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I re-machine those early covers to accept a modern cam seal. If you buy an early cover from Steve and would like that done, send me an email.

These are fairly common. They might be worth double a regular T coil to a Fordson owner who really wants them, but that’s probably the limit. There really isn’t any Fordson Tractor “points judging”. Good luck.

These are all single stack field coils with 3/8” windings. There is 31 in this stack. There will be a minimum total of 40 and possibly up to 50 by the time I get them all in one place. Located in Wisconsin between Milwaukee & Madison just off the interstate. Make a reasonable offer. Email only. Plea...

Who did the babbitt work? They should have known the difference in early caps. With that being said, if clearances are good, and the crankshaft grinding job was good, your longevity on those #1 & #2 main bearing caps likely will be less than it should be and they are more likely to “burn out” under ...

A guy is selling a wipe on patina in a can for about $160 per quart. It is suposed to bring back the shine, protect the rusty surface, and remaining finish from further damage. Is this stuff really worth it? Linseed oil? Here is what some of the the railroad museums have been using to restore old p...

Just in case anyone missed it; This is posted with the heading of “READ THIS NOW BEFORE POSTING COMMENTS” at the very top of the Vehicles For Sale forum:

Group 1 6 volt batteries are currently $115 around Southeastern Wisconsin. They were $50 in the early 1990’s. Adjusted for inflation they are probably $20 more in “today’s dollars” than they were 30 plus years ago. That’s pretty darn reasonable considering demand is probably 25 percent of what it wa...

Needs to remove the line after 54 and change ABCD to ABDC…

And 10 needs to be changed from ATDC TO BTDC…

NOT a Model T oil sight glass…

The reproduction top and bottom yoke parts are not made exactly right and require a bit of clearance-ing and fitting around the area of the universal joint. Look carefully at it when turning and you will see where you have to re-form and open up the top yoke to be a “u” and also grind some material ...

Vern is correct in the fact that the manifold isn’t cast exactly right. The new manifolds have been that way for at least fifteen years. I’ve installed several of them and they require some grinding to the front outside of the rear manifold port to get the clamp to fit properly AND some fitting to g...

Once your springs are cleaned, painted, and have grease between the leaves, it will ride just fine. (My actual experience having restored 2 TT’s and having serviced rear springs on some “older restorations” too). A TT rear spring has absolutely “no action” if it is dry. If even rusty leaves are spre...

enjoy your flat tires. I for one have too little time left on this earth to waste it on fixing flats caused by sheer stubbornness Scott said it all! I’ve installed hundreds of T tires on rims over the last 25 years and all with flaps (split rims & clinchers). …And it has been EXTREMELY RARE that an...

The cover is correct for 1917-1919 T’s (without a starter).

It should work on most T’s without a starter up to 1925.

It will not work on 1926-1927 T’s or any T with a wide transmission brake drum because the pedal shaft spacing is different.

Good news; it’s not a “unicorn”. For around $40 you should be able to buy one somewhere / from someone online TODAY. Sometimes they are in $1 to $5 tool piles with generic tools at swap meets. You will have to look for them since 99% of the time the vendor that has one has no idea what it is.

There are two different ‘26/‘27 closed car frames and they are not interchangeable. The fastener pattern on the header is different. Piano hinge style or clasp hinge style.

You are a bit below the balance point. Cast iron (the ring) expands .001” per inch with a 200F temp rise. The ring is 11.77” long if it was straightened out, therefore will grow just under .012” with a 200F rise. But, the block will warm up proportionately and so will the pistons (bore gets slightly...

“Automotive cast” is $240/Ton at the scrapyard here.

That equals around $10 for a bare T block.

11 14 17 casting date makes it an 18 block, if that's any help. Allan from down under. WRONG! That block was machined and assembled into an engine the next day! That serial number is in the books as being produced Nov 15, 1917. Remember this is during WW1… Sometimes there was NO time between castin...

Forecast for Saturday: 65 degrees & no rain. Ideal weather.

