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- Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: What have you done with your T in January?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3027
Re: What have you done with your T in January?
IMG_5846 copy.JPG Today I installed the contact on the mag ring. Not having an odd size long rivet like the original, I put it on with a machine screw. I'll put a nut on the back, trim off most of the screw, and solder the nut to keep it in place. A solder blob will go over the top screw for the ma...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: POSTAL ISSUES please read.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1264
Re: POSTAL ISSUES please read.
Saturday''s mail brought me the January Funny Times. Today the February issue arrived. I guess they're catching up. 

- Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Horn
- Replies: 6
- Views: 202
Re: Horn
Dick, the spinning motor should have something adjustable that contacts the diaphragm to vibrate it. Mine just needed a bit of 3 in 1 oil to make it work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKzJP6XJIVY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKzJP6XJIVY
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 2:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Joshua Tree Tour
- Replies: 27
- Views: 952
Re: Joshua Tree Tour
The comments about Joshua Tree weather made me think of this photo of Mom in December, 1967. Yes, it does get chilly there.
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Bakersfield 2021
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2045
Re: Bakersfield 2021
Immunizing 70% of the population (about 231,000,000 people) is a huge goal. Doing "only" a million a day takes you into September. I'll be surprised if it's done by summer, as some suggest might be possible. US News reports 20,500,000 done so far. That's less than a million a day. Production, distr...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 1915 Hogshead Assembly
- Replies: 9
- Views: 234
Re: 1915 Hogshead Assembly
I thought the Canadians drove on the same side as the USA.
It varied by province. Some were RHD and some were LHD. Maybe somebody who knows more about it can provide some details.
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Gaslight Drive Last Night
- Replies: 6
- Views: 306
Re: Gaslight Drive Last Night
From what I've seen at the OCF, gas lights are pretty good, and Ford's 1915 conversion to mag lights provided convenience but not better lighting. I haven't driven by gas lighting, but I suspect it's better than mag lights, which range from barely adequate to dangerous.
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: OT - Cross Country In a Model A
- Replies: 24
- Views: 868
Re: OT - Cross Country In a Model A
I was at home in California, so maybe it's Harry. It can't be Ward Bond. Wrong hat.

- Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 2 Brass Model T's Amongst The Piles...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 615
Re: 2 Brass Model T's Amongst The Piles...
If you look through the pictures again you'll see a little bit of a 1915 peeking out from under the mountain of junk. The auction is still three weeks away, so maybe by then they'll have things somewhat sorted out so you can see what's what. This is about a half hour north of me, so I'll go check i...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Rounded and nickel plated bolts dated?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 322
Re: Rounded and nickel plated bolts dated?
The encyclopedia only says "late in calendar year 1926". How late? October? November? December? Dunno.
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 4:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Windsor Maroon
- Replies: 23
- Views: 860
Re: Windsor Maroon
Here are the formula numbers Bruce gives in the encyclopedia.
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Transmission Drums
- Replies: 7
- Views: 317
Re: Transmission Drums
This low drum looked OK when the transmission was rebuilt. I'll replace it with one of Dave Nolting's new drums. Yes, it's expensive. But I won't worry about it going to pieces hundreds of miles from home.
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Very long ride
- Replies: 10
- Views: 702
Re: Very long ride
I echo the "EZ 66 Travel Guide" by McClanahan. We used some old old paper maps from eBay... some silly YouTube videos by Justin Scared... USGS topographical maps... satellite photos of the actual old road. [/size] I've used Google satellite where my first choice wasn't available. That first choice ...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 11:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Rubber Tubes
- Replies: 24
- Views: 636
Re: Rubber Tubes
check the latest on-line catalogue...you'll have to add $10 to that. [/size] Wow! $32.95 for rubber stems and $49.95 for metal. So the difference is now $17. All the more reason to buy rubber and cut them off. Blockley 30 x 3½ tubes are metal stem only, and at £29 they're now $10 less than Lang's. ...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 9:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Very long ride
- Replies: 10
- Views: 702
Re: Very long ride
But where would you & your T stay safe in Chicago? [/size] I went through town on Harlem Avenue (IL-43), and I sure didn't have to worry about anybody speeding. It was mile after mile of stop and crawl. If I go through Chicago again I'll try to find a street where the traffic can keep up with a Mod...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Rubber Tubes
- Replies: 24
- Views: 636
Re: Rubber Tubes
...if you had clincher rims, you'd find that the best price was not $19, but about $34 for rubber stems. [/size] 30 x 3½ rubber stem tubes are $22.50 from Lang's. 21" rubber stem tubes are $24.95. Metal stem tubes in both sizes are $37.95. For the difference of $14 each I'm perfectly willing to buy...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: POSTAL ISSUES please read.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1264
Re: POSTAL ISSUES please read.
