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Hal

The deer are prstty bad here too. I leave for work about 5:45 am. I've seen quite a few here lately. Luckily, they USUALLY are content to graze on the side of the road., but I'm seeing quite a few dead ones lately, so they're walking out in front of somebody.

Hal

You find a glaring error like that and it makes you suspicious of everything else in the book.

Hal

I went to a MAFCA/MARC meet once. A guy there had a very nice Model A panel truck. He thought so much of it, he had it roped off with the fancy velvet "ropes" about 2 inches in diameter like you see in museums or theaters. Only thing is, he didn't spring for the nice metal posts with gradually taper...

Hal

Insert snickering emoji here.

Hal

I know that when I was in high school and again in college, I worked in a hardware store. We did not charge tax on a lot of items that today, seemed to be taxed. Most relevant to this discussion was used items that were being resold, mostly gas heaters, but also the occasional lawn mower. Other non ...

Hal

I seldom buy on E-bay and sell even less often. If they make it harder to do either, I'll just not. Like Mack, I do have a problem with charging tax on used items that have already had tax paid on them. So let's say I buy something from you face to face, not E-bay. Say, maybe Model T part. Are you g...

Hal

I don't live in the mountains. But that is not to say we don't have any hills, because we do. I have never experienced any rough running I could attribute to low fuel except for the 3 or 4 times I have actually run out. My TT has the oval tank and her Touring has the round one. I typically buy gas w...

Hal

You might consider turning the gas off then running the car for a minute or two to burn the gas in the line and carburetor bowl. If your sediment bowl valve is indeed shutting everything off, that should solve your problem until the next time.

Hal

Could be, but it does act up from time to time. I'd have to check exactly what all I do when I do this, but I'm kinda leaning (laying?) on the right front fender, holding on with my left hand, while looking under and checking with my right hand.

The TT is a breeze. No splash aprons.

Hal

I've posted this numerous times, but will say it again for those who have not seen it before. I use the original pet cocks and a tool like others use to open them. However, I do NOT crawl under, NOR do I put my knee on the ground. I put my left knee on the left running board (or maybe the rear porti...

Hal

It's been a while since I entered a car show. I really enjoy showing our cars, but the last few years, we have just been so busy with other things, we haven't gone to one. Like many here, I have no use for a trophy. I've won several over the years, but have now gotten rid of all but one. I keep my A...

Hal

I was rebuilding some coils for a friend the other day and found this inside one of them. I thought it was really neat. I put it right back where I found it when I got done. I left the nails out so I could show it to him when I give them back.

Hal

What he said. Without hearing it, I can't 100% for sure and certain guarantee it's not something wrong, but I suspect it is normal. Both of ours make a noise in neutral. It even changes a little bit based on whether the brake band is engaged or not. The triple gears are straight cut spur gears. Stra...

Hal

I can see both side of this argument, but I must admit, if I sold something for a low price or gave it away to someone thinking I was helping out a fellow hobbyist, only to find they didn't really need it and just wanted to resale for a profit, I would be pissed. Many years ago, I wanted to get into...

Hal

Don't hold me to this, but I've been told that you stop tapping when there are 5 threads left on the tap above the hole.

Hal

Thanks for considering it.

Hal

There used to be a lot of complaints on the old forum about moderators removing entire threads because of one offensive post. It seemed at the time, that the general consensus of the forum was that only the offending post should be removed so that any valuable information within the thread would be ...

Hal

I've never heard anything negative about Brent Mize or Ron Patterson. I run a set of coils rebuilt by Ron in my TT and they run as well now as they ever did. I now have an HCCT and recently checked them and they were still dead on....years later. Cranks by hand on magneto and frequently, on the firs...

Hal

Well, while we're speculating....I'm with Norm.

Hal

I agree, if you can't engage the LOW pedal with the lever vertical, something is definitely out of adjustment.

Hal

I REALLY don't understand this obsession with ethanol fuel attracting water. I have no doubt that this new fuel doesn't last very long and it may indeed be caused by the ethanol in it, but I don't believe the problem is moisture. In Chemistry class, they teach you that alcohol and water are 100% sol...

