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- Sun Feb 21, 2021 5:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: What to you, gives a Model T its charm?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 2590
Re: What to you, gives a Model T its charm?
I like the simplicity, styling, especially touring cars, the sounds, including buzzing coils, can't understand installing distributors, the nostalgia others feel when they see them, pretty much everything. Except flat tires on cars with non-demountable wheels. I love driving ours, more than our Mode...
- Sun Feb 07, 2021 8:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Touring car
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1162
Re: Touring car
The car in photo # 2 could be our car except our right rear tire is not low. 

- Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 26 or 27 roadster I found today
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2090
Re: 26 or 27 roadster I found today
I went back, uncovered the car and checked it out then talked to the owner. There are more parts missing than I first realized. Besides the fenders there is no, steering column, radiator, radiator shell, gas tank, deck lid, bumpers, or windshield frame. The quarter panels have been very poorly patch...
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 10:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: New Lang's Catalog
- Replies: 5
- Views: 366
Re: New Lang's Catalog
I haven't gotten mine yet. I've ordered several things from Lang's, my only T parts supplier, since 2016, so I hope I'm on the list. I plan to order a few things for our '21 Touring soon and maybe some stuff, maybe a lot of stuff, for the '26 or '27 Roadster/Runabout I just found.
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 12:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 26 or 27 roadster I found today
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2090
Re: 26 or 27 roadster I found today
I got a call today from my friend that found the car and took me to see it. The owner was not present, but we had his permission to check it out when I took the pics. The finder called to give me the owners phone number and to tell me that the owner had told him that he (the seller) planned to price...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Installing alternator
- Replies: 19
- Views: 768
Re: Installing alternator
Amen.Tim Rogers wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:00 amI swear to God- if vendors had a "bolt on" Ginsu knife set for the Model T people would buy it and champion it's greatness...
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- Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 26 or 27 roadster I found today
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2090
Re: 26 or 27 roadster I found today
Still waiting on a price. 

- Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2416
Re: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
The car went to a new home in VA. Is the new owner on here?
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: New Langs catalog came today
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1646
Re: New Langs catalog came today
I'll be watching for mine! 

- Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 26 or 27 roadster I found today
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2090
Re: 26 or 27 roadster I found today
Thom, I noticed you are from western NC, I live 30 min west of Winston Salem and have a complete set of front fenders, rear fenders, splash aprons and running boards for a 26 roadster. Fenders are in decent shape/ solid and would be good for a driver. Let me know if you are interested in them if yo...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 26 or 27 roadster I found today
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2090
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 26 or 27 roadster I found today
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2090
Re: 26 or 27 roadster I found today
I fixed this to actually show pics. 

- Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 26 or 27 roadster I found today
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2090
26 or 27 roadster I found today
I'm waiting for the owner to let me know the price. It appears to be complete, minus fenders and running boards. I didn't completely uncover it today but if we get close on the price I will go back and examine it or just load it up and bring it home. It does not have the Vaporizer carb on it. The en...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Dressing the period part
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1166
Re: Dressing the period part
I've been wearing hats like the smiling gent in the second pic every day, for years. 

- Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: What have you done with your T in January?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 3915
Re: What have you done with your T in January?
I installed a new battery today. Next is to get the generator fixed and fix the left rear wheel. Then to get the top installed.
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: looking for suggestions on location of battery cut off switch
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1132
Re: looking for suggestions on location of battery cut off switch
Try to find a place where it is hidden. They look terrible on the dash or firewall. It's a shame to go drilling holes in an almost 100 year old car for one.
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: looking for suggestions on location of battery cut off switch
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1132
Re: looking for suggestions on location of battery cut off switch
Try to find a place where it is hidden. They look terrible on the dash or firewall.
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 7:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2416
Re: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
I've got another job lined up now because of the T repair. A fellow that was interested in the T has a '26 Chevy Touring that he wants me to get running for him. He says someone else who obviously (according to the owner) didn't know what he was doing looked at it and diagnosed it as a non-fixable c...
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2416
Re: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
I haven't been able to log in here for a while, till today. I got the '27 running today, with the new plate for the vaporizer carb. It runs well and I drove it. It drives good too. 

