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Steve, may you never sweat bullets! Cheers, Bill

I am reading that millennials apparently are most interested in cars of the 90s and newer plus Brass Era cars! Which are my favorites, even with all the polishing and maintenance. So there may be hope. Many young people are just not aware of older cars because of a lack of exposure to them, so we al...

McMaster Carr sells this material as "wire cloth" in various materials and mesh sizes, so you can make up a set of screens. Cheers, Bill

Bill does excellent work, and it is fun to visit his shop. Looks like a movie set. The wait was 6 months but was worth it. Cheers, Bill

Kidneys are over-rated. Good move.

I don't know which I like best - the car or the graphic! It is gorgeous! Cheers, Bill

Hi Bob, just got blind sided with an unforseen expense. I must pass on this rear end. I apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused you. It is a terrific opportunity for another member, and I trust it will be sold quickly. Regards, Bill

Bob, can you ship this? Please clarify. I will take it if you can get it to me in Philadelphia. We are close to Fastenall. it will be a spare for me, so no rush.

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I'm curious: how would the value of the car vs. the value of the house then compare to the value of the car vs. the value of the house today? Great stuff Rob! Cheers, Bill

So it looks like RV has invented a time machine. Finally.

Cheers, Bill

That's FROM Chaffins.

I have one for Chaffins. If you want it, email or pm me. $175.00. That is my cost. You pay shipping. Cheers, Bill

Bait for the desperate. Yipes.

I think I remember seeing a Marine motto that said " We having been doing so much with so little for so long we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. "

Sums it up, don't you think?

Cheers, Bill

Thanks for the parameter setting tips. I will give them a try! Cheers, Bill

Great work, well done! I could not paint myself into a corner with a 4 inch brush.

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One on ebay now, the auction is over a a couple of hours! Good luck, Bill

I would add "donate" occasionally if you are able. Cheers, Bill

Ben, I will take the 60" cable housing. Will pm you for shipping and payment specifics. Thanks, Bill

Superb post Herm. Thank you! Cheers, Bill

Still looking for a ride. Can meet you at Pittsburgh, New Stanton, Breezewood, Carlisle or points northerly! Thanks, Bill

That's WARTHER museum. Dang automated spell correction!

That is God's country. Check out the Mooney Walther museum. Henry Ford wanted to buy it from him and add it to Greenfield Village, but Mooney would not sell. His response to Mr. Ford was classic! Hope I can make it! Cheers, Bill

Happy B Day! Hope you still have all your original parts!

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I didn't think you were ever at a loss for words Stan.

Sometime between February 24 and March 1 Joe Bell will have my engine done. He is in Tiffin Ohio and I am just north of Philadelphia. Is anyone heading east around that time with room to carry an engine? I can meet you part way, and will be happy to help with fuel. Any distance will be of help. Chee...

RV, how do you determine the number to use if your plate is missing?

Cheers, Bill

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This forum is an outstanding resource. Last week, I had posted a request for guidance about how to repair my 1911 original steering quadrant and got a number of suggestions. I didn't expect to get a PM from Brent Reeb, who owns E&J Metal Fabricators, LTD located only 4 miles from me! Brent has a cou...

Larry nailed it. I use the yellow NAPA fibrous grease in many applications, and there are no more runny grease problems. There are other greases that stay put used for heavy equipment such as bulldozers, but my NAPA STORE is only 2 miles away.

Cheers, Bill

Coming in late on this, but I have heated cast iron prior to painting and actually had water dripping out of the castings. I would tin any surface I was pouring babbitt against, and do research to determine just how hot the block should be while pouring. Mike Bender has a video on this. Comments fro...

Early automotive age positive crankcase ventilator. Genius at work - way ahead of its time.

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Mine looked great and was operational when I bought my car. I then changed the ruxtell's oil and found the dreaded gray mud. Everything inside was worn out. After replacing everything, and I mean everything, and emptying my bank account of thousands of dollars for parts and putting in lots of my lab...

Kim, I will buy the head. PM coming. Bill

The Ford radiator script on the car at the top is a very well done graphic. Is it a real Ford design? Did the Ford logo change during the early years, and are there records of the changes?

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Great video, has a good beat and is easy to dance to. But forgive me for being thick, how do you time the shots of air going into the cylinders? If you pressurize the engine through the spark plug holes, wouldn't the cylinders just cancel each other out? Does the manifold in the video have some sort...