Hal

Running better on battery than on magneto is a classic sign of coils out of adjustment. I won't get into a discussion about which method is best (Although someone else will likely be along shortly to push one method over another), but coils need to be set up properly using equipment made for the job...

Hal

I use antifreeze and have no cooling problems with either of our T's. It's funny to see people that actually carefully mix particular ratios of antifreeze to water. On occasion, I have pre mixed coolant, but usually for my hit and miss engines or back when I had bad radiators on the T's and needed t...

Hal

If the engine is brand new, I would wait until it is broken in before I panicked. On mine, I can hold my hand on the pipe between the two lower hoses. If I couldn't, I would suspect my radiator.

Hal

Thanks John.

Hal

Mike, Could you please clarify your phrase "(better than 90%)"? I'm not sure what you are saying there. Are you saying that better than 90% of folks adjust their coils using your method? Or are you saying that better than 90% of the folks who use your method "know the remarkable difference"? Or...? ...

Hal

Good to know they are back on the market. I had not heard the 'obsolete part' thing, but knew there had been some bumps since John sold the business to new owners. Let's hope they have things ironed out now. Those are good products. I have one on my A and my TT.

Hal

Ahh, the advantages of living in the county. I have to take my trash to one of the county's "Convenience Centers". They have a compactor for household garbage, 3 or 4 open tops for scrap metal, appliances, old furniture, etc., a cardboard bin for boxes, and a used oil receptacle. I used to take it t...

Hal

As much as I hate to admit it, I don't change my own oil anymore. I just don't have as much time as I used to and find other things to do with what little I do have, so........Mine gets changed at our local tire shop and I have no idea what brand they put it in it. I have nearly 200,000 miles on bot...

Hal

I can see where some might think if the price is low, then the product may be inferior due to the manufacturer cutting corners, etc. But let me play devil's advocate for a minute. If the price is high, why would someone assume the product is better? I've had good wine that was $4 a bottle and bad wi...

Hal

No need. Mine was clean when I assembled it and has had nothing but detergent oil since.

Hal

Steve, I suspect you are right. As long as the oil meets the standard, I think you are fine. However, I doubt you will win the argument. I'd bet most T owners buy what is on sale, or what is available when needed, but probably won't admit in public, lest they be accused of not taking care of their c...

Hal

Christopher, The 'orifice' mentioned above is not the carburetor jet. They were referring to the float valve. A lot (Most?) reproductions available, while they will screw into the same hole, are smaller inside than the original and therefore restrict the flow rate of gas into the carburetor bowl. I ...

Hal

Damn if it ain't tempting, but I ain't a gonna do it.

Hal

As an aside, a few years ago there was much discussion about how coils needed frequent adjustment to stay properly tuned. I had a visitor Saturday that wanted to have his coils adjusted. We did that and put them in my TT for a short drive to kinda 'road test' them. Since I had my coils out and had t...

Hal

The old story of T's not being able to climb hills going forward is way overblown. Can you get so low on fuel that it starves on a steep hill? Yes, it's possible, but you have to be fairly low on fuel and it has to be a pretty steep hill. Don't let that part worry you or dictate what year car to buy...

Hal

Some wives!.......Gimme a break! My wife wouldn't mind that on display even a little bit. Of course, she's the girl that gets her nails done with some kind of special coating that won't chip or dissolve when working in the shop, as she gets as greasy as I do sometimes. Comes about it honestly, I gue...

Hal

Well put, Jugster. Well put.

I used to work on everything with an impact or air ratchet. Nowadays, I find myself with a regular old ratchet or even a box end wrench. Why is that?

Hal

Yep, what they said. If you put grease on there, it takes up some amount of space. then when you drive, some of that will work its way out. Now you have a loose fit.

Hal

You say a '25 to '27. There is a big difference beginning in '26. They are a lot more like a Model A. Most notably, the fuel tank is in the cowl rather than under the seat. These fuel tanks are hard to remove and are not reproduced. Not a problem if yours isn't rusty and doesn't leak. The advice abo...

