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I've been thinking about this for a few days now, and I'm trying to figure out how you'd cancel the RFI coming off the coils... and the wires... I mean, sure, I *guess* you could, but it feels like you're chasing a tiger's tail to make it work and not be drivn crazy by all the excess noise...

They needed the space on the line at Rouge for, um, "other stuff" for the next model year... Totally new, um, yeah, "models" in collaboration with Overland...

Run wood felloe wheels for literally decades, not sure what the issue is against them, they work just fine...

Always wondered what was wrong with Chevrolet Metalurallagy... cracked heads, broken axles... you would think a company with such a huge racing history wouldn't have those kinds of problems... unless they were going SO cheap to go against Ford they were cutting corners right and left. Everyone I kno...

I'm putting odds that it will either be worse, the same, or better by November. The one thing that is painfully obvious is it won't just magically "go away", regardless of whether people hide from it or go out playing dare-me-do or "nyaa nyaa it can't catch me". Nor will it magically vanish after wh...

As you crank over the motor, every time a piston comes up on compression (pulling the crank gets harder) one of the coils will buzz. Then when you come up on compression for the next cylinder (1/2 turn, or 180º) the next coil will buzz. Do this for 2 complete turns of the crank, each time it comeson...

The 2 parallel blades on an European 3 blade flasher are reversed to their American counterparts...

I wonder how hard it is to re-key an original lock cylinder, or if it's even possible?

Wow, thank you for the info, John! It makes sense - a battery horn would have been more expense (the mag horns just seem like a really inexpensive item to build) plys I suspect that there were both a bunch on hand and contracts to whoever to make bunches of them... I'm actually surprised that ford w...

They knew how to have fun in the old days!!!

Wagner 268 is a 2 prong 6 volt flasher... made in the USA.

Google "VW 6 volt flasher unit" and you'll see a lot of options...

However if the magneto is not working, you won't be able to use a magneto horn anyway. They were made for the older cars which did not have a battery. Don't know exactly what year they came out... The mag horn came out mid-1915 - before that they were bulb horns of various types, and in 1919 if you...

Let us know how it goes at the radiator shop... I was going to have a local shop do ours but decided against it as they may be good at modern stuff, but not so much on older stuff....

Lots of us did the same thing... I didn't know the intricities of cushion springs or amp draw so we did the best we could. Sometimes we got lucky, sometimes, well, not so. I remember (as a kid) totally screwing up a set trying to get them to all buzz the same, and all of the sudden the mag wouldn't ...

If you're in the business of building wooden spoked wheels and have been for decades, what are the odds that you would leave a spoke out of the hub and felloe? I'd say... Not. There is something funny about this whole dick dock nonsense... it's not my concern, except that a company who has come to t...

I can think of 2 - one is a dead varmint that is stuck inside the frame rails, probably where the transmission support is... The other is that feral tomcat (or skunk or raccoon) that peed all over your motor. Nothing stinks worse than stale fuming cat pee. Don't ask how I know abut that one...

You can confirm your engine number with the casting date on the motor... also depending on your body (Beaudette or Ford, maybe Fisher) the body number will incorporate the month and year of the body. My question is this - I always assumed my body was a Ford, as it starts with 3F815xxxxx,Easy enough ...

I know it's not Ford but darn, that is one pretty truck!!!

I was feeling the same way, David... Why would someone deliberately use a "Bravo Sierra" name to REGISTER for the forum unless they were trying to hide something... I'm surprised that it passed muster when he registered for the account to post here... Regardless of the wheel issue (and BTW our famil...

That serial number - 14000 or 16000 - would make your car an early 1910, which is superduper cool beans... but not a '13. My dad's early '12 (march-ish) was 101xxx... 707xx would be October '11 (which would also be considered an early '12)...

I thought I knew what I was talking about, but apparently I was way off, so I'm deleting this post...

First thing that caught my eye (after the swirl) was the shape of the combustion chamber - maybe the predecessor of the hemispherical head... call it a Semi-Hemi? It'd be fun to try out just to see what it did - would it scald the cat or be an anchor-dragger?

I'll be curious to see if it changes your top speed for next years Montana 500, Tom... I was always told by some old timers the diskies were more aerodynamic than the wireys, but it'd be interesting to take a known car (like yours) that has speed records and see what difference the wires make to the...

I wonder if it was turn a headlight into a floodlight... it would be interesting to que it up into a headlight to see the result, I'm thinking with 2 bulbs closer to the reflector it would give a way wider beam than the one in the middle...

Yep, that's the one. Wonder how well that things stops on 2 wheel brakes and 30x3 1/2's - it looks like a fairly heavy beast... Considering that VW Transporters are about as collectable as T's nowadays, he has the rare ability to piss off 2 different groups of vehicle collectors at the same time! :l...

