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I can't help but notice any of the crossmembers that are badly spread seem to be on the cars with 2 ubolts going thru the spring clamp instead of 1 in the middle like the later cars.Seems that pulls down on each side of the crossmember ? When I fixed this issue on my chassis I also noticed the front...

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I have heard if you want to pickup a lady in California now all you have to do is sit down beside her and smile and say," I have electricity!"

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I bought 1 of those Flip-Wich thingys like the fat lady was hollering about on tv about 3 years ago at Walmarts when they had them on clearance for 10 bucks.I wish I had bought a couple more for spares.I like it as I can make a grilled ham and cheese or turkey ,whatever.But you know what? What is re...

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I am with Thom on this,I would love to have those on my T's as reaching down in that hole with a bad back and sore hip can be a pain.Granted,not something you do that often but yea,I wouldn't mind have those myself.

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That kit car there would be a blast to drive!

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Bathroom,the 1 thing I wish I had in my shop.I keep the wheels hot on my golf cart "making the trip" back to the house!
Don't get used to how much space you have,it gets GONE fast!

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see If these show up ok. At the moment it has not been run in over a year and had fuel system issues.Lean to shed has not kept it clean,it is really dirty and I am going to have really work hard at cleaning it up .I want to get it back clean and driveable again.

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I just told my dad,"If it was a bit closer,I might just make a offer"

He said,"Dang boy,aint you got enough #*#*(# already! "

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WOW,I LIKE IT. My dump bed for my TT was the same way when I got it,truck was cut short and a tongue added for trailer use. I also want to say Thank you for trying to locate someone that will want this instead of scraping it.These beds are rare and hard to come by. I just took a minute to dig thru m...

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Sadly that is the truth.There is no way of keeping peoples eyes on the road and not on their Iphone 12's or whatever the latest fade is at the moment.There is videos on Utube of people jumping out of their rolling cars and dancing then trying to get back in or dancing while driving somehow to music....

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For a long time military tires were narrow and tall.And those old Jeeps and trucks went places people could not walk. My dad was on a crew that built transmission line towers.For years he had a M37 Dodge for a service truck .He would talk about how the hogs heads of the axles would leave ruts in the...

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I would just love to get mine out from under my left knee! Thought about bending it outward and then back up!

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How did ye do dat Tim?Float down the road like dat! That is how you feel as a state employee on the side of the road putting up a road sign.BIG yellow truck,flashing lights all around with bright orange cones behind you 100 feet.Invisiable. Flashing lights tend to mazmerize "spelling" people.They ar...

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WOW,good link there perry.I will have to mess with that a while and learn how it works.

Now that I saw the word, " Carlisle " is the 1 I was thinking about.I don't why I thought hershey.DUH.

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I had always thought there was a spring swap meet at Hersey for example,but couldn't find anything on the web. Only a fall 1. I want to take 1 road trip in 2020 and want to go to a swap meet and maby a muesum or 2 while on the way there or on the way back.I want to keep it maby this side of the Miss...

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I would look at photos of Waukesha and Hercules .It is a industrail engine.Probably on a pavement roller or sweeper or something along that line. I have a small single cylinder Hatz desiel from a pavement roller.Similar hook up.

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A couple more pics.This will give you some idea as to why I was asking last year about tieing down stuff on a trailer. This and my tandem trailer will both need some more stuff on them to tie to. Now that this trailer is finished you can see more about what might be a better idea for tieing it down....

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Is any shop project ever really "done"? Nope.Still got to install more floor tie downs and a winch and mount for it. BUT so you folks won't think I have curled up in a Lazy Boy and become a key board Curmudgen, here is what I have been working on for hauling the T pickup. I built this from scratch. ...

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Well I am glad the fellow is not hurt.That car is far from a total as we look at these cars but we all know the insurance company is going to offer a check for a total to settle the ordeal.If the owner decides to keep his car ,depending on if it is famly heriloom or something,it is very repairable. ...

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At least I can hide my own Easter eggs now.

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We don't have central heat in our house .We use base board electric.In my shop I use a wood stove until recently I was given 1 of those noisy rocket things that I have fired to get it warm quick then turn it off and let the wood heat maintain. BUT the house next door was recently remodeled and had a...

