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Mark Gregush

Don't forget the nondemounable later wheels that had 30X3 front 30X3-1/2 rears with one piece rim/felloe. Then there are the wheels with the button type tenons.

Mark Gregush

Tension and mechanical force one hopes!

Mark Gregush

The screws would go into the solid part. If installed in the joints would weaken them. pre drill the holes; https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ALeKk01kzoJc_VgY2jN4IdhXi5qK9yU-tA%3A1597456369955&ei=8T83X5XsOee_0PEP2oWRiAc&q=drilling+hole+for+wood+screw&oq=drilling+ho...

Mark Gregush

Not pipe. if it's 1925 back these are a copy of the shorter 1926/27 style;
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=15000

Mark Gregush

Very sad news indeed. Quite a loss to the car community. RIP

Mark Gregush

The holes in a metal fire wall are about 7/8 inches diameter and about 2-3/8 inches apart in the row, I think wood would be the same. That allows quite a bit of room where the insulators are located, not a glove fit. Working from the center of the firewall out, drill the holes so your insulators are...

Mark Gregush

I am going to be watching this one. I have a set of bows for the 20 Dodge that suffer the same problem from storage in hot dry environment (attic under metal roof). They lost their keeper and have relaxed some, well actually more then some.

Mark Gregush

When adjusting the null point, don't unscrew the 4 screws any more then is what is necessary to rotate the brush plate.

Mark Gregush

The kevlar has to woven in strips or belting. I looked at several suppliers for off the shelf, but none had the correct width, thickness or weave to do the job. Can't be simply cut from a sheet, the long edge would unravel.

Mark Gregush

About the only parts on my 1921 that were original to the car are: block, frame, front fender irons, running boards and maybe the hogs head. Everything else was too far gone to repair with my skill and tools at the time.

Mark Gregush

I have been watching eBay, even using different search parameters, so far no go. I checked with Myers Early Dodge, LOL I am use to T parts prices and expect higher for Dodge and Chevrolet so when they gave me a price of 45 plus shipping for a used cap, time to do more looking.

Mark Gregush

Great and thank you Gene.

Mark Gregush

Thank you Ray. I put a bid in on it last night.

Mark Gregush

Don't forget most everyone that has a T built before 1914, well at least in part.

Mark Gregush

Took the Simmons off the 21 and put the Kingston back on. The Simmons is having a flooding issue. When the Simmons isn't flooding, runs out pretty good.

Mark Gregush

I set my fan belt just tight enough to spin the fan, even with a water pump. The tighter the fan belt the faster the bushing in the fan pulley wear out.

Mark Gregush

Add thrust washers as needed to move back.

Mark Gregush

Under the message box, click on "Attachments", when that opens click on "files". That opens the window to load photos from your files. When you find the ones you want to post hold the "Ctrl" key down and pick the ones you want to load (up to 5 per posting). After you have picked the ones you want to...

Mark Gregush

They sure can do with it as they want. I asked because this is a Model T site which would have limited exposure to people looking to add a Model A to their flock.

Mark Gregush

Were the bushings replaced or just the shaft? If the bushings were not, then you now have a new shaft in a worn hole.

Mark Gregush

I am with Larry one this one. Can not understand why when most of the cars being restored were the open type, they would copy the longer sedan type not the more common open car. I have two of them like that. That's a lot of extra loom hanging under the cowl. I would have to look but don't recall hav...

Mark Gregush

Why did you shim up the bracket? Does the hand crank line up? Or are you moving it up because the hand crank does not line up? Moving it up, you may run into interference with the bottom of the radiator. If you raise the radiator up, then you put the hood out of alignment etc. Could it be that the f...

Mark Gregush

Hope you have it listed on sites that cater to the Model A people too?
Added the word "too" so as not to cause any confusion with people thinking I am saying it shouldn't be listed here.

Mark Gregush

here is what we need photos of;
The latch assembly on the rim
rim bolt
rim clamp
front and back of the felloe (that is the part the rim bolt goes through)
What you might have is Chevrolet wheels mounted on Ford hubs, would not be a first.

Mark Gregush

Copy and repost on the general forum, this section is for problems with the site not car questions.

