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Joe Reid

How would that be efficient in production? Maybe a smart alleck in the day. Putting the body on the car happened all over at Ford factories so there are probably a lot of variations, very interesting point.

Joe Reid

It is not a Model A cutout, Model A’s are positive ground, Aftermarket diode cutout.

Joe Reid

Allan might be right about the welting, my other car looks like this but both hoods seem to fit ok, everything sags with age.

Joe Reid

It is a pipe thread, tighten so they don’t leak, if they are to loose fuel will bubble up.

Joe Reid

This is a forum about Model T’s and helping people with Model T issues, not political issues. Unfortunately that can be fine line at this time. Please talk about The Car.

Joe Reid

Scott, Glad I could help, also have a car titled as a 24 but with a low radiator so it is an early 23. It also has roundhead screws. Thank you for your help in the past. Joe Reid

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To the car that is, born on July 28, 1920 #4,221,578.

Joe Reid

July 4th and Happy 100th Birthday.

Joe Reid

Does this help, mine has a round head screw but it was redone.

Joe Reid

George, I like the NH carburetor setup. It makes it down draft. Is it prone to flooding? Are you using the water bath aircleaner? Joe, your coils must buzz if it is running, probably can’t hear them over the engine noise. A battery is the only thing that makes them buzz in a T before starting.

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Kevin, plate 16 diagram is my vaporizer setup. Joe, I have to start mine about 4 times out on the needle and then can lean it. Maybe a valve issue. I can not run it with out water in the air bath because it seems to need that back pressure. I put packing foam in it to hold the float open and could o...

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My needle is right next to the bowl float assembly. It is just to the right of the lower part of the red starting tank. An air intake comes out of the main air intake and mixes at the needle and runs to the low part of the vaporizer which is a coil through the exhaust manifold. L shaped piping. Ther...

Joe Reid

By the way what are you using for motor oil and rear end lube?

Joe Reid

I have a 23 Fordson also but with Holley 280 vaporizer. The float bowl is even further down. There is a big air tube which runs to the top of the vaporizer and a second smaller air tube which passes thru the float bowl were the mixing needle is. All the airways are sealed. The top of the vaporizer a...

Joe Reid

Belt pulley work, 1923 Fordson F and a 1912 Frank planer

Joe Reid

I am pretty sure you can get the manual from the Fordson House in Escanaba, MI. Or other parts dealers.

Joe Reid

It is my understanding when you depress the clutch pedal all the way you are also engaging a brake. It is a transmission brake. Do you have a Fordson Tractor Manual. On page 44 and 45 it is explained, Answers 91, 92 and 93. What are you going to use for engine oil and gear lubricant?

Joe Reid

Get a copy of Model Railroader magazine or Railroad Model Craftsman and check out their classified section for buyers and sellers. Those are probably the biggest publications of the hobby.

Joe Reid

What would be a recommended motor oil for a Fordson F 1923 and a FordsonN 1936 and also reared, transmission lubricant. I am thinking 15w40 Diesel engine oil and 140w or higher for the rear end. .??

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Beautiful cars and looks like a beautiful day. Good job. I am taking a Ford(son) to a gas engine show, first thing this year.

Joe Reid

Great job, all of you.

Joe Reid

When was your engine last bored and 1/64 over valves installed and new seats cut?

Joe Reid

Valve sizes I know of are standard, 1/64 over which seems to be where you are and then 1/32 over and that is about as far as you can go. Seems your pistons are maxed out. Measure diameter top to bottom and look for differences. The cross lines in the cylinders are past milling marks, “cherry balling...

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[image][/image]. High Boy, endurance speedster.

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What is the verdict, is the shop fixed, how about the 15 Runabout?

Joe Reid

Are your valves set, in the picture they all look closed. Maybe 3 and 4 weren’t done??

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1919 Iowa

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1913 Wisconsin

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If you believe it.

Joe Reid

Seems to me they are all made in Vietnam and shipped to different vendors. Which tires or “tyres” does Coker actually make? Try Universal or Lucas or that other place if you are in Australia or New Zealand. I bet the tires all come from the same place. I have four recently acquired sets plus a coupl...