On December 18 I mailed a letter to my cousin in Denver. I wasn't paying attention and used her old address, so it was returned to me. Today. Five weeks later.
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Is it a T Steering Wheel and Can I Get a Key?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 232
Re: Is it a T Steering Wheel and Can I Get a Key?
Yes, it's aftermarket. Fords didn't come from the factory with costly gewgaws. 

- Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Rubber Tubes
- Replies: 24
- Views: 636
Re: Rubber Tubes
Just cut off the rubber stems and use old metal ones.
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Very long ride
- Replies: 10
- Views: 702
Re: Very long ride
You will get lots of suggestions from others. I always recommend spare gas. Those running board cans have saved me an unplanned long walk more than once. In a Model T, of course you will stay off the interstates. You can do that on much of old 66. But in a few places the old roadway has been replac...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 1:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: POSTAL ISSUES please read.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1264
Re: POSTAL ISSUES please read.
You're lucky they've never lost a package. I sent a speedometer cable to Russ Furstnow. It got to somewhere in Arizona but never made it to Flagstaff. Because it wasn't a new product with a store receipt the so-called insurance was worthless. I no longer waste money on the insurance.
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 11:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Could this end up to be a problem ????
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1060
Re: this end up to be a problem ????
Where are these made?
Have you inspected them closely all over? Hartford (China) and Custom Classic (India) are marked with the country of origin. EEC tubes (Europe) don't specify which country. EEC is all they have on them.
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 11:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Field Coils: Must they all have even turns?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 383
Re: Field Coils: Must they all have even turns?
For me the same goes for trying to straighten an exhaust manifold. [/size] After going to the scrap yard and buying a piece of I-beam to make the jig, I might as well keep doing it. :D The last time I checked, the only new exhaust manifolds available were 25-27 style. If your older T is a show car,...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Ac brakes
- Replies: 16
- Views: 606
Re: Ac brakes
Anyone still making the linkage set up ?
Rich Baughman. http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/59 ... 1468453589
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Field Coils: Must they all have even turns?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 383
Re: Field Coils: Must they all have even turns?
I made this to get my ribbons a straight. Locking pliers on both ends and an all thread screw to pull the ribbon tight. It stretches the ribbons so that when you rewind them you have a little extra sticking out on the end.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: wheel rim plated
- Replies: 19
- Views: 602
Re: wheel rim plated
I called Oskosh plating and the will zinc plate five rims for 75.00
Hot dip, or electroplate? As Allan said, the former will last longer.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Bakersfield 2021
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2045
Re: Bakersfield 2021
We are looking for comments on would you or would you not attend the Phoenix pre-war car and parts swap meet in October of this year, as attendee or vendor.
I hope that's late October, well after Hershey.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: wheel rim plated
- Replies: 19
- Views: 602
Re: wheel rim plated
Galvanized = zinc plated. Different terms for the same thing. Galvanizing/plating is done by two methods — hot dip and electroplating. I don't know which method was used originally on rims. At auctions I buy old galvanized nails by the can because they were hot dipped. The galvanized nails currentl...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Could this end up to be a problem ????
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1060
Re: this end up to be a problem ????
...I get my long stem rubber tubes from langs...
What brand?
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: wheel rim plated
- Replies: 19
- Views: 602
Re: wheel rim plated
...I once read was cadmium plating and not galvanized... [/size] What you read was bogus, Jim. Cad plating was first used commercially in the thirties. Model T rims were galvanized. IMG_3820 copy 2.JPG In 2012 I had seven rims hot dip galvanized at the Valmont galvanizing plant in Claremore, near T...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Could this end up to be a problem ????