Mark Gregush

Any one have a Dodge Brothers gas cap that would fit a 1920 kicking around? The threads on the tank are about 2-1/2 inches and 13 TPI. The top is 6 sided on a larger round base. (as I recall) Or even just a cap that would fit would work,.
Thanks

Mark Gregush

When you file it/them off be sure to releave the inside edge a little to clean up.

Mark Gregush

The 1915 plates were metal with porcelain coating. Did you mean painted?
http://porcelainplates.net/california_archive_2.html

Mark Gregush

See my last post.

Mark Gregush

https://mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14505

Mark Gregush

Dennis Carpenter, Mac's, Sacramento Vintage Ford, Bob Drake's are just a few. Several are west coast. https://www.earlyfordstore.com/flathead_ford.php https://www.bobdrake.com/_secure/login.aspx https://www.vintageford.com/sect_vehicles.cfm?Line=V-8 https://www.dennis-carpenter.com/?source=adwords&k...

Mark Gregush

He is just building a test engine, not for a car. It's going on a test stand.

Mark Gregush

Save your generator and go with LEDs. google: MTFCA LED, find a comfortable chair and start reading.

If your reflectors need replacing, get the good ones from Snyder's or Lang's.

Mark Gregush

I'll take the speedo gear. Email sent

Mark Gregush

I have run one like it. This style does line up with the Ford hot air pipe. The valve at the bowl is an enriching needle for starting or as needed for richer mixture. As far as performance, my OP is they mirror the Strombergs but not as common. viewtopic.php?t=6568

Mark Gregush

Try fitting the rings with out the coppers and see how it fits.

Mark Gregush

That last group with the center door must be taking a long break if they have time to read! Like the photos.

Mark Gregush

Try opening (running too lean) or closing (running too rich) the spray needle and retard the spark some, see if that helps. Question, what carb are you running? Have you checked for vacuum leaks?

Mark Gregush

Your welcome!

Mark Gregush

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50 ... 1445266021
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50 ... 1445695354
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50 ... 1439509779

Mark Gregush

They are not being picked up by the person you are sending to, so have been sent and are pending. Once they have been opened and read, they move out of the outbox. If someone is expecting a PM, the Notifications or Private Messages in the header will be a different color, red.

Mark Gregush

Herb, thanks for the video link. Cool stuff.

Mark Gregush

Close as I come to one of those is; in a box of papers I got from Alan Shurmen's estate auction is blueprint of the side and section view of the drive wheel.
That shop is way too clean for my taste! LOL Must only have one project going on at a time. Wonder what that is like?

Mark Gregush

I went with the two piece push rod on my 28 Chevrolet conversion. The first go round I had the Chevrolet ball socket on the bottom push rod and a modified recessed cap screw on the rocker. Next go round I will be going back to the ball on the rocker and ball sockets on tops of both sections of the t...

Mark Gregush

lmitch wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:46 am
What is the chain spoke for? Third photo front wheel.

Speedometer drive gear.

Mark Gregush

Show us again after you have the radiator on and it has to run up to temp a few times. Right now with that little bit of run time, would not tell us anything in the overall picture except maybe, a little extra oil in the cylinders from rebuilding and or a little rich, but again to early to really te...

Mark Gregush

I would be more concerned about how the sided curl up and not the gap. They should be flat across the bottom, not bowed. The bolts look fine.

Mark Gregush

Between the links in the below posting and itself, just in case refresher for setting the OF;
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/59 ... 1482595964

Mark Gregush

What looks like a pipe to fill the tender could also be the line to the bigger tank for city supply. It's a bit too high off the ground for fill tenders without an extension. On the other side, inline with water pump/tower is what looks like a grain storage. Team and wagon could turn around anywhere...

Mark Gregush

I have talked to Rich in Bakersfield and sent him some photos waiting to hear back. He is shut down more or less because of C-19.

Mark Gregush

Does it have the flapper in it ? Try adjusting the spray needle. These are not plug and play carbs they need to be adjusted to meet the demand of the engine, you might be running too lean.

Mark Gregush

Point to remember, Stan is using an industrial type ultrasonic with heat. I tried a HF, the middle of the road one they sell, took it back. Might be good for cleaning jewelry but not much else in my OP. I glass bead my carbs and clean passages as needed. We have a small HF blasting cabinet (next siz...

