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E-Timer, light use, $400.

Used on my car for a couple of years. Works beautifully. Can mail.

James
Tel: 310.Twenty-Two.Seven.Sixty-5.Twenty-5

1921 Touring with Rocky Mountain Brakes and Ruckstell. $4000 During my ownership: New wheels New spindles New tires and inner tubes New Guinn transmission bands New battery New wiring harness New spark plug wires New coil box wood New sediment bulb Rebuilt Carb Period 1921 California License Plate T...

Would like to buy a generator or alternator for my 21 Touring.

I'm in Southern California.

James

Front and rear. Removed from my 1921 Touring (bought new wheels with hubs installed).

$100 + P&P to your location

I picked up this car out of San Bernardino in November 2022 from a gent who had got too old to use it. It had not moved in a number of years and required a bit of remedial work to get it up and running again. Since then, I have mostly used it for local errands (Home Depot runs, etc) as well as cars-...

Thanks Dan. Looks like mine is a late "two hole" drum.

Any assistance with getting hold of one in good working order is much appreciated!

WTB Clutch Disc Inner Drum (mine is cracked!).

Thanks Dan and Jerry. Well, the good news is that I didn't pay much for the car and I've so far it has been one of the most fun vehicles I've ever owned. The bad news, for me, is that most of the advice I've received on this forum has turned out to be absolutely spot-on, so I will, from hereon in, d...

Guys, thanks for the replies. I decided to pull the engine out of the car, split the block from the pan and pull the transmission in order to take a look at it. https://i.imgur.com/ehcQKWll.jpg https://i.imgur.com/TDAYUDMl.jpg Through a process of the above, and speaking to Dave at Chaffins (he's ve...

I appreciate the thought. I don't know anyone with a car locally. Our neighbor does have a cool old fire truck that he uses for the same task so it's no big deal to miss it this year. I did go and buy a new drive plate and ball cap from Chaffins in Lake Elsinore, CA. Unfortunately I didn't bother to...

Checked the 4th main / ball cap. It looks like I might need to address it also

Thanks Erik. Since posting I read that a misaligned or worn 4th main can cause this issue, and I'll check it tomorrow in daylight. Wayne - I have actually pulled the engine a few inches to remove the output shaft and driving plate. My engine has oil slingers and no mag coil, which I believe it partl...

Hi all. The rivets have failed between the tail shaft /output shaft to the driving plate of my 1921 Touring. I heard strange pinging noises from inside my transmission and was very lucky to have made it home with ONE very loose rivet still in place. The rest had sheared off and caught up in my after...

Update - I ran the shimmed wheels for a while, then the spokes worked loose once again. So I bought a set of new rebuilt wheels from a Dinosbunny on this forum. They were red, so I sanded and repainted them with black enamel and put them on the car. I've yet to drive them but they look really good. ...

If it's any consolation, I bought my 21 Touring from a guy that evidently kept it running on an absolute shoestring. It had sat for a while and had three stuck valves, a stuck water pump, shredded generator, shredded starter, burnt wiring and a failed head gasket. The body was death to death, the ro...

Sorry Dan - got my terminology all mixed up. I would like to ream the axle holes AND replace the spindles - ie. do the whole thing in one go so it's fresh and done. James: Just do you know the Stevens Front Axle tool is to fix the axle itself, not the spindle. Here is a video showing how it works. T...

I am one of the people that contacted Dan about a Stevens tool a few days ago. He has bushing inserts for sale.

My spindles are a mess. If anyone has a Stevens tool I could buy / rent / borrow, I'd love to get them fixed.

James

Hi Ed. If Jim doesn’t take it, I will. Message me (the site won’t let me message you).

Ron, same for me - kids, especially, seem to love it. My car is a bit of a heap, so I let them climb in and enjoy.

I thought they only made 5. [/size] I read that there were six, and one went to Europe. But I read it on the internet. :D Hi Steve. You are right - the European one is in the Ford Heritage Centre garage in Dagenham, Essex, in the United Kingdom. I used to go there quite a lot for work. I knew it wa...