- Mon Dec 28, 2020 6:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Installing a battery cut off switch
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1404
Re: Installing a battery cut off switch
If you use one, please hide the thing. They are UGLY. I've seen many otherwise nice cars (and trucks) with their looks ruined by a battery cut-off switch.
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 6:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Electric Model T Conversion
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1169
Re: Electric Model T Conversion
The thought depresses me. 
But then, I don't like any modifications.
I like 'em the way they came.
I can't believe I've left the waterpump on our '21 Touring for 5 years, and put a solenoid on it. Shame on me.

But then, I don't like any modifications.
I like 'em the way they came.
I can't believe I've left the waterpump on our '21 Touring for 5 years, and put a solenoid on it. Shame on me.

- Sat Dec 26, 2020 6:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Installing a battery cut off switch
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1404
Re: Installing a battery cut off switch
I tried installing one on our '21 Touring but it was too tall and the floor board would not set back down in place. I might try a thinner piece under the battery.
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: It's a wonderful life...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 882
Re: It's a wonderful life...
Thanks for that Johnm. Very interesting! 

- Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: So I ordered from Lang's
- Replies: 5
- Views: 888
Re: So I ordered from Lang's
I have bought T parts from Lang's since we got our T in 2016 and have had great service. I wish they sold Model A and Studebaker parts! 

- Thu Dec 17, 2020 3:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2416
Re: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
Got the sealant, just waiting for the plate.
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 2:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2416
Re: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
Yeah, it had a jagged hole the size of a dime in the plate. I've tried to post a pic of the plate but that's another story. :? The hole could be the reason the car was parked in the early seventies. I don't think the owner knew much about repair & maintenance. I have another plate ordered from Lang'...
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2416
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: problems posting pics , contacting moderator
- Replies: 15
- Views: 668
Re: problems posting pics , contacting moderator
PC, same since 2016.
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: problems posting pics , contacting moderator
- Replies: 15
- Views: 668
problems posting pics , contacting moderator
I've been here since the old site, back in 2016. Now I cannot post pics and the "contact us" feature won't work for me to ask a moderator about it. Can I get some help, please? Thanks. :( Edit- I've learned a lot and been able to do a lot of things to our '21 Touring with help/advice form folks on h...
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 4:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Drill Bit Quality
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1169
Re: Drill Bit Quality
One important thing to know about using a drill chuck is to tighten all 3 of the jaws and the drill bit won't spin in the chuck, it was years of frustration before I figured that out. Just my 2 cents worth. I agree. Simple as it seems to us adults, I remember when I was a young man, yeah it's been ...
- Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Holley Vaporizer troubles
- Replies: 11
- Views: 796
Re: Holley Vaporizer troubles
The owners/sellers want it fixed ASAP so I need to try the new plate first. They live in Florida and are staying here in NC until the estate is settled and I don't want the sell of the Model T to keep them longer than they want to stay. If it were mine I would ditch the vaporizer and install a carb ...
- Sat Dec 12, 2020 6:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Holley Vaporizer troubles
- Replies: 11
- Views: 796
Holley Vaporizer troubles
The otherwise nice '27 Coupe that I'm working on for a family having an estate sale has a d**m Holley vaporizer carb still on it. I've done everything else I can to get it to run and when I removed the carb I found the vaporizer plate behind it had a hole burned in it. I tried making one but it didn...
- Sat Dec 12, 2020 6:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2416
Re: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
I have a few hours invested in the car so far. It has good compression now and good spark at the coils. I still haven't gotten it to run, except when spray starting fluid in the air intake. Unfortunately it still has the Holley vaporizer carb on it. 

- Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2416
Re: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
https://images.craigslist.org/01010_9X11AmCsNZx_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg https://images.craigslist.org/00I0I_6eBHteoSlh3_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg https://images.craigslist.org/00404_glB0AIt0VOi_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg https://images.craigslist.org/00D0D_7lZcoh5dLQg_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg Here's the pics I have. I saw th...
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2416
I can't buy it but I'll help get it going
A friend called me a few days ago because he knows we have a T, a '21 Touring, and told be his family had one that they were going to sell. It has been in the family since 1960 and has been in a garage, up on blocks since probably the 70s. We went to check it out and found a very well preserved '27 ...
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Model T Christmas village
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1339
Re: Model T Christmas village
The reason for the season!
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 6:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Model T Christmas village
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1339
Model T Christmas village
My wife and daughter decorated the house for Christmas, yes we still say Merry Christmas at my house, and my daughter created this little village for me. Two Ts and an Olds. 
Thanks DM Deaton.

