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John @ Model T Ranch makes a equalizer very simular to the rocky mountain one. I made my own equalize for the A-Cs on my speedster ( pull type instead of push) and used chebby E-brake cables so I had an adjustment for cable length. I took them off & made rods for them the only differance I found was...

Very interesting. Looks like they must have had magnito ignition driven off the cam gear. If they where used for fire pumps they would use pump water scavanged off the the fire stream to cool the engine. Most fire apparatus (trucks ) use the engine for both transportation and pumping the fire stream...

Hi Tony, I love what you did to adapt cap, rotor & points. I have been trying the same. 009 dissy to american bosch clamp on early Distributor, jeep to Thomas & Stultz to Atwater Kent. all have threre chalangeses.

Neat ideas, I use the plug lifting eyes but dislike the fact that they dont lift level. You have twice the thread engagement in a spark plug hole than a head bolt. I would make sure they are tight in a aluminum head. Pat the sling idea looks pretty versatile ( thats a neat fan) and I would like to k...

Don't know where I would have kept them. By the time I got out of High School I had ouned 20 or more cars. My only intrests where cars & girls and going as fast as I could with both. Then one day I started keeping only one of each. Funny how that works. Now I'm into as many old cars s I can get my h...

Happy New Year. I personally have never had the privlige of meeting Original Smith. I do know some how have had stimulating conversations with him. We all have a effection for the most accessorized automobile ever produced. I find it admorable that some try to keep them as they came from the factory...

Lots of advice on how to drive a model T. All seems good. Heres some on how not to drive a T. Get it running, drive it around the block three times, load it on the trailer and go to a 150 mile tour. Trust me on this one. Practice Practice Practice.

I use the Cole Hersee master disconnect switch on all my T's. Drill the hole for the ground in the frame and grind off the rust & paint on the frame and connect the switch then connect the ground cable to the switch. It will be hard to get to but no one will notice it. We forget there are two sides ...

Looks like he reversed the low/clutch pedel using the brake shaft as a pivot and converted the reverse to hand operated. Very inovative.
Super nice car! My hats off to you.

Hi Michael,
Meassure the front square drive if it is 13/16" it needs a adapter & U/joint to hook to the T transmission making it longer. If the square is 7/8" then it will bolt direct to the T transmission. You will probably need to turn the shifter around to clear the seat.

Hi Joseph, The new Rockies are self energizing forward and work poorly in reverse and when wet. If you have a Aux. Trans. and get cought going up hill and either kill the engine or get out of gear you may find yourself in trouble. Having a good park brake is advised. ( park brakes are sometimes remo...

Hi Hank,
You did a fine job on that case. I'm sure glad you took that on. I don't think I could have done that nice of a job on it ever.
Way beyond my expectations. Thank you very much. Craig

The Gandkids are all grown up know so the fire truck is not as much fun. The wife would rather have a closed car. T or A sedan?

Sorry guys no carb that a engine will run on should quite after a mile. look for a fuel supply issue. take the fuel line off the carb run it into a 5 gal. bucket. If the the fuel is still running free after 5 minutes. then the problem is in the carb, if the fuel stops running then its a supply probl...

I started using electric fuel pumps Because I had a down draft also, I have switched to updrafts but found Tillotsons & Sheblers require more volume than standard T carbs. most 12 vdc pumps require a regulator for gravity Carbs. Most 12 vdc pumps will be fine with 6 vdc. I personally have had P.P. l...

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Hi dell,
What do you have in mind? I have a hose ladder truck but it is not a restoration its a frame up build on a stretched car frame with a muncie & rockies.

Hi William,
That is one interesting piece you have there. The ball fly governor, tachometer & old still radiator give it real charactor. To bad its so far away. I'll bet the Lotus 7 is fun!

Thanks Brad, I do have a complete trans. but the case has been broken in half, who ever tried to weld it never learned how to weld aluminum, the weld is so porous that gear oil leaks threw it making it almost impossible to to repair. If the weld is that porous I dought it is very strong. so I have b...

Adam I'll take it for that, I have a case that' s in worse shape I can take the hole flange off of if needed. Just out of curiosity how much to repair Hank?

