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Kevin as an entomologist I’m sure you’ll be able get get the bugs out of your T & buzzing around regularly! One of my professors in college was an entomologist and in the summer l worked the fields in the Delta of Mississippi, helping the farmers identify insect issues. I give him a lot of credit fo...

Drain it, just a thought.

Dan’s triple gear bearings are incredible, if you’ve decided to go that route buy his triple gear pins with the bearings. It’s really a must do unless you’re a glutton for punishment, ha!
Best John

Erik I believe it’s on the address section sent to you on the magazine package, if not call the club & they can give it to you. Best John

Mike I was going to wait to offer this but decided to forge forward. Reading all your post and feeling the frustration on things that were trial & error, I want to let you know that after careful consideration I’m willing to let you give me the body once buttoned up & painted. I know that’s a genero...

So i reread your post carefully and wanted to ask several questions without jumping the shark on the builder until you know what you don’t know. You said you rebuilt the rear axle, did that include the modern pinion set up with a locking collar for the preload? Generally speaking, did you use a new ...

Jim by far the side entry laparoscopy robotic surgery for knee replacement is something to consider. The trauma is significantly reduced, spares trauma to the quadriceps and allows almost immediately getting up and moving around as part of rehab. There also is a technique where they just remove the ...

If I understood what your were trying to explain is that your triple gears are moving aft toward the drums & forward towards the flywheel on the triple gear pins. Is that correct? If so you may have some issues. The triple gears are only engaged in low & reverse however if not checked for correct to...

Hank you are spot on, Red Kote is a great product if you let it cure til it doesn’t have a strong smell to it. I have a metal funnel from a decade ago that I used to pour the Red Kote into a tank, the funnel still has the coating on it. With your military discount you can get a gallon for under $100...

Yeah I get it Allan it’s what I was given. Thanks for the conversion. Still looking. Thanks for the input.

John

Thanks for the information & solved. In this case I don’t want to spend another thousand to solve an issue that might be resolved for a couple hundred. Hank may have the viable solution however I have seen larger saddles with the same profile on larger cars of the era. Hoping someone has a set, if n...

Digital Calipers, socket measured on the 90’s width on the saddle & a physical fitting that failed to seat in the saddles. Best John

Larry if originals were available it would be on the T.

Best bang for the buck are rebuilt coils by a competent professional rebuilder. It’s the only way your T will be in normal sinus rhythm. You’d be surprised how much better your T will run, even if it’s a tired engine. Like Dan said paraphrased, you could buy about $800 + of equipment plus a lot of l...

1910 touring, original saddles, reproduction top sockets with the following measurements: Top socket width 1-45/128" Saddle gap width 1-27/128" Now what to do? Does anyone have a pair of top saddles that have a wider gap that are the same profile? I think the early saddles are cast so heating and be...

I will 2nd Jacks thought. A few years ago Bill transported an early T to Ca. I was given updates and arrival times with conformation. Excellent!!!

I’m curious about the almost complete removal of Novice Collectors post. Why would they be removed? We’ve had several more contentious threads that still remain on the net & Forum. The information and help offered was sound & yes there were comments made by the OP and the contributors were somewhat ...

Ockham’s razor winner. It’s most likely the problem check the connections on the back but first try moving the key slowly and see if you coils buzz. My experience with a similar situation it was the contacts inside needed cleaning & the contacts lifted a bit. Good luck, best John

I have no connection to the part or seller but was curious about the number of intake ports & wondered how this would adapt to a T. Did Rajo have a 3 port head assembly for a T? Best John

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Good suggestion Jerry. This test will take you having another person to help, that said with the rear on jack stands & the reverse engaged, not running, does rotating the engine by hand produce the same noise? If your T is equipped with a starter, power off, you may be able to hear the noise using t...

Jerry that could be some of it but you can see post several remarks was the first time we learned the T’s frame was lifted off the floor. With that known now the question begs for more information, Do the fourth main holes line up with the end of the hogshead/pan holes “within reason”? I must admit ...

Is alternator in the same mounting area that the generator was located? Was your gear fully engaged with the timing gear? I’ve read about issues with a certain supplier where the shaft is short and the gear is recessed partially from the timing gear and it created a poor alignment/gear mesh.