Thanks DM Deaton.
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: hands-on how to videos
- Replies: 7
- Views: 551
Re: hands-on how to videos
Yeah, it's not the dirt and grease gotten on hands during the work that grosses me out, it's the black crap under the nails and in the wrinkles/ ridges that has obviously been there and probably stays there. To each his own but no need to go 'round like Neanderthals. I guess I watch at least as many...
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: hands-on how to videos
- Replies: 7
- Views: 551
hands-on how to videos
Call it my pet peeve but when I watch how to videos I hate seeing hands with nasty fingernails that appear to have enough grease under them to pack a wheel bearing. I'm no candy-a** soft handed wimp and I do my own work on my Model T (and Model A), but my hands and nails don't look like the ones I s...
- Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Starting the Model T
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1019
Re: Starting the Model T
I've seen people who try to "wind 'em up" round & round. Our '21 starts with just a gentle upward pull. It's so easy I bet my 10 year old grandson could do it. I might have him try next time he's at our house. He drove it when he was 9!
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 10:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Starting the Model T
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1019
Re: Starting the Model T
I use my left hand while holding the drivers side fender with my right. However, my left shoulder has gotten to the point that hand cranking is rather painful now. I'm glad our '21 Touring has electric start!
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 3:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Rescuing a 23 Fordor on YouTube
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2241
Re: Rescuing a 23 Fordor on YouTube
If it's truly rescued it'll be a lot of work getting the red paint back off the wheels. :( And one should go ahead and have the complete interior reupholstered as it will never dry out. The coil box is also probably ruined. :shock: I believe he has done more damage with the pressure washer than the ...
- Sat Oct 03, 2020 7:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Stumbled Upon this Youtube Restoration Series - Model T Fordor
- Replies: 8
- Views: 830
Re: Stumbled Upon this Youtube Restoration Series - Model T Fordor
I think he needs to know not to jack up a T under the center of the rear end. I believe he jacked it up that way to put the stands under it. 

- Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: How Often Do You Clean Your Timer ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1152
Re: How Often Do You Clean Your Timer ?
If we drive it often I clean the New Day timer on our '21 Touring monthly. That often because the cam seal leaks a little bit and I haven't taken the time to replace it yet. Maybe this winter.
Or switch to a roller timer and not worry about it.
Or switch to a roller timer and not worry about it.

- Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: T buckets
- Replies: 12
- Views: 825
Re: T buckets
Looks like a fatality waiting to happen. 
I hope at least the nephew is an organ donor.

I hope at least the nephew is an organ donor.
- Sat Sep 19, 2020 8:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: HELP!!! SHOULD I USE A WATER PUMP??
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2064
Re: HELP!!! SHOULD I USE A WATER PUMP??
20 responses to your question and you didn't get scolded. I'm surprised. Water pumps tend to be a "heated" topic, almost like religion or politics, it seems, among T people. Our '21 Touring has a water pump on it that the previous owner had installed and I left it on. Personally, I don't think I wou...
- Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: wanting demountables for our '21 Touring
- Replies: 1
- Views: 227
wanting demountables for our '21 Touring
I would like to gather up a set of demounables for our '21 Touring. I thought this might be a good start. These are about an hour away, and they're cheap.https://images.craigslist.org/00505_iV62AauvYfE_0CI0lM_600x450.jpg https://images.craigslist.org/00707_wYQsuMzYlH_0CI0lM_600x450.jpg https://image...
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Model T stolen in Wisconsin
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1107
- Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Rebuildable wheels needed
- Replies: 9
- Views: 737
Re: Rebuildable wheels needed
I think one wheel on our T has been repaired at some time in the past with a screw in place of one of the rivets, like shown on the ModelTFordFix.com site. There is a swap meet coming up here on Oct 2-3 and I will look for some wheels (and other parts) for our '21 Touring. My problem with the wheels...
- Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Careful with RTV
- Replies: 4
- Views: 927
Re: Careful with RTV
I managed an auto parts store in the 80s that had a full automotive machine shop. We took in a newly rebuilt (non-T) engine that had been built elsewhere and failed after a very short time. My tech found that it had failed due to oil starvation because the oil pickup screen was filled completely wit...
- Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Who is this in this ad??
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1332
Re: Who is this in this ad??
Hey, knowing Steve has a set on his car makes me want a set on mine that much more! 

