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David Walker has a side shifter on his speedster. And, an under shifter, an over shifter, and probably 1 or 2 shifters that I don't know about. Can't anyone call David...... "Shiftless".

Pictures, but not much in details right now. Hopefully, the info will get updated later.
https://www.waff.com/2020/07/09/huntsvi ... d-model-t/

I loaned a friend one of my old Tru-Fires because his coils were bad. We had a ride coming up soon. The Tru-Fire was no good. I sent him another one. It didn't work either. I suggested replacing the wooden parts in his coil box with the new plastic parts. He did. Guess what. Both Tru-Fires worked gr...

With no machine shop handy, this is how I fit the new bushing to the steering bracket. It worked pretty good.

: Fitting a bushing to the steering bracket

Report on the bushing replacement in the steering bracket: *Why did I replace it? I had a shimmy- a death wobble- at slow speed on a potholed road. I could hear a click, click, click with each wobble. While on a ride last week Paul and I tried to find the clicking and he saw a pretty good side to s...

My plan- First- I'll remove the pitman arm & key, then loosen the bolts where the column passes through the firewall. This will give me some wiggle room on the entire column. Then I'll remove the pin, and the spark control lever, then the cotter keys/pins from the bolts that connect the unit to the ...

I am removing the bushing in the steering bracket of a '27 steering column. My question: once the Steering Arm and Ball (aka pitman arm) and bracket bolts are removed, is it possible to remove the bracket without removing the entire steering column from the car?

Thanks friends! I think he tends to agree with you.
Bill

Charles says the badge appears to be copper.

A friend found this small brass looking plaque and I thought someone on the forum might know it's source. His description: "The size can be estimated by the size of the quarter. It’s about 1/8 inch thick, and the it looks like the back side has a coating of solder on it." Does anyone know this part'...

I think I see a rust hole in the running board. Is that an indication that the spare tire has been resting in the same spot for decades- bouncing, rubbing, collecting salty water, and finally creating the hole? If so, that should give an indication on how things aligned.

This was my son's (before he sold it).

A home-made Father's Day gift from my son a few years ago. It really draws a lot of attention from visitors to my shop.

I raise a few cattle. About 25 years ago I had a electric fence charger bit the dust. There was an old guy near Flintville who repaired chargers out in his barn. I delivered my charger to him driving my '26 Pickup. The first thing he did was take me over to his personal charger that he used on his o...

See if this helps- Fix A VERTICAL FOCUS: https://tennesseets.weebly.com/tech-page-3.html

Now, Duckwing, if you get to the point that you've focused the headlamps and the bulbs create a tall, vertical oval, rather than the correct horizontal oval, come back on the forum and let us know. There is a way to correct the vertical "focus factor".

Duckwing- Go to page 11 of the October 2013 Newsletter. Focusing headlamps is so easy a girl can do it. Really!
https://tennesseets.weebly.com/uploads/ ... ter_br.pdf

Sounds good to me. That’s how it’s done.

Ricky? A Model T Trivia question for next year?

How to clear the passageways
https://tennesseets.weebly.com/uploads/ ... ley_nh.pdf

Can someone who has a '25 Touring with under-the-seat wood installed possibly post a photo? Last summer I had some *full grown* adult guests riding along and the metal ribs under the seat got bent - badly.

Timing indicator- good picture
https://www.twracing.com/the-accurate-timing-indicator

Art- Scott may be on it!

Good video Randall- I gave you a thumbs up!

Steve- that's my favorite tunnel. It's hard to find, but worth the hunt. Bill

This post is in reply to RajoRacer’s post “sitting, waiting on the train to go by”.
Down here in Tennessee, we don’t wait on the trains to go by- WE GO UNDER THEM!!

How many times will a new 4.40/4.50-21 tire rotate in a mile?

Cookeville TN Tour- how many saw this radiator cap? Look closely at this radiator cap. ZOOM in...The dog with it's leg hiked is not potty trained. The man in the picture is a good friend, so I blurred his face in the photo. All I can say is "It's a good thing that he had his glasses on!" His T shirt...

