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This is the only one I could find a picture of. 1-3/4 HP Buckeye. Made in Lima, Ohio in the mid teens.

Hank, I can't say enough how great this is. You have given these young men some discipline and direction that will affect them for the rest of their lives. They will never forget what you have provided for them. I had a shop teacher in high school that did the same for me, and to this day I am thank...

I vote for vacuum leak at the intake manifold. I would not pull the pistons to change the rings at this point. Also, you said there was some smoke coming out of the hole in the valve cover. That would indicate to me loose valve guides, which would be less likely to make a sticky valve. Before you te...

Most shops only take off a few thousandths when they deck a block. Just enough to make it flat. I usually have them leave witness marks to show that a minimum was removed. I have had to have the area you are concerned about spray welded to build it up before the decking operation. I don’t like to cu...

The needles or rollers in those bearings would have to be tapered to rotate correctly. The straight ones, like the ones you buy today, will have to do some skidding as the assembly rotates. That's what wears them flat. The straight ones seem to me to be a poor design.

If you reply to the email that was sent through the forum you will get that message because it wasn't sent to me. You have to send it to my address which was stated in the message, not just hit reply. This was not a scam. I got your email and responded with a refusal of your low ball offer. A nice g...

Bearing is sold.

For Sale - Brand new in package SKF 7212 BECBY ball bearing. This is the P211 angular contact ball bearing that presses onto the P139 bronze thrust plate in the Ruckstell differential. $75.00 includes shipping to your door. Click on my user name and send me a PM or email. I will take PayPal, check o...

This is discussed from time to time. My opinion. Ford built the Model T to be capable of going 45 mph. That doesn’t mean that is the cruising speed. You wouldn’t go out and drive your modern car wide open all the time. Most tours I’ve been on run 25 to 35, and we plan about 25 when we are setting up...

Those are ugly. The corner radii are not round, and there is a lot of grime on the flat areas around the bolts, even on the edges of the babbitt. The X grooves will do nothing without oil holes and dippers. I have seen nicer grooves put in with a can opener. You would be better off without them. Som...

It looks to me like the bearing inner sleeve on the drive shaft is preventing the gear from seating on the taper. Push the sleeve on a little further by tightening the gear down with the nut and there's your dinner. Nothing wrong with the gear.

Tell them to social distance. End of problem.

This guy on YouTube is running a test of gasoline and several additives for a year. He starts and runs 10 different small engines to see what is happening to the fuel. Keep in mind he is part comedian, but he does have some good videos. The original post concerned SeaFoam, and one of the additives h...

You can also get your steering components too tight which will cause your car to wander all over the road and be difficult to drive.

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When I was young and dumb my brother and I would try to fly low enough over my uncle’s corn field to knock the tassels off. If we saw him out in the field we would bomb him with paper sacks of flour.

Mark, PM sent.

I usually save all the used ones I get through the year, then give them to Gene at Chickasha. I still have them since we didn’t get to go, so I’ll probably mail them to him. I don’t take anything for them. I just give them to him for the service he provides.

It is possible to install the cam shaft 180 out of time when the timing marks on the crankshaft and camshaft line up correctly. Put the gear on the camshaft with the timing marks aligned then rotate the engine by hand and watch when the exhaust valve opens on number one cylinder. It should start to...

I’m sorry. I thought it was on topic. I was trying to explain why you can’t get the cam gear out 180 degrees, which was his question.

There could actually be two timing marks on the cam gear 180 apart and either one would work. If all other things are equal, you might want to rethink that. I don’t understand what you are saying. The gear could go on the cam two possible ways. One way is 180 out from the other. That means the cam ...

Dom is too mean to get sick.

A Model A timing gear indexes only one way because of the way you time the ignition. Timing is set at #1 TDC. When you take the timing pin out, turn it over and put it back in the hole, there is only one spot on the gear that is #1 TDC. That’s where the pin drops into the dimple. I guess Ford though...

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I don’t quite understand his terminal strip either. Looks like a jumper from the battery terminal (yellow wire) to one of the headlight terminals. If he installed that jumper, that could be why he only has one working.

Is this country’s reaction to this virus what we have to look forward to now in the future? The CDC estimates that 12,000 people died from the flu between October 1, 2019 and February 1, 2020, or four months. This new virus has been here since at least November of last year, and we have as of this a...

See you there Ryan!

