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- Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Early vs late crankshaft
- Replies: 9
- Views: 584
Re: Early vs late crankshaft
I don’t send anything but late style cranks to my grinder anymore. The earlier ones are usually cracked or worn beyond use and even if they are not they are inferior to late ones. Many of my customers are opting for the Scat crank. An excellent choice, the best available by far if you have the means...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Bakersfield 2021
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1485
Re: Bakersfield 2021
I have heard there is conflict between the two organizations that sponsor the meet. That may be why it is not on the HCCA calendar. It may never happen again, at least not as it was before. If it doesn’t, I wonder if I get a refund for my prepaid spots? Chickasha is a better bet at this point.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Prayers for Lloyd Hansen, Model T guy in Oroville, CA
- Replies: 11
- Views: 502
Re: Prayers for Lloyd Hansen, Model T guy in Oroville, CA
Prayers offered.
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 9:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: TT Wire Wheels
- Replies: 9
- Views: 603
Re: TT Wire Wheels
1928 AA trucks used wire wheels. I make adapters to put them on the rear of TT trucks. I use 26/27 T wire wheels on the front.
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: sure mike cranks
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1650
Re: sure mike cranks
Last year I repaired an engine that broke one of these. Ripped the rear wall out of a 1912 block. I had to have Lock n Stitch repair it. Then I put in a Scat crank. Don’t put one in a valuable block.
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Did Henry Ford ever own a Model T?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1525
Re: Did Henry Ford ever own a Model T?
Henry also drove a model T he kept at his winter place in Florida.
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Milt Webb is still with us!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1009
Re: Milt Webb
I got the same message. Milt is still living and would love to hear from all of us.
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Milt Webb is still with us!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1009
Re: Milt Webb
Milt was a genius at diagnostics and teaching others that crucial skill. Not only on model T’s but cars up to the latest models. He published books on the subject that have bailed me out of sticky problems many times. I have autographed copies of all his books. Milt was one of three members of the M...
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Personal Challenge (Contest): How cheap can I purchase/make a Model T for?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 2889
Re: Personal Challenge (Contest): How cheap can I purchase/make a Model T for?
Matt, it’s a little of both. I price cars to sell. Otherwise you and up storing them forever. But even then, people try to talk you down. They’re model T people. Many of them just can’t help themselves. I’m of the opinion that people drive model T’s today for the same reason they did back in the day...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Personal Challenge (Contest): How cheap can I purchase/make a Model T for?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 2889
Re: Personal Challenge (Contest): How cheap can I purchase/make a Model T for?
It seems like everyone trying to buy a model T from me has taken your challenge.
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Repairing a Broken Warford Case
- Replies: 12
- Views: 743
Re: Repairing a Broken Warford Case
Nice work.
- Sun Nov 29, 2020 12:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Will the original design of the Model T survive by the end of the 21st century?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1004
Re: Will the original design of the Model T survive by the end of the 21st century?
The design is timeless. What will not last is the availability of gasoline at affordable prices.
- Sun Nov 29, 2020 12:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Installing tranny bands/hogs head. Bands won't sit back far enough?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1537
Re: Installing tranny bands/hogs head. Bands won't sit back far enough?
Paddy, sometimes people put the diamond shaped pedals on later engines installed in earlier cars to keep things looking original inside the car.
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 1:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: New page: Any misteaks?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1567
Re: New page: Any misteaks?
I noticed the misteak mistake immediately.
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: OHV, OHC, DOHC Heads
- Replies: 59
- Views: 2636
Re: OHV, OHC, DOHC Heads
The Sherman car is the fastest flathead ever to run Signal Hill. We have worked on it here. My friend owns the Thomas car pictured minus the engine. The next year that engine in a lighter car set the all time record on the hill. The car still exists, we have seen it. It has not run since that day. T...
- Sat Oct 17, 2020 12:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Model t as a daily in the early 40s?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1909
Re: Model t as a daily in the early 40s?
California issued driver’s licenses for model T only well into the 50’s. There were still people who had never driven anything else.
- Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: OHV, OHC, DOHC Heads
- Replies: 59
- Views: 2636
Re: OHV, OHC, DOHC Heads
Gemsa made a number of aluminum Gallivan/Rajo copies, but only one that I have seen ran a timing belt. That was on Thomas’ car that set the all time record at Long Beach. The car still exists but has not run since that day. 1977 I think. I have pics of it somewhere.
- Wed Sep 30, 2020 12:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: How Often Do You Clean Your Timer ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1076
Re: How Often Do You Clean Your Timer ?
I use an old production New Day timer and a modern seal on the cam. I pull the timer and clean it up every five years or so whether it needs it or not.
- Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: OHV, OHC, DOHC Heads
- Replies: 59
- Views: 2636
Re: OHV, OHC, DOHC Heads
There is a BB Rajo on Facebook very reasonably priced.
- Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Using a single port Chevy head for poor man's ohv?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1036
Re: Using a single port Chevy head for poor man's ohv?
Find a two port head. They are out there.
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Don’t be like Wile E. Coyote !!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1009
Re: Don’t be like Wile E. Coyote !!!
I don’t buy stuff from ACME.
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Model T versus Model A Valve Springs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 674
Re: Model T versus Model A Valve Springs
Overheads want more spring pressure because the weight of the pushrods, heavier valves, and higher rpm range can all contribute to valve float.
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 1:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Model T versus Model A Valve Springs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 674
Re: Model T versus Model A Valve Springs
I have seen A springs in a model T. I think they put too much pressure on the cam bearings which are much larger in an A. I use new springs and you can shim them if you want more pressure but I have not found it necessary. The valves won’t float until you are way past the rpm limits of most T engines.
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 9:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Volvo overdrive ?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2452
Re: Volvo overdrive ?
Mark, I sent a message. My Dodge is an early 1916.
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 2:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Volvo overdrive ?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2452
Re: Volvo overdrive ?
It looks like several Laycock overdrives made for me by Mickey and Rich in Bakersfield. I have never had a problem with any of them and they work great. When used in combination with a Ruckstell with a left land shifter it is the best setup I have ever used in a model T. Test drive a car equipped li...
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Thank You Chaffins !! New Ruckstell
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1540
Re: Thank You Chaffins !! New Ruckstell
All of the Chaffin Ruckstell parts I have use are of superior quality to the originals.
- Tue Jun 09, 2020 11:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Bird chirping when I give her the gas
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1951
Re: Bird chirping when I give her the gas
Head gasket.
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 3:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: boring a T block
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1493
Re: boring a T block
.080” will not be a problem unless there is a lot of core shift in your block casting, which is rare but does happen. I would not be afraid to punch it out to that point, I have built many that large. We have built two full race overhead engines here bored out to 3.879”. That’s nearly.140” oversize....
- Wed May 13, 2020 7:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Henry's Chariot
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3406
Re: Henry's Chariot
Reminds me of this.
- Fri May 08, 2020 12:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: TT Woes.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 725
Re: TT Woes.
Do you have the low or high speed gears? Now is the time to put high speed gears in if you don’t have them. They have six teeth on the worm gear.
- Sat May 02, 2020 12:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Driveshaft Rebuild Showstopper
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1480
Re: Driveshaft Rebuild Showstopper
Second attempt at posting. Hope two of them don’t pop up. Anyway, I have been there. Working late one night shortening a driveshaft tube for a Warford I forgot to put the four bolt collar back on the tube before welding the flange back on. Rats. I sliced the collar in two and welded it back together...
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Piston ring seating
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2864
Re: Piston ring seating
If it is a ring seating problem, Bon Ami does work with updraft carbs. Don’t ask me how I know.
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Piston ring seating
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2864
Re: Piston ring seating
Do a leakdown test to find out where you are losing compression. Lock the engine at TDC and apply compressed air to the cylinder. You will hear it leak at the carb, exhaust, or crankcase. These Buicks are prone to problems with the valve cages. They can move and misalign with the ports if the nuts a...
- Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Vaporizer carbs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 881
Re: Vaporizer carbs
Either a vaporizer or an NH is correct for 26/27 cars. The vaporizer was designed to use the very low quality fuel available at that time. Really not necessary now and the NH is the better choice with modern gas.
- Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: free starts
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4377
Re: free starts
There were quite a few cars like the Mercedes that were starter from a static condition. I think possibly the “Beast of Turin” Fiat race car does as well. Engines with raised compression ratios from performance accessories rarely give free starts because they bounce back from TDC before stopping so ...
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 6:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: What Have You Done To The "T"- April Edition
- Replies: 81
- Views: 8682
Re: What Have You Done To The "T"- April Edition
Do you have a gap gauge or do you need to use mine?
- Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: HELP--- WHAT ON EARTH
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1973
Re: HELP--- WHAT ON EARTH
I have run into these. There were a bunch made years ago. I think it’s Caterpillar brake lining. Hard on drums and prone to chatter.
- Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Is this a Ruckstell trans part?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 954
Re: Is this a Ruckstell trans part?
Yes, it is, but it’s for a TT truck.
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 11:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: TT Question.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 475
Re: TT Question.
Same parts.
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 4:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Rajo-head questions
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2095
Re: Rajo-head questions
Certainly, and as suggested it is a good idea to use studs and nuts. Dan McEachern has them.
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 4:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Rajo-head questions
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2095
Re: Rajo-head questions
I set valves at .012” intake and .014” exhaust at TDC compression stroke. Torque head at 25, then 40, then 50 lbs/ft. if you are using the early block. Go to 55 lbs/ft if you are using a later block. Retorque several times until it holds torque.
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3134
Re: This ^%$#(& engine is driving me crazy!!!
What Dan said. Piston travel adjustment works well with all original Ford parts. Any new parts and you will do better with the cam grinders’s recommendation. Cam gear can go on either way, makes no difference.
- Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6821
Re: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
Ok so the question is now, how far did you drive before you had to turn around and go home? I went about 600 miles.
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 4:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Chickasha Postponed - Now Cancelled
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4265
Re: Chickasha Postponed - Now Cancelled
Rats. Got the rig loaded up and make it to Kingman before they pulled the plug. I knew better but couldn’t help myself. Had to tie the stuff in the trailer down real good for this pic.
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: "Ran When Parked"
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1416
Re: "Ran When Parked"
Dodge Brothers
- Tue Mar 10, 2020 2:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: What "Parts" would I need to install a starter on my 1915 Touring
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2345
Re: What "Parts" would I need to install a starter on my 1915 Touring
That’s pretty much everything. I’ll do this with you. Easily handled in a weekend. You supply the electrical parts, I have the rest. I’ll call when I have a moment to talk.
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 12:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6821
Re: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
Amen Jim. See you there.
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 12:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6821
Re: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
Thanks guys. I promise when we get there everything will be right side up. Looking forward to the pizza feed. My best memory of those events in the past was many years ago when I was there and Bruce McCauley walked in. I shouted ALL RISE! When they saw who it was they did so. My dad worked for Bruce...
- Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6821
Re: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
1910 T and 1909 EMF stuffed in the trailer. Leaving next Sunday. Pics are sideways as usual posting from IPhone. Only a problem here.
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6821
Re: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
I will as soon as I pick it up. I am delivering it there for a friend.
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6821
Re: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
Bringing a 1910 T and a 1910 Flanders.
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6821
Re: FJ - How far are you driving to Chickasha Swap Meet ?
Auburn Ca. Not quite as far as Seattle.
- Fri Feb 28, 2020 1:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Curses! Low compression.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2270
Re: Curses! Low compression.
What Norm describes is a cylinder leakdown test and is exactly what should be done next. It will provide a definitive answer to where your lost compression is going. Most likely it will be valves but there are several possibilities. The trickiest part of this test is getting the engine on perfect TD...
- Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Roger Barrett 1934-2020.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3109
Re: Roger Barrett 1934-2020.
Thanks everyone. Dad was in L.A. when the MTFCA was started. He was a member of the International club and retained that membership but embraced the new club and its different attitude centered on touring and fellowship rather than showing brass era cars. He knew all the founding members. Not only d...