Take it if it is free !

Easily fixed by slowly working into the threaded hole from an old gas tank with a little thinned lapping compound.

When I’ve had nice original’26/‘27 gas caps, I generally ask a bit more than the reproductions sell for and they usually sell pretty quick.

…and… You DO NOT WANT any reproduction cans if you actually intend to use them. They leak. Evidently the reproductions had some kind of “fine print” disclosure in their advertising or packaging that said they are not intended for actual use… Hey Adam, pretty sure the fine print is a liability issue...

Here we are... Exactly where I expected we eventually would be… Blockley tires wear just like any other tire…

The bare flywheel moves plenty of oil without any slingers. If you really don’t believe that and think you need something extra, just put the aluminum magnet spacer spools on the front of the flywheel with each ring gear bolt. The paddles you installed do fail in use and cause major damage. They are...

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Wed Oct 08, 2025 10:49 am
Any suggestions on keeping white tires white?

LOL! Don’t install them. Keep them in their original packaging and store in your basement. Preferably in the root cellar or an area with no windows.

Can you put a glob of grease on a section of the flywheel, rotate it around, and pick up the cotter pin? Don’t do that! Grease is a contaminant in engines that do not have pressure lubrication. Most modern greases do not readily mix with or dissolve in engine oil and can plug up oil grooves (and th...

The thermometer is easy to replace if you can get one.

…and… You DO NOT WANT any reproduction cans if you actually intend to use them. They leak. Evidently the reproductions had some kind of “fine print” disclosure in their advertising or packaging that said they are not intended for actual use…

I bet that’s it! The balance ring on the bendix gear is hitting the nut and crashing / skipping the gears. He did say he installed a new bendix. They have a solid machined one piece gear and balance ring. If it was an original bendix gear with a swedged balance ring, those nuts would have broken the...

That’s the sort of damage that can occur if you use a 12v battery for starting. What voltage is it? Other possibilities: 1) Spark isn’t properly retarded on startup. 2) Badly bent starter shaft. 3) Mesh between the two gears is incorrect. (Engine main bearings are line bored off center and/or the bl...

There are different widths of these. You will likely want to get the ones that fit properly on the T running board. The wider ones fit poorly and look odd on a T.

Those are the odd ‘21/‘22 spindles. Not 1909’s

From Bruce’s Encyclopedia:

Use of thick assembly lubes and the presence of grease inside the engine can also seal up the areas that provide oil and cause a bearing to run dry and fail. Grease and some assembly lubes do not mix readily with oil in engines that do not have a pressurized oil system.

There are plenty good used originals available for much less than a good reproduction would cost even if it was available. If you buy four you have a lifetime supply so why should anyone make them?

It is a typical “burnt out bearing”. The babbitt instantly liquifies, slings out, and solidifies. It is usually from too tight clearance OR too little oil (or too much load on the engine). The inside oil line may be plugged or oil level too low. Maybe the babbitt quality is poor, but more than likel...

There was an installation tool for those lights. It is a drill turned tool that clamped to the glass and worked with a single-use packet of grinding compound that essentially ground a proper sized round hole in the glass. There was a collector near me about 20 years ago that had one of the tools and...

Don’t use the reflectors. People think they are tail lights. When they don’t light up or flash when you slow down, you are more likely to get rear ended.

It’s a pusher fan too. They are the hot setup for stationary engines. They move much more air thru the radiator.

That filler neck will fall off again if it isn’t mechanically attached to the tank somehow before it is sealed with solder. Maybe... maybe not. It's been maybe 25 years that I've had my Speedster. I bought a really nice, freshly re-cored radiator for it at a swap meet for only $150. When I went to ...

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If the drivetrain has that damage, the engine & transmission also has severe damage. I’ve had a good deal of experience working on T’s professionally and have had the chance to see some “hidden damage” from events less severe than yours. If you take your engine fully apart, YOU WILL find that your d...

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Fri Aug 22, 2025 6:41 pm
I would not be surprised an inline filter worked on a cowl tank.