- Wed Sep 09, 2020 10:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Who is this in this ad??
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1332
Re: Who is this in this ad??
They couldn't have found a better model! 
My hero!

My hero!
- Sat Sep 05, 2020 5:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Rebuildable wheels needed
- Replies: 9
- Views: 737
Re: Rebuildable wheels needed
Good luck. I wish I had known a little more about wheels when I bought our '21 Touring. I would never have bought a T with non-demountable, wood felloe wheels. I thought the car was a good deal, and it would have been even better if not for the wood felloe wheels. A word to other potential T buyers....
- Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Bumper Stickers on Model t's
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2199
Re: Bumper Stickers on Model t's
I would like to have a couple of the "keep the 18th amendment" stickers. I'd put one in he windshield of my Model T and Model A! 

- Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Different....
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1971
Re: Different....
If it had been the guy I thought, from Finland, here's a video of his home-built penny farthing bicycle.
https://youtu.be/OptGmDkEwJs
I have one with a 52" front wheel.
https://youtu.be/OptGmDkEwJs
I have one with a 52" front wheel.
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Different....
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1971
Re: Different....
The guy needs to stick to building killer bicycles. He has built a fantastic replica penny-farthing and a forkless bike that is amazing to see.
https://youtu.be/7qiR7E3dpjk

https://youtu.be/7qiR7E3dpjk
- Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Shriner T's
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1940
- Sat Aug 08, 2020 9:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Shriner T's
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1940
Re: Shriner T's
They depress me, seeing the things done to Model Ts 

- Sat Aug 08, 2020 4:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: T tool at the flea market
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1025
T tool at the flea market
I found this today.
It won't work on our T though, because we have new one-piece valves without the little depressions to turn them with. For a buck I couldn't leave it behind though.- Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:59 pm
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: WANTED: one rear wheel,non de-mountable, wood felloe
- Replies: 1
- Views: 671
WANTED: one rear wheel,non de-mountable, wood felloe
I would like to buy 1(one), or 2 (two) rear wheel(s) for our '21 Touring. They are non-demountable, wood felloes with 30 x 3 1/2 tires. I need good, ready to use wheels please. Thanks.
- Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:14 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Old car fest
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1049
Re: Old car fest
CANCELED
- Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Will changing electrical system to 12v devalue the car?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2740
Re: Will changing electrical system to 12v devalue the car?
I will not/would not buy a Model T that had been changed to 12 volts. I also don't want a T that does not have the original 4 coil ignition system, no distributors for me. I like 'em the way Henry intended. My '21 has a water pump but I have the parts necessary to remove it eventually. :) Mine has w...
- Sat Jun 20, 2020 6:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: wobbly rear wheel
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1826
Re: wobbly rear wheel
I thought that I had studied up on Model Ts enough to know what we wanted 3 years ago when we bought our '21 Touring for what I thought was a very good price. I wish I had known that wooden felloe wheels were the least desireable, most PITA ones to have. I knew I would rather have had de-mountables ...
- Sun Jun 14, 2020 10:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: wobbly rear wheel
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1826
Re: wobbly rear wheel
I did not remove the wheel from the car, I removed the tire, replaced the tube and tire with the wheel on the car. I probably got too aggressive when remounting the tire and moved the rim to the inside of the felloes? I would love to be able to remove the tire and realign the rim with the rest of th...
- Sat Jun 13, 2020 9:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: wobbly rear wheel
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1826
wobbly rear wheel
Our '21 Touring ran smoothly until I recently replaced the tube in the left rear tire. Now we have the shakes at any speed above about 10 MPH. The wheels are non-demountables. No spokes are loose that I can tell and the 30x3 1/2 tire appears to be seated properly on the rim. I am willing to build a ...
- Tue Jun 09, 2020 8:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Bird chirping when I give her the gas
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2052
Re: Bird chirping when I give her the gas
My first thought was a loose spark plug or possibly two piece plug not screwed together tight enough. Then you have one of those d**m explosion whistles that I hate so much! 

- Thu May 28, 2020 8:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Happy Birthday
- Replies: 5
- Views: 952
Re: Happy Birthday
We drove ours to Walt's Chicken Shack and got some take-out then went to a local park to eat our supper. Nice evening ride and good meal.
I'd like to know how many serial numbers are between ours and the 5 millionth one.

I'd like to know how many serial numbers are between ours and the 5 millionth one.