No, it's real... the guy takes old european iron and modifies it. Kind of like a chopper builder. He uses VW's and old Citrôens and Trabi's and whatever else he can grab. This is his second "creation" based around a T - the first (which was red) is a touring body. (You can see the vents for the VW m...

This may sound radical, but I would pull at least the covers (if not the motor), and make sure your pressure oil system is operable. You may need to have a higher oil level than stock, your pickup (wherever it is in this motor) may be clogged, your filter as well... your pump could even be shot. Hec...

Your seats aren't leather, it's more akin to rubberized canvas... Go VERY carefully as if it's dried out it can (depending on what you use) crack and come apart, or (as happened on a test corner of my back seat) turn gooey... Still trying to figure out how to get around that.

And yes, while there's no reason I can figure, my car does run better on higher octane fuels. Really wish it weren't true, and am ready to drop a high head on it so I can run cheap gas. But it is what it is, so I'll pamper my princess of a car...

OK. Since there's so much disinformation around Tetraethyl lead... if I may... "Ethyl" was a trademarked designator for the fuel additive Terraethyl lead. It was a trademark of the Tetraethyl Lead Corporation. Lead compounds poison Cat Converters. They react witht he palladium and platinum pellets, ...

Sad this is August, that's not a bad deal!!!

Ed Winfield would be proud... As for me.. I'm super impressed. Ed made some of the best performance gear to be had, and I keep thinkng if someone would have kept his dream alive in the 30's and 40's, he would be a name to fear on tracks even in this fuel-injected era... IF you decide to make these t...

I miss riding with my ol' friend Ethyl, but my modern cat sure doesn't like her... :lol: I remember some of those early lead substitutes caused some real havoc with plug fouling... What I find strange is that my car actually does run smoother (and cooler) running higher octane fuel, this both from d...

Would the re-located gas tank make it an Improved Truck?

I wonder if they had some long, steep grades to pull, and it was a solution to a problem...

There is a LOT to like about that truck - hope they're planning on getting her running again.

There was a company in the late 50's and 60's that were making these shriner cars, Briggs motor, can't remember all the details... but no T's were harmed during the operatation of these vehicles.

Looking at those front wheels... I would hate to start it, and have it creep forward as I was running around to knock the spark lever down, and have it run over my foot...

One of my neighbors has one, and we were talking about them over on the Facebook T club a few weeks back... I know just about enough to probably get me in trouble, but shoot anyway...

I understand it was twofold - one was it was cheaper, faster, and easier for Ford to make the valve heads separate from the round stock for the stems, less waste and faster, and the other was they could use different steels for each, to make them more durable for their different operating environmen...

Also remember as you're building your "fast" motor, the top end is only the beginning. Once you're developing more compression via breathing and flow, you're getting more dynamic force onto the lower end... Of course, the first thought is usually the bearings, but it actually goes deeper than that, ...

Oh, that is NICE!! Well done, and somehow I suspect an improvement over the original!!

Those Honey-doo lists are a killer... I know, I was working out a deal for a roadster (one of my dream cars), and got snagged... unfortunately it was my fault (a neighbor's husband died, I gave her a couple hugs, and it started a cascade of domestic un-bliss), then found about 7 things (while in int...

The fonts are wrong on the center one but the bottom one looks good!

It should go in a speedster - that's one hot motor!!

The depth of field threw me off - I thought one was smaller than the other! Beautiful work! I've always wondered how they made the originals... I have a few, including a matched pair from '14 (red & White) and the blue and white ones (from 16-19), but the only way I could use my '15 (and it's only 1...

Too bad we can't ask the person standing in the distance (above the rear seat of the car!)... There's a building, looks like an old "chow hall" to the right, and something to the left. THe number on the back is likely the photographer's file number, so he could find the negatives in his files and ma...

Paperweight? Maybe a projectile for a BIG slingshot? Definitely not in a differential any more... That pinion has shuffled off its mortal coil, and should be permanently retired. If it was a one-off only one in existence pinion, I'd consider using it as a pattern to make a new one... ABSOLUTELY wors...

Those are Museum tires... We had an antique car carrier at work with these tires, I played it a couple times behind the bosses back, and they were as smooth as glass, but they only lasted 2 trips from the Toll Plaza on the SFOBB to Treasure Island and back (about 10 miles total) before they started ...

You can get away with a modern marine-grade birch... since it's painted black you can get away with some modern wood, BUT you have to remember NO BOAT PATCHES. Otherwise you failed the "looks original" test.