It USUALLY DOESN’T work… You initially run out of gas with right around 3-5 gallons remaining. And it gradually gets worse.

That IS NOT the correct dome light for a T.

Fyi… The area where the two housings come together often transfer a “rub mark” to the pinion housing that looks like a crack but isn’t. If this is the case with yours, it would still be a good core.

Did you re-wire your car or change your plug wires or rebuild your coil box and put things back together incorrectly perhaps? As you are sitting in the drivers seat, coil # 1 is on the right and coil # 4 is on the left…

Layden Butler wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:49 pm
He is on my NO SELL list because he has spoken for several items and then not paid for them.

Same here!

I don't like the tread pattern used by Blocky. I wonder where they got it from? There is a rumor that blockley got a good second-hand deal on the machine that cut the pattern in the top of deli hams when the last $4.99 buffet closed in LasVegas. Evidently, one of the forum participants was instrume...

Dan Hatch wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 12, 2025 7:17 am
Are they still copyrighted? At one time they were.

Were any of the prints ever ACTUALLY copyrighted? Has anyone checked?

That “switch” is also a key. Pulling it straight down removes it. It is often missing on these.

You have to throw away the bad parts and use good ones.

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Take them to the scrapyard fully assembled. They generally give you a good rate for “motors”.

Do you have a modern fuel filter installed?

If you do, that is your problem. Take it off, throw it away, and install the original $80 sediment bulb & screen if you don’t already have one.

You don’t have to order oil. It’s 85w140 and every place has it.

Verify before you buy to avoid disappointment…

I think “Model 720” is an early one. Usually it says “Warren, PA” on it somewhere. Many of the early Warford parts are not interchangeable with later ones and vise-versa.

…This included the experimental NRS engine with the removable head mentioned above, and possibly the experimental "X" configuration engine that was slated to be used in the replacement for the "T" that never got beyond the early engineering stage. Modeltspaz. I think the “X” engine is at the Fair L...

‘26-‘27 coupe & roadsters are all steel bodies and popular with hot-rodders, which makes them even harder to find. Unfortunately, that deck lid is probably the single most valuable part of the body. I’ve seen some very beat up originals that were still solid sell in the $800 range. I know of one tha...

The driven gear shaft is partially fractured or completely broken. Not sure which I'm more impressed by... your diagnosis or the damage! :shock: :o Excellent call! Thanks Jerry! The diagnosis is the product of nearly 25 years of experience with several engine and/or transmission rebuilds per year. ...

The driven gear shaft is partially fractured or completely broken. That is the shaft on the brake drum that goes thru the low speed bushing. The broken or fractured pieces expand into the low bushing and seizes the transmission when you engage low or reverse. This is an issue that shows up almost ex...

I was a bad boy. First I used longer slot-head screws but then I got tired of dropping my screwdriver when it slipped out of the slots and replaced the slot-head screws with socket head (allen). Now I use my battery powered wrench driver with an extension to spin them off and start them back on. Wo...

Believe it or not. If you ultrasonic cleaned those and bead blasted them, it is possible that some of them might be okay. (Not pitted).

no longer be available.

The less expensive Grant rings are actually the higher quality. The ring end gaps are usually right on and the clearance in the grooves is very good. For what its worth; for about the last twenty years most of the parts vendors have been supplying pistons in red, white, & blue boxes that have the “G...

Yes. It folds flush to the edge of the running board so you don’t have to remove it.

From the 1927 Ford Manual:

Jerry VanOoteghem wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 07, 2025 10:14 am
I wonder if anything is mentioned in "Ford Methods in the Ford Shops" about generator production.

“Ford Methods and the Ford Shops” was written in 1914 well before generators were available on Fords…

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A nice pair of cowl gas tank straps with the hard-to-find CORRECT washers. $80 includes shipping anywhere in the USA. Email if you want it. Please do not pm or post here. Thank you. 93045546-FBEA-416A-942E-FB16696AC6FC.jpeg CD8B85CE-529F-4E81-A93F-466D705211C0.jpeg 9B8BA058-9153-43ED-A812-CBBA96E24C...

