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big2bird wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:06 am
You will need a new flywheel and pins.
When the pins get loose, there is little you can do.

Did somebody state that this is the problem?

kmatt2 wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:31 pm
Those wheels are the 21 inch by 4:50 split rims , notice the straight side rim on the right front wheel.

Maybe you're right. Pretty hard for me to see in that image.

So, how far off is it? The fix will likely depend upon the severity.

1927, with wood wheels and 30 x 3-1/2 tires. Not unheard of but interesting just the same. I was thinking it was a '26. (I have a '26 just like it, but with wire wheels) Teach me something here.....what are the differences in the '26 & '27? I was going simply by the "brand new" look of the car and ...

1927, with wood wheels and 30 x 3-1/2 tires. Not unheard of but interesting just the same.

There should be a notch in 2596, shown in the 12 o'clock position, adjacent to the pinion gear, which will align with the woodruff key 2598B. I maybe see the hint of such a notch in your drawing, but if so, it's not oriented to align with the woodruff key.

You do fantastic work!!!

Yes, a nail puller.

If you use it, be CERTAIN that when you grip the lower portion, just above the "foot", that none of your hand laps over the small ridge above the handhold. It's one of those mistakes that nobody makes twice!

Tim, I kind of pride myself on having a great assortment of taps & dies for unusual thread sizes. After reading your posting, I checked my "inventory" and came up short for a 7/32-32 tap. Not being able to bear that shame :oops: , I quickly ordered a few. So, the next time you lose that nut ;) I'll ...

Tim, Several years ago, I took the gas tank from my '24 Buick to "Gas Tank Renu". They cut it open, cleaned it, and coated it. That was probably 20+ years ago. It wasn't too cheap, but finding a great gas tank for a 1924 Buick was not a great prospect. A new Model T gas tank would be cheaper, but if...

I've seen the B tanks hung from the rear cross member of the frame, if that's any help whatsoever. (Not on Model T's, of course)

perry kete wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 10, 2025 3:26 pm
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There's no defense against the Three Stooges!

RajoRacer wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 10, 2025 11:06 am
John - enlighten me on how you came of those measurements - what measuring instrument was used ?

I wondered about the same thing.

TRDxB2 wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 09, 2025 4:18 pm

Sadly the Forum turned his dream into a nightmare.

Oh, please...

Suggest you contact one of the coil folks listed on the forum suppliers page. Best to send them off and have them adjusted/ rebuilt for best results. https://www.mtfca.com/model-t-ford-suppliers/ The best advice so far... Get a known good set, (and a spare coil), and remove that variable from your ...

To measure the kingpin movement, I lifted the hub and the kingpin movement is about .037. That is at the edge of the hub. Measuring at the edge of the hub does not tell you what the kingpin movement is, since there is also clearance in the Timken bearings coming into play. For the record, the kingp...

I sent two of those otherwise great shape coils to someone in the mid-west to rebuild. When I asked about them two years later, I was told they needed new points and none were available. Evidently there are still no points available! When I restored my Model N, I used the original Heinze coils. The...

I understand the various responses to the first post. What is true here is that I have my May, 1910 touring for sale. I will send information to anyone interested in buy this T. I have owned it for 78 years and at 93 have decided to let someone else enjoy it. Darel, I understand what you're trying ...

The straighter you can get them, the better. Perfect is good enough. Wheel runout sets up strains and forces that degrade ride and handling, contributes to tire and suspension parts wear, and may contribute to loosening wood wheels. It also consumes horsepower that would be better used moving the c...

You can't really judge coil performance by sound. How does the car run? Any misfires?

Do you mean the 6 bolts which attach the driven plate to the brake drum? I would not trust Loctite of any persuasion there. It likely gets too hot for Loktite, the bond of which is often indicated can be broken with heat for removal. Is there a super high temp agent they make? Allan from down under...

An 1/8" is nothing to bother over. Just do some careful inspection of the wheel hubs and the wire wheel centers to be certain no cracking has begun.

RajoRacer wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 06, 2025 11:17 am
I run a BB - it's an exhaust port !

Okay ! Thanks !

Kevin Pharis wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 06, 2025 12:11 am
The center port is open to exhaust gasses to pre-heat the manifold

Are you certain it's exhaust gasses and not coolant? The pipe thread port at the bottom makes me wonder if it's a coolant return port.

I'm betting on a bent spindle arm as well.

Great! Happy you got it solved.

