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appreciate everyone's feedback.

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Found another I think might be junk. Is this a driveshaft universal joint? There is so much play in the housing as well as the joint.

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All great info everyone and helps me with a few more things I can get rid of. Maybe I'll have my son make it into artwork, perhaps a hat rack.

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Thanks again.. Last one for now. Similar to the brake but this does not have lining and seems to have been attached by the upper center hole, but now broken.

1- What is it?
2- Keep or toss?

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Thank you.

Next is item #2.

1- What is it?
2- Keep or toss?

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My T came with a small batch of spare parts.
1- What is it?
2- Keep or toss?

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ModelTWoods wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 08, 2024 11:29 pm
Did you get your 21" demountable rim repaired with that part that I sent you?

I don't recall if my son used that or not. The wheel is done and on the car though.

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Best use for it?
Sell it?
Art?

Came with my '25 Tudor.

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Of course, I have a 55.

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Back from PTO and received the part from Terry. Came with a great sheet of installation destructions. I shared with my son and it's on the list for a redo.

Thanks again Terry!!
Cheers,
Vince

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They are on either side of the engine bay, holding the headlight wires in place.

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Had my friend I was visiting go back and pick it up for me. Cheap enough that I could sell here or eBay it just so it doesn't get lost in an antique store.

Curious if anyone knows that symbol on the last pic?

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Threads look good.

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Years? Not sure if I should pick it up for anyone?

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Found in an antique store

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Been lost in the woods of upsate my the last few weekends, hiking and camping with the Mrs.

I contacted Terry.

Appreciate everyone's input. I'll get back on to T in a few days when I return.

Vince

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All answers what I considered. Discussing it with my son now and forming our plan of attack.

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Purchased a decent split rim, refinished it and upon assembly, we stripped the bolt that holds the split rim together.

Has this happened to anyone and what is the solution?

This was the last step before reassembly and putting on the car.

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Thanks Mark! Appreciate the info.

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So I have a question about these. Are they correct for a 25? I have partially disassembled the front end and noticed the shelf and wiring didn't fit that well. At each bolt, the are two smaller pieces of wood. If mine are wrong and your parts are correct for my car Mark, I'll take them.

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Venture a guess on cost to ship to NY 11735.

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No money, no space, too far. Other than that I want it! Lol. Great deal and I hope it sells soon.

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I offered $75 and he came back with $100 offer. I might do it.

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Sorry, I still cannot find the spring perch bushings.

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Awesome, awesome. Thanks. That will be very helpful. I've got a king pin reamer for my MGB and am familiar with how to dial it in. I think I should be able to do the bushings needed on the T.

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Thanks for the link and info. So the square nuts are wrong as are the large head bolts. Got it.

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Not exactly so I'll need to read the book.

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Are the hub bolts small head or large head? Can you share a pic? I need them for a '25 Tudor sedan.

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Yes hub bolts

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Also, we're split washers ever used?

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Which is correct? Small or large head? Full thread or shoulder? Hex nuts are either slightly larger than 11/16"hex, square or exactly 11/16"hex. The slightly larger nuts have a very slight crown. These were either on the car when I got it or in boxes of parts. For these I also ask to provide part #s...

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See pic below. Other than the T bushes, can someone share the bushing part #s?

Before I purchase new, what the the tolerances? There's a little play but is there a numerical spec I can check?

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I've got too many projects or it'd be in my garage. I'd love to own something from the teens.

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Found this number stamped on the shade bar.

Also, it only turns in one direction and does not seem to spring bar as of it wanted to roll back up.

This task is low on my list.

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Interesting. Not sure what happened. Everything was fine. I pulled the car out of the POs garage, on the trailer, to my house, into my garage and moved it around pushing as well as under it's own power. I got to thinking about one of your responses/questions. Do the wheels turn with the car up in th...

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Is this 25 T or something else? Can parts be found as it currently does not work. Can fabric be added to make it functional?

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That's a good point. I figured that might work and I might be able to recoup the 100. I honestly have like 10 engines and blocks for my other cars (MG/Healey) so I do not need anything else laying around and just hate to see anything go to waste.

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This is a great description of both. Thanks. Adding to my Saturday list. Luckily, I got the old panel off without damage.

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Do they say MADE IN U.S.A under the Ford logo?

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1925 Tudor

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Great item arrived today.. Thank you. It's already cleaned, primed and painted.

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I've been putting this off but dropped a screw into the door cavity so it's a might as well now. 1st Q: The PO glued the edges of the door panel on. Big pain in the A. I've got most of the for panel off but the top is still really such. Tried a heat gun and it's not budging. I will not be putting it...