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At 9 Am my local ABC tv station was showing Kelly and somebody.No parade.

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There are alot of "experts" on the web and out in the real world.But I have found if i do things sorda along the lines of what Ford Engineers did back when they built the Model T or any of my other Ford products,things seem to go ok. They built alot more model T's than Any company outside of Ford. N...

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I bought a old Sheldon lathe back in 2011 or so.I have used it very little. But I did modify some spring perchs for my speedster project with it. I had thought about getting rid of it but then,I am willing to bet there would be something I would be able to use it for come up in a short time after I ...

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It must be a scam,I sent off 100 bucks a while back to buy 1000 bucks and never got anything back. :( I guess they must have realized I could then send them the 1000 dollars back to buy 10,000 bucks! And they would not have been able to spend it!. :) No I did not send them money.I am just jokeing.

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He has some issues that a diet is not going to fix. He must have something that is bothering him from his old job or something that is causing him to want to eat himself to death.

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I have often said that modern cars can not be restored like we do our T's.
But I guess I will have to follow this guys work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGhb1BQ8-s4

I will be interested to see if it ever drives again.

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You mean there is Sum ting Wong with replying to Mr Wang's post about buying money for a 1$ on the hundred?

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My grandfather Cole drove chain drive Macks alot many moons ago.He was driving 1 towing a trailer when the Cresant Limited train hit him in 1940. When I first wanted to restore a truck,I wanted a chain drive Mack.Well,because of Granpal and his name being Mack and he drove them.And my name woulda be...

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Wow,you folks are getting to play with your toys.All my daily stuff took up some time lately.My 04 Dodge pickup with the hemi,transmission went BANG and I coasted to a stop a couple weeks ago. Towed it to the shop about 20 miles away and still waiting.106,000 miles on a very clean truck.I was utterl...

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I love gardening but as I get older it is alot of back breaking work.So I built some raised beds and I can get alot of maters and peppers from that. I eat some hot peppers,cayenne, for my arthritis and back pain.Helps alot. I grow the little yellow cherry tomatos or maters. I LOVE the White Beefstea...

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I have often wondered where his truck went when he finished with it.I was always in awe of him and Fast Frank driving T's on freeways at hi speed.I am about afraid of getting mine on a numbered route.Much less a freeway!

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Oh my, A Occasional Cortex has the virous!

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Everything I ever hear in the news about california is more regulations,or more stupid laws pulled out of someone's skid marked underware. The sad thing is the Jet Stream might pick up some of this disorder,or virous,germ,disease,or whatever it is that is killing common sense out there and spread it...

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Well last year there was someone offering 50,000 dollars for only 5000 dollars and I lost their contact info.Darn it.I was hopeing to send them a dollar and make it a 100 dollars,then send the 100 dollars to make it a 1000 dollars then send it back and etc until I made my second million.I gave up tr...

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Ok,send that program to Jay Leno's 3D printer and make us some nice New Torpedos!

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I need to find 1 of those spaces and park my 74 Lincoln in the spot long enough for a photo shoot! HEHEhe, 20 feet long.I don't think it is a compact!~

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I know some may think I am acting like a heathen when I question paying taxes on used items or to states other than my own.But tax money is public money and the public that lives in 1 state can not have a say in what is paid elsewhere. So there should be something to make sure there is no taxation w...

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The way i look at it no,you shouldn't.Or it should be the same rate as your state and sent to your state.
Around here the countys have a little extra tacked onto the tax rate.And the parts house ask for my zip code after the price was quoted and it went up 2 cents because my countys tax was higher.

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It stinks. To put it nicely. Especialy buying USED items that have already been taxed when new. And I think there is a threshhold of the amount of sales.It has to be over a certain amount of total sales before the seller has to collect taxes.Someone like myself selling all of a couple hundred bucks ...

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I know the feeling.I lost the small lid to the 1 gallon metal can i used for 2 cycle gas.I have no words that I can type here to accurately discribe just how much I hate those new plastic cans for something small like a chain saw or trimmer.

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Well,At the moment,I can't get much done for cleaning up tree parts.I have been waiting 2 years for a fellow to come cut 3 oaks that the stumps are 2 foot accross. Finally,wedsday,he called and said he was ON his way.My shop is full of everybody elses junk but my own,I have parts in my truck for 3 r...

