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My 1926 coupe. Different looking bracket, same mounting.

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Just did that myself yesterday. There are no new lugs availabe as far as I know. Spare lugs come from junk rims, they are easy to remove and brase in.

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A couple of years ago I looked at the Ford rim drawings at the Benson Ford Research Center specificity to see the plating notes. Ford drawings included Ford rims, Goodyear rims, and the other vendor made rims. Some specified galvanize, some specified zinc plated. None specified cadmium plated. Less ...

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I would expect that to happen after the rest of the tube has expanded beyond the tire size, not before, but of course once in a tire it is constrained. I would try it and see what happens.

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I can help you out, pm me.

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That would have been a gold mine...45 years ago. The TT in the shed is about the only one that looks like it might have been somewhat protected as it still has paint on it. Sad.

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Agree, helicoil.

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Jonah, I don't remember there being any springs.

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I suggest a 1/2" open end wrench in your tool box and forget about a switch. We dont have battery cut off switches on modern cars but they do have fuses, thats what I would recommend to anyone wanting to improve electrical safety to thier model T, add a fuse, ditch the cut off switch.

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I just dont get it, it seems like an awful lot of trouble and unecessary modifications to accomodate an unlikely problem of putting gas in your tank on the side of the road without spilling it. In over 50 years of owning and driving a model T I have only run out of gas and had to add fuel to the tan...

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No, looks like a volt meter to me. A coil tester needs an amp meter with a scale of 0-2 amps.

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Email sent.

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John, I will not lift an engine with a spark plug lifting eye. I use a chain, one end bolted the the water inlet bolt hole and the other end bolted to the rear manifold clamp stud hole using grade 8 bolts. Puts a side load on bolts rather than a tension load on your spark plug threads. Good center o...

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Caution, the timer gauge measuring distance from a bolt head is only usable for an actual Ford timer with an actual Ford roller. You can tell a Ford timer and roller from an aftermarket by the Ford script, or lack thereof.

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Use green antifreeze 50/50 mix with distilled water and throw away the water sol oil whatever that is. Avoid tap water as that has all the minerals that clogged up your radiator in the first place.

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Look about right to me.

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Of all the people that have added a cut-off switch to their Model T's, I would like to know how many have added them to their modern cars too.

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Darin, The fully retarded spark lever should correspond to spark at or just past TDC. 15 deg is way too much. To answer your question #1, there is no corresponding degrees of advance for a fully advanced spark lever, it is the limits of the arms and spark rod. If you have the fully retarded position...

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Straps are all the same.

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Same tank, same strap.

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I prefer the 1/2 inch wrench cut-off switch, low cost, always works, takes up no additional space. Always disconnect the ground side first, if the wrench slips and grounds out it will do nothing, but ground out the positive terminal and sparks will fly. Those cut-off switches are adding risk and an ...

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Do not use red primer for a white color top coat, the red will bleed thru and your final color will be a shade of pink. Be sure the primer is compatible with your paint. An incompatible base paint will act like paint stripper.

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After market add-on stop light.

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Yes, that is the bracket.

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John, does it happen turning in both directions? When the steering is centered, where is the steering arm on the end of the steering column pointed?

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HCCT is a Hand Crank Coil Tester. The old ones were made with a model T flywheel, magnets, and coil ring. Many model t clubs have them or some members have them, one of the advantages of belonging to a local club. A HCCT is very big, heavy, and expensive, not the sort of thing the average T owner ha...

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Ok, you can start the engine on mag with the starter or by hand cranking, and you can start the engine on bat with the starter or hand cranking. Starting on mag requires advancing the spark lever about 1/2 inch, starting on bat requires fully retarded spark lever. When hand cranking on bat or mag, s...

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Jonah, to start your car on mag, you have to advance the spark lever about 1/2 inch, unlike starting on bat which must have the spark lever fully retarded.

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Jonah, you can start a non generator car on mag or an add-on battery.

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Some good black and white pictures of coupe upholstery are in the Ford Service Bulletins available free on online at cimorelli model t library. December 1925, Vol. 6, No.12, Pg 73-80.