Joe Reid

Could be a worn Ruckstell in a neutral position which they are not supposed to have.

Joe Reid

A valve seat should be cut at two different angles, 44 degrees and 45 degrees and the face of the valve should contact about a thin dime. Valves repeatedly lapped have too wide a surface contact. The valve guide also tends to get out of round. Are you experiencing backfiring? I would swear by Sioux ...

Joe Reid

I had an engine rebuilt a couple of years ago and the builder used the jack rabbit clutch. It is really smooth, but it is just rebuilt. I have four other T’s with standard clutches and really have no issue. Keep them adjusted and they work fine.

Joe Reid

Had two out today, had to move the roadster to get a touring car out for a short ride. Pretty cloudy and 35. Always sit in the front seat, plenty of warm air off the engine via the pedal slots. The others were fine. They wore coats, it is November in Central Wisconsin.

Joe Reid

The wood does look a little sad but how does it feel. Soda blasting and blasting in general is tough on wood and shows all the flaws. Does it flex if you push outward on the hubs or is it solid. The problem you will have with a wheel is it may collapse on a corner. Epoxies and fillers do work if the...

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2, 4 and 8 stump me. 10 looks like the bolt on a rear wheel hub holding the drum. If you redo that now you need a grinder because there is no difference between front and rear bolts.

Joe Reid

Replace it completely, flapper and the cover, it will all bend if it backfires and make timing difficult. You can reset it if you know how to bend the contacts to the proper dimensions.

Joe Reid

Modern gas has no lubricating properties. On all of the shut offs if you lift it up and turn it it moves easier. They are brass on brass and a tapered shaft. A little WD40 and a pair of pliers help. Remember to lift up and turn.

Joe Reid

2019 A and T tour with Central Wisconsin T’s. Drove 125 miles and had a blast, 5 T’s and 8 A’s participated.

Joe Reid

I went to the Jamboree in Harris, Mi. in 2016. It was about 3 days with 2 big organized tours of about 100 plus miles stopping at various points of interest. Very well run and organized. I believe that one was sponsored by the club in Marinette Menominee. They had an ice cream social to start and a ...

Joe Reid

Holland is a nice area. Easily accessible from Wisconsin via the SS Badger.

Joe Reid

Might be a good Michigan Jamboree!

Joe Reid

Skeeters and black flies never die off. Up by Houghton you have Alberta which is a Ford town, Lanse Baraga was big for Ford hardwood and Pequamin (sp?) which was also a Ford town. Henry had a house in the latter and used to sail up in his ore boats. Lots of Ford history. Also a cabin (mansion) in th...

Joe Reid

Magnets on the flywheel and a field coil on the back of the engine block are the magneto. You just don’t use it with the distributor.

Joe Reid

Sounds like you might need to replace the spring.

Joe Reid

Is your clutch fork engaged on the collar or is it behind it?

Joe Reid

Nobody seems to mention packing the bearing. Clean the roller or ball bearing, put it in the bearing grease and fill all the voids in the bearing, reinstall in the races in the wheel and replace the seal. Refer to your manual for repacking intervals. Do the inner and outer at the mileage or time int...

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But really like anything else if used properly it presents no issue, in a hardened form like a shingle or siding it is inert, even the wrapped pipes are safe if you don't break the seal covering them. I think we all grew up with the stuff everywhere. Long term exposure by those using it was the prob...

Joe Reid

Well one good thing, I don't think Henry used it in Model T production.

Joe Reid

As long as asbestos is in an inert form it is not dangerous. The individual fibers are the problem. It was not the product which was usually the issue but the manufacturing process. Most of this was before proper face masks were available and then of course the issue of getting someone to wear it. S...

Joe Reid

Johns Manville is the reason for that big lawsuit on asbestos related diseases by the Sokolove law firm from Massachusetts. They went in bankruptcy in 1982 and reorganized. They have paid a bunch in claims.