- Wed May 27, 2020 9:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Strange Discovery / Plug Wire Question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1650
Re: Strange Discovery / Plug Wire Question
Model Ts aren't supposed to have distributors.
- Wed May 27, 2020 9:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Happy Birthday
- Replies: 5
- Views: 952
Happy Birthday
Our '21 Touring will be 99 years old tomorrow, the 28th. I hope the weather will be nice so we can go for a drive. 

- Tue May 19, 2020 2:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Airconditioning in Model T?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4427
Re: Airconditioning in Model T?
Since I was in 4th grade, I have always wanted a Model T Ford as a daily car. They're just beautiful machines, what can say. Well, fast-forward 6 years and I am now on the fence between a Ford Model T going 45 mph and a Ford Model A going 65 mph. It's hard to choose between vintage qualities and re...
- Sun May 10, 2020 9:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: What did you do with your T Model in May ?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 8108
Re: What did you do with your T Model in May ?
My wife and have ridden the '21 touring some, just waiting for the guy to call saying he's ready for me to bring it to get the top installed. 

- Fri May 08, 2020 6:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: handy accessory
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1111
Re: handy accessory
Years ago my cousin's husband and I went, in my car, to buy three small pigs. The seller caught the three we picked and put them in burlap sacks, tying the sacks closed. We put the sacks in the rear floor of my car and started home. A short way down the road I checked the rear view mirror and found ...
- Fri May 08, 2020 5:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: handy accessory
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1111
Re: handy accessory
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/184345.jpg
This is the one I meant to post earlier.
This is the one I meant to post earlier.
- Fri May 08, 2020 9:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: handy accessory
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1111
- Thu Apr 23, 2020 4:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Where is the T?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1048
Re: Where is the T?
My reply might be a little OT but we went to drive-in church last Sunday, in our Model A. Here's a pic thru the windshield of the preacher in the bed of a truck. He was wearing a mic.
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: tire mounting lube working too well?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1547
Re: tire mounting lube working too well?
I went to the local NAPA store and bought a gallon of Ru-glyde. That should be a life time supply at my age. 

- Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: tire mounting lube working too well?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1547
tire mounting lube working too well?
I've had both front tires off and back on the wheels on the front of our '21Touring at least once each, maybe twice on one. I found that Go-Jo hand cleaner worked very well for mounting lube. I'm now dealing with at least one rear, maybe both. I wonder if the hand cleaner would work too well on rear...
- Sat Apr 18, 2020 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Time to build my HCCT
- Replies: 1
- Views: 566
Time to build my HCCT
A good spring cleaning/reorganizing for my garage is way overdue. I need to make a place for everything and put everything in it's place. I've had a spare flywheel and magneto for quite some time,as well as a transmission shaft. I think the smart thing to do would be to build a HCCT. I've looked at ...
- Sat Apr 18, 2020 7:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: look what i found
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2086
Re: look what i found
Almost looks "cartoonish" doesn't it?
- Sat Apr 18, 2020 9:40 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: The discussion of different hobbies.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3362
Re: The discussion of different hobbies.
I suggest that those of us that have other interests besides Model Ts try to get in the habit of visiting the OT category often, and liven it up a bit. Those not interested can stay on the T page and be happy. James and Robert be prepared to get blasted for posting this. I can almost predict by whom...
- Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Ford marked pliers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1699
Re: Ford marked pliers
You can pinch your fingers and hands easily when trying to use those as a screwdriver. Ask me how I know. 

- Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: bridge washers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1974
Re: bridge washers
I'm wondering if somehow when I was wrestling the too-long stem into the tire, the bridge washer might have turned sideways, thus holding off the tire beads from the rim? Maybe I will find out when I break it back down.
- Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: bridge washers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1974
Re: bridge washers
I did pretty much the same as Mr Carter in his how-to. My tube looked like the one in pic 6b when I took it out. Only thing is, the only stems I had were probably truck stems and were about 5" long. I had a little trouble getting the tube back in, with the long stem and might have "disturbed?" the s...
- Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: bridge washers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1974
bridge washers
I had a flat on the rear of our '21 Touring yesterday just as I got home with it. The rear tubes have rubber stems in them and the one that failed was because the stem broke off at the base. I removed the tube and put in a metal(brass) stem, like I have done earlier on both fronts. I used a bridge w...
- Sat Apr 11, 2020 12:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: free starts
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4706
Re: free starts
Judging from starter ring tooth "decay" I believe most engines, at least all that I have ever had experience with tend to stop in the same place, give or take a few teeth. I've known of folks removing ring gears from flywheels, turning them to a less worn spot and reinstalling them. A lot of work, b...
- Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: What Have You Done To The "T"- April Edition
- Replies: 81
- Views: 8902
Re: What Have You Done To The "T"- April Edition
I got our '21 Touring back together after replacing all eight valves. We rode it some and it seems fine. I got 11 free starts in a row the first day back together. Now I will start doing what I can to prepare it for the top installation. I have a top kit and have talked to a man not far from here in...
- Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: T pics
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1369
Re: T pics
I can look at pics like the middle one all day long. But I can't understand why anyone would want to make a T look like the car in the first pic. It's an acquired taste thing I guess, and in my three score + years I haven't acquired it. Oh well, to each his own, live and let live. 