Hal

Professionally rebuilt coils or .......?

Hal

Well, I see the forum police are alive and well. I'd venture to guess that if we obeyed EVERYONE'S wishes regarding their pet peeves, we couldn't post JACK! Why don't we include making sure you know the difference and how to use "there, their, and they're" and "two, to, and too". And don't say "are"...

Hal

Some folks don't read and comprehend before commenting, even after the subject was reiterated. I'm with Mike. Give it a try and let us know. I too, have heard of the sealant/balancer goo for motorcycle tires. I've never used it, but have definitely heard of it.

Hal

Mixture needs to be adjusted correctly. It is confusing to just say richening cools or leaning runs hotter. A cold engine starts and runs better when the mixture is a little richer than where it would be for normal driving. That would be the correct mixture for a cold engine. Once it is up to temper...

Hal

Not Model T, but Model A.......I climbed and therefore descended Brasstown Bald in Northern GA in my stock Model A, much to the chagrin of those behind me (in both directions). There were many places going up that I had to get down into 1st gear, so going back down, I never left 1st gear. I'd rather...

Hal

I don't know that Ron Patterson frequents the forum very often anymore, but I'll bet he could answer your question. If he doesn't respond here, you might try looking him up and e-mailing or calling. He has posted his phone number on the forum many times over the years, I'm sure a search would turn i...

Hal

I'm no safety nut or even REAL paranoid.....But having said that, the very fact you posted this on here would be GREAT ammunition for some ambulance chasing lawyer if something were to happen.

Hal

With no oil filter, there may be a fair amount of that in the engine. Like said above, if the magnet is rather new, you'll get that until most of its gone. After that, it will diminish.

Hal

Unfortunately, even those charts can be found with temperatures for the same oil all over the board. That one is especially suspect as my modern car says to use 5W20 PERIOD, and didn't bother to ask what the temperature was where I live, but according to that chart if it's above 14*F I shouldn't use...

Hal

Touchy subject for some. And of course everyone thinks their way is the best. For the Engine, I use any brand of 5W-30. Rear end (Non Ruxtell) Any brand of 85W-140. It won't be long until someone comes on here and tells you not to do either of those things and to do something else. And of course, th...

Hal

I believe the "Washes the oil off the cylinder walls" thing is a wives tale. Put some oil on your hands and try to wash it off with starting fluid. It would take a gallon of the stuff to wash the oil off your cylinder walls. Who uses that much? I agree, if you have to use it all the time, you have a...

Hal

It was mentioned above, but may go un-noticed if you are not familiar with these things. There is a nut on the spindle that has to come off, just like a modern car, but the bearing is also threaded onto the spindle and must screw off as well. What's worse is SOME had ball bearings and when you unscr...

Hal

I use WD-40 on black powder guns as part of my cleaning process. Black powder fouling is best removed with water or mixtures thereof. I use 1/3 each of Hydrogen Peroxide, Murphy's Oil Soap, Isopropyl Alcohol. As peroxide fizzes and gives up that extra oxygen, what is left behind is just water. At an...

Hal

We put a new front suspension on my wife's '67 Mustang yesterday. As I have no way to do an alignment, it will have to go to a shop for that, but we called ourselves setting it up for a little toe in before driving it home from my son's house (He has a lift in his shop) :D . Hopefully, the tire shop...

Hal

I was gonna say what Robert Helgeson said. I know there were many reasons we went to the new software and I understand that it HAD to be done, but some here were using THIS as one of the justifications. Looks like THAT one was off the mark.

Hal

Something else that falls into that narrow range of frequencies is steering shimmy. I am convinced this phenomenon is more prevalent on TT's than T's, and I believe the reason is they are more prone to be operated in the range of speeds that produce the frequency needed to keep the system vibrating....

Hal

No, I don't. I've heard of people drilling and tapping the torque tube in 3 places 120 degrees apart near the center and screwing in brass bolts with jam nuts until they just touch the drive shaft. I couldnt bear to do that. When i swapped engines, it got better. New 4th main helped i expect. I may ...