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1060
Re: this end up to be a problem ????
Some people assume that all products from China are trash, but my experience has been the same as Adam's — no problems with Hartford. I cut off the rubber stems and install metal. I have one EEC tube, but haven't used it yet.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: New Day Timer Question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 607
Re: New Day Timer Question
Uh-oh. If it's a fiber gear I would make it a wall hanger and put in an original or one of Dan's.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Chickasha Swapmeet 2021
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1470
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Sediment Bulb Type Fuel Filter?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 361
Re: Sediment Bulb Type Fuel Filter?
I believe the glass bowl filter from TSC is superfluous. It won't hurt anything, but it's just a repeat of the stock sediment bowl under the tank. Neither the glass bowl nor the sediment bulb will stop very fine rust particles that can clog your carb. VOE. The only cure for that is a clean tank. Yo...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Could this end up to be a problem ????
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1060
Re: this end up to be a problem ????
Looks like a snake that swallowed a big egg. 
Do they have a brand name? If they're not Custom Classic I would try them. If they are, I would return them.

Do they have a brand name? If they're not Custom Classic I would try them. If they are, I would return them.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Not all Ts were all black !
- Replies: 7
- Views: 626
Re: Not all Ts were all black !
Are the chains for snow, or mud?
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: wheels and rims
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1428
Re: wheels and rims
Perhaps I'm mistaken about this being a Hayes felloe. Maybe it's Ford. Either way, the Hayes rims fit it perfectly, and it's what I use. There's no doubt about what the rims are, as the name is stamped on their lugs.
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: OT - Cross Country In a Model A
- Replies: 24
- Views: 868
Re: OT - Cross Country In a Model A
US 2 is the northernmost federal highway running east-west. The eastern section is from Holton ME to Burlington VT. The western part is from Mackinac Bridge to Snohomish. US highways are numbered north to south (even) and east to west (odd). Interstates are the opposite, numbered south to north (ev...
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: New Day Timer Question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 607
Re: New Day Timer Question
I wonder if somebody has installed too stiff a spring in the brush. I suppose the absence of the original style brass/felt seal could put the cover too close to the brush, but that hasn't been a problem for me.
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: wheels and rims
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1428
Re: wheels and rims
January 1924 Service Bulletin Screen Shot 2021-01-20 at 10.41.16 AM.png Screen Shot 2021-01-20 at 10.41.41 AM.png Screen Shot 2021-01-20 at 10.42.11 AM.png Somebody mentioned a rim shop? [/size] There are shops that specialize in straightening bent wheels. A Google search should find some of them.
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Joshua Tree Tour
- Replies: 27
- Views: 952
Re: Joshua Tree Tour
As a kid I didn't care for the desert, but I came to love it, including Joshua Tree. Having been there many times, I hope to do it in a Model T someday. Got to stop at Hadley's and get some figs. 

- Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: OT - Cross Country In a Model A
- Replies: 24
- Views: 868
Re: OT - Cross Country In a Model A
Just thought of something else you may not know if you've never been out west. Bring some warm clothes. On much of your route you won't need them. But in parts of the Mountain West nights can be chilly, and there are even some chilly or cold days in the middle of summer. I was once driving in Yello...
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: OT - Cross Country In a Model A
- Replies: 24
- Views: 868
Re: OT - Cross Country In a Model A
The states we are hitting include PA, OH, MI, IN, MO, KS, OK, CO, WY, NV, and CA. [/size] Don't forget IL and UT. :D There are so many great places to see that four or five weeks won't be enough for all of them. Here are a few: Springfield IL, Lincoln home & old state capitol, Lincoln's New Salem V...
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: wheels and rims
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1428
Re: wheels and rims
Wheel 1 and Rim 1 are Hayes. The rim may have the Hayes name on the outside of the lug. I don't know about the others.
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Trouble Mounting a Tire on a Non-demountable Wheel
- Replies: 22
- Views: 674
Re: Trouble Mountaing a Tire on a Non-demountable Wheel
After my experience with some NOS New Zealand Firestones, I will not use old tires again, no matter how good they were thirty years ago and how perfect they look now. They proved to my dissatisfaction that rubber deteriorates with age. Country roads ate 'em up PDQ.