- Tue Feb 25, 2020 1:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Roger Barrett 1934-2020.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3109
Re: Roger Barrett 1934-2020.
Thank you everyone for your kind words. We all miss dad and are thankful for the times we had with him.
- Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Roger Barrett 1934-2020.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3109
Roger Barrett 1934-2020.
Yesterday my mentor, teacher, role model, best friend, and father passed away at 85 years old. He taught me how to be a man, to love others as myself, how to work on the old machinery for which we shared a passion, and about God’s grace so abundant in our lives. He taught me how to drive a model T a...
- Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Tobin Arp thrust facing tool
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2451
Re: Tobin Arp thrust facing tool
Les, I would like to have one for my TA14. Count me in.
- Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: correct angle or measurement for front axle caster
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3245
Re: correct angle or measurement for front axle caster
I am going to agree with my friend yellow T racer on this one. The specification he gave is about twice the positive caster Ford called for on the model T. We have found this is perfect for light cars and especially for fast cars. And he’s right, model T’s don’t need laser alignment. A carpenter’s s...
- Sat Feb 01, 2020 3:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Do You Want To Meet The 1904 Model B Owner At Bakersfield Swap Meet ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1247
Re: Do You Want To Meet The 1904 Model B Owner At Bakersfield Swap Meet ?
I had the privilege of working on some parts of this historic car. I would live to see it there and meet the man who has made it happen. It’s the oldest four cylinder Ford running.
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Mag Particle Results - 1911 Crankshaft
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2267
Re: Mag Particle Results - 1911 Crankshaft
The crank broke. It was a Sure Mike vintage counter weighted unit. After the block was repaired I put in a Scat crank.
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Mag Particle Results - 1911 Crankshaft
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2267
Re: Mag Particle Results - 1911 Crankshaft
Use a late crankshaft. Preferably one marked EE. The early ones are not nearly as good. If you have a 1911 block you want the best crank you can afford. I just repaired a 1911 engine the broke the crank and ripped the rear main web out of the block. Had to have lock n stitch put it back together. Ex...
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 1:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Turlock, CA Swap Meet
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1084
Re: Turlock, CA Swap Meet
We will be there. Have not missed one in 43 years. Every year I threaten to make it the last one. Rumble Seat Garage in GG 59-64. Will have T stuff.
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Metallurgy question Rajo rocker arm shaft.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1880
Re: Metallurgy question Rajo rocker arm shaft.
My original Rajo four valve had separate shafts which damaged the head. It’s a bad design. I went to a single stainless shaft with great results.
- Fri Dec 27, 2019 10:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Model T engine with Model B Crank
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3318
Re: Model T engine with Model B Crank
We just worked on an engine similar to this one. It took a whole bunch of work to stuff a model B crankshaft into a T. You have to turn both the rod and main journals down to model A size or it won’t fit. There have been some T’s built with model B rods but they are OHC jobs with no camshaft in the ...
- Wed Dec 25, 2019 3:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Merry Christmas!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1693
Re: Merry Christmas!
Jem, Merry Christmas from across the pond and then some. Hoping your new year is not dry but not rainy either.
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 6:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Oil pump
- Replies: 72
- Views: 6403
Re: Oil pump
Les, we built an engine with one of these and have had no priming problems. We primed the pump and lines with heavy weight oil when we built it and have not touched it since. We are careful to watch for pressure on starting.
- Thu Dec 05, 2019 1:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Very dark day. Howard is gone.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5909
Re: Very dark day. Howard is gone.
A great loss to the T community and to speedster people in particular. I have met Howard many times and had the privilege of talking with him and Fast Frank Harris weeks ago when they they came to see us race Chris Egsgaard’s blue Long Beach champ in Murietta. They had not seen it race in 45 years w...
- Thu Nov 28, 2019 12:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Tomorrow’s project
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2215
Re: Tomorrow’s project
I do these all the time. I braze them up and rebore them. Most of the time the brass is all gone when they are bored out due to shrinkage as they cool. Dozens of repaired ones out in the road.
- Mon Nov 25, 2019 6:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: What is this?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1338
Re: What is this?