NoviceCollector has been removed from this forum. Reason? Was he found to be a scammer? Bad attitude? or what? PM the answer if you dont want to go public if you wish. TXGOAT2 copied this quote to his posting at 4:40PM... "Mr. Azevado your reply is another opinion and please read my topic. I wrote ...

One thing that concerns me is a clunky ratchet noise I get when I use the transmission brake from a higher speed say 20mph. Sounds like it is from the transmission and scares me to death but maybe its the rear end. Not sure on that. Mike Marlette, MI IMG_5301.JPG Hi Mike! Welcome! What you describe...

Some close-up pictures of these areas would be helpful. Also, what is the rim diameter measurement?

JTT3 wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 05, 2025 8:18 am
Jerry that could be some of it but you can see post several remarks was the first time we learned the T’s frame was lifted off the floor.

Yes, an excellent point!

Don't rule out a rear end issue. Rear end noise is easily "telegraphed" through the driveshaft, making the sound seem to be in the transmission. Also, the u-joint may be suspect as well. Read through this thread as well. Your problem is not this severe, but it may still have some issues in common. h...

Dan you posted it first but I was thinking the same thing, if the forth main did not go on with ease you’re looking in the future to significant engine problems. Best John Ill third this. However, with the motor in the horizontal position, one must expect the ball cap to touch low from the unsuppor...

skyhunter wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 04, 2025 11:34 pm
I am hoping part of my problem may come from the frame being on jack stands and the rear hanging and not sitting on the wheels on the ground.

That is probabaly not just part of your problem, but perhaps all of your problem.

What is the condition of your timing gear? Do all the teeth look good?

Can you use your original generator gear on the alternator. Its gear will know your cam gear. Otherwise the new gear will have to develop that relationship/ Allan from down under. ... the gear on the alternator is the same dimensions as the generator and the gear is threaded on to the alternator .....

I've seen examples where the gears have come loose on the alternator shaft. You should probably remove & inspect it.

Place an ad for an intake manifold that has been drilled for a vacuum port. There are lots of them out there.

Robert,

Did the car ever run well for you? Is this a new problem?

Why don't I try the old Champion X spark plugs? I immediately balked at started to rant they are old original plugs full of carbon, worn electrodes and a waste of time but just to show you.... I will put the old plugs back in. Yep, the engine ran great!

Same experience here.

Herb, If you belong to the Early Ford Registry, they have several diminsioned drawings on their site of various early Ford components, once reproduced by Gene Kristoffy. The drawings were his. He was a master machinist, (not something I would say about just anyone). I'm not certain, but wouldn't be ...

1925 Touring wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 29, 2025 3:52 pm
To be clear, I AM NOT CUTTING UP A TOURING CAR.
I have a roadster body already for it, and will be removing and saving the existing body.
I have the same feelings. I do not want to cut up the body. It is a nice body and will be saved!

Austin,

Thanks so much for clarifying!

Works for me too!

I really wish you would reconsider cutting up a nice, solid touring car. There are a lot of cut-off Touring cars out there, with all due respect to those who own one, they never look exactly right. If you want a Roadster pick-up, then buy or trade this car for one.

TRDxB2 wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 28, 2025 2:43 pm
Another difference not mentioned because of tire width.

It was mentioned, but thanks for the pictures.

Unless already personally known? ALL brass era Ts are suspect for authenticity until at least somewhat verified by someone really familiar with the hundreds of minute detail pieces. Few, if any, are a hundred percent correct. Most, of any brass era year, are more fake than authentic. While a 1914, ...

Maros, if you sincerely want a 1910 Ford take heart. You can have one. But, if you haven't noticed, the world is full of crooks. They will sell you a 1953 Willys and tell you it's a 1910 Ford. You have homework to do. You must study early Fords enough to have a good grasp of their identifying featu...

Tim, Even by swapping out the parts described above, there can still be some binding issues when changing over to 5:1. I believe the issue is that the 4:1 gears are made with a different pressure angle than the 5:1 gears. Gears produced with different pressure angles are not meant to work with one a...

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Mark, Pull the coil wire from the center of the distributor cap and hold the end near ground while someone cranks the engine over with the ignition on. Do you get a spark to ground by doing this? If so, it's likely a cap/rotor issue. If not, it's likely a coil/condenser/power supply thing. As someon...

Heavy sparking and burned points mean a bad condenser.

Herb Iffrig wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 25, 2025 10:39 am
Yes this is my car. A friend of a friend found it out of a barn near me, and I got it just the way you see it. It appears to be all there.