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If I were to go "green" I would have to use my John Deere 90 electric lawnmower. I did some research on maby charging 1 of my electric tractors on solar just for kicks.Naw, them solar panels are exspensive! I can plug in to grid much cheaper. I had wanted 1 of these electric mowers back when I was i...

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When I told my supervisor back in 1993 I had started building a Model T ford he said,"Well you better start saving your vacation and sick leave,you are going to need it." I ask why. He said,"that damn thing will break your arm". Well,I took his advice,but so far I have not broke my arm.When I was se...

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I hear ye Burger! I have my grandparents Bluegrass Streamliner push mower that my grandmal bought on credit at the hardware store MANY years ago.Also have her 13 oz hammer that she bought after having a "discussion" with grandpal about where he kept his hammer.She kept hers under the kitchen sink an...

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I finally found out what it was.There is a couple places to get parts for these things and 1 is Cleanpower out of Kansas I think. About 40 bucks with shipping for a used thermal breaker.it is a safety to keep from overheating the motor.it is inline with the solenoid and will cut the machine off if t...

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Are we heading to Area 51 next month?

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Am I the only nicompoop that mess's with these anymore? There is some fancy websites on the net but I am the only 1 posting lately trying to find out basic motor information and so forth. I have what may seem like a dumb question to folks in the know about Dc permanent magnet motors but I just don't...

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I thought the original got stolen years ago and was never found?
Um, considering my luck with women,perhaps that might have been a bargin if it would draw in the lady in that first picture that Ruxsstel posted.

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It is not a matter of If but a matter of WHEN that technology fails,because it is designed by humans. When it fails people die,just as with these dang airplanes that won't let the pilot make corrections or whatever. I don't think they have done much with the autonomous cars in snow and rain or other...

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Well it turned out to be a simple case of the tube caught in between the clincher rim and the tire.When inflated to the correct pressure,it blew the tube and a small amount of the tube was sticking out from under the tire. The rim is in great shape,no sharp edges, tire in fine shape,so it got a new ...

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Thanks for the info.I passed it all along to him but I think he already figured it out and didn't realize it.He said he could see part of the tube.I think the tube may have been pinched and it gave up. But I will know more tuesday when I either call or go down there to see.He ordered a tube from Smi...

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It is a 30x3 @1/2 on a wood rim non demountable. Tires,don't know the brand,I am not at the car ,it is about 20 miles from me. Car not on stands and tires had slowly went down in air over time and needed to be reinflated. I did not see the rims before tires were installed. When I looked at them weds...

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I am helping a friend with a T and he put brand new tires on it in 2016. Nice looking tires, may have been on the road 15 miles at the most since install and I drove it most of that. He wanted to take the car to his 80th birthday shindig next week so he had me come over and help with some stuff. His...

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Good finds. Little issues like these wrenches solve is part of the reason I have a stash of Wang Fooey wrenches in a drawer.IF I need to grind 1 or bend 1 to fit something odd,I use a off brand from that drawer.

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Yea,if it is not to bad, just fix and drive.Even with the miles,it is hard to buy a used vehical nowadays that does not have a issue hid somewhere. The insurance company will probably give you the chance to keep it for a very low price just to avoid having to resale it.Now it if was a nearly new car...

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All the local welding supply houses send the torches people want repaired here. I carry my stuff to them directly as they are close by. They do good work.BUT as of late,alot of companys have bought out each other and merged and so forth and it has prompted a loss of parts supply for alot of torch an...

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Well, folks that want to jump in a robot and ride are welcome to do so.But there are so many issues.What if the robot car kills someone? Whos responsiable? I think some cases have already came along and the results I have heard little about. As for electric, it will be decades before everyone will t...

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The sad part is that anything that happens in California will follow the jet stream and spread like a virous to the bulk of the country in a few years.If it is not stopped there,the rest of the country will suffer.I really do wish those folks out there would put all their heads together and fix the ...

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Well,I am loosing my appetite and aint even trying. I know I have a spare tire but eating is something I enjoy.If I could only eat some of what you folks mentioned,life would stink! Moderation is a key factor is anything.Be it food or collecting Cabbage patch kids. I was very frustrated the other da...