- Thu Apr 09, 2020 8:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: free starts
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4706
free starts
I've got a free start from time to time with our '21 but today after I cleaned the timer and plugs when I got in it to go for a ride I got 11 free starts in a row. Then I "bumped" the starter with the switch off, tried it again and got 4 more. Several hours later I went out to the garage and got in ...
- Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: On the road again
- Replies: 1
- Views: 498
On the road again
I got the new valves in our '21 Touring and got the manifolds to stop leaking, after having them off and back on three times. Today I cleaned the plugs and the New-Day timer and it runs good again. I first thought maybe I should have set the valves a little closer but now that I fixed the exhaust le...
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: My .50 wrench works well
- Replies: 3
- Views: 907
My .50 wrench works well

- Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: installing new valves, finally
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1419
Re: installing new valves, finally
Guess I'll be ok 'cause I never took none of them wooden nickels Papa always told me not to. 

- Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: installing new valves, finally
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1419
Re: installing new valves, finally
My manifold gaskets came from Lang's so I had planned to start Monday morning and finish putting the T back together. While cleaning the intake and exhaust ports with a wire brush on my grinder I also went across the core/expansion plugs. I'm glad I did because the center one showed to have a hole i...
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: a garage mate for our '21 T?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1674
Re: a garage mate for our '21 T?
If you look closely you can tell that the head is a newer( '28) model. The '19 head would have one exhaust port, making for a unique manifold. The manifold on the engine in the pics of the car I posted is "home made". I believe '28 Chevrolet heads are a one year only and the only ones that are used ...
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: a garage mate for our '21 T?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1674
a garage mate for our '21 T?
This is for sale near me. I'm tempted. It's a 1919 Chevrolet 490.
https://images.craigslist.org/00606_jf0 ... 00x450.jpg
Forgive me Henry.
https://images.craigslist.org/00606_jf0 ... 00x450.jpg
Forgive me Henry.
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: What Have You Done To The "T"- April Edition
- Replies: 81
- Views: 8902
Re: What Have You Done To The "T"- April Edition
I put the last 4 valves in today & cleaned the block & head to prepare for installing. Waiting on the manifold gaskets coming from Lang's. It's been apart since October.
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Massacre (photo)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3865
Re: Massacre (photo)
depressing photo.
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: WHat Have You Done To Your Model T In March?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 12377
Re: WHat Have You Done To Your Model T In March?
I got 4 of the valves back in. Halfway there! Ordered a new manifold gasket set from Lang's. I have a new head gasket already.
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Post the earliest picture of you and your T
- Replies: 61
- Views: 5832
Re: Post the earliest picture of you and your T
We've had our '21 Touring since Sept 2016. 0910162001 (1).jpg Here is the first pic I ever took of it when I found it on a trailer for sale in a parking lot of a steak house in Pigeon Forge TN. 0204171256.jpg Here it is sometime later on the day it was ready for the first start up of the rebuilt eng...
- Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: installing new valves, finally
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1419
Re: installing new valves, finally
I went back to the garage and worked on it some more before I waited on a response. I had let some water spill down into the valve openings when removing the head and failed to blow it all out I suppose. The guide in #4 cylinder must have had a little rust formed in the weeks since tear-down. I wrap...
- Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: installing new valves, finally
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1419
installing new valves, finally
Sometime ago a valve failed in the engine of our '21 Touring. I am replacing all 8 original valves that were reused when the engine was rebuilt. I am now able to work on it again and have all the valves adjusted except for #8. I have not installed the springs,washers, and pins yet and will have to d...