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brendan.hoban

I have a heater, it's called an Australian right hand drive.

The exhaust passes beneath the pedal slots and you have heat, whether you want it or not!

brendan.hoban

Balance beads!

I have wood spoked wheels with demountable rims, 30 x 3.5 with flaps. They all had wobble, wabble, wobble and wobble (there must be such a thing.)

Balance beads fixed them all.

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My handbrake quadrant on my 22 Touring RHD had worn out so much that the handbrake would not hold and neutral was very iffy. So, after much thought I decided that grinding out the rivet heads so close to the fuel tank and carby (it is a RHD) was not acceptable. I undid the running board bolts and pr...

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Adrian, Thanks for that advice. I'm close to eighty but have a car stacker where I can get underneath. I have organised some "readers' because I cannot see with multifocal glasses. I know I can remove the running board but can I remove the valance without lifting the body off the chassis? It is an A...

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How do you replace a 4 hole handbrake quadrant. Does the running board and splash guard need to be removed, can you remove the splash guard without removing the touring body? Do you grind off the rivet heads, considering that there is gallons of fuel in close proximity and the fuel line and (leaking...

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Tom,

Thanks.

I love looking at your photos.

brendan.hoban

The reality.

Here in Australia I charge my Tesla 3 at home at a cost of 1.1 cents per kilometre. Our state government charges me 2.8c/km tax on top of that.

The average passenger vehicle here down under costs 23c in fuel per kilometre, tax built in.

In addition, servicing is musc less.

brendan.hoban

1. Set the valve lash to 10 thou cold.
2. Nylon timing gear (no generator.)
3. Suremike balanced crankshaft
4. Tight manifold exhaust nut
5. Exhaust deflector.

I find that leaving the top down on a Touring also helps. My car is quiet.

brendan.hoban

You may find that the key was removed at some stage to allow towing of the vehicle. With the key missing, the wheel will rotate on the axel and not drive the transmission drums against the bands. When I brought my first T, the vendors explained that the engine would run but the car just shook on the...

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Downunder in Australia is is now Autumn (Fall) and the temperature was 32C (90F), perfect for driving a 22 Touring with the rag too down!

I've recently tuned the coils with Mike Kosser's ECCT, the car is now singing on magneto and just loves hills. The difference is amazing.

brendan.hoban

My 22 touring has wood spoked wheels, 10 year old clincher tyres, tubes and flaps and all exhibited wibble, wabble, wobble, wriggle and wander and vibrated terribly. I installed balance beads in each tyre very slowly, patiently and with great perseverance through the schrader stems and ..... My car ...

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I am an idiot. I obtained a new copper gasket so i decided to pull the head off to discover....................no problems. All pistons and vcalves were operating correcxtly and threr was no leakage anywhere even around the head gasket. So, thank you Robert Thompson for the correct answer, with the ...

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Thank you all for your advice, I suspect I have a problem with No 1 inlet valve so the head has to come off. The valve is a new one-piece stainless in a new seat insert and all valves have adjustable followers. Does anyone have experience with reusing head gaskets, I have one left but it is a silico...

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I have since, 1. Pulled off the valve cover and checked that all valves are correctly gapped, lhey are at about 12 thou. 2. Taken out the plugs to check the intake valves, they all appear to be closing correctly, 3. Found No 1 TDC by cranking and grounding the plug, 4. Primed by pulling the choke wi...

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It's still backfiring. In addition to my previous post i have, 1. Pulled out the ingition loom checked everything, repaired a small defect with two layers of heat shrink and reinstalled it, 2. Checked the firing order, its all OK, 3. Pulled off the valve spring chamber cover and found all valves goi...

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My car is a RHD 22 touring, no starter or generator. I hand crank three turns on full choke. I then crank on battery and, almost every time it backfires through the carburettor. On the rare occasions I can get it started, it runs well! Here is what i have done. 1. Removed, cleaned, regapped and rein...

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I've mounted new tyres, tubes and flaps using lots of detergent ands sweat, finding that warm sunlight really helps. I found it very difficult to mount tyres (tires to you) until I set them out on a concrete driveway in bright sunlight for 20 minutes, then they were easy. Balance beads also solved a...

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Yes Allan, we would like to see photos of Kangaroo Island.

We toured in a modern before the busfires and would love to see the Island recovering.

Brendan Hoban

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Balance beads?

Best thing I ever did, my wobbly out of balance wooden wheels now behave perfectly.

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I have a 22 Canadian block with s SureMike crank.

I ground the journals and reinstalled it when I restored the engine some years ago. I'm running a 250 cam and a Z head with aluminium pistons.

I have had no problems, the engine is a good performer on hills and is quiet and reasonably vibration free.

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Mark,
Heating in the front seat area is automatic in a right hand drive, the pedal slots are right on top of the exhaust pipe!

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Dan,

I installed the modern seals AND the spiral springs, just insurance I suppose.

Now, 3000kms later, the rear end, outer ends are dry.

brendan.hoban

The "springy doodads" are on the wrong side, when going forwards they should bring the differential grease towards the centre, not outwards onto the brake drums.

brendan.hoban

Try balance beads in the tyres, worked wonders for me.

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Yes please!

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Hooray, it started.

Not first pull but after encouraging the fuel into the cylinders, it started raggedly and then settled down to a steady road!

I took it for a half hour drive and it ran without incident.

Thenk you all for your encouragement and advice.

brendan.hoban

Thank you again, your comments are always most helpful. The crank handle had a fault at the first bend, there was quite a hollow at the point where it broke. I am disappointed, it only lasted 97 years, i expect more of a T. With the welding that was done, it is likely to last another 97 years withou...

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Thank you all for your advice on crows foot wrenches. My experinece in this area was not good. I brought the only set that was availablw to me locally in Australia and it was metric. The crows foot set contained 15mm and 17mm but what I needed for head bolts was 16mm. (closest to 5/8 inch) The car i...

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Thank you all for all of your advice. In Australia, a "head shed" is an engineer who rebuilds engine block heads. I didn't realise it was something else overseas! He took twelve thou off mine to get a flat plane. Alan, I was just pulling the crank handle up when it broke. To put it mildly, I was ver...

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Another question.

Will all "Crows Foot" wrenches reach the rear head bolts?

What adjustments do I need to make to the torque wrench setting to account for the greater wrench radius?

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I sprayed eachexposed bore with Penetyrene and left it 24 hours. Today, i thought I would just try to rock the car in high gear to see if something moved. I almost lost the car off the four poster hoist as pistions moved, engine turned over, vehicle moved much more than I expected! I am so happy! Wi...

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What is happening here. Ten months ago we were rallying without issue. However, I damaged my wrist and elbow and could not crank this non-starter 22 Touring RHD. It got stiffer and stiffer to turn over which I attribute to my injury. A week ago, it seized and I snapped the crank handle trying to tur...

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In Australia we are coming into summer, the T driving season but I do not drive it at night. Our problem is not deer, it is kangaroos. During droughts, they can be a problem at dusk and dawn, grazing by the roadside. If you tangle with a "bounder" you will come off second best, your bull bar will no...

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I have fitted an adjustable crank T-3963-AX pulley to the crankshaft and now the ratchet only just connects, it mostly slips off.

What have I done that's wrong?

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Looks familiar except that I have the Rocky Mountain Brake extension on the brake pedal and mine is a 22 with smaller pedal tops and no top bolt lugs to the block.

I ahve the same brake switch clip.

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Rich Eagle,

It is interesting to see your heater manifold for closed cars.

Here in Australia we drive RHD Model Ts with the pedal slots right over the exhaust.

So heating is not an option, it is compulsory!

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