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Milling Block Deck and Head
- Replies: 12
- Views: 539
Re: Milling Block Deck and Head
My comment on that FB question: Remember that after 100+ years water passages may be much larger than they were when the engine was new.
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Chickasha Swapmeet 2021
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1470
Re: Chickasha Swapmeet 2021
Being of the elderly persuasion I made sure I got on the list for shots. I hope to be immunized well before Chickasha, and plan to unload a pile of valuable treasures.
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Trouble Mounting a Tire on a Non-demountable Wheel
- Replies: 22
- Views: 674
Re: Trouble Mountaing a Tire on a Non-demountable Wheel
...the bead seems to appear a damaged and cracked?
Not only the bead. It looks like the sidewall is cracked too. If this is an old, hard tire, as it appears to be, that would explain the difficult mount, and I wouldn't trust it.
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Trouble Mounting a Tire on a Non-demountable Wheel
- Replies: 22
- Views: 674
Re: Trouble Mountaing a Tire on a Non-demountable Wheel
IMG_0171 copy.JPG Here's a valve stem cover and a rim nut, brass version. Larry will tell you this is not correct, and he's right. The modern metal stems, and the originals I use, are larger than the Schrader 777 used by Ford. As Dude Lester said, "It don't hurt the runnin' of it none." 14 IMG_0484...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Show Me Your Drum Balancing Mandrels!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 618
Re: Show Me Your Drum Balancing Mandrels!
I borrowed a lathe at the juco to make these.
I cut the rod from a scrap axle shaft.
I cut the rod from a scrap axle shaft.
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Trouble Mounting a Tire on a Non-demountable Wheel
- Replies: 22
- Views: 674
Re: Trouble Mountaing a Tire on a Non-demountable Wheel
The bridge washer should be securely on the tube before you start. A new one is good enough for a new metal stem, but an original stem should have an original washer. The rim nut is tightened after the tire is in place. The tube should have just enough air to hold its shape. Allan's instructions ar...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Parking a Model T
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1295
Re: Parking a Model T
Pictures can be deceiving, but I agree it doesn't look bad at all. It also looks like your doors are tall enough, but measure and be sure.
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Bakersfield 2021
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2045
Re: Bakersfield 2021
There is not enough to time to plan a swap meet for Phoenix this year.
Yes, if nothing else you need to get the advertising out well
in advance. Reserving a location would need to be done well ahead of time too.
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: A real barn find
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1897
Re: A real barn find
It does look like a 1922, or close to it. Folks are often mistaken about the model year of these old Fords. They may misremember what they're told, or they may be told by somebody who is mistaken. That's very common, and many times they are even titled and registered with a mistaken model year. For...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: First Model T
- Replies: 17
- Views: 912
Re: First Model T
Some folks stuff rags into the transmission to catch any nuts or washers that might be dropped when removing or installing them. Just be sure you count the rags going in and coming out. 

- Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 16 and looking for a Model T...What for sale out there?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 913
Re: 16 and looking for a Model T as a first car
I have the book in Jim's first picture. It's also known as the Model T Encyclopedia. I also have the disk version, which is even better because of all the extras it includes. I believe the computer package now comes on a flash drive. I call it the best fifty bucks you can spend on a Model T. http:/...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Bakersfield 2021
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2045
Re: Bakersfield 2021
The Sonoran desert is lovely in the spring. I would go (after I've had my shots). 

- Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Parking a Model T
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1295
Re: Parking a Model T
I agree that backing in would probably be your best approach. Coming out you will be going forward and will have better control on that slope. But back in slowly with the hand lever in neutral. I don't have a 20% slope, but I back in. Lay a 2 x 4, or better yet a 4 x 4, on the garage floor where yo...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Today's Social Distancing Video
- Replies: 291
- Views: 28285
Re: Today's Social Distancing Video
The early morning back lighting doesn't allow sign reading, but it looks like CR 300N east of Stone Bluff with a little jog north at US 41.
Little jog, looking south.
