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Joe Reid
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- First Name: Joe
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- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1919 Coupe, 1920 Roadster, 1923 Touring, 1924 Roadster, 1913 Racer
- Location: Almond WI
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Engine installation
How many Model T’ers does it take to install an engine? Two working and 10 directing! Central Wisconsin club met at noon today to install a fresh rebuild in a 1926 Coupe. All went well, burgers and dogs were delicious.
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Mark Gregush
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Re: Engine installation
Gee I was 9-1/2 of those 10 yesterday! 
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! 
1925 Cut down pickup
1948 Ford F2 pickup
1925 Cut down pickup
1948 Ford F2 pickup
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jiminbartow
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Re: Engine installation
While it is a great reason to have a group of fellow Model T’rs over for hotdogs and talking T’s, the engine can easily be installed by one person with a good hoist, the right tools and the necessary experience. I have always done all the work to my T by myself, but I can see where it would be a lot more fun to make it a group effort. Jim Patrick
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TRDxB2
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Re: Engine installation
Oh yah, you betcha da guys are from wuh-Scahnsin, eh! 
The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.
Mick Jagger
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bobt
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Re: Engine installation
Do I see the body lifted off the frame to get the pan ears in place? bobt
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browning
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Re: Engine installation
I think the whole thing must have been a setup………..I don’t see blood on anything, no dropped wrenches littering the landscape and not nearly enough oil on the floor!
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TWrenn
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Re: Engine installation
Reminds one of a crew of city street workers...one down in the hole doing the digging and 3-5 on top watching!!
Of course now OSHA calls that "confined space" safety...
Of course now OSHA calls that "confined space" safety...
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John kuehn
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Re: Engine installation
You can do it this way too! Just one guy. It’s a snap with two men though!
But I guess it’s more fun with several other people. You can reinstall the same way by reversing the procedure. It mentions you can have someone align the u-joint but it can be done alone. That’s one procedure I can do alone!
This was a partner with Bruce MaCally until they parted ways.
The old saying “a picture says a thousand words”. I wonder what words this would bring up.
But I guess it’s more fun with several other people. You can reinstall the same way by reversing the procedure. It mentions you can have someone align the u-joint but it can be done alone. That’s one procedure I can do alone!
This was a partner with Bruce MaCally until they parted ways.
The old saying “a picture says a thousand words”. I wonder what words this would bring up.
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speedytinc
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Re: Engine installation
No hoist.
A fellow enthusiast used this same method to continue the procedure after cracking a beam. Another story.
He placed a modern tire in front of the T to catch the motor when flipped out.
A fellow enthusiast used this same method to continue the procedure after cracking a beam. Another story.
He placed a modern tire in front of the T to catch the motor when flipped out.