Closed cab TT truck.
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 9:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Rumble Seat Garage - the new racer - Chris Egsgaard’s 1973 Long Beach champ
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2630
Re: Rumble Seat Garage - the new racer - Chris Egsgaard’s 1973 Long Beach champ
If you think he is pale you should have seen him after the first time I turned him loose with the Wild Cherry II. He was ashen, absolutely terrified.
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Rumble Seat Garage - the new racer - Chris Egsgaard’s 1973 Long Beach champ
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2630
Re: Rumble Seat Garage - the new racer - Chris Egsgaard’s 1973 Long Beach champ
Admin Jeff did a fabulous job wiring the car. You can tell he is used to working with high end cars. Very meticulous. The car had a quarter mile test drive today and went into the trailer for the races. Robert came back kind of pale so I think it is running well. We are southbound at this time on I-...
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Rumble Seat Garage - the new racer - Chris Egsgaard’s 1973 Long Beach champ
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2630
Re: Rumble Seat Garage - the new racer - Chris Egsgaard’s 1973 Long Beach champ
Frontenac crankcase adapter to model A transmission with another adapter to 39 Ford V8 transmission.
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Rumble Seat Garage - the new racer - Chris Egsgaard’s 1973 Long Beach champ
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2630
Re: Rumble Seat Garage - the new racer - Chris Egsgaard’s 1973 Long Beach champ
The car is ready to go and will race for the first time since Long Beach on Saturday at Santa Margarita. This is not a hill climb, it is vintage drag racing, so we will have a chance to spank some flathead V8’s too.
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: TT worm drive ratio
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1059
Re: TT worm drive ratio
Remove the four bolt cover behind the worm gear. Take the big nut off and remove the thrust bearing and worm gear roller bearing. Look in with a pen light and count the teeth on the worm gear. Four teeth, low speed. Six teeth, high speed.
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 11:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Chickasha's Last Hurrah
- Replies: 45
- Views: 5915
Re: Chickasha's Last Hurrah
Rumble Seat Garage is coming.
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Billy Poohbah’s hill climber
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2987
Re: Billy Poohbah’s hill climber
Got it running last night. Sounds very potent. Won’t idle, need to work on the Winfield D model carb. We hope to race it on Saturday at RPM nationals in Santa Margarita.
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 12:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Billy Poohbah’s hill climber
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2987
Re: Billy Poohbah’s hill climber
That’s Egsgaard’s Wild Cherry. It turned the whole hill climb thing upside down and was the beginning of what the Long Beach event was famous for. It is the car we modeled the Wild Cherry II racer after.
- Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Billy Poohbah’s hill climber
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2987
Billy Poohbah’s hill climber
Chris Egsgaard’s 1973 Long Beach champ is coming back together.
- Sat Oct 19, 2019 2:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Don't you love it when?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2292
Re: Don't you love it when?
I am glad to have been involved with getting this model T back on the road. That’s what we are about at Rumble Seat Garage. Jeff is a great T hobbyist and so much more. He gave up racing insanely fast Porsche race cars for this and I can say he has embraced our love of these cars to the fullest.
- Mon Sep 23, 2019 2:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Three to One Gears
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2572
Re: Three to One Gears
3:1 gears are not a good proposition for a full body model T. Definitely not for a coupelet. These are for lightweight speedsters or runabouts at most. If you have an overhead on your car you don’t need them either. These engines work at higher rpm ranges so stock gears will give you all the speed y...
- Sat Sep 21, 2019 2:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 5.17:1 Ton Truck Worm Drive Gear Sets - In stock now
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4309
Re: 5.17:1 Ton Truck Worm Drive Gear Sets - In stock now
The price quoted seems awfully expensive until you look a a set of these gears. Reproducing them must have been absurdly expensive. I can’t imagine them being available but hats off to the people making it happen.
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 6:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: How often do you clean your New Day timer
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1245
Re: How often do you clean your New Day timer
I have one of the old manufacture New Day timers on my dump truck. The one that says “No oiling”. I go for years at a time without touching it. I have a modern seal on the camshaft so that helps keep it clean.
