeres

Another fantastic video Rob! The Kat's meow. Thank ya sir!
Harold, I'm right there with ya! The balance is real close.
Doggone it, I watched the video without the music but NOW I need to find the Casey Jones song by Johnny Cash. :)

We spent last week driving 400+ miles around Washington’s Olympic peninsula with the Winfield carb on the ‘15 touring. Never skipped a beat! (Did blow out the muffler tho) The off idle hesitation continued at first, but found the plugs bright white so fattened up the mixture to 2-1/2 turns on both intermediate and high speed circuits. Hesitation...

Yes on the 35. Model A, same. Check for pulled thread.

Balto absolutely stole the show. The ahooga horn that Steven Tomaso persisted in fixing worked perfectly the whole time. The crowd loved it.

Great pics, as always. Thank you for your time and effort posting them. Great views into the early part of the last century. Happy 4th of July.

Thank you so much guys!!!

Canadian T's had the lower filler plug as early as 1915.

Glen Chaffin had a large collection of those handles way back.

Reviewed the 2021 Catalogue, and no such handles?

In his personal stash. Call him.
A friend got a pair of D's for his centerdoor. NOS.

Many thanks, guys-----No problems at all in the Parade----Guess i`ll have to check that wheel interchange sometime HERE, in my shop. thanks, Paul

Gregory,
Thanks for posting that - it’s pretty neat !
Would be great to make into a magnetic sign for the side of the T.

Dave and Steve, Dennis Gorder would beat you both there.

Allan from down under.

I am a little confused, the parts books from 09 - 23 list the same parts numbers for the hub assembly and for the inner and outer races. I have a variety of early hubs some with narrow threads and some with wider threads, some have the notch only in the inner hub and some with the notch in both inner and outer, but the part numbers are all the...

The high compression, Chaffin's cam, speedway manifold, Tillotson carb, A-K dissy with not yet built header engine is going in a speedster with a 10 tooth pinion & a Warford = 3:1 gear and it should pull that rather well. I'm not a fender fan even My 1919 firetruck only has 2. I have had over a thousand Kids in my firetruck think what that will do...

I'm a believer in delivering filtered air to an engine. I use the spring loaded foam filter available from vendors. I live in humid Alabama. I've seen condensation on the outside of the manifold, but run with no issues. With the filter against the hogs head it may pick up some heat, but I'm not using nor do I plan on using a hot air pipe.

Good news Reno keep up the good work and have a safe July 4th

Hi Jim,
As far as fore & aft spacing I usually put the gear on with the nut loose so you can spin the distributer turning the gear freely on the cam to check the gear mesh & spacing.
Craig

One more easy thing to check that can cause this problem is the bolt below the timer that goes through the front of the oil pan into the bottom of the engine block could be pointed up instead of down and will hit the terminals on the lower side of the timer every time you advance your timing and short out that cylinder. I have a 27 T that had this...

I get it now. Makes sense. I normally run a diode conversion cutout.
I have been running a heavy duty period aftermarket mechanical cutout with no problems with a kill switch & idiot light.
I will keep in mind the grounding out possible damage @ a hi rpm use.

The left side would be the driver's side. On the bench you can put them on either side but the perch with the odd number goes on the driver' side.

LOPEZ
is the best around

John
there are a couple of people on OC that do Babbit
call me
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Jerry, my experience comes from watching the fellows in my favourite machine shop hardness testing alloy heads after they have been overheated. If they are too soft, they are not worth working on. This is soft material, and the testing tool leaves the small centre punch mark referred to. It seems counter intuitive for a ball type test on harder...

No 31 is the flanged nut used with the loose lug Kelsey demountable wheels supplied on our Canadian sourced cars.

Allan from down under.

Good eye James, you're absolutely right!
I have been tweeking this wafer and it unlocks much better now.
I won't be able to paint the handle for at least a week, so the reassembly will have to wait a bit.

I just forgot to tell:
At the end of the event, each year the organisation tell the region for the organitation the year after.
In 2023 this Model T happening will take place the last weekend of June 2023 in Nantes (Loire Atlantic) at the West coast.

I am already looking out for this.

Andre
Belgium

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Wunnerful and Mahvelous Madam Vice President !!
Thank you and whomever answers in the affirmative !!

David driving Periwinkle Thanks Jeff. I believe I remember you there many years ago. I should stop and visit David and Clare sometime.
Rich

Really appreciate all the responses and all of the information. Great tips and instructions on how to do this myself. No ill will against the guy who mounted them. He's a hobbyist as well. I'm going to use the ideas from this post to break down the tires and see if I can straighten the rims.

Thanks again!

My lazy way is to use about 120 psi from a small nozzle while introducing solvent or gasoline into the spray. This cleans old gunk out to my low standards 😁 but if the drain area is bent up, I’d follow Bob’s advice.

What should we call this ? It looks like someone left a Speedster and a Huckster too long unattended in the garage over the weekend and this is what came of it :lol:

EEC represents the European Economic Community. I believe it became widely used to blur the distinction between older western nations like Britain and Germany and the newly emerging eastern European nations from the communist bloc. It may mean that the tubes were manufactured in one of the newer European economies.
I have no idea if this reflects...

Bun style lights on a 1922 would have had steel innards. I have never found evidence of any plating on the reflectors, other than unpolished nickel on the 'Divers helmet' round type reflectors on the 1915 lamps. The best preserved square ones I have ever unearthed seemed to be raven finished on the outside, but all the others have been rusty to...