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Oklahoma chrome, Joe? :

You bet, Eastwood cadmium paint.

Joe Reid

How does your fuel line run from the bulb? Is it level? You are low on gas and keeping the tank fuller would help. How much gas do you usually keep in it? Does it run ok when it is fuller? I would never consider using a fuel pump, make sure your fuel line is routed correctly and keep gas in it. I ha...

Joe Reid

As the engine “breaks in” do you have to make continuous adjustments? I keep having to adjust things on my 1920. It runs a little different. Do you have the standard clutch or is it the jackrabbit? Mine has a jackrabbit and it is really smooth.

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Is the engine still a little stiff? How is it acting after the rebuild? Do you like the scat crank?

Joe Reid

1920 Roadster rebuilt.

Joe Reid

This is 4,221,578 built 7/28/1920 turning 100 next year and just rebuilt.

Joe Reid

New shoes are going on for the 100 Birthday.

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Dave, where in Wisconsin were you?

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Be sure to build it with a trunk!

Joe Reid

I am very pleased with my Racer from Richard Currier Bodies. Dave provided me with a great product. Nothing with a Model T is for the faint of heart. This is a Johnny Cash car and everything had to be modified for the build. The engine is a late casting, no serial number, coupled to a 24 transmissio...

Joe Reid

I would travel with Stan or Larry, camping involves a major motel/hotel chain. And dinner and a hot shower.

Joe Reid

Early motorized circus in Wisconsin. Engford Shows traveled The upper Midwest between 1920 and 1939. This is at Circus World in Baraboo, WI. Baraboo was the winter headquarters of the Ringling Brothers Circus from 1886 until 1918.

Joe Reid

Could it all sag a little after 104 years? My 1920 runabout has a similar door.

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I got a Racer body from Dave, it is a work of art. Very good craftsmanship.

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Safe travels. How is the car preforming?

Joe Reid

Is the shift mechanism on the axle 90 degrees off. Was the shift lever placed incorrectly on the yoke? Do you have the early or later rear shift?

Joe Reid

Congratulations Tim, the car looks great. Best of luck to you in the Michigan Jamboree. It is really fun, I went to Harris, Michigan a couple of years ago. It was a very nice group of people.

Joe Reid

It was well worth going to see. UP is very professional and the locomotive is well restored. We saw it in Altoona, WI and went through the UP Experience Car. In May 2019 it ran for the first time in 61 years to the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike with the UP 844.

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: Locomotion, a little off topic but exciting.

Joe Reid

I was in Castro Valley, CA. I was getting ready to become a freshman at CVHS. My Dad was on the USS Hancock CVA 19 in the Gulf of Tonkin. I’m glad the moon landing was in black and white, our Admiral portable TV was too.

Joe Reid

Kodak had trouble with their process between 1952 and about 1960. My parents had a bunch of slides redone in the mid sixties, but since then their process has been flawless. Film was fun.

Joe Reid

We need parts from Iola, Kansas. That is quite a place to visit and shop.

Joe Reid

The show is definitely changing, they are bringing in newer cars and ideas. Model T parts are becoming harder to find. It is hard to compete with the internet. I live close and bring cars so it is still fun and just costs me time. How do costs compare with Hersey? We did have three days without rain...

Joe Reid

I should have told you Dad to go watch the parade. He lives off of 22 by Orange Ave. in Kalona. What did you drive Dean?

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1912 Racer is painted and running.

Joe Reid

Steve, are you coming up to the Iola Car Show? Sounds good about your 15.

Joe Reid

Did you rebuild your engine? Are you driving your 15 or your 23?

Joe Reid

I keep the top up, my doors are eight feet. Also one is a coupe so there is no top to fold down.

Joe Reid

It looks like it is Chevy Orange?

Joe Reid

Be careful about how much grease you pump in. You do not want to pump grease through the rear main into your oil pan and transmission. The grease will not act well with the bands. The cup puts in a measured amount of grease.

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Steve, are you driving the T over again this year?

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