Little jog, looking south.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 16 and looking for a Model T...What for sale out there?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 913
Re: 16 and looking for a Model T as a first car
I see by your profile that you've been with us for a couple of years, so this is not a new passion for you. Presumably you already know a little about Model T's, but you may not be fully aware of the market. As Dave says, when you get into the alphabet Fords (Models A through S) you're talking seri...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 2:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: First Model T
- Replies: 17
- Views: 912
Re: First Model T
One dating clue that hasn't been mentioned is the hand brake quadrant.
2 rivets = 25-27
4 rivets = 1924 or earlier.
2 rivets = 25-27
4 rivets = 1924 or earlier.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 2:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Two drilled passages in Holley NH
- Replies: 8
- Views: 407
Re: Two drilled passages in Holley NH
Here's a somewhat better copy of the service bulletin drawing. Screen Shot 2021-01-16 at 1.27.15 PM.png It shows one hole (E) inside the closed throttle and one outside (D), so your situation is not normal according to the drawing. Here's the complete explanation from the service bulletin: Screen S...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Auction....Douglass, Kansas
- Replies: 8
- Views: 593
Re: Auction....Douglass, Kansas
https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18388 I'll go to the preview and scout out what's there. From the pictures it looks like there will be a few reasons for me to return for the auction. I don't understand the 10% "buyer's premium". It just cuts down what I'm willing to bid. Reminds me...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Saw this on Youtube, Auction in Douglass, KS Feb. 12th.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1158
Re: Saw this on Youtube, Auction in Douglass, KS Feb. 12th.
The TT in the shed is about the only one that looks like it might have been somewhat protected as it still has paint on it.
I think I see one other T that's in a building that hasn't collapsed, but it's so covered by junk that it's hard to tell.

- Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: What have you done with your T in January?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3027
Re: What have you done with your T in January?
Today I made the insulators that go between the coils and the ring. I don't really understand their function, but I see them in original mag rings so I'll use them. IMG_5835 copy.JPG IMG_5836 copy.JPG IMG_5837 copy.JPG IMG_5838 copy.JPG Coils wrapped with fiberglass tape and sprayed with four coats...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 1925 Roadster Pickup Questions
- Replies: 73
- Views: 3673
Re: 1925 Roadster Pickup Questions
Lower glass for my 1915 windshield was $48.78 at the local glass shop, so I figure if I'd needed the top too it would have cost a little under $100 for the two pieces.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Model T Year and body style?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1057
Re: Model T Year and body style?
Getting it registered as an early brass era car would certainly make your T worth much more than if you were to get it registered as a more common 1924... [/size] I disagree. As Jim says, what's on the registration doesn't change what it really is, and an honest seller has to identify honestly what...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Bakersfield 2021
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2045
Re: Bakersfield 2021
Well at least everyone that was going to attend these swap meets can still go to Walmart and other Covid free places. [/size] Despite the accelerating infection rate, I still see plenty of barefaced anti-science geniuses in the local Walmart. I just hope they don't kill me before I can get my shots...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 1926 Ford Model T modification
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1206
Re: 1926 Ford Model T modification
Would you also replace the 3 brake drums of the gearbox? [/size] There is only one brake drum in the transmission. In front of it are the low drum and the reverse drum. All of them are 7½". I don't know why you would need to measure them, but it's good to inspect them closely for cracks or other da...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Dressing the period part
- Replies: 22
- Views: 979
Re: Dressing the period part
It's hard to beat a pair of ROUNDHOUSE Bibbs!!
A couple of snappy dressers.

- Thu Jan 14, 2021 1:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Mac's (Eckler's) Windshield Glass
- Replies: 10
- Views: 517
Re: Mac's (Eckler's) Windshield Glass
What John said. I was able to pull the cracked glass out of my 1915 windshield frame and remove the brass channel intact. The local glass shop had a replacement ready for me the next day, and I probably paid much less than I would have spent having it shipped from a parts dealer.
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Was the Model T good value for money?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 784
Re: Was the Model T good value for money?
If you had a time machine and could fetch a brand new 1916 Ford, could you get $7020 for it today? I should say so. That's a low price for a factory fresh 1916.