Sold (pending payment). $45 includes shipping anywhere in the USA. Email if you want it. Please do not pm or post here. Thank you. 883ED465-79AE-46B0-B72F-13884BD4991F.jpeg 91004C7E-604D-4C3C-B25C-87B3752F2628.jpeg D1682013-3B54-4662-96E8-46E7063C6DC4.jpeg 0C52A95A-F629-46E3-856B-1755101F2357.jpeg

These used to be “as good as gold” at one time and highly sought after. This hood former is the only commercially unavailable item needed to turn your 1917-1922 into a “brass era” car…

25 years ago that would have been a $200+ hood former… Did someone commit to buy it for $25 and then change their mind? There should have been a half dozen people wanting it the day it was listed !

You can sometimes get the pressed script tanks from your gas dealer if they are a large dealer and the counter person is friendly enough to look thru what they have. They aren’t all that uncommon yet. The last time I exchanged one there were maybe five of them between three pallets of acB’s (acetyle...

Babbitt really isn’t great for hammers. It’s a little too hard and also chips and cracks & doesn’t “move around” well when it gets beaten like a lead hammer head does. I have cast a few and they aren’t real good compared to lead. As far as babbitt is concerned, if you could get an assay of your ingo...

He certainly is.

FYI to whoever buys this: I’ve re-machined several of that style front cover over the years for a modern cam seal and it works well. There is no need to stick with that odd captured felt seal. Contact me if interested in having it done.

Peter, thank you for acknowledging help given. Not every seller sees value in others helping to identify/date/advise on items posted. It is as though the classifieds are sacrosanct, and it should be left to the buyer to make a blunder and wear the consequences. Allan from down under. Yes, but Kevin...

Sold (pending payment) Here is a Walden Worcester # 5810 connecting rod wrench. This is a “must have” tool for working on any of the connecting rods and especially for getting to the rear connecting rods. $40 includes shipping anywhere in the USA. Email if you want it. Please do not post here or pm....

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These look real nice and it’s been a long time since good ones have been available; but are they really going to be sets of 20 as your ad says or did you mean to say 23 ? I think most people who want really good looking correct wheel nuts on their car are going to want the 3 on the spare wheel to ma...

George, The particular headlights you have will need to be taken off, bent, put back on, repeat, until you get them aimed right. For those who don’t notice or don’t know; Those are very early ‘26 fender mounted lights. They are not mounted to the iron down by the frame, but to the fender sheet metal...

They have been ultrasonic cleaned and are in good used condition. There is one left outer & one right outer. The inners are interchangeable for both sides. One used inner race is included because it looked really good, but is the only good used race I have at this time so it’s thrown in with the bea...

Sold (pending payment). Here is a good used pair of original Ford headlight lenses that have taken on a nice even purple tint with age $95 for the pair and shipping is included anywhere in the USA. Email if you want them. Please do not pm or post here. Thank you. 624E8EAD-5F7B-4B1C-8996-2649664CD05E...

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This is an original used ‘19-‘23 dash shield. It goes on the firewall and fills the gap between the top floorboard & firewall. $40. includes shipping anywhere in the USA. Email if you want it. Please do not post here or pm. Thanks. 5FF0FE56-9A6A-4537-BF36-9E7ACF598D8C.jpeg 516DE15B-F224-4F68-BA71-FD...

$30. Shipping is included anywhere in the USA. Email if you want it. Please do not post here or pm. Thanks.

These are not available from the parts vendors and this one is in good shape. $85. Shipping inside the USA is included. Email if you want it. Please do not post here or pm. Thanks.

I’ve got one that has been disassembled, cleaned, checked, and all the parts are usable. It has fair quality gears. It has been partially assembled with all the needed parts included. I’d sell it as it is for $900. I can do the final assembling and adjustments for an additional $300. The shifter is...

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