Mark Gregush

He has the new bronze plate.

Mark Gregush

My 25 still has cast iron pistons and don't think the transmission has ever been gone through. Sure it does clunk a little when you stop. I did not have enough rings to finish so I installed two 1/8" rings in the top groove in No 1, 2 and 3 holes when I honed the cylinders and took up the rods. Has ...

Mark Gregush

There is a lip that centered the spool on the opening. Later when Ford went to open spool it was eliminated. If the Ruckstell housing does not have the recess around the outside, then you would need to grind that lip off, or at least the half on the Ruckstell side. The center section I have that has...

Mark Gregush

If sand or bead blasting, I tape over the label and work around it. Look at the underside and see if the holes go through the casting, if so you might be able to punch them out from the back.

Mark Gregush

Cool on the Dodge and thanks I sent a reply.

Mark Gregush

Add to that mix 21" rims for other cars that used the same size tires and may even have been made by some of the same companies that made them for Ford, but are just a little different.

Mark Gregush

Gary, it is getting disk brakes.

Mark Gregush

Erik if you have their contact information could you PM me with it. What year Dodge do you have?
Thanks
Mark

Mark Gregush

Thanks Chris and everyone else that has replied. Going by the others I have seen so far that are put together and have same bracing other similar parts; I going with the person(s) that did this one knew what they were doing so while the welds don't look pretty on the outside, without x-raying, I thi...

Mark Gregush

While it would require a repaint, why not hot tank the housings and coat the inside with the same stuff suggested for sealing the inside of engine blocks? Any sealer you would pour in would require a clean oil free surface to bind to.

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Mark Gregush

If you open the links above there is a lot of info other then that I really don't have a lot of info. I have seen the same modifications/brackets etc when I started looking to see if I could find who set this one up, used on others including Model A. So pretty darn sure it's not a home made conversi...

Mark Gregush

Also, adding a gasket will move the housing apart acting like a shim. Of hand you would be moving them apart in .005 range depending on the thickness of the gasket compressed.

Mark Gregush

Bill I don't know. If there is some markings I can find, what would they be? Or would more photos help? I can post more photos later.

Mark Gregush

Installing the KC Warford in my OP would be no different then the Volvo. Both are modern. If you read, this is going to have a hot engine and I don't mean just a HC head.

Think speedster but with 26 coupe body on it so well past being a stock T.

Mark Gregush

Thank you Keith and Dave, I am a kinda on that same page re the Layne.

Mark Gregush

I am rebuilding a rear end that will have a Volvo overdrive installed. Great except, the person that started the project is not in the picture. Tim bought this setup that was going to be use with extended frame, but his plans are to use with 26/27 coupe body and keep stock length. As it is now it's ...

Mark Gregush

Seeing all the differences in how far the screws are, you really need to start with a good base line and go from there. Sure it may take a few tries to get a good clutch, but you will end up with an evenly adjust set of fingers and even pressure on the clutch ring. Because of the single slot, they w...

Mark Gregush

When I had the Chevrolet over head and Bosch front plate distributor on mine, I got to over 50 (that was with a VW a 28 carb no less) on the flat and straight road with not not much traffic. Did I feel safe, no I did not. Between the steering (which is in good shape), brakes (RM's) and those narrow ...

Mark Gregush

Can't provide any info but you might try posting here also;
https://www.smokstak.com/forum/forums/a ... trucks.57/

Mark Gregush

google "hand crank coil tester" You can access 2017 and 2018 thru the main menu on the forums list. Other wise you need to do the suggested search and look for dates in what you find.
I found this doing so;
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/80 ... -93057.pdf

Mark Gregush

Thoughts on gluing or clamping; If you glued it on, run the beads parallel to the running board so water or moisture can flow out. Once glued on would be more or less permanent so no taking if off if breaks or change your mind later without some work. Clamps, depending on how thick/wide they are, mo...

Mark Gregush

here is another way;
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/118802/177570.html
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/25 ... 1346263614

Mark Gregush

This is not the place to ask car questions, you need to ask on the General forum. This is forum support for questions about the system or issues with.