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Been looking at the Langs manifolds since I got noticed the crack, so I'm adding it to my list.
Thanks everyone.

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Email sent

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Seeing a very fine line in the manifold, I suspected a crack and proceeded to wire brush and paint anyway. Crack seemed to go away. After running it, I now see that the crack is in fact, a crack. Question 1: Can I should I drive it this way? Question two: If I shouldn't, what are the chances of repa...

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Yeah, not really interested at $300. I was really just curious about getting it and it's close enough to pick up potentially saving it from the scrapper.

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So here are some pics. I was not provided the serial number so still not sure of the year.

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Can you try an email please? vping138 At gmail dot com

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Jeez. Thats a lot more than I thought. I need to email the seller.

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Wish I jumped on this.

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Thanks. Can you PM me the details with shipping to NY 11735 please.

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Just curious if the seller. Do you mind sharing the link? My carpets are perfect and just want to keep the seller handy in case I get another T! (Don't tell my wife! Lol)

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Can you send me pics of the other side of a passenger bracket? I'm interested for 1 for my '25 Tudor.

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Where are you ordering the die from? A quick Google search list prices around $100. Is this a rare exhaust manifold you are trying to re-thread?

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What's the approximate weight of engine/trans combo?

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What John said, "Read the service manual before tearing it down." There may be other "gotchas" but if it has an electric starter and you try to remove it before you remove the starter bendix -- you will damage (read will need to rebuild or purchase a rebuilt or used) coil ring. If it doesn't have a...

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Spindle bushing reamer: https://www.modeltford.com/item/2713RM.aspx The close up of the king bolt bushings and radius arm bolt appears to me to show badly corroded (green) spindle bushings and severely rusted flip top oilers. Were these somehow exposed to acid fumes??? I'd work on freeing up those ...

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I do my own king pins on my MGB. Is there a reamer available for the model T and can they be done diy? I will say I noticed some play at these points.

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Does anyone have a high quality image of that they can send me? I'd like to print and hang up in my shop.

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Cool thanks. I'm trying to get a description, serial number, history before I drag it home. More curiosity than need. Is like to get it to disassemble and see how it's all put together. I've taken apart and rebuilt dozens of A series, B series and XPAG motors and learned quite a lot. The model T mot...

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All good stuff. Thanks everyone.

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Been offered a "complete engine trans". Assuming it's complete from front of block to back of trans, what's the value? I don't need it and if it's cheap enough, I'll pick it up for a spare "in case of"...

If it's locked up or, missing stuff, I'll deduct from there.

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Happy Easter. I've only driven the car in and out of the garage, about 50 feet forward and 50 back. When backing up, I tend to stop at the garage door and then push it back in because of visibility and close proximity to my other cars. The steering is very tight. I cannot move the steering wheel whe...

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speedytinc wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:52 pm
Battery load tester.
No car owner should be without one.

Recommendations on which one to get?

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All makes sense.

No water pump or oiler to my knowledge.

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I did and she fired right up. Pulled it in and out of the garage under her own power. Quickest seasoning Awakening of and off my cars. Looking forward to taking it on the road soon..

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So it's not what I did to my T in March. It's easy I didn't do. I didn't push it in and out of the garage!

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I think it rained like 3-4" today. Lots of flooding. Not the greatest driving condition for my test drive.

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Allan wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:58 pm
Vincent, Muriel is even closer!
Allan from down under.

Love it!! Muriel it is.

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RVA23T wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:37 pm
At idle I would expect to see soot. I would drive it and look at them after about 40 or 50 miles of cruising speed. they most likely will not all look the same but it should be less soot.

Kinda figured this might be that case. My MGs do not like to idle and really love to stretch their legs.

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Oh I got "him" fired up again and he's a happy chap. The reason it's a him? Well, if anyone has followed my posts, the PO store muriatic acid under the car and really buggered up one quadrant of the car. I decided to call my T, Murray as in murrayatic acid! Lol!

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I can't wait. It's been pouring here on long Island and I have a few more things to work out suspension-wise before I venture out. Within a week or two, I'm sure I'll be taking that first drive.

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Finally, got it running. All electrical issues worked out and it starts almost immediately. I had it idling for about 15-20 minutes to bring it up to temp. Other than a few small oil leaks, I'm chuffed. Timing lever was about 6 clicks out, throttle was all the way up at it's shower speed. Please le...