Any more pictures you can share with us?

Keep in mind, the clubs and suppliers are largely run by volunteers, individuals, fellow hobbyists, and volunteers. This ain't "big business".

How much difference in light (Lumens??) output will I see with one type of fuel over the other? Brent, It's exactly the same fuel/gas. Prest-O-Lite is just a name brand. It's all just acetylene gas. At the weld gas store I used to use, they had a huge tank that they filled with calcium carbide, the...

WillyR wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 25, 2025 2:07 pm
I'll also attempt to tilt it up a little too as I'm hunching over to see if the light has turned green....

Me too! Learn to look at the traffic light reflection in the hood of your car while at a light.

I have to wonder, why did you remove the pins if they were in so tight and were .374" diameter? Your only problem seems to be with the gear ID's being oversize. I believe I would put the pins back in and get some new gears. Sometimes today we see shafts/pins that seem to be undersize, (.374"). We ha...

I have a key like that too. I seem to recall someone mentioning once that it was for a glovebox on later year Fords. Maybe... maybe not... Web searches don't seem to support this theory. For a tractor maybe?

It's not uncommon to turn down the output shaft to true it up and remove wear. However, I believe it's usually only done in the area that runs in the fourth main, (requiring an undersized fourth main). If the shaft is heat treated at all, it's most likely through hardened and not surface hardened. I...

I am familiar with the seat that Marty shows, and frankly, that seat is familiar with me as well. My recollection is that it doesn't use springs. I believe the original was just padded with horsehair. Hopefully, Marty will confirm.

My best to you, sir. Happy Birthday!

I have been supplying woven kevlar transmission bands since the early 80's, but have recently removed my ad from the Vintage Ford. Return on investment was getting lower and lower. Since the passing of my Brother, I have just about stopped supplying bands, but have about 50 sets left in inventory. ...

Notice the presence of a valve where the hose would connect to the generator. I suspect that the generator was "shut off" by stopping the water drip and immediately closing the valve, which would bottle-up the gas still being generated by the still-wet carbide. The generator probably burst, not exp...

jiminbartow wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:35 am
No. Your support rod is too short. Should have about 1/2” on each end.

The rod is fine. It drifts backwards in the hood hinge. A common problem.

I'm always leery about using non-Ford parts. If it were mine, I'd be looking for a Ford gear.

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Sonny1916T wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 17, 2025 8:52 am
Thanks for the suggestions, I gave up on the Fathers Day thought as so much else going on. I will look into your ideas and suggestions and follow up when I have a positive result.

Good thinking. Personally, being under a deadline causes me to make hasty, regrettable choices.

Henry K. Lee wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:07 am
It needs to be done correctly and not just getting the car running. It is not a belittlement but a fact of the times. Sorry you have hurt feelings too.

Thanks Henry. By the way, you are incapable of hurting my feelings.

Only 26 years?? I'd say that's a decent run. How long should they last?

No disrespect to anyone but this is a perfect example of why the hobby is dying. The vendors have the parts and have gone to great expenses to make them for the masses, when you say.., "The owner just wants to get it running" means I am being cheap and do not want to do it correctly so my heirs can...

Forgive my ignorance as I have never lived close enough to deal with OCF, what is it? It's Old Car Festival at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI. It's a one-of-a-kind car event, (not just a car show, with parked cars), that usually draws 850, 1932 and older cars. Do a YouTube search for dozens of ...

I would not rebuild the wheel for that alone. If everything else about the wheel is in good condition, I would go with the epoxy option, not so such to add strength, but to seal it from moisture.

I'm between the left front wheel and the "S".

Just got approvals a few minutes ago. I applied on 6/2. See ya' there!

Allan wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 14, 2025 10:48 pm
Thanks Steve. Sometimes the "bleeding obvious" is not seen. I have no idea how such a thing would be wired up to work.

Allan from down under.

When a horn is attached to a wooden firewall it has no ground, hence the additional post for a ground connection.

beth wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:55 am
...the cutout failed, and afterwards the magneto barely worked. I've seen other posts implying that a shorted cutout could apply a DC voltage across the coil ring, discharging the magnets.

That really should not be possible.

I saw an old post by RV Anderson saying instead of tapping on top of the valve to turn the engine until the cam lobe is pointing down on the stuck valve and put a washer or a dime on the cam and turn the crank in order to push the valve up. I really would not do that. I can't see how a coin or a wa...