Somethings going on with your triple gears perhaps a foreign object getting caught in the gears during rotation of the triple gears or worse loose pins.

Dan you posted it first but I was thinking the same thing, if the forth main did not go on with ease you’re looking in the future to significant engine problems. Best John

Any chance that some type of steam engine? Looks like a valve lever top right. Best John

Pat I thought I zoomed in to see if it was a distributor but mistakenly decided it wasn’t. Best John

Keith, who are those two young folks in the picture? Wishing you and Yvonne decades and decades more fun and family get togethers.

I’ll take them

Howard sent you an email. Best John

Hey you guys with 1910’s or those that know could you please help me with the length of the tie rod & the length of the drag link. I’m trying to help a friend out that is restoring a 1910 and he needs to confirm the measurements of what he has and what is correct. Thanks in advance, John.

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I called myself looking up these measurements but can’t find anything with the exception of a letter of change in 1912. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Best John

Nice pan & great price.

Looks like a 12 model year block, production was till the end of September 1912, your block was cast 9/17/12 so it probably was built before the end of September.

For me the easiest way to work the 5/1 gears in an early riveted brass head is by doing one of the triple gears at a time using yellow time saver your mileage may very. Takes about 2 hours doing it that way. Best John

Mr Poradsky, you’re in luck Hemmings has an opportunity for you to review a built in 1910 Model T touring. Here is the link if you’d like to review it. https://www.hemmings.com/listing/1910-ford-model-t-400141 Good hunting. Best John PS Your written syntax is very familiar. Have you posted here befo...

Steve here is a link to the classified add in the forum from the late Bob Shirley’s estate that was purchased at the auctions. It’s an early Mercury body. Hope this helps.

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George the left rear fender is for 1909/10 with the 2 butterfly mounts. Can’t really tell on the front fenders as pictured but they appear to be pre 1911 but could be later.
I check & compare with some know 09/10 fronts

Joe is spot on! We have at least (9) 26-7 blocks that are unusable without sleeving & seats & at least 3 that have no hope for repair without spending crazy money to repair.

I’ll take the last set

Jim that stuff is awesome!

Herb I think you have what is left of an early Jno Brown generator judging by the wing nut locks.

The pivot point curve is way too beefy compared to a 23-25 & 26-27

Pictures for my friend Larry!

Mechanical brake cable adjuster. Mid 30’s tool for real car folks.

Try eBay, they come up often or try the Bosch #4003

Looking at the video Is the pulley on the crank out of round or is the front of the crank bent?

Mounted on a car drive train!

I’m thinking that since I bought those nylon timing gears years ago (probably 10 years or more) they may be questionable to run so I’ll go with Dan’s bronze ones. Unfortunately of the 5 I have of those, they are all standard not 7.5 gears. I drive quite a bit & at my health/age I’m not looking for a...

Has the type material been changed in the nylon timing gears being produced now? I ask because I recall reading a few post about the old nylon gears having major issues in engines running a generator but not so much if a non generator motor. I’m interested in the responses selfishly because in the p...

Keith you make the complex simple. Thanks for your experience & explanation.
Best John

Check your email please. Best John

Bruce I agree with the majority, you’re good to go & money saved. The clinchers are named for what they do, that edge clinches under the rim lip & as long as your rim edge isn’t sharp you should get regular service out of it. Just be sure you air it up to seat it well. I listen for a small noise & t...

Looks like a K touring

Check your email. Best John

I’ll take the conduit. Best John

What size?

Picture of what it looks like please.

Scott once you have the pan crack repaired you should have the surface Blanchard ground to insure your table surface is flat

Posting for my friend Larry.

Mark as usual Chaffin’s comes through.
Best John

They are the folks that reproduce many of the Ruckstell parts.

Have you tried Chaffins Garage

For you folks with a law degree wouldn’t the company have to state as a disclosure the information that Brent was told by his sales rep in the advertising of the tire on sale information? I placed an order for 4 tires & paid for them. Currently they are on back order. So based on the afore mentioned...

SKU NUMBER 80600

https://cokertire.com/tires/coker-class ... -inch.html

BEST JOHN

Allan both of them together, I’m in the neighborhood. I went on a diet but I wasn’t getting enough food so I went on another diet & between the two diets I’m getting enough now. I was wearing a light colored T shirt and went for a ride with my little granddaughter, when she & I got out of the T Elie...