The Cat's Pajamas is a pair of Winfield AA (or a Winfield BB) fed into whatever, with Fordson-sized valves and a .300 cam 7° advanced... THEN you can get a higher flow or overhead valve set-up... The motor has to breathe, otherwise you won't get the oompha you think you should. The T engine is, comp...

That's the "Quadrant" people refer to...

Eyeyay aveyay oynay ideeayay...

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I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto!!

I was thinking the same thing about this Prius OHV conversion... will it make it smoother and peppy like a Detroit Electric?

If you think that's bad, there's a guy who's selling a "2 year only" ignition switch / cutout assembly for a Harley J or JD... Buy it Now is 7 grand. Minimum bid is 2 grand. True, it's a rusty covered original, and it includes all the modern repop parts (??!!??) to make it work like new... It's like...

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Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:03 pm
Susanne... du bist ein kluges Mädchen!

Grazie, mio buon signore... er... um... Danke, mein guter Herr Wrenn!

(Talk about mixed metaphors?

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Had to do with the current (no pun intended) electrical theory at the time. The thought was (for a while) that juice went from Negative to Positive, so they were still putting the swith on the supply side by having positive, not negative, grounded. I also heard from an old british iron mechanic that...

You are von schmardt feller, you are... I vish vee had thought of dis before, und vill haff to schteal it from you.

Danke!

NASCAR may not like it, but NASHORS* will...

* - (North American Speedy Horse Omnibus Racing Society)

And the TT owner will rue the day when someone tells them to "Get a Horse"...

You will be able to see the DVD's if viewed on (or through) a computer... we have to do the reverse (watch DVD's we bring back from the EU) via a laptop and cables to watch them on the TV. Has to do with the difference in systems (50 vs 60 Hz) and the video standard (PAL vs NTSC)...

Ummm... most of that "T"... is an "A".

Dallas, you have no idea how right you are. And it's not just recently - it's been that way in the eyes of some of these "wise educational leaders" raised in the modern era... You're --gasp-- ENDANGERING these little kids. I remember going to shop class (yes, I Was one of those shop rats who loved s...

Mr. Ford did NOT invent the assembly line, this is true... but he DID bring it to the then-juvenile Automotive Manufacturing industry. Wihtout it, we would likely have had to spend upwards of 5+ years wages on a cantankerous, hard to get parts for mode of transportation, or worse, been forced to rem...

RustyFords wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:27 pm
When working with any of the cotter pinned nuts on my T, it typically demands a small blood sacrifice...usually from one of my fingers.

After that, it’s happy to oblige.

Ain't THAT the truth!! Seems every time I go out to do something, the main benefactor is Band-Aid brands...

Thanks, Mark!

Either they're under the hood in back, or take the body off. Probably was pretty light.

Don't pull 70-75 MPH! :shock: That's asking for trouble. Take the extra time and slow down... Think about the last time you drove a coupe at 70-75 MPH... :lol: Ditto on the flooboards and hood - You won't be there to notice the hood hop off the holddowns and fly away... or the floorboards bounce up ...

I've had 3 in my inbox, one to burlingtonguy re a response to if I still need a chassis (yes), and the latest to Jsteele re an email he tried to send through this same system never received... Please email me - NOT through the board, as it's not working... but directly. My email carrier is gmail... ...

I would in a heartbeat, but I have no way to get this car from it's home to my home. Deal of the century....

$500 to bring back an SR head from beyond seems like a bargain, IF you know what they're capable of.... I already have a Rajo BB set-up, which is nice, but I understand the Fronty SR *might* give me an extra 5-10 HP off the top end... over the Rajo. :D I REALLY appreciate the info, tho... still weig...

T lower pan. This settles it. It's T based.

Why would anyone run that second flywheel of a transmission if they didn't have to says it all... to me, at least. Look under the car (like everyone up until 1950 at least) for the answer...

T lower engine pan = Ford T.

The compressors in the old R-12 systems sucked quite a bit of power, it seems like the new systems are a lot more efficient power-wise...

A little is fine - it's blowby from your engine and oil vapor off the drain holes in the bottom of the spring chamber. If it's more than a little, then I'd be concerned as you have issues starting to develop - worn valve guides, rings, etc...

Just a side note...

I've seen a few WW2 ambulances, but they've all been canvas sided "C-cab" style bodies on car, not TT chassis... a lot of those were brass radiator'd cars.

While his competition's stuck back at the beanery, the Ford goes up and enjoys the scenery!

Be careful with that 6 speed, your competition might hitch up a second horse to his team... leave you eating horseshoe dust!

Have they even started it? Unless they can't get the guides, the seats are commonly available and decking a head takes about... 20 minutes. 30 if they take 2 passes. Seats X8 - maybe a couple hours, unless there's some major issue with the head.

3+ MONTHS is crazy long time.