Hal

Those speeds are very much like a stock T. My TT has 7.25:1 gears in the rear and no auxiliary transmission. Last weekend, using a speedometer app on my phone, I had my wife show me the speed after I got it to what felt about right. It was 22 mph. Best I can remember, 24 mph on it was 1800 rpm on th...

Hal

Tom, A little digging turned up a 1:1.363 on a Warford Overdrive. I can't say they are all that, but it's what I found. Assuming yours is that, and you have a 5.167:1 rear end and 32" OD rear tires, I get the following: 800 rpm = 20 mph 1000 rpm = 25 mph 1200 rpm = 30 mph 1300 rpm = 33 mph 1400 rpm ...

Hal

Tom,

In regard to the question in your original post, if you will give me the ratio of your Warford overdrive and the outer diameter of your rear tires (I would assume 32", but please verify), I can give you your speed at a given engine RPM or engine RPM at a given speed.

Hal

Well, I see things are just as bad here on the REAL forum as they are down in the basement on the OT forum.

Hal

Tom,

Mine will do the same, but it is only for a very narrow frequency range. It will vibrate about that speed, but I just accelerate through it. It goes away after another couple of MPH. It only does it for a second or two as I pass that speed. After that, it smooths right out.

Hal

Engine speed in a 15 MPH TT with a 7.25:1 rear end is the same as doing 28 MPH in a stock T. Both are at 1150 rpm. If you are willing to do 1800 rpm, the TT will do 24 mph, same a stock T doing 44.

Hal

Anyone else man enough to admit he has a tear in his eye reading this?

I never met any of the Doolittle Raiders, but did meet Robert L. Scott, Bob Hoover, and Paul Tibbets. Truly great men, all.

Hal

Embrace that low speed rear end! Own it! I thought that same way when i first got mine, but I wouldn't change it for the world now. I put a triangle on the back and I drive mine to breakfast on Saturdays and around town on occasion. I live 2-3 miles outside of town, but the highway into town is ligh...

Hal

This discussion reminds me of Jimmy Stewart in its a wonderful life, where Potter says the lower class people should have to wait until they can pay cash in order to own a home, rather than finance it. Easy for him to say, given his station in life. Might be some of that going on here.

Hal

Scott I did not read the whole thing, but the part I saw defined phase separation as when the alcohol had absorbed as much water as it could and then the water falls out. I would contend that without the ethanol, the water would have WAY done already fallen out. As for HEET, I agree, no need for it ...

Hal

I suppose one might characterize borrowing money for a hobby as being financially irresponsible. I've heard it before. It takes all kinds. If someone can make the payments, then what difference does it make? Perhaps someone who doesn't have $8K to $10K in non-committed liquid assets doesn't deserve ...

Hal

You might try your insurance company. I've never financed a Model T, but State Farm offers very competitive rates. We finance all our new vehicles through them. Collateral is collateral. If the T is worth more than you are trying to borrow, then I doubt they would have a problem with it. Ain't like ...

Hal

I think Steve may have been alluding to the fact that fiber timing gears have a nasty habit of shedding their teeth. Hopefully, yours didn't in such a short amount of time, but it would be worth checking to make sure.

Hal

Alcohol and water are 100% soluble in one another. In other words, they mix readily. I've never understood how this fact gets construed into people believing that ethanol in fuel will suck the oceans dry and puddle them in the bottom of your fuel tank. I really don't. Gasoline and water do not mix a...

Hal

I have had mixed results with long term storage of "ethanol gas". I've seen some guys on this very forum say it went to crap in less than a month and I don't believe that one for even a nanosecond. I have stored cars and equipment with ethanol gas, with and without Stabil in it, for several months a...

Hal

A lot of them don't even have volt meters. Mine doesn't. You might improve voltage a bit by closing the gap between the magnets and field coil. With the low speeds and lack of vibration associated with a HCCT, you don't have to have as large a gap as on a car.

Hal

No man, I was just jokingly pointing out the ridiculousness of people who get bent out of shape about OT posts.