Red Perma-Tex engine assembly lube. Stays in place and doesn’t harden.

What is the advantage of “breaking in” an engine with air instead of running in the car?

Like I said, I’m not disparaging any other engine builder. I’m sure they must know some secrets I don’t and I’m open to learn. Maybe I should go visit them. The OP asked if 4000 was reasonable for parts. I listed most of the common parts I replace when I build an engine and got the prices out of one...

He probably meant to say that the crankshaft was being reground, not rebuilt. If I got an estimate from somebody (professional) who said he could rebuild a complete engine and transmission for $2,000 in parts, I think I would keep looking. You can't do it now for what you could a year ago. I'm not i...

4K does not sound unreasonable to me for parts. By the time you do the machining on the block and buy all the parts, you won't be far from that. The last several engines I have built have bumped that amount. He said new cam, pistons, rods, valves, mains redone, crank ground, magneto, transmission, e...

I've had the privilege to see it in person. It truly is a beautiful car, probably more so in person if that’s possible. Congratulations Ricky on finding the car of your dreams.

If it is ignition related, it would be a backfire, or for some reason igniting when the intake valve is open. If it’s not firing back out of the carb and just chuffing raw gas spray out, it has to be valve related. The only way gas can flow backward through the carb is through an open intake valve. ...

I got these out using penetrating oil and tapping the butt end through the lifter holes. Patience is key. I have seen them so thin that they break off as soon as you start tapping. I have never had to drill one out.

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He is having the problem with magneto headlights. They are wired in series. I don’t quite understand how one can work and one not since the current has to pass through both. If one burned out, neither one lights. Seems like it would have to be a ground problem.

My grand daughter is 16 and has been learning to drive since summer. They live in Olive Branch, Mississippi. She has not had drivers ed in school, just her parents coaching her. Last week she went in to take her driving test and found that no test, either written or driving, was required. All the DM...

Now don’t get me wrong, I am NOT calling anyone names. I’m just saying I’d rather be a boomer than a troll, but that’s just me. I am in line with the way of thinking that says I didn’t ask to be born, I didn’t design the social security system, I didn’t vote for it, I don’t control it, and I have no...

” take money from people to whom it belongs and gives it to people to whom it does not belong.”

Not so. Some of it belongs to me and I’m collecting.

I paid into social security and Medicare my whole working life, so I’m just now getting some of that back. I am not denying anyone any government benefits. These young folks have the same opportunities to pay into the system just like I did. I also put myself through school with no government debt f...

I looked at Langs’ catalog for Stipe cams. It says they “can be used with stock lifters”. It doesn’t say you can’t use adjustable lifters. I take that to mean no special lifters required. I have put in several Stipe cams with adjustable lifters with no problems.

Right up there with Mr. Ford, is our own Scott Conger, who was elected mayor of Jackson, TN.

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Checking out the cotton crop here in West Tennessee.

Cotton likes the hot weather. The bolls are starting to open. Soon it will be time for defoliation and the fields will be pure white as far as the eye can see.

If you run over a walrus in the road, it could get jammed up under there and break the glass.

Sorry to hear this news, Charles. Hope you heal quickly.

MTFCA National Tour in Cookeville, TN sponsored by the Tennessee T’s.

They wind tunneled that cow wrong. Cows always stand with their butts to the wind. That’s how you tell which way the wind is blowing when you have to pick a field for a dead stick landing.

Dallas, if that boy had a beard I'd think it was you.

They’re gonna put the retail parts stores out of business. That’s a loss of a few jobs.

Top prop nut keeper. Not sure if that’s the right nomenclature.

I love Model T’s, but I think sometimes we need to be reminded that the Model T was designed and built during the period of automotive infancy. Henry Ford was smart and had a keen mechanical mind, but he was not perfect. Let’s face it. There are some less than perfectly designed parts on the car, du...

I have had good luck with the Rust-oleum High Performance Enamel. You have to closely follow the instructions on the can. If it says wait 10 minutes to recoat, watch the time and spray in 10 minutes. If it says wait a few minutes, I usually wait about five. If you can’t recoat in the specified time,...

It should turn ccw as you are looking at the blade side of the saw, and cut on the pulling stroke. Those are good saws. When the blade wears out, you can make several nice knife blades from it.

That broken piece of valve that was missing may have gotten under the intake valve and bent it. I would check compression on #3.

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