I had this same challenge about a year ago. Mr. Tom Zimmer of the Horseless Carriage Club instructed me to go to Costco, buy vinegar in bulk, pour it in a lobster pot, put it on the stove, and bring it to almost a boil. I soaked my clear-coated brass in there and the coating came off almost immediately in big sheets. I used a lightweight brass...

You’re right, I was not including the cam gear…so the issue with generator is it was wired wrong…

Thanks for the feedback. I put some arrows on the photo for a visual. Generator gear in green.

Cheers!

David

Hear Hear George,
It never fails to amaze me the number of people that think model T's where lubed for life at the factory.
Craig.

The lower bracket is installed be for the spark lever at the bottom. It can be installed while everything is in the car. For the throttle, install that one that the link was posted to, or take off the pitman arm, unbolt and side the lower mounting bracket down and install the correct one. The column does not have to be removed.

Mark you might try post on the AACA page in the what is it section.

In case anyone is in a bind for reconditioned rods in the future, Snyder's will accept heavy rods as cores. In fact, they are taking my haggard, mismatched set and are sending a rebabbitted, matched set in return.

While there is a lot of documentation on suppliers, blueprints etc... I doubt if every variation of some parts were documented and if they were if that information has been found. If there is no specification for the length or angle of a bend then relying on physical examples might be an alternative. But how many examples would be needed and how...

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The Tulare (formally the Bakersfield) Swap Meet has been moved from the Agri Center to the Tulare Fairgrounds. Our premier Brass Era/ PreWar swap meet is already booked from Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning, April 13 - 16, 2023.

PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD .

We would like to have most 2023 vendors registered before the new year....

I run a G on our '14 - they have a reputation of being temperamental at best for float setting. The Ford Service Bulletins show a diagram & a special measuring tool to properly set the depth of the gas in the well corresponding to the pick-up tube. Corey Walker set mine up - runs flawlessly !

The beauty of this carb, is that its easy/possible...

A properly counterweighted crankshaft will allow a T engine to run much smoother and run at somewhat higher RPM without damage. More power will be available to move the car, and the driveline and the entire car will benefit from the marked reduction in vibration. Personally, I'd be inclined to install one of the new counterbalanced crankshafts,...

Door sill plates are usually zinc. They were nut plated on our Canadian sourced cars.

Allan from down under.

Chevy's!!!!!! 20 1929's.

Hank

Bill is a very good guy, honest, dependable on time pick up and delivery, reasonable prices...I have had his help and would hire him again. Highly recommended.

Number 14 appears to be converted to a starter unit for the airplane behind it, using belts. I had seen the ww1 units that engage to the propeller but not a belt drive to the rear of the engine?

I’ve often wondered if the shorter springs could be made from a good longer spring if you didn’t have one. It could be cut to the needed shorter length and used. I’ve got pieces of springs from the remains of T trailers and thought about trying it. To me it seems like you could since the curve is already there. 🤔

We've done this as well. The...

Thanks Mike

What a great idea. Youngsters have terrific ideas and many have wonderful art skills. I hope to see some samples of their work.
Rich

Take a look at the exhaust pipe towards the rear o see if you have something attached to it. May be that the spring from the pedal is gone

Michael,
I have an old copy picked up on eBay. It’s been a good resource for production numbers. I also have Beverly Rae Kimes (RIP) book, “The Cars Henry Ford Built,” but have many issues with much of the early Ford history. That’s another topic for a potentially long and contentious thread…. :shock:

Thanks for the replies!!

This is an amazing group of people willing to help out others in our group who all love Model T Fords and More!

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A Model T solenoid is a simple switch that opens and closes its contact points on a preset voltage. So if that's off and the points stay open the generator will work properly but nothing can get to the battery. A semiconductor (diode) type works a bit differently, more like a check valve for current (not voltage). Its function is to prevent...

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Some internet. There are some sites with good information, and there are some sites with a mixture of good information and foolish superstition.

Ford did a lot of odd things from the various factories. Using up old stock, noting changes that never happened. Crossover times for some changes went on sometimes for more than six months!
Add in after-market and repairs? Some really odd things out there.

Generally speaking, the little ribbon size trim piece below the radiator shell was only...

Only three weeks until the Long Beach Model T Club Swap Meet. 68 years and still going strong! Don't miss it, Saturday July 16, at Veteran's Stadium in Long Beach.

This is a 5:1 that was in my '26. Note the flat side.

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And it's good to hear from you Dave. Don't be a stranger.

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Dan,
Very neat after market part the fact that so many people thought they had a better idea than Henry did is why we can walk into a auto parts store and buy parts for our modern cars & trucks at a price we can almost afford ( no pun intended )
Craig.

The early Franklins had a unique look from the front, and I'd guess they sounded like nothing else, too.

...didn't they have the new next year's cars listed as of October 1st ???
Most years, no. The new Model T went on sale in October 1908 as a 1909 model, but in most years the new model year coincided with the fiscal year that began August 1. Bruce put all this in his encyclopedia.

As Jeff wrote:

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Yes. Firestone. Used on some of the Model A body styles, in various lengths. 8 11/16 long would be 28-29 coupe and tudor models. Most were chocolate brown, but some may have been black. How are they for flexibility after so many years? I know Model A restorers that may be interested if for sale.
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Thank you.

really great info.!
Thanks for sharing!

Here is a photo for a 1916 touring. Jim Patrick

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The petrol tank cap is a fairly standard size and thread. A Fordson tractor cap fits, either the radiator cap or the fuel tank cap. A more ready source is the bung in a 200 litre fuel/chemical drum. Nowadays these are usually diecast, so any fitting to the bung would need to be bolt-in rather than welded/soldered.

Allan from down under.