Redleg- check regularly- if it happens again, then carefully inspect the three drums for a crack. But, if everything is new, as stated, probably not a problem. Maybe it's just one of the Kevlar bands that may not have gotten sealed good on the end and is un-raveling.

Assemble the new Ruckstell Axle that I bought from Chaffins- the first day I found out about their sale. Was going to wait, but since I am stuck at home.....

Lynn Cook's method of installing a crankshaft seal. The good thing about his method is the fact that if the new seal ever goes bad it can be replaced without separating the pan and the block, or removing the engine. Anyone who knew him will agree that back in Lynn's day, he could always find a bette...

You are a lucky man- Mr man! And never forget that Mr Warren helped you out!
Shhhh! You may need him again.

Ron- the camshaft does turn counter clockwise, as you stated, if viewed from the front.

All of my Model T life I have assumed that the flapper touches the ramp first, then "flaps" off the butt end to get ready for the next strike. That just seems more logical to me. Now, a project that I'm working on has me looking closely at the mechanics of the timer, and I thought "no way". After ta...

Like this? Keep in mind that this view is reversed from what we normally see.

I agree. But that doesn't answer my question.
I am assuming that you are looking at the camshaft and flapper from the front of the engine to get the counter clockwise turn?

Which part of the flat contact gets touched by the flapper first? The butt end or the ramp?

This is my homemade spare tire carrier. The door does not open. The vertical piece carries the weight, the bottom "U" stabilizes the tire and wheel.

This works for me. Pretty easy, too.

Altair- since you posted a “quote” of my post, it is clear that you did not understand the end result of the squealing/chirping of my 26 RPU. IT TURNED OUT not to be triple gear noise as everyone predicted. Instead the problem was stated as being a leaky exhaust manifold gasket. It pays to explore t...

My story: On the Not For Sissies Tour I let a friend drive my 26 RPU for a day. The truck had a freshly rebuilt transmission but I thought I had broken it in. At the end I’d the days ride my friend was waiting at my trailer with some bad news. He said “listen”, cranked it and there was a loud squeal...

I plan on re-using the shackle set. Having owned the truck for many years and having removed the axle several times, I have never noticed that the shackles were any different from any other type on any of my other T's. But, when I had one of those cheapo knurled type shackles fail on me- I now look ...

Today, I removed the shackles from my 26 RPU. These don't look like any shackle that I've seen before. Can anyone identify them- I'm suspecting they are not for a Ford. Or, maybe a re-pop from the past. Note that each shackle has 4 nuts.

Chaffins Garage has done us Model T guys a tremendous service for many years. There is one man who has not gotten enough credit over the years, and that is Dave. He is a no B.S. type of guy and he knows his stuff!

Same problem here. It only happened on a left hand turn or hitting a bump. I tried all of the above but no luck. Then I read a thread on one of the forums back around 2001 about a member who found his problem in the ignition switch and all he did was clean the contacts on the inside. I tried it. I'm...

MMO must work. No stuck strings, no backfiring.

Today was fill up day. A nice day for a ride.

My friend John put me onto this. Works great.
https://www.acehardware.com/departments ... umps/45345

The big factor-

can you do it with the manifolds still on?

A vaporizer would really test a man's patience! OUCH

Will your car start on magneto? If so, make up a jumper with an alligator clip on each end. Disconnect the FORD stock wire at the mag post. Disconnect the FORD stock wire at the coil box. Connect one end of the jumper to the mag post. Connect the other end of the jumper to the coil box connection St...

I knew those pieces looked familiar to me!

Doug- Zoom in on the North Pole image.
The lettering on the heater reads 'Bar-B-que'.

Frank- please explain the phrase "sound like the engine has done a bigend". I'm not familiar with the word "bigend". Sound/noise is what I'm trying to eliminate. That is exactly my problem. 2 of my cars started making this loud rattling noise during acceleration about 4 years ago after changing from...