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Side lamps are for non starter/generator equipped cars, all closed cars should have come with starters from the factory in 1924.

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Not the new repop ones, but original bumpers. All bumper mounting holes in the frame were pre drilled for the 26-27 improved cars at the factory. You need to put a side load on the brackets when installing the bumper bars. The Ford Service Bulletins provide step by step instructions with pictures, w...

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The headliner is fastened to each rib so it will follow the curvature of the rib. There should be a cloth strip sewn to the back side of the headliner that gets fastened to the side of the ribs. Apply contact cement to the side of the rib and the cloth strip and it will hold in place so your hands a...

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Saw the pictures you posted, that is not a $10,000 car, even if it runs and is drivable. Older amateur restoration, needs everything...

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A counter sunk screw through the top of the bow into the wood side header.

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Unknown, but it is unlikely coupes were still black by mid year 1926 or even early calender year 1926. Upholstery for a coupe made up to Aug/Sep 1926 should have seats and door panels that would be grey with a green pin stripe. For 1925 production of the 1926 model year it is anyones guess.

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Grey upper and grey with green stripe seats and door panels for early-mid 1926 coupe painted channel green. Grey and grey with white stripe for late 1926 and all of 1927 when coupes were painted in several different color options.

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Probably a typo.

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He regularly drove a 1919 model T coupe for about 10 years that was improved and updated even into the model A years. He kept a bottle of mineral water in the package tray behind the seat to drink from, he was a health nut. His wife drove a Detroit Electric. His coupe is in the Henry Ford Museum, wa...

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More information from the Ford Service Bulletin, May 1925, vol 6, no 5, pg 22: Crankcase Arm Bolt on Trucks We have discontinued using the side bolt and block for the crankcase arms on the TT Truck. This allows the mounting of the engine to be somewhat more flexible and reduces the possibility of cr...

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I checked my unrestored 1924 TT and the engine pan ears are mounted to the top of the frame with a wood block and side bolt like the car, but the top bolt has a spring, castle nut, and cotter pin, similar to the radiator mounting.

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I have always liked the look of hasslers, and as a kid with accessory fever I wanted to add them to my T, but cost prohibited acquiring them. Years later with a degree in mechanical engineering and vehicle suspension experience, I can look at the Hassler shocks with a more Newtonian eye and am very ...

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I agree, use 2 wrenches, and this is one of those situations that the blue wrench should not be used.

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top wood is left in place, top material goes on anytime after the headliner is installed.

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Optical illusion. When the top is folded down, the top irons all stack in a line, that will not happen if the irons and bows are not at the same angles. Since some irons go somewhat vertical and some go somewhat horizontal, the width of each iron must be pretty much constant and the same as all the ...

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The oil for the trans is also the oil for the engine, so if you did run it dry and damaged the trans you may have similar damage to the engine, both will need to be rebuilt. I have torn model T engines apart and freshend them up by taking out bearing shims, honing cylinders, replacing rings and valv...

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Ford Service Manual dated 1926, par 953, Removing Starting Motor from Car, states to remove the bendix cover and bendix.

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The addition of a distributor is no indicator if the mag ring is there or not.

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If the mag ring has been removed, yes, if the mag ring is still there, no.

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Sorry, you have the coupe/roadster bracket. The sedan/touring bracket is shorter. The dimension shown to the first hole should be 32" for the sedan, 36 3/8" for the coupe. Coupe/roadster is longer to clear the spare tire that is angled in vs. the sedan spare tire that is angled out. Dimensions came ...

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I agree with Jim, my limited experience with a fussy weak model A horn was electrical, not a mechanical fix.

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Yes, there are mtfca videos you can buy, they were a great help when I did my rear axle.

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I find the grease cups to be totally inadequate to get any reasonable amount of grease where it needs to go, particularly for the u joint and rear axles, and unscrewing the cap to do a repeated filling sucks the grease back out, I end up pumping in and sucking the same grease in and out of the cup. ...