It's for a Dodge. (Pretty sure)

I have my Speedster on the Speedster Rally in Rockville, IN. I did 85 miles today and put in 4.5 gallons of gas when I was done. Not too bad.

George House wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 12, 2025 2:56 pm
I hate to recommend vice grips for a Model T task but, when used vertically, adjust for a very tight grip on that shallow hex head. Unscrew while pulling downward.

George! What a great idea!

Try clamping onto it with a vise-grip and pulling downwards as you turn. There is still the slim hope that only the drain plug theads are stripped. The pan threads may yet be salvaged.

Amazingly, your friend brought you pictures that were used on that eBay auction but didn’t show you all of them which would have given you all the answers. So, what are all the answers? It's not a lamp in any traditional sense. It has no burner or gas jet, nor does it have a place for one. It has n...

Is it getting bound up between the back of the engine block and the 4th main bearing?

On the subject of ‘Blockley Tires, are they any good?’ I purchased a set of 5. Two to three months of driving, They began to develop cracks around the bead. This was not what I was expecting. Maybe all tires made now are like this. I hope not. Are your rims in good condition, with no sharp edges? A...

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Maybe a similar application... My '24 Buick has a looong rocker cover. It leaked oil too. On the advice of a "Buick guy", my dad made a gasket out of 1/4" thick, rubberized cork. It's been in place for over 30 years and works great. It's held in place with Permatex on the bottom side only. The thick...

I completely agree with the others who suggest that your radiator fins have lost contact with the tubes. You asked earlier if this can be seen. It's usually not obvious to the naked eye, but sometimes you can slide a knife between the fins and gently push a fin up or down to see if it's still attach...

Thanks guys, so it not a formal event like say Easter or Christmas? Is there any special time of the year or date it is 'celebrated' or is it a local choice? Correct, not a formal holiday. No special time or date for such things. It's up to the group involved to schedule such events whenever it's m...

A Whiteman wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 08, 2025 4:25 am
As a Non-USA person, could you tell me what 'Homecoming" means?
I have wondered about this for many years.....

It means returning to "home". A reunion of sorts.

Another common option is to put another bend in the spring, quite easy. However, that lowers much more than reversing the eye. Possibly too much? Excellent point! It doesn't necessarily lower things too much. Just depends on how much bend you use. I have a spring with bent ends that lowers just abo...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SxIlExUL21k

Funny stuff.

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Look at the posting date Sir. Ya ever hear about APRIL FOOLS! ? Hank was playing April Foolks with everyone, but some folks just don't get it! 15K wouldn't even pay for the paint job and it was a DEAL when he originally posted it for 75K! Now he's not kidding about the long term storage, so unless ...

As Dan stated, we don't know what your goal is. If it's for a speedster, I tried the reverse eye spring and also de-arched it. I ended up with too little travel and a spring so "spongy" that it nearly led to an accident. My speedster now has a stock spring that's mounted behind the rear axle in orde...

Detroit Spring can make a new spring with reversed eyes or make you a new main leaf with reversed eyes or rebuild an old spring and reverse the eyes. Several years ago I stupidly paid Eaton Detroit Spring $100 to make one leaf for a Model N spring. It had tapered and radiused ends. They did a compl...

What a great plan! Take me with you!

Welcome to the hobby, happy to have you and your brother on-board.

We drove it outside the garage for the first time. Went to the Ford factory where it was born and then it died. Replaced the blown 20amp fuse with a 30amp but could not get it started again. Towed it back with a chain to the garage and got it started. 1st drive.jpg I hope you got to the bottom of y...

... guess I’ll pull the head and pull the pistons to check all rod bearings and piston pins. Do you think I can see enough of the upper rod bearing from below Without removing the piston/rod assembly from the engine? At this point, there's no need to pull the head. I'm nearly certain that your prob...

As Bill suggests, that kind of knock is usually a main bearing. I had a bad one. Turned out to be the front main bearing.

WillyR wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 05, 2025 9:51 am

I could have used that deal a few years ago...

love2T's wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 04, 2025 9:29 am
WOW! someone sure didn't know what they had!!
There is this command as I recall.... "thou shall not steal"! Oh, you did pay for it! Absolved.

Actually, he did know what it was, since it included an original sales ad.

Ed Baudoux wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 04, 2025 8:44 am
Jerry Van:
"I wasn't even thinking about T stuff". Fake News!

You caught me

Thanks guys! This has been a fun little find.

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