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Still kicking .Got to speak with Hal and his wife at Denton again this year.
All is well. just got around to getting my forgotten password stuff figured out.

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i have had Red Coat fail me on 2 different things.1 tank on a small 5hp briggs engine.I cleaned the tank,rinsed it with MEK as explained on the can. It sat in the shed with some gas in it for about 2 years.I pulled the little parking lot blower out a couple weeks ago to get it cleaned up to sell and...

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I am alive and check in about everyday.I am not logged in all the time.And lately have been busy on non topic things. The little pickup is finished and I will be trying to get the dot inspection and all lined up in the coming months. Right now I am busier than a 1-arm paper hanger fixing things for ...

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If I get to lazy to go get grocerys just shoot me ok?
That little thing is going to be cute slidding around on black ice or floating down river in a flood.Someone in south america will get some free grocerys!

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Well I just logged back in for the first time in weeks.I come by and read over some stuff as a guest. It would seem that the software needs to be written in a way it can be supported indefinatly for aforum like this.I can see facebook or something not caring about long term as everything there is li...

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I find it odd that a 14 ply tire does not resist a puncture no better than that.That would be part of the reason I would pick those. But speaking of trailer tires,if these were mine,they would not hold up the truck,but look at what these little 12 inchers take! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-wKT2...

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I think we need to stop critiquing the message and do what we can to help them find their T.If it was mine that was stolen,I would hope folks would help me any way they could.

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There is alot there for a general passerby to see for sure.

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I think I got there about 02, in a quick search I found a post from 2003
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/6/1374.html

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Gee wiz, while pilfering thru some stuff I found there was another PAGE to the inspection sheet. I meet all those requirements on that as far as the T is concerned mechanicaly.But it says a fire extingqusher and a first aid kit is supposed to be in the T. Un, is this just 1 of those cheapys with 10 ...

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Boy,I am glad to have those oil pan ear bolts done! DON"T put something together thinking,"Oh,I will improve on that later " FIX IT THEN"! I dreaded it because my neck and left leg have been giving me a fit with pain but instead of crawling in and out from under it, I finally got my dad,84 years old...

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Note to self,never leave something for "later" You will regret it.I struggled for a good while putting lock washers on the oil pan bolts and finally got it. once I get the pan ear bolts took care of I should have the safety sheet purty well covered except for the lock nuts on the brake control.Best ...

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Thanks for the help. Due to the fact my pickup is a assembled vehical and was not a original,I have personaly felt of and worked over in some way every single peice on it.I started on it 16 years ago roughly and just got the rear fenders on it over the weekend and the floor boards around the pedals ...

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I use the larger ultra sonic cleaner from harbor frieght to clean carbs with. Get the 2 year warrenty and use it all you want to.The 1 I am useing now in the shop is my second 1 and it has lasted 3 years or more but is coming apart at the seams. But I use it average 4 to 6 times a week. I want a big...

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I went over my T pickup today with the inspection sheet from Mtfca that the club handed out at last years Christmas party, and I found a couple things I want to ask about. 1, the hand brake lever mounting bolts. Best I can tell the inspection sheet wants to see cotter pins or lock washers. I current...

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I will just say,if i decide to get back into having a girlfreind, if I ask her about a ride in the T somewhere and I start hearing chin music about hair and so forth, I will just say bye bye and look for another1. Simpler said that done I know.

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I have to admit,i am already seeing a need for some further division.Perhaps a Tech section, a photo section and on.The threads do not change color when read and at the moment I am going thru about 150 post to see which to read and pass over.
Not a complaint ,just a observation.

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Nice engine Hal. I hope the powers that be won't mind us sharing a pic or 3 like that.

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Change Is Inevitable because people just can't be content with the same thing very long. Windows 98 worked great but ol Bill just had to make another billion :roll: . The Model T is a good easy to repair vehical but then Henry came up with that hotrod A with 4 wheel brakes and 20 more hp. Some thing...

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Well alot of what I was afraid would happen didn't happen.No flashy graphics,no fancy colors and bling.Simple,non data burning setup. I think this will work ok.
Thanks Chris for your time

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Chris allowed me.So there is hope!

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Ron,what is the cost per coil? A friend that collects hit and miss engines may want to get 1 or 2 rebuilt later into the spring.

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