No wonder it won't start... it's flooded!

running a little rich at idle, and maybe a litte oil blowby, but a minut of running makes for a bad comparison...

I was wondering the same thing... Could be an SR...

I was thinking, the triangle "Universal Car" logo would fit just about perfectly...

Nothing political about Facemasks - actually, they're period-correct for a mid-1918 to early 1920 car...

ABS = Almost Braking System. Unless you have an auxiliary transmission with no aftermarket brakes, then it's Absent Braking System.

No torque!!! It is a slow an gradual tightening as you compress the gland rings... once they're compressed (mirrors and lights (not smoke) help) you snug them down, heat cycle it, and listen for leaks... Go from the center out as was said above.

I kind of like the "no-nonsense" industrial look of that... So we have single ports at Greenish Grey, and (I'm assuming) a reddish Chevy Prange (?) on somehting like the R's and SR's? Curious, as I have an SR head that might start the long road to recovery as time permits. (right now it's just the h...

Intake on the left, and a downdraft to boot... (at first I thought the negative was reversed, as the oil fill lools to be on the left, but the steering column corrects that assumption)... I also can't count the number of times I've seen (even in modern accidents) where wherever the driver was got pl...

That is, in a word, incredible! Thank you for the write up on what looks like a really clean way to put a DU-4 on a T... especially on a pre-'19 pre-generator motor... opens up a lot of possibilities.

And some of those - as I well know - circulate only within themselves, not wihtin the engine. This one was a pretty whirleygig, leaked water between the packing and rotted out shaft, and not much else. But it looked cool... and gave me a rust assessment of the cooling system passages...

I've heard of these years ago!! they were meant to be coupled with a standard pinion to give a car owner more power in the hills, etc... I even want to think, somewhere in the dusty recesses of my mind, someone was making these aftermarket. I wouldn't mind having one, as living in the mountains, tha...

Also...if you use brake cleaner like I have a few times, there's a chlorinated and non-chlorinated version. Don't use the chlorinated version. You could give yourself something similar to a WW1 phosgene gas experience. Friend of mine wanted to clean something prior to welding it, used brake cleaner...

I had a waterpump on Angel, the shaft was wearing so I pulled the pump off, and realized there was a HUGE constriction at the casting next to the block inlet, I realized that rather than aiding the water flow it was actually constricting it. As an experiment I rigged it up with a pan of water to see...

Here in California if you have a bill of sale for the respective parts, you can take them in to a Highway Patrol inspector who will go over the list and the car, and once he or she verifies that the parts you have are legitimate, they will issue a new identification number for the vehicle, that then...

I bought a HF ultrasonic cleaner, used it on some old metallic toy train parts with the HF powder, was not impressed should give it another try on something else. Has anyone used vinegar with an ultrasonic cleaner? Psssst - look up 2 posts... I used vinegar.. (Pix removed to save space) After clean...

Talk about buried in his work? People were dying to get into his products!

My dad used to run 85-140 in his differentials, and they always had a weird whine, there was a constant "drip" from the axle ends (not good for external brakes) and when you drive them you could feel a difference... I switched 2 of them (behind his back - s-h-h-h-h-h ;) ) to 600W. What I found was t...

What's wrong with 600W? It's yellow metal compatible where the modern stuff usually isn't. It's readily available from the T vendors, and it's what was recommended for use by the people who designed it.

Mill or file the tops of the rivets to get a flat surface, centerpunch the rivets,, then drill the rivets out on a drill press. Warning ahead of time - setting that drill press up to do that is kind of a nail biter... but it's do-able.

Contrasted to a gow job, not to be confused with the ever-popular rat rod... :lol: IIRC Edsel Ford had a roadster something simlar to the one pictured - lower, leaner, sportier, and more complete. There were (and are) period correct race cars as well - Cars that have (or could have been) run on an o...

So how exactly does the unit work? Mechanical, runs off oil pressure, electromechanical solenoid, pixie dust, or ?

And what kind of overdrive ratio does it give?

Darn this curiosity!

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When I saw the title of the thread I was thinking this!! Me too... It's like the one on my space heater for my shop. And it works! Orrrrrrrr.... one of those that have the spiral-ey insert that goes down into the tank... not sure how that would work on an improved car, but I'm sure where there's a ...

I have to agree, this is in general one of the finest groups of individuals I have ever had the opportunity to be a part of... that I was raised in the hobby juat makes me all that more grateful! Thank you all (or y'all) for being who you are!!!

At 50 mph you out run out the std. ignition and you feel like your on a ten speed bike at 40mph, they float in the front end and the brakes are shit, a mag drive or distributer will get you faster but the steering is not there or brakes???? Been there done this! I like that explanation, and have ex...

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