The STIPE 250 cam was installed in 2012. It is not a Chaffin's cam. I'm thinking that the Stipe 280 Cam was not available at the time. The advanced gear is one of Dan's and was installed in 2015.
I don't know if the movement is in the shell, because as stated, only the timing cover has been removed.

I have a Stipe 250 cam in a 1926 engine. 7.5 degree advanced bronze timing gear. -My question- with the timing gear cover removed I have a camshaft lateral movement (in & out) of .0065". -Up & down movement of the camshaft is .005". Are these measurements withis tolerance or do I need to looking int...

Tubby, I'd like to add this photo because your problem has happened to me (more than once over the years).

If that is as bright as your magneto will light the bulb, I suspect a weak mag. But, if it ran good on mag while on the tour, then I'd suspect a piece of lint, or trash is lodged against the mag post. Unscrew the mag post, shine a light through the hole, and see if there is anything that might be br...

Go to this mans website and you will see that there are a few different spring sets for a model T.
http://t-springs.com/products.html

Thanks. I'll pass this info along to a friend who recently bought a car at auction that was incorrectly wired with a positive ground. I've never worked on a T wired Positive ground, so I couldn't give him a good answer. If anyone has ever been through his situation it would help him if you could lis...

Asking for a friend- if a car is incorrectly connected positive ground- will the starter spin backwards?

Try this
https://youtu.be/cdq1mKmJFyol

After a close inspection of the chart that I posted, Id like to add this piece of *personal info (see DISCLAIMER below). - According to the image the tank will hold "about" 10 U.S. gallons, BUT if you drain the tank through the drain plug (not shown)- only 8.5 gallons will flow. The other 1.5 gallon...

"About" 10 gallons- see chart
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/70 ... 1490662789

How long has the gas been in your tank or cans? Longer than 3 months? To me, it sounds like a sticking valve(s), most likely caused ethanol gas deposits. I've had the same problem and my cure (thanks to advice on this forum) was to remove the spark plugs, pour approx. 1 tablespoon of Marvel Mystery ...

Back in the day, there must have been quite a few Model T's back in this Tennessee cove. I mean, how else could it have gotten the name "Greasy Cove"?

This may just be a Southern phrase, but I've heard it all of my life.

Mike is lost. He is standing there asking "Where in the Sam Hill am I?".

It's Ok to ride 'em in the street, but KEEP 'EM OFF THE DANG SIDEWALK!

Pete- The boyfriend did a great job on the video. I gave him a Thumbs Up.
And, those Delaware backroads make the backroads in Tennessee look like Interstate highways.

Thanks for your comments. Suzi and I had a fun week. Actually, the volunteers from the Tennessee T's worked, drove, & planned for the last year. George and Ramona started planning this tour 2 years ago. Without George and Ramona's dedication- the tour never would have happened. Those who attended th...

Another video of the MTFCA Highland Rim Tour that was based out of Cookeville, Tennessee in mid-August.
https://youtu.be/OosXnUXrvMw

Nice photos, Dennis!

This picture shows a group of boys who came back by for another dose. Look closely and you will see the stream.

Yep, their identities have been blurred out to keep their mommas from fussing.

Jim- I was going to keep this event private between you and me, but, since you brought the subject up- I'll post another picture. If the forum readers will zoom WAAAAY in they will see the dog on the radiator is pee-ing at you. My attached photo shows that the dog made a DIRECT-HIT. Look at Jim's sh...

One of the cases that I saw was in the parking lot at the fairgrounds. A Model T was coming off the city street "just 'a 'smokin". When the driver came by me his exhaust smelled like anti-freeze. This is just one of the signs.

While on the MTFCA Highland Rim Tour, I personally saw 4 T's that blew head gaskets. I was told that there were actually 7 T's that lost one. One car blew 2 because he failed to re-torque the head after a warm-up. So, the next time you walk out to your shop, grab your torque wrench and RE-Torque the...

I had the same problem once on a fresh rebuild. The problem turned out to be a leaky intake manifold gasket. I finally realized that the coughing was back through the carburetor.