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Jonah, no, they are not really adaptable for 26-27. You can spot the 26-27 irons a mile away by the curve at the bottom. If you do not see the curve they are not the right ones. Also my experience at buying bits and pieces of top irons is a slow and expensive process that seldom turns out as good an...

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New production, or good used Champion X plugs.

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Long grain was not used during model T production, it is for model A as is the fold over "hidem" you have. Model T uses the short grain top material, hidem that opens in the middle, and rain gutters on the sides. Start with a layer of muslin, then a layer of cotton batting, then the top material. St...

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Johnny, if you are asking if you can go from a later high head to an earlier low head you have some good responses already. The primary difference between a high head and a low head is the water jacket height, not really the combustion chamber height. If you are asking if you can go from a stock hea...

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I have had them on and off at different times over the years, but I do not remember if there was any noticable difference to the cabin comfort, it did save me from loosing tools and the oil filler cap on several occasions. I do not remember any negative side effects by using them.

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Brent, would you be willing to find an automotive paint shop that can match the color and provide the paint code for your origional channel green color? Folks have been guessing model T colors for decades, it would be an invaluable resource to the hobby to have the definitive true and documented col...

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You ask what the model T capabilities are on a hill. That answer is based on what a properly working, properly operated model t can do. you are not getting good hill performance so you are considering improvements beyond the stock t configuration, a 10 tooth gear or a ruxtel should be considered IF ...

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You should have no problem climbing a steep hill fully loaded in first gear with stock engine, trans, and rear end.

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Do not attempt to adjust yourself without a coil tester and knowing what you are doing.

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Caution regarding the 15,000,000 model T touring. It came off the assembly line painted blue with silver lettering. It was overpainted in green during the 1950's, the current white lettering was applied recently.

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The float opens and closes the float valve to control the flow of gas to the bowl. When the level is high the float rises and pushes the float valve closed. When it is low the float drops with the fuel level in the bowl and opens the float valve allowing fuel to flow into the bowl. A stuck closed fl...

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Works with lights off, not with lights on, its your battery and generator. Gen 3rd brush may need adjusting, but with lights on you will get a slight discharge anyway. A fully charged battery should run the coils and lights for a couple of hours, running during the day for a couple of hours should r...

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Why has nobody gone out to the garage, measured the width of a pre 26-27 running board, and posted it here?!

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The encyclopedia lists blue or brown for touring and roadster, and commercial green for the roadster pickup as the official colors for 1927. If Ford painted some open cars with closed car colors late in production, then the green would be channel green or highland green. What colors those greens act...

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Like Adam wrote, The TT rear axle mechanically reduces the speed of the wheels for the same engine rpm providing more "power" to the rear wheels. This is necessary to allow a model T engine and transmission to run and stop a truck loaded with one ton of payload. Top end with the early TT rear axles ...

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Aren't all pre 26-27 runningboards the same width?

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Most people want to know how to remove one, nothing but trouble, thas one of those accessories that make a better display item on a shelf than in a car. I have no worries about someone stealing my T, I leave the keys in it when I park, I figure most people would not know how to start it or drive it,...

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The repro original style steel end mufflers and exhaust pipes are fine. I welded the steel ends to the outermost muffler tube to keep from having to reassemble them after a backfire. All gets held on by the manifold nut, exhaust pipe clamp at the front of the muffler, and one bolt on the muffler ear...

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Take off the bolts or screws for one of the hinges, they are located inside the rain gutter, and slide that corner of the trunk lid, hinge and all, out towards the back to disengage the other hinge, then the lid will come out. one hinge will come out with the trunk lid, the other hinge will remain b...

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Not difficult, 2 people makes it easier to do.

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My T worked fine in south Texas in the summer with a stock set up, 75 rear old radiator, no water pump, no thermostat, no water wetter, just plain 50/50 antifreeze.

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My preference is green cast iron and black stamped steel. Dont go unpainted, if you like the bare cast iron look there is a grey cast iron engine paint available at the usual auto parts stores.

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Welcome to northern Michigan! Most people move south as they get older.