I seem to have the same problem with a 1925 pickup but it’s very random. When my daughter drives it it seems just fine, when my son-in-law drive it ditto seems level but every time I get in to it it seems to lean significantly to the left. I’ve checked all the body mounts & pan mounts, all is good. ...

Bob nicely done! Best John

Looks great! Almost art. Best John

You may consider contacting Russ if you want new.

Dan & all thanks ever so much. Just bought new tires & flaps then decided to go with wire wheels though not correct for the model year. Looks like rim liners it is. Best John

John I googled it first before I asked the forum and basically the answer was because you can’t ha. Best John

Robert I get that but what’s the science of why it wouldn’t work? The flaps are wide enough they would still wrap the sides of the tube inside the tire to a lesser degree but not so much that the edges stuck straight up on tube instead of following the curvature of the tube against the wall of the t...

If the flaps/liners can be used in 21” split rims why can’t they be used for wire wheels too instead of the small rubber liner? Best John

Rodger sent you an email.

I’d like the drive shaft ball.

Richard Gould ( AKA “the Perfecto King”) can give you a wealth of info on the Perfecto but as far as the Hall Scott & Ruckstell, later Eaton, first had ads around 1920. Later in the 20’s it became Ruckstell named after the engineer that developed the design & later bought by Eaton that made rear axl...

It’s a dandy! Thanks for producing them Mark.
Best John

Good one LMAOROTF.

Muggy welding using number 77 cast iron welding rod will be stronger than the material around it.A competent welder can repair that. If you were still concerned add a truss.

Adam why not take the cracked Ruckstell housing to a professional welder & have them stop drill it and weld it up.
Where is it cracked?

Well that was quick.

Frank thank you for the information attached for others to see & understand the math used to calculate the proposed tariffs. There will always be folks that are reactionary in their statements even though they may not be affected personally initially short term. It’s no surprise that the “major” med...

Rodger how many do you have? I’ll take at least 2.
Best John

Tim I’m hoping, if the US & UK don’t come up with an agreement, that it will be based on the location of the company that supply’s them for retail sales. If not and it’s an aggregate of the 2 tariffs that would be a different story. I think it’s too early to tell right now. I’m sure we will get an i...

Kurt great pick up on the sign. I wonder if it was a big watering hole before probation?

Well Dave, I’m trying to play nice in the sand box but since you seemed curious, in the USA that would have been George Washington with the Tariff Act of 1789. Besides being an “idiot”, your words, he was a surveyor, a commanding officer for two different countries, early member of the continental C...

You can use a step down socket to remove the bushing just use a step down socket that will just fit into the ID of the bushing but has a shoulder slightly larger than the ID of the bushing. Insert a long carriage bolt. Put the carriage bolt through the ratchet side opening of the socket. I use a rub...

Have you tried seeing how much end play your crank has?

Look for square mold castings on top of the head. 1914-19 does not have them. Some 13 heads had a full date cast in them at the rear in line rear to front. Bob McDaniel’s head has that type of casting.

Could it be used to insert the electrodes on the sides of Frankenstein’s neck? Just spitballing here.
If it was bigger it seems it could be used to remove a crank pulley.

Put the tube in first inflate the tube (low amount of air) just so it doesn’t have any wrinkles. Now put your flap in being sure to fit it on both sides of the tube. The flap should not be bulging out locate the valve stem, pinch the tire sides together where the stem is and insert it into the rim, ...

Because Steve has & is collecting knowledge for reference now & in the future. Ha

I’ll see if I can get more detailed pictures of the tail light bracket.

Springs are cheap buy new ones.

Love the Coupeletes, I saw this two piece tail light bracket & license plate holder & immediately thought about the unique turtle deck opening on the earliest of this model.

Straight sockets, door handles & upside down horn is interesting.
Early 1909 two pedal & two lever, I do like the top knuckles.

Thursday people began buying & getting use to the new layout at Duncan swap. Most folks did well on Thursday as deals were being made. Friday was busier yet. So much so for our group that I really didn’t have time to take pictures. I think so far that it’s going well for the first outing. Hopefully ...

All through Thursday more vendors arrived & continued growing during the day.

Wednesday evening we started setting up.

Gene what you need is a top boot!

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