If this "brown" is not a translucent brown (NEW oil is a translucent brown, to my eyes, anyway) but instead the brown is a dirty, milky looking brown, then I would suspect water getting into the oil. Blown head gasket, cracked block, etc.

It's time now.

Bill, will you post a photo of your entire sediment bowl? I am not familiar with what a bowl for a 1910 looks like.

Dean- I'm curious. What model is your Garmin Nuvi?
Do you pre-plan your routes? If so, what software?
Thank

I've been trying to search the old forum since this morning and get this msg "Hmmmm….Cant reach this page". Inserting the http://www.mtfca.com/ as the URL gets the same results. I've checked with Model T friends and they are having the same results. Is the problem temporary? Or longer?

Actually, it's better than normal.

For those of us who like 10w30 motor oil- we have been disappointed for the last year or so because the supply on 10w30 has been short to none.
Well, maybe the shortage is over. Oreilly's now has Rotella (non synthetic) in gallons and quarts.

. At least stores in the Nashville district have it.

Jim- your profile stated that you drive a 1927 Canadian Tudor. If the fuel shut-off on the cowl is a factory unit, then you already have a bowl/separator. Just drain it regularly. If you drive often and use a tank full every month or two, or more often, you probably won't have a problem. If gas stay...

At this point, the easiest thing you can do is run a magneto test using a 1156 bulb and a jumper wire. If the bulb blows, the your mag is running properly and the problem is probably coils, or other possibilities. If the bulb fails to blow, it could be weak magnets, or the 3rd main thrust surface ma...

Extremely nice video FreedomKeepers!

The Gembers, who are members of The Tennessee T's, are participating in the O2O tour again (second time). She is documenting the day-to-day driving experience on video, then posting the short videos on YouTube. 2 ways to view ----Forum members can go to our homepage for a listing, with links, to eac...

Mike- mounting clinchers is pretty easy, especially if you bought the heavy flaps rather than the lightweight ones. 1. Put just enough air in the tube to take the wrinkles out. Do not overfill. 2. Stuff the tube into the tire. Most new tires have a spot painted on them. Align the tire stem at the pa...

Is your handbrake lever going fully forward? If not, this can cause the problem that you are describing.

Jeff- Hills are fun. Traffic is not.

John- that lid cover being mis-aligned makes sense.

Another picture, a different incident. Lint interfering with my magneto.

I’m not 100% in agreement that the coil leakage is totally due to the quality and/or type of tar used. This photo is a coil the failed on Dec 24, 2016. You can easily see the leakage. Now, look at the blue tape that I placed on the bottom with the date of 5/12, which is the date of the re-build. It ...

Don’t look at the mag post hole. Instead look in the round mirror. It’s hard to see, but there is a piece of band lint about the size of a short piece of dental floss on top of the blob of solder. The lint got stuck between the solder blob and the brass contact of the mag post. Thus lifting the cont...

Is it just me? Or do the keepers on the side of the flywheel where the missing screw heads are/were look like they have been making contact with the mag ring? If so, the problem is much more serious than you realize.

Bob, you wrote about the plugs laying on the block- "random firings."
That is how they are supposed to fire- sort of. The random firing must be in this exact firing order 1-2-4-3. If that is not the case then you have a starting point.

You know that only one coil is buzzing, and the other 3 are not. If the good coil is firing #1 (example), and 2, 3, and 4 are dead, then one at a time swap the known good coil with the bad ones to see if the good coil buzzes in 2, 3, & 4. If the good coil buzzes in all 4 locations, then your problem...

Tom, I think you are close, but looking at the wrong side of the coin.
I personally think that most Model T owners tend to do the maintenance as needed.
The big question should be "how well was it rebuilt?".

All rebuilds are not the same.

I have done it more times than I like on a ‘27 Tudor without removing the hogshead. Stick a rod in the front hand crank hole and lift the front of the motor which will tilt the back end down. The pedals will clear the firewall. Barely. Go slow, get a helper if possible, make sure all wires are out o...

Look me up, Tom. I'll let you pull my wagon.

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