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Bakersfield 2021
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2045
Re: Bakersfield 2021
I believe it's always in the middle of April, but there's nothing about it on the club website.
https://www.hcca.org/calendar.php
https://www.hcca.org/calendar.php
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Dressing the period part
- Replies: 22
- Views: 979
Re: Dressing the period part
Don, you can buy feed sack by the yard. https://www.etsy.com/listing/687250376/1930s-reproduction-farm-girl-vintage-by?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_d-craft_supplies_and_tools-fabric_and_notions-fabric&utm_custom1=_k_Cj0KCQiA9P__BRC0ARIsAEZ6irjn1e88KFG72VMq...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Carburetor threads
- Replies: 10
- Views: 531
Re: Carburetor threads
Some rust removers don't remove only rust. They attack the metal under the rust. I found this with a carburetor body I let soak too long.
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Dressing the period part
- Replies: 22
- Views: 979
Dressing the period part
Gary Cooper.png I debated with myself whether this was OT or not, and I decided not. Some T folks like to wear period clothes to match their cars. If you're looking for appropriate men's attire for the twenties, this will give you some good examples of what to look for. https://www.youtube.com/watc...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Hub caps
- Replies: 18
- Views: 746
Re: Hub caps
Here's some of what Bruce says about hubcaps. The encyclopedia has photos and drawings.
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Model T Year and body style?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1057
Re: Model T Year and body style?
Parts salad. The body is similar to a 1911-12 runabout, but that extra tall firewall suggests aftermarket, probably (very nicely) home made. It has parts from various years. The hood is 15 or 16. The fenders are 1914 or earlier. The springs are 1917-18 or later. The headlights are 1915 or later (le...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Hub caps
- Replies: 18
- Views: 746
Re: Hub caps
Here's one of those caps with the manufacturer's mark, in this case a W.
This cap with an Alemite fitting soldered in is marked R.
This cap with an Alemite fitting soldered in is marked R.
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Leaky Hose Connections
- Replies: 7
- Views: 371
Re: Leaky Hose Connections
Rough pits: What Mark said. Fill and smooth. IMG_0021.JPG I use the original style clamps but I replace the round head screws with fillister heads to give the screwdriver a better grip. Instead of sealant I slather on some grease so it will be easy to remove the hose if I have to. BUT if I have to ...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: 1925 Roadster Pickup Questions
- Replies: 73
- Views: 3673
Re: 1925 Roadster Pickup Questions
I assume that any glass company should be able to cut me a proper size replacement?
You assume correctly.

- Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Advice for towing '22 Center Door long distance
- Replies: 21
- Views: 699
Re: Advice for towing '22 Center Door long distance
IMG_2848 copy.JPG I rented a U-haul to bring this car home from the Phoenix area. It was fine except for the "wheel baskets", which would not stay on. Fortunately I had my own straps to keep the car in place. Caution: don't strap in the center of the axles, and don't pull forward on the front axle....
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Saw this on Youtube, Auction in Douglass, KS Feb. 12th.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1158
Re: Saw this on Youtube, Auction in Douglass, KS Feb. 12th.
... most likely will go very cheap. [/size] Now that a lot of T guys know about it, maybe not. :) This is in pretty flat country, only a few miles northeast of Douglass, so I expect there is cell coverage. In one of the pictures it looks like the nose of a 1915 peeking out from under the mess. Can'...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Timer belt interference
- Replies: 15
- Views: 706
Re: Timer belt interference
As John says, you're not the first. 

- Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Physically hard to Crank
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1122
Re: Physically hard to Crank
I can turn it over by hand, but it takes a lot of pull and push on the down stroke. [/size] DON'T DO THAT!!! I'm shouting because I broke an arm that way, and it hurts like hell. I passed out on the ground and when I came to I drove to the hospital one-handed. If you're starting on BAT you don't ne...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Model T spark plug with only T marking 2 pc. spark plug
- Replies: 5
- Views: 321
Re: Model T spark plug with only T marking 2 pc. spark plug
I've never seen them before. I assume they're not common. I have a couple of dozen different brands picked up at swap meets, and this is not one of them. I'm not really a plug collector, but Terry Bond is. Maybe he will comment.