Mark Gregush

Your are going to have to take the brake band out in any case. The band would be bent out of shape by not doing so. Then remove the adjuster on the passenger side and the ear, turn the band past the end of the stub shaft and slide it back. You are going to have less interference from stuff on the dr...

Mark Gregush

https://www.smokstak.com/forum/forums/m ... units.112/

Mark Gregush

The door would be the same from 1915 to sometime in 1925 before they changed the hinge per the body parts book.

Mark Gregush

Try here;
https://www.smokstak.com/forum/
I haven't looked for sure, but there might be a section for them.

Mark Gregush

Thanks for the info on the 3 port, good to know. For my type of use with the Chevrolet conversion, I have considered going to smaller intake valves. Mine is going for the wow not race factor. If you look at the runners for the intakes, they are pretty big anyway. I think you could drive a Smart car ...

Mark Gregush

I had issues with the modern flasher doing the too fast flash using standard 6 volt turn signal bulbs (1158's I think). Swapped it out for old stock flasher solved my problems. You can find them on eBay.

Mark Gregush

After I got the information on where the engine number was (the guy that posted the info is from Australia and was posted between 11 and 12 our time) on one of the 3 spare engines I got with the car (along with a bunch of other parts) I was out in the ship at midnight looking for it. Found out it's ...

Mark Gregush

Thank you Duey for the compliment.

Mark Gregush

Cool! Did you mean 3 port Olds head or stock 2 port?

Mark Gregush

he has posted in the classifieds.

Mark Gregush

The only thing I can see is that the groove needs to be cleaned up so not sure where you are seeing a crack. You might take a marking pen and circle where you are asking about. Or try soaking in mineral spirits and see if leave a wet spot where the crack might be. After wiping off, the mineral spiri...

Mark Gregush

I have 25 numbers blocked on my cell phone, in less then one day I got 49 calls from the same blocked number. I had googled that number, you do not want to answer. It will take forever for them to stop calling. Sorry don't remember which one of the 25 blocked blocked it was. With my blocking, the nu...

Mark Gregush

Is the rear end installed? Guessing if the parts shown were needed he replaced the axles?
Simple check, push the axles in and out and same with driveshaft, how much play? When you turn the driveshaft, how much play do you feel or hear? Did he install the u-joint rivet?

Mark Gregush

Looks like a good start. You have going to have to pull the rear end or engine anyway to install that transmission. So you can install the missing bolts etc at that time. When you install the transmission, did you get the rear support for it? I would not recommend just hanging it off the back.

Mark Gregush

I would think that wood bands would create more heat then Kevlar or cotton if miss used? Kevlar and cotton being woven and can hold more oil then the wood bands.

Mark Gregush

tom_strickling wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:05 pm
If you use modern speedometer cable inside the flexible brass housing, do you need a sleeve of some type over the cable to protect the brass??

Yes you in need the inner sleeve. The kits sold by the dealers come with it.

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The AC's I had were the original cable type. A friend installed the modern AC's and he made up a cable system. The only brakes I have with rods are the Rocky Mountain, even then I made my own equalizer that leaves the parking brakes as completely independent of service brakes, but used rods. Using t...

Mark Gregush

I did/do mine kinda seat of the pants. Jack the car up, adjust till there is a little drag then back off till turns easy. Take the car for test run using brakes as little as you can. Watch out bands can be very hot! Check the temp of the bands. If just a little warm leave as is, if HOT, back off a t...

Mark Gregush

Atlas 9" long bed converted to 10". Not a quick change setup. The 3 jaw chuck is really out, but as long as I don't take what I am working on out, it works ok. Guess I will have to get some photos, don't have any on this computer.

Mark Gregush

I am kinda sidelining the Model T's for a while and taking on the task of getting this 1920 Dodge road worthy. Took me a better part of a day to work the multi plate clutch free. Got it running and have driven it a bit.

Mark Gregush

Which begs the question, why do so many on here have to spell Chevy as C***y as if it's some kind of dirty word? It doesn't seem to matter with any other Brand, just Chevy. I have never understood that thinking. Just something to think about while sitting at home. :) :? :lol: Dave I sure don't! I s...

Mark Gregush

I have done the same thing only mine was my 1948 F2

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