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A good glass shop should be able to install the glass into the frame, they use a rubber like tape between the glass and frame. And best thing is if they crack the glass during installation they cut another at no charge to you. You crack the glass you buy another one. (been there, done that). Ford Se...

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Email sent. I will take them.

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You can lean out the fuel/air mixture to shut down the engine, that's how its done in airplanes, eliminates blown apart mufflers that way.

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Engine decked, new valves, sounds like there was a rebuild sometime. I would stop inspecting it at this point and put it back together and enjoy it before winter comes.

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Nuts and bolts hold it, you need to get the header upholstery panel off to get to the nuts.

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The two bumpers that support the glass channel when the window is all the way down is what I would look at first. My 26 coupe windows have the top edge of the glass exposed when all the way down too, as it did with the original glass, channel, and regulator parts, but not an inch as yours does. I ag...

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Exhaust manifold heaters ducted to the floorboards were the most common.

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With the head off it would be easy to verify if the pistons and valves are newer or origional. New pistons are aluminium, you can check that with a magnet, if a magnet sticks to them they are the origional iron pistons. If the valves are the origional 2piece valves there will be two dimples on the t...

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Harold, book is "Model T Ford The Car That Changed The World" copyright 1994.
As I am understanding it, your engine was made in the River Rouge plant, Feb 24, 1926. Where that engine went for integration into a car is not indicated.

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According to Bruce's book, July 20,1925 at Highland Park, yours would be one the last of the '25 model year. Highland Park shut down on July 28th and the new improved 1926 model year production started on 3 August 1925. CORRECTION: I may have misread the manufacturing plant column in Bruce's book. Y...

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Checked in the Ford Price List of Parts book, August 5, 1928. 9 leaf front springs are for TT truck, 8 leaf front springs are for 26-27 car, 7 leaf front springs for 09-25 car.

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6 amps? You control the generator output by moving the third brush. Ford Service Manual covers this.

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Ammeter is on the battery circuit and is separate from magneto. If generator is putting out ammeter should show a pos. If you have no generator output and car is running on bat, and, or the lights are on and or the horn is blowing, the ammeter should show a neg. If the generator is putting out and y...

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12 gage wire, can't answer the generator question. You should add an in line fuse near the starter switch to your power wire. If you had enough power draw to melt the wire it would have blown the fuse, may or may not have protected your generator.

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PM has been sent.

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The bushings are hat shaped so you cannot press them thru. One way is to cut the outside part of the bushing off, then press them thru. Another way is to screw a tap into the bushing and drive the bushing out from the back side with a punch against the tap. There are special tools but pricy and not ...

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Jonah, no need to reposition the crank on the crankshaft, with the key off engage the crank and turn the crank to where you want it for starting, then start it from the new position.

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As you suspect, a previous owner used tape to hold the gasket in place, tape does not belong. The headlight assembly is a nightmare to take apart AND reassemble. Many people resort to all kinds of things to get it back together with just 2 hands: colorful language, leaving the gasket out altogether,...

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Bumper brackets will install on the car with the body on. Ford Service Bulletins cover installation. Coupe and roadster are the same bumpers.

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Jonah, I did my bands for the first time at age 15. I dropped the washer down the oil pan. New cotton band lining will seem to be too long by about 1/4" to 3/8", they are not. Follow the steps in the Ford Service Manual and Ford Service Bulletins. Disconnect the battery, take the key out of the igni...

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Dennis, My bad experience has been stripping out the threads in the block with new vendor supplied head bolts. I agree, they do not seem to be long enough, if they are made to the original Ford bolt specs then it is not the fault of the vendors, but nevertheless, the bolts I used stripped out 3 hole...

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Jim, PM sent.

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Yes phosphoric acid can damage cast iron. The damage is not immediate, but the longer you soak it the more noticeable it will be. It will soften the cast iron like paint remover softens paint, you will be able to scrape the outer surface off the part with a wire brush or your fingernail. Casting mar...

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You are playing with fire. You got burned because a prior owner had modified the steering shaft, and now you are contemplating doing it again yourself. The correct repair would be to replace the entire steering column with a stock Ford set up. Complete restorable steering columns are plentiful and a...

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