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Finally, got it running. All electrical issues worked out and it starts almost immediately. I had it idling for about 15-20 minutes to bring it up to temp. Other than a few small oil leaks, I'm chuffed. Timing lever was about 6 clicks out, throttle was all the way up at it's shower speed. Please let...

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The '04 Expy is a great machine. I just hit 170,000 2 days ago. Hope we get many more!

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RVA23T wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:23 pm
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I mentioned this to my wife the other day. The looks I got....!

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Are the adapters to reduce the size?

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I used blue hylomar. No leaks to report.

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Haven't had it running long enough to determine that yet. It's something for me to think about once I do get it on the road.

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Would love one of those. Nice to hang on the wall and if it did different sized plugs, very handy too. Currently in the car are Champion 25. I have another set of those as a spare but one of the 4 is a 2 piece style and has a different tip. Screenshot_20240318-184847_Gallery.jpg I also have a set of...

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Jerry VanOoteghem wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:55 am

vping wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:20 pm
Gotcha. I have some wire swapping to do.
That's not what Keith was suggesting to do.

Agreed. It was a duh moment. I did get it running and it runs very well.

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Charlie B in N.J. wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:11 am
You repeatedly mention cleaning the plugs. Of what exactly? Excess fuel or soot or what?

Cleaned of anything on them so that I had a clear baseline. I can definitely eliminate the plugs and spark. I'm getting fuel, just too much which will be addressed later.

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Did you reset your float level after replacing the needle & seat? Just going by what I'm seeing in your pic, it appears that the little tab that pushes on the needle is bent down kind of far. If that's true, it would cause your flooding problem. Roughly speaking, the needle should seat when the top...

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Needle and seat replaced and it fired right up. Carb flooded with gas though and not sure why. When it ran because I had no gas issues.. Then the Needle stuck. Now new needle and it's acting like the float has sunk. This is the float I have. I had it floating in a bowl of mineral spirits. I'll try a...

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Didn't swap a thing and I was finally able to get it re-started. It runs great and there's still things to do.

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Gotcha. I have some wire swapping to do.

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Additional info. Picture taken standing next to the passenger fender so #3 is closest to radiator.

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So I was looking at pictures on the cars for sale forum and noticed the firing order. I questioned it if was 1342 and was informed it's 1243. So I took another look at my car and the picture below is what I have. I noticed the other cars #1 is where my #3 is. I did not wire the car and this could ex...

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Cool. Thanks for letting me know Tim.

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Would these fit a 25 Tudor? Wouldn't mind a shipping quote to NY 11735.

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So I definitely have spark. I redid some the wiring. Inside of the cap, was a female lead from the points. Through the hole in the side of the distributor body was a wire from the capacitor and another lead from the coil. These bare wires were pushed into the female connector, smashed closed and ele...

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I understand your point now. Initially I thought, "..of course I have spark, it ran"

You're asking if I have spark NOW, that it doesn't start!.

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I'll definitely be checking that this weekend if I have time.

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Thanks for the heads up. I'll be double checking the next chance I get.

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Can you share a pic? I'm not trying to move in on the deal but I noticed brackets under the cart that look like fender brackets and they are quite rusty.

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Cool. I also had a little time to do some research and Bosch 009 distributor replacement parts are a plenty on the interwebs.

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RajoRacer wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:10 am
Appears to be an older Bill Rader distributor set-up - uses a Bosch 009. Does it utilize a "bell crank" assembly for spark advance ? Meaning 2 spark
rods & a bell crank ?

Point gap 018 - .020 - with a distributor ignition, I run my plugs at .032 - .035.

Is this a bell crank, 2 rods?

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Did you do the old tried & true screwdriver from spark plug to the head test for spark to verify distributor is putting out spark? I see a possibility of an issue with the condenser wire being in contact with the high voltage wires and having high voltage leak from the plug/coil wires to the open/e...

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speedytinc wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:16 pm
Did you check the points condition & setting?

Good question. The points were clean, new never used. What the gap should be is not known to me. Recommendations?

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See pic. What kind of wires are these and how do I check condenser. Coil checked out ok. Dizzy, points, cap...all installed before I got the car and all were 100% new. Old champion plugs with brass tops, 1 insulator cracked. I'll try the Champion 25s I have. Choking carb, check. Gas is coming out an...

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I hope this question does not spark any issues about looking in the archives. A search did not give me the answers I was looking for. Starter and charging issues resolved, the T started and ran great. Since it has not run in many years, I decided to let it run for awhile and warm up and it did great...

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