There is a good article about this in the new Horseless Carriage Gazette. Apparently there are inconspicuous LEDs that have the right brightness (?) and color for pre-1916 cars and fit in place of acetylene burners. I imagine they would work in later cars as well. If you don't get that publication, ...

Congrats to Rob Heyen who's Model K runabout is the cover car on AACA's Antique Automobile magazine for Jan/Feb 2020. Apparently it was built by a guy named Ford...

Cheers, Bill

In Ambler, just to the north of Philly, GT Radiator works on our old stuff and does a great job. Ask for Junior. Cheers, Bill

The cars weren't the only things that had brass. Great stuff Rob, thanks! Bill

Hello, I am repairing my 1911 steering column for the upcoming driving season. The brass quadrant is extremely worn which allows the throttle and timing levers to move up and down at will. I thought about putting in a new reproduction quadrant, but discovered it is quite different from the original....

I feel the Earth moving. Things are not going to get easier.

Sadly, Bill

Langston is top notch in my book. IMHO. Bill

Thou shalt keep thine belt buckle separate and at a distance from the automobile.

Good lighting is very important. If you are shooting something where colors must be accurate, try putting your setup next to a window to get natural light. You can light the side farthest from the window by covering a piece of cardboard with aluminum foil to make a reflector. Try holding it at diffe...

I bought a set for future needs, and they look to be top notch!

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Chick bait. Harley guys know this.

Happy New Year! Bill

Hi Marvin, I am thinking about buying this. Are you including the shortened water pipe as well? Is there a provision for a thermostat, and is one included in the package?

Thanks, Bill

So Herm, if a guy had an early engine and wanted to keep all the visible stuff original to the year in question, you couldn't help him out? You would not build with an early pan? Question asked with the greatest respect, Bill

Looks like a movie set! Cheers, Bill

How's mine coming along, Joe? Do you like what you see? Cheers, Bill

Wow. Are you using stainless for the balls and spring?

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Excellent thread, gentlemen. Just bought the valve stem fishing tool. About $8.50 with free shipping. Cheers, Bill

These things work great. Bill

Scott, do these fit a NH straight through carb?

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Hammer jockey victim. Yipes, Bill

Cool trucks! Has anyone in the club built a house car (camper)? Cheers, Bill

Piston ring pieces from a long ago quick (careless) rebuild? Any gouges in the cylinder walls from a broken ring? Just guessin' Bill

Cleveland rocks!

Did you know that the Cleveland Institute of Art is housed in a former Model T assembly building? According to the November issue of Hemming Classic Car, in December 1911 Ford began building assembly plants in major cities across the country. This allowed more cars to be built, lowered shipping cost...

I was advised to put a later wishbone on my 11 that mounts to the bottom of the axle because it is stronger. I get the point, but I thought if I went down the improvement road, pretty soon I would no longer have an 11. So I added an accessory axle support as they would have back in the day. Likewise...

Super topic. I was under the impression that lifters had a slight crown on their cam contact faces so that they would rotate in their bores during operation. Is that not so with model Ts?

Cheers, Bill

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Sweet! Scott, nice catch on the clevis pin. Cheers, Bill

I sent my engine out for rebuild, and so had to remove the manifolds. Had copper rings from Langston installed. Can they be reused and still provide a good seal?

When I got my 11, I pulled the inspection cover and all the rod caps to check clearances. I was too ignorant to know it was supposed to be a big pain. So I just did it. And it was not a bad job IMO. But, with me you have to remember "Where there's no brain, there's no pain."

Good luck! Bill

Steve looked natty on Thursday in sharp blue bibs. It was a pleasure to meet him! Cheers, Bill

Great advice, I will begin in the morning. Sounds like I should take lots of photos first. I have had the radiator out and the wishbone out before, plus the rear out, so some of this will be familiar territory. But I sure appreciate the tips, and even though I don't know anybody like that, I liked S...

I do that trick myself, but never to original bolts. Maybe I was a mechanic in a previous life, when those bolts were just bolts?

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Thanks. It is a 1911, and heading in Mr. Bell's direction. Think I will skip the idiot box for a few evenings! Cheers, Bill

I am up against the clock. I am in the middle of a major building project plus a car sale, yet am committed to pull and deliver an engine to Hershey on the 9th. I need to remove the firewall and windshield, steering column, engine pans, radiator, headlights and floorboards before pulling the engine ...