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Dealer or accessory keyboards.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 750
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 8:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Any chemistry majors here?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 632
Any chemistry majors here?
In ignorance I used zinc ammonium chloride as a flux when soldering mag coils. Subsequently I learned that it will corrode copper, so I need to get rid of any that may still be present (https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18295). I've been searching the internet to find what will neutr...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: New Years Day
- Replies: 9
- Views: 753
Re: New Years Day
All it takes is a good stiff breeze off that normally 60 degree ocean and you have "jacket weather". [/size] Boy, that's for sure. I lived in Lomita, 4½ miles from the ocean. I recall once setting off Fourth of July fireworks and having to go in the house and get a coat. Meanwhile, folks out in the...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Mag coil insulators: Yea or nay? Why?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 811
Re: Mag coil insulators: Yea or nay? Why?
Can you elaborate on what exactly "tinning butter" is? [/size] Here you go, Jerry. IMG_5824 copy.JPG IMG_5825 copy.JPG I bought it to use with body solder and mistakenly figured it would be OK for soldering mag coils, not realizing that it's corrosive to copper. It's not OK for that, as our friend ...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:05 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: RANT: AMERICAN GREED
- Replies: 25
- Views: 856
Re: RANT: AMERICAN GREED
Yes, you do see a few things advertised at laughably high prices. Maybe somebody who doesn't know any better will pay twenty grand for that 1923 runabout, but probably not. Either way, I don't lose any sleep over it. I may take the time to see what similar items sell for elsewhere, but more likely ...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Mag coil insulators: Yea or nay? Why?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 811
Re: Mag coil insulators: Yea or nay? Why?
WARNING: DON'T DO IT! Last night I received an email from a forum member who was kind enough to give me a heads-up on what I had done wrong. I'm posting it here because I don't want anybody to see what I did ignorantly and think it's a good idea: I cannot overstate the fact that tinning butter is h...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Klaxon horn debut
- Replies: 7
- Views: 430
Re: Klaxon horn debut
How do you know if a horn is for mag or battery? Look down the bell. If it has an adjusting screw in the center of the diaphragm it's a magneto horn.
I've tried a mag horn and a Stewart mechanical horn on my 1915. The mechanical horn is better.
I've tried a mag horn and a Stewart mechanical horn on my 1915. The mechanical horn is better.
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Mag coil insulators: Yea or nay? Why?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 811
Re: Mag coil insulators: Yea or nay? Why?
Vern, how did you cut these? They look neater than mine.
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Mag coil insulators: Yea or nay? Why?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 811
Re: Mag coil insulators: Yea or nay? Why?
Insulation between coil halves: Yes, I have that. IMG_5809 copy.JPG IMG_5810 copy.JPG Each half of the double coil has a layer of Kapton™ so that when the two halves are joined they have two layers of insulation between them. IMG_5817.JPG The only place current can go from one half to the other is ...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Mag coil insulators: Yea or nay? Why?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 811
Mag coil insulators: Yea or nay? Why?
IMG_5823 copy.JPG The later mag rings have insulators like this under the coils. The only double stack mag ring I've inspected is the one I'm rebuilding, and it was done before, maybe fifty or sixty years ago. It didn't have them. Should I use these? What are they supposed to do? The coils are alre...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: The Old Fashioned Way
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1759
Re: The Old Fashioned Way
...they are absolutely indispensable as a traveling navigator.
I'll buy handy. But indispensable? No sale. There is this invention called the map.

- Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Klaxon horn debut
- Replies: 7
- Views: 430
Re: Klaxon horn debut
There were other aftermarket electric and mechanical horns also. Both are louder than bulb horns. Accessory mechanical horns were widely used on mid-teens Fords because they're louder than a magneto horn too.
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: Field Coil Tape
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1051
Re: Field Coil Tape
Today I wrapped sixteen double coils with that ½" tape. I used a little under 19 yards, so you have plenty.
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum (started 2019)
- Topic: finishing firewall
- Replies: 15
- Views: 650
Re: finishing firewall
I would use paste wood filler on that oak before staining. And yes, try your finish on a scrap before you do the firewall. Cutting out a firewall should produce plenty of scrap for practice.