Hi John, About 15 years ago, when I was in my early 20s, I rode a (recently bought, history unknown) 70cc Honda Passport alone from Chicago to San Francisco. It was amazing. This is the United States - money can help get you out of most of the smaller problems, and your wits can help keep you out of...

An RV-6!! Very nice! I have the pleasure of working at Van's, and it is nice to know that other forum members share an interest in the RV series and Model Ts. Nice coincidence! I'm a huge RV fan. Started with a -4, and then bought and recommissioned my current one, an O-360 CS -6, after it had sat ...

Thanks Brent

The really savage thing about reporting eBay income is that, for lots of people, this is money from the sale of secondhand goods. So the government has already collected sales tax on it... and now they want it again.

It doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

The install process picture shows the spoke jack on a complete wheel/rim/tire. There is less strain & possible damage to components if you remove or at least loosen the rim away from the wheel. Genius. Yes, good call. And on the valve spring shims as an alternate option. James, Do you fly? I have a...

Hi all. I was recently faced with the task of shimming some loose spokes on my scrappy 1921 Touring. After unsuccessfully trawling the local hardware or auto parts stores for anything that was large enough and thin enough for the task, I turned to my box of aircraft hardware and pulled out a bunch o...

Last update, so I don't forever bump this dead horse to the top of the list. New tires, and loose spokes shimmed tight with the amazingly kind loan of a spoke jack by MTFCA member Ron Horton. https://i.imgur.com/m6j1u1Rl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/U04VcTRl.jpg https://imgur.com/JV2HBoW ... and then, th...

Really appreciate all of your thoughts and advice. Great inspiration!

Thank you - this is exactly what I was looking for. I feel someone should compile an almanac of Model-T friendly drives throughout the United States. That would be a very neat book. Washington State is great touring country from the Canadian border near Bellingham down the scenic Puget Sound coast t...

Thanks guys, I love it. Any chance of more detailed route recommendations (in particular the dirt roads)?

Hi all. I'm new here and am interested in hearing about the best trips you've taken in scenic areas of the United States.

Hi all. I’m looking for a Font / Bowl for E&J 3-414 lantern. One of mine has rusted out.

Thanks Norm. I'd like to get the car out so I'll keep an eye on those events. The shim is packing-out the tapered part of the axel because the hub has worn so much that, if you remove the shim and tighten the axel retaining nut, it binds the brake drum internals together. It's a cheap fix, but it's ...

Looking to shim some loose spokes and would like to buy or rent or loan a spoke jack, if anyone has one.

Many thanks,

James

Quite a lot of time and effort, and walking home, to get the car to where it is now, but today I made my first out-and-back trip with the car running strong and no breakdowns. https://i.imgur.com/xUhrUN7l.jpg Driving - https://imgur.com/21eEqB2 First up, I have to admit to installing an E-Timer. Sin...

Can anyone help me with one of these?

Thanks Pat. Time to have a think where I want to end up with this car.

Regarding those two bits of metal I found in the screen, am I right in thinking they are a rivet from the bands?

I didn't check (because I assumed there would be a mag ring in there), so this morning I pulled the cover and found...

Assuming these are slingers attached to the flywheel.

Question is, why no magneto?

Thanks. This far in, I can eliminate about half of that list. Any idea why the magneto is missing? I’ve done some reading and I’m concerned about two things now - that the engine isn’t getting splash-lubricated as it should, and the horror stories of people getting injured by exploding magnets when ...

James go back and read the links that Steve Jelf posted. you CANNOT adjust the timing by trial and error and expect to remain in one piece over the long run. There IS a correct way to do it. You may be close or you may just be lucky. Don't chance it. OK, I’ll take it more seriously. I did read the ...

Thanks all. I find it difficult to leave mechanical things in an imperfect state of repair (a byproduct of aircraft ownership) but I can live with aesthetic imperfection. It looks just fine in its current beat-up state and it's more fun to drive than look at. I do have a seat spring right in my butt...