When this happened to me, somehow the ignition key got dropped in there. Oh no, it is made of brass, and a magnet was no use. Harbor freight bore scope and a wire with a blob of sticky goo on it saved my bacon. Good luck, Bill

Steve, what do you use for a power supply, and do you "flash" it when charging, or make a continuous connection? Also, how do you tell what the polarity is of your charger?

Thanks, Bill

FWIW, I am having similar thoughts! Cheers, Bill

I am no expert in T engines, but the cracks look like they are propagating from the ends of the oil slots, which appear to be cut to full depth right out to the ends. Can these slots be tapered to zero depth as they approach the end of the cut? In other words, cut them to resemble a rounded keyway? ...

The Germans and Swedes have reputations for excellent engineering and quality, and all of Dan's products are also top notch judging from what I have seen. But if BMC was providing the needles and shafts, I would run the other way. Best of luck Jason! Maybe you could post your testimonial after you r...

I have seen many bad outcomes of needle bearings in British sports car transmission layshafts (cluster gears) over the last 40 years. Maybe triple gears are different, but I'm thinking of using bushings for my upcoming rebuild. My 2 cents... Bill

Outstanding! I hereby nominate this as the first project to be posted in a new section for build threads!

Cheers, Bill

I am so pleased to see young people being involved in the hobby. Some of my best memories are of resurrecting a rusted out Mercedes sedan with a buddy, working in a chicken coop with minimal tools and gallons of bondo. His mom sewed the seat covers for us. We drove that thing all over northern Ohio ...

Wonderful. I like your license plate, too!

Cheers, Bill

Great idea! Any time you can organize information and make it easier to retrieve pays off in the future. Perhaps even older project postings could be aggregated into the build thread section? Google searching mtfca is very helpful, but having a list of project threads on this website would facilitat...

When I got my first brass car, a 1912 Buick, I thought about this left/right thing a good bit mainly because of the potential for injury and because I am a chicken when it comes to broken arms. It seemed to me that a left hand pull gets your hand out of the way better. I am right handed, so it is ha...

Said it once, here it is again. If you want young guys to get involved in this hobby, get young girls thinking that Ts are cool. The guys will follow. Take a girl and her friends for a ride. Teach them to drive a T. Mentor them then. Special girls will love this, and they might just start something ...

What is CLR, please? Bill

Hello, I have been reading up on heads and engine assembly, and came across a post that said every few years the head should be removed to clean out carbon from the combustion chamber. This is said to lead to wear on the block threads from removing and replacing the head bolts repeatedly. Does anyon...

OK. I will ask the question. Adam replied that some grease squeezes forward into the transmission and engine and may plug oil lines and grooves. I packed my u-joint with the fiberous yellow truck wheel bearing grease in hopes that it would stay put and not run out like regular grease. I also conside...

Many thanks! Cheers, Bill

Loading 23 cups of grease must have felt like groundhog day!

I think washing a car is the best way to really understand the form and character of the design, IMHO. And I think a detailed cleaning of the mechanical bits is a great way to do an inspection. That said, I hate cleaning a car! Cheers, Bill

There is a 1912 torpedo on the HCCA site. No association to me, but I have seen this car on the BBC tours and it performs very well. And a good looker! Cheers, Bill

Thanks Steve from a newbie who has been wondering about all this! Cheers, Bill

Wow. Thank you for this post, Jim! In awe, Bill

Scott, I also rode the train to Silverton in the very early 60s and remember dropping a rock from the passenger car step straight down to the bottom of the gorge hundreds of feet below. They must have built that stretch on a goat path! Cheers, Bill

It would be great if someone who has accomplished this feat of electrical engineering could publish a list of components that will work correctly together along with a circuit diagram used to hook them together. I have followed diagrams published before, which look logical and easy enough, but have ...

Ugh. I hope that wasn't the new engine. Looks like we should add the bands to items that should be magnafluxed during a rebuild. Good luck! Cheers, Bill

Jeff, I have been through this sort of thing, and many thanks and congratulations for seeing it through. What Teddy Roosevelt said. Cheers, Bill

This newbie sure appreciates the info! I will be pulling and replacing my engine this Fall, and I had no idea about the different tightening specs. I guess I should read the instructions... Maybe the guys who have been at this for a while and know these details could put together a book called somet...

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