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- Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Miss at 40 mph
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3377
Re: Miss at 40 mph
And we wonder why folks new to the hobby are hesitant to post on this forum. His car, his engine, his consequences. I've built quite a few Model T engines. A pull up to 40 won't hurt a new engine if you back off right away. Up and down helps seat the rings. Just my opinion, and why I don't share much.
- Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Requirements for a SCAT crank?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3335
Re: Requirements for a SCAT crank?
I agree with DHort. Every Scat I have put in along with new rods has required the corner radius of the rod big ends to be increased a little. The Scat crank evidently has a larger radius at the rod journals. I haven't measured the difference. It's not a problem, that's just part of fitting the rods.
- Sun Jul 18, 2021 1:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1927 Touring, what is this n the underside of my car?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3237
Re: 1927 Touring, what is this n the underside of my car?
Looks like the remains of a brake light switch. Not Model T.
- Fri Jun 04, 2021 8:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: I just joined the model T two piece crank club!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5590
Re: I just joined the model T two piece crank club!
I sure hate to hear this Vech. I joined the club a couple of years ago. I had just turned a corner and was was lightly accelerating when the crank broke. It sounded like a shotgun going off. It broke next to the 4th rod journal and took out the back wall of the block with it. Completely destroyed th...
- Mon May 10, 2021 12:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Luray part-finding service
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1455
Re: Luray part-finding service
This is a great idea from some up and coming entrepreneurs. These boys are learning to identify parts, how to approach and speak to people, and many other important life lessons. If I was planning to attend this meet I would use them for sure just to help give them the experience.
- Sat Apr 10, 2021 1:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Turtle Deck
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4093
Re: Turtle Deck
When we went to the store in the small town I grew up in, we went “uptown”. The business part of the larger town up the highway was considered “downtown”.
- Sat Mar 13, 2021 5:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Engine stuck, old man steamed
- Replies: 66
- Views: 12997
Re: Engine stuck, old man steamed
If what I am seeing is correct, the crank looks to be horizontal to the engine, the pistons tops can not bee seen and if you look close you can see the hole for the pin in the pulley on top. So even if a SCAT crank were installed, does not look like it would be in position to be hitting as suggeste...
- Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Engine stuck, old man steamed
- Replies: 66
- Views: 12997
Re: Engine stuck, old man steamed
Does it have a Scat crank? If so, the rear counterweight can hit the horseshoe that the lower cover bolts thread into. I had that happen once. I failed to check for clearance there, and when I bolted the cover up, the engine would not turn over. After a few minutes of panic, I realized what I had do...
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Show Me Your Chevy Disc Wheel Setup!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2493
Re: Show Me Your Chevy Disc Wheel Setup!
78298FB9-8D37-42FF-94DE-999A7C230CD1.jpeg I like them. Here they are on my speedster. I redrilled the disks to match the T hubs. The disks have a 3” hole through the center, so I made adapters that just slip on the hubs and have a shoulder to fit inside the disk center hole. The adapters are 3/4” t...
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Crankshaft Balancing...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5932
Re: Crankshaft Balancing...
I have a question for the balancing pros. I always have the flywheels dynamically balanced. I don’t know he how holds them in his machine, but I assumed it was on some sort of mandrel. It seems to me there might be a significant difference between locating in the center bore like the crank flange is...
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 5:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Traded in my T
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5866
Re: Traded in my T
Congratulations! You will love your A. I have both an A and a few T’s and I like them all!
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:53 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Lost My Mind - Bought a Flanders 20 (Model T Competitor)
- Replies: 161
- Views: 114868
Re: Lost My Mind - Bought a Flanders 20 (Model T Competitor)
You can put a fan on backwards and the blades will still be pitched the same direction. Wayne is correct.
- Thu Nov 05, 2020 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: For Those Wanting a Good Natural Patina....,
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2519
Re: For Those Wanting a Good Natural Patina....,
I use stove polish on exhaust manifolds. It keeps them from rusting, holds up well to the heat, and is easy to touch up if needed.
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Crank modification????
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6055
Re: Crank modification????
Jonah, regarding your original question, when you are hand cranking the engine, you will only get a compression stroke every half revolution of the hand crank. It takes two complete revolutions to get all four cylinders over a compression stroke. You will not be able to crank it over two compression...
- Mon Sep 14, 2020 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Truefire timing issue?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4511
Re: Truefire timing issue?
Is one of the timer posts hitting the pan bolt directly beneath the timer?
- Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Looking for a club near me
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3653
Re: Looking for a club near me
Ricky forgot to mention that the Tennessee T's offer FREE memberships to students. We do this to encourage interested younger folks to participate. We would love to have you as a member. Just go to our web site and fill out the membership application. Be sure to note on the application that you are ...
- Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:28 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Show us your hit n miss engines
- Replies: 61
- Views: 25264
Re: Show us your hit n miss engines
This is the only one I could find a picture of. 1-3/4 HP Buckeye. Made in Lima, Ohio in the mid teens.
- Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: I ALMOST GAVE UP........,
- Replies: 92
- Views: 28014
Re: I ALMOST GAVE UP........,
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...
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Sticking valves?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4475
Re: Sticking valves?
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...
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Erosion of Headgasket Surface
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5659
Re: Erosion of Headgasket Surface
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...
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 3:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Thrust washer roller bearings?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6847
Re: Thrust washer roller bearings?
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.
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: How Fast is Too Fast?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 13765
Re: How Fast is Too Fast?
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...
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Connecting Rod Babbitt Crack
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7139
Re: Connecting Rod Babbitt Crack
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...
- Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Pinion Gear With Bore Taper Issues
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6838
Re: New Pinion Gear With Bore Taper Issues
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.
- Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: My Shop Stinks
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8581
Re: My Shop Stinks
Tell them to social distance. End of problem.
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 12:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Driving again but--
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4609
Re: Driving again but--
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...
- Wed May 20, 2020 4:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: tire preasure
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4185
Re: tire preasure
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.
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 4:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Difference between detergent oil and non-detergent
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11796
Re: Difference between detergent oil and non-detergent
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- Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9589
Re: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
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...
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9589
Re: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
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.
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9589
Re: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
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 ...
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Had A Fellow Model T Brother Show Up...,
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3417
Re: Had A Fellow Model T Brother Show Up...,
Dom is too mean to get sick. 

- Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9589
Re: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
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...
- Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Headlight problems
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6494
Re: Headlight problems
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.
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Chickasha Postponed - Now Cancelled
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10809
Re: Chickasha Postponed - Now Cancelled
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...
- Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Assembly Lube......what are you using??
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5958
Re: Assembly Lube......what are you using??
Red Perma-Tex engine assembly lube. Stays in place and doesn’t harden.
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Compressed Air Breakin
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7171
Re: Compressed Air Breakin
What is the advantage of “breaking in” an engine with air instead of running in the car?
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Engine Rebuild Cost Estimate
- Replies: 28
- Views: 15529
Re: Engine Rebuild Cost Estimate
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...
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Engine Rebuild Cost Estimate
- Replies: 28
- Views: 15529
Re: Engine Rebuild Cost Estimate
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...
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Engine Rebuild Cost Estimate
- Replies: 28
- Views: 15529
Re: Engine Rebuild Cost Estimate
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...
- Mon Mar 02, 2020 7:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: I couldn't help myself, My New 1912 Delivery
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8141
Re: I couldn't help myself, My New 1912 Delivery
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.
- Wed Feb 05, 2020 5:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Gas Blowing Out Carburetor When Running
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10294
Re: Gas Blowing Out Carburetor When Running
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. ...
- Mon Feb 03, 2020 10:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Your Technique for removing rusted in & through valves
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6443
Re: Your Technique for removing rusted in & through valves
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.
- Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Driver's side headlight won't light
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11249
Re: Driver's side headlight won't light
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.
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Stipe cam
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6149
Re: Stipe cam
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.
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Checking the crop
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2418
Checking the crop
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.
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.
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A different option to the fuel sediment bowl
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12007
Re: A different option to the fuel sediment bowl
If you run over a walrus in the road, it could get jammed up under there and break the glass. 

- Wed Aug 28, 2019 9:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: My T broke my wrist DAMN
- Replies: 36
- Views: 14225
Re: My T broke my wrist DAMN
Sorry to hear this news, Charles. Hope you heal quickly.
- Mon Aug 12, 2019 3:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Headed to Cookevill
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4215
Re: Headed to Cookevill
MTFCA National Tour in Cookeville, TN sponsored by the Tennessee T’s.
- Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Show us your TT
- Replies: 63
- Views: 26328
- Sat Jul 06, 2019 4:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 4th of July Parade teaching my grandson to maintain and drive
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4806
Re: 4th of July Parade teaching my grandson to maintain and drive
Dallas, if that boy had a beard I'd think it was you.
- Sat May 11, 2019 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T quiz
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7392
Re: T quiz
Top prop nut keeper. Not sure if that’s the right nomenclature.
- Sat May 11, 2019 8:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Muffler pack nut loose
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9254
Re: Muffler pack nut loose
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...
- Mon May 06, 2019 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Sort of OT-rattle can paint problem
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5728
Re: Sort of OT-rattle can paint problem
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,...
- Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Which way should the blade cut?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8842
Re: Which way should the blade cut?
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.
- Mon Mar 25, 2019 6:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Replacing a Valve Part 2
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4630
Re: Replacing a Valve Part 2
That broken piece of valve that was missing may have gotten under the intake valve and bent it. I would check compression on #3.