- Sun Sep 15, 2019 12:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Model T Hobby Question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2879
Re: Model T Hobby Question
After getting behind the wheel of a model T and getting comfortable with it, you will be ready to give up on the Shelby thing, maybe even throw rocks at it. The T is the most fun for the buck you can have with an old car. People drive them now for the same reason they did when they were new. They ar...
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: T’s at our local cruise night.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 753
T’s at our local cruise night.
We brought a couple of model T’s to our Auburn car show. There were a lot of people walking right by killer street rods and customs to look at these cars.
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: .10 over pistons Question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 865
Re: .10 over pistons Question
Get a set of .030 pistons and have a competent machine shop bore and hone it. These blocks can go .060” and beyond. If you are worried about the longevity of a block that is .010” oversized at 90 years old you must be expecting to live to be 400.
- Wed Sep 11, 2019 5:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Oil sight gauge issue
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3694
Re: Oil sight gauge issue
I have repaired two engines damaged when these sight glasses broke on gravel roads.
- Mon Sep 09, 2019 9:54 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Post your favorite sign
- Replies: 48
- Views: 7280
- Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Triple Gear Pins
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3538
Re: Triple Gear Pins
There is no reason to worry about double oversized pins or welding up a mangled flywheel. I have stacks of flywheels that don’t need heroic measures to save them. New pins are all they need. Anyone who needs one can pick it up here at no cost whatsoever. Just come and get it. All I ask is be ready t...
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 6:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: BUFFUM
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2060
Re: BUFFUM
I have some of those bearing scrapers. They precede the nazi era.
- Thu Aug 22, 2019 2:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Napa tour - bummer
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5574
Re: Napa tour - bummer
Jeff, this is not your first trip down this road. What’s up with that? What are the symptoms and conditions extant at the time of the failure?
- Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: My stupid mistake of the week...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2688
Re: My stupid mistake of the week...
In the 1950’s my father bought a TT truck with a wooden cab. It had solid rubber tires on the back. They called it the Teddy truck because Teddy Roosevelt was a rough rider. At some point dad scored some 23” pneumatic TT wheels and tires. He backed the truck into the garage at his grandma’s house an...
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 5:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Adjusting band brake when you have rocky mountains
- Replies: 2
- Views: 686
Re: Adjusting band brake when you have rocky mountains
Just leave it a little on the loose side so it is still down there and functional in case something goes wrong with the RM brakes.
- Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Need photo TT truck lower steering column mount
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2002
Re: Need photo TT truck lower steering column mount
The TT part is different. It should have a TT part number on it. The difference is the angle between the frame and the column.
- Thu Aug 08, 2019 1:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Babbitt Material
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2760
Re: Babbitt Material
Herm, thanks for the input. I will stick with grade 2. My book on rebuilding model A’s claims that Ford went to a cheaper lead base babbit because they thought the more robust, larger crankshaft did not require the more expensive grade. Maybe that is why the Ford name is on some lower grade babbit i...
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 11:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Line boring early block
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2110
Re: Line boring early block
The block is clamped down through the cylinder bores. The rags are there to protect the deck surface from scratching. The mill drives the bar with a flexible coupling so perfect alignment is not required, but I get it close. This block has been opened up to use babbit on the upper main bearings. Ori...
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 11:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Babbitt Material
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2760
Re: Babbitt Material
Herm, please elaborate. I’d like to learn more.
- Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Babbitt Material
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2760
Re: Babbitt Material
I buy government grade #2 from United Metals. They publish their formulae online and it is what Ford used for model T’s.
- Sun Aug 04, 2019 3:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Today made it all worth it
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4034
Re: Today made it all worth it
Well done! The best is yet to come, you have many good times to look forward to. Your model T will often require your attention but will pay it back many times over. Any time you have trouble there is help here.
- Sun Aug 04, 2019 3:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Line boring early block
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2110
Re: Line boring early block
Yes it is an early one. Number is just over 5000. I know the owner as as Micheal.
- Sat Aug 03, 2019 8:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Line boring early block
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2110
Line boring early block
One of today’s projects. Main bearings on a 1909 block.