Scott and all, I really appreciate your help. I had great fun today. I was starting to get the hang of driving it after about half an hour of tearing around the neighborhood. Here are some videos. Apologies for the overly dramatic start - I think you're meant to be more relaxed than this and I've g...

Well, I must have burned 3000 calories cranking this morning, but… IT LIVES Took it around the block and I have no idea how to drive it. It’s terrifying. The brakes are either naturally terrible or totally out of adjustment. No idea what the pedals are doing despite my attempts at pre-flight familia...

Thanks John. I cleaned out that filter on my initial voyage of discovery.

Told my wife half a day to get this little guy running again (and I believed it). HA HA HA HA HA ad nauseam.

You absolutely called it on the oil situation though - it's beyond filthy. I didn't realize till now.

Pulled the valves this morning by levering a crescent wrench through a loop of wire on the manifold studs. One of the exhaust valves was incredibly hard to get out - I had to jam it through using various tools and nuts of increasing size placed between the lifter and valve as I turned the crank, the...

Ha! Got it.

I’ll run the current oil through it and give it a scrub on the next change. I appreciate the info.

Thanks again. When I pulled the transmission cover plate there was a screen underneath that was caked in what appeared to be oily sludge and fiber from the belts. Is the screen an aftermarket part? The oil itself didn’t strike me as particularly filthy, despite the color of the internals of the star...

Thank you John. I contemplated adding a bit of engine flush / kerosene to my new oil until I wondered how it would interact with the belts, then decided I’d just run it and do some oil changes with cheapo detergent semi-synthetic and see how that plays out. Right now I just want to see the thing sta...

Thanks Pat. The oil that came out of the engine didn't look too bad, and I obviously replaced it with new as part of my initial maintenance sweep (along with new oil in the Ruckstell, new coolant, new wiring and so on). The engine does turn over freely, it's just the three valves that are stuck. It'...

Thanks for your help so far. Turns out I bought the bones of a 1921 Touring, not really a machine that you could really classify as a car. I connected-up the starter and found it wouldn't turn over. So I removed it, disassembled it, and found this... https://imgur.com/uSS7Snbl.jpg https://i.imgur.co...

Would like to buy the following for my 1921 Touring:

Dash
Switch
Ammeter
Coil box (keyless)
Horn button and bracket

Kind regards,

James

Thank you Pat, I really appreciate the info.

Thanks guys. I wasn't looking to save money per se, just to get the thing running using what I have available, and add this stuff later on.

It's so close...

OK, I've wired the car for my unique situation - starter, but no dash or ammeter, and mag / battery selector switch on the coil box. How am I doing? https://imgur.com/eb8DPNMl.jpg I'd like to connect post A (leftmost, wire to generator) to post C (third from left, goes to battery via foot-activated ...

I may have spoken too soon about the battery bracket - it appears it could be original (although maybe not original to the car). Been reading up on mag-powered lights and I don't think I want to do that. Now I know where to look, I see there is evidence there is evidence of a horn or horn / headligh...

This little bit of info has helped me start digging. This is what I've learned about my 1921 car so far: By Erik Johnson on Friday, February 14, 2014 - 10:43 am: According to Bruce McCalley's online encyclopedia, 1919 through 1921 model year non-starter cars used the same set up that was introduced ...

Thanks Norman. I forgot to add to my previous post that I flushed the engine cooling system. I blanked-off the return port, filled the block with CLR, left it overnight and then blasted everything through with a hose. Some rusty bits came out but nothing more than expected. Regarding the body - the ...

Nope.... your coil box is correct for 1921. And it appears you have some nice accessories: spare tire carrier for one. Your brake pedal implies external contracting rear brakes too 😜 Thank you for this info. Yes, the car has a Ruckstell and Rocky Mountain brakes. I've wanted a Model T for years - m...

Hi all. I recently purchased my first Model T. It's a Touring, and the previous owner told me it was a 1921 with a 1922 engine (the engine serial number checks out). Please forgive my ignorance - I've owned lots of cars but never anything like this before! https://imgur.com/mY4dLaJl.jpg The car is k...

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