Hal

Tom,

You DID know I was kidding. Right?

Hal

I admit I live in fear of some things, but giving a stranger a ride at a car show is not one of them. Yeah, I'm sure things happen, but then again, I could hit by an asteroid too. Life's too short for me to live in fear of that one.

Hal

That's really cool. Like Burger, I really like a car in that condition.

Hal

I've done this on 3-4 occasions. All but one was people we knew. One of our friends just would not take "No" for an answer and ended up sending me a check a week later. In reality, it probably about covered me expenses, which I was quite willing to absorb, but I did trailer it close to 100 miles eac...

Hal

Dick,

I doubt you are offending anyone. I, and I'm sure the vast majority of others here, are just glad you are able to help.

Hal

I just sent him an email. I'll let you know if he responds. Maybe he will come on here. I told him they were asking about him.

Hal

I prefer the original set up. I use a tool similar to those above that can be made or purchased from any vendor. And I do not get on the ground to use it. I put my left knee on the running board and then bend over enough to look under the fender. I can use the tool with my right hand in that positio...

Hal

Hopefully someone else will step up to the plate, but they were indeed the standard by which others were judged. That's gonna be a blow to the hobby.

Hal

It didn't say dollars.

Hal

Oh, for mine to be so small.........

Hal

I think Norm is on the right track. Clean up that timer and inspect it well. It wouldn't surprise me if you find bad contacts near their leading edge.

Hal

In my opinion, silicone is a bad idea. It will corrode the wires over time. I feel tar is the best and should not be used sparingly. I'm a shade tree mechanic from way back and can cut a corner with the best of them, but I ain't a gonna do it there.

Hal

OK. thanks anyway.

Hal

So, I guess what you are saying is that it is not something I can turn off in my preferences?

Hal

Can I turn off the pop-up that shows first and last post? It pops up and covers the titles of other threads I am trying to look at and possibly click on. I then have to move my cursor to some other location to make it go away. Then move back and hope I get my cursor in the right place quick enough t...

Hal

Firing up and running out the prime and quitting is a classic symptom of lean mixture. I'm not real familiar with vaporizers, but seeing no difference between 1 and 2 turns open is a red flag to me. Something is going on, be it float level or restricted fuel flow, manifold leak, or something else. H...

Hal

Like I said, everyone believes theirs is right.

Hal

I had a honeycomb on my TT when I first got it. It wouldn't cool very well in the summer. I tried one of the recommended cleaning methods and it promptly cleaned out whatever it was that was plugging all the leaks. I tried to seal it back up with varying degrees of success and continued to live with...

Hal

It amazes me the differences in driving techniques. And of course everyone thinks theirs is the right one. I am firmly in the camp of closing the throttle, retarding the spark and engaging high smoothly with the engine speed matched to the drive train speed. I cannot see how anyone could not agree t...

Hal

Originals had round tubes. A lot of aftermarket radiators have flat tubes and cool better, although round tube radiators are available for those who prefer them.

Hal

One wouldn't have to watch the news too often to determine that antisemitism is becoming accepted. It's OK for legislators to do it, so it must be OK for anyone.

Hal

I will admit to owning one, but I do not trust them. Mine is a cheap one from Lowes. I've used some expensive ones at work and even those will give readings all over the board on the same item.

Hal

I've never thought about changing a thing. Most of the things that people bitch about are the things that make make it what it is. I embrace the little nuances that would never be tolerated today on modern cars. And for that matter tolerated today by some owners of a hundred year old car. It never c...

Hal

Yep, me too, yesterday. It happened on the first thread I clicked on. I didn't try any others after that. Checked my e-mail instead.

Hal

I've never driven in the temperatures some of you are talking about, but I have done it at about 40F in a Touring car. I found that driving with the top down was warmer than with it up, as you received the radiant heat from the sun. Removing the upper floor board helped get warm air into the car. Th...

Hal

I have both. I won't say the T and the TT are original, but it has been a LONG time since they had any cosmetic work done. I will say that when taking them to a car show, they get more attention than my restored Model A.

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