Hi Adam. Do you have the broken piece?

I assume we are talking about cotter pins someone else installed? The thing to remember is cotter pins don't realy keep nuts from coming loose. They keep them from falling off. Wrapping them around around the nut is not nessessary. They only need to be bent enough to keep the pin from falling out. A...

Hi Mike,
Is the flapper & float in that Kingston?

OK Branden, Finaly a question that has the potential of realy stirring things up. lol. The reason for warming up the engine is to stir up any sediment that is in the engin & trans. so when you drain the oil it is removed instaed of staying in the bottum of the pan. Detergent oil is designed to keep ...

David, take the wire off the mag. get a DMM or other means of testing AC volts, start the engine & check to see if you have any output from the mag if you have good AC volts out of the mag look for other issues if not take the trans cover off and look for things that should not be in there before pr...

Hi Jonah, Not sure where it is you live. But here's the situation where I live. The water acidity is slightly less than battery acid, creates scale and rust on a level uncomon to most. today it was 110 degrees. I have come up with a way to fill blocks & heads with Zepp calcium, rust & lime remover t...

Hi Jeff if you have the later style I'm sure I kept the instructions. let me know OK

I think most aluminum pistons use 1955-1956 chevy 265 cu.in. rings so you can buy them by bore size ie. Std, 10-20-30-over from some suppliers. You do get enough for two engines when you buy a set

RTV is the best thing i know of for oil leaks when used in moderation, but I have pulled it out of oil pickups from Harleys to big cam Cummins. Its like alcohol Ok in moderation. Deadly if abused.

Hi Frank, There is a guy here in Arizona that shows up at antique tractor shows with a 26 or 27 model T coupe with a V8 60 & model A drive train. His documention shows it was done by a relitive in the 1960s. At first glance you can hardly tell. There was a guy in Californa that was doing this model ...

Hi Erik, If you have a lathe or know some one with a lathe pick up two grade 8 7/16 bolts and machine the bolts to use. I have used up most of my cam bearing bolts on stuborn clutch hubs trying to pull them shearing them off and bending them. they are very soft. it also helps to make the stem as lar...

I was always told there was a tool for every purpose and a purpose for every tool, That is a double ended adjustible open end hammer!

Hi Don, The first head I milled did the same thing. Turns out I held it incorrectly and it had a 0.004 ark front to rear. The machine shop found it & milled 0.005 off and it was fine after that. Did you have the block milled also? Have you given any thought to putting 0.005 or so shim washers under ...

Great pics. Antique motor cycles were my first love and I was a charter member of the largest antique motor cycle club in the metro Phoenix area.
Gave them up when I became a grandfather and got a model T. The grandkids love them and more than one can go with. Thanks for the memories.
Craig.

I must have missed the answer to spokes to bare metal part. I have heard two thoughts on this. One if you powder coat the fellow the coating will wear and leave the spokes loose, the other if left bare metal they will rust and get loose? Is there a diffinative answer if you want to leave the spokes ...

Hi Neil,
If the OD is 1.576 or 40mm & .306 or8mm try tc 26 40 8 4 IVAK These seem to work well in the 2510N & the 2510NB seal sets I have. I know they are made in China but they were all my seal house had that matched up.

Years ago the club I belong to did a tour to some Assisted Living Homes around Christmas to visit & display the model Ts. While standing next to one of the club members very nice 1912 touring cars a elderly woman with a walker was in front of the 12 looking intently at the car, one of the members to...

Food for thought as more and more supposed driverless cars that do not have acidents are on the road the more insurance for driven cars will be. The people that make & promote driverless cars are counting on that being the trigger that gives them the market. And drives out the driven car. They predi...

Small bit of wisdom from Tony Bowker at past speedster runs. We all know that you can probubly lock the rear wheels. But locking the rear wheels will not necessarily stop the car. drive ahead of your self & pay attention. Sorry it sounds better with a english brogue.

I think we are looking in the wrong direction when it comes to the future of the model T. Liberal ideas like the Green New Deal will force them out of existance long before there inability to keep up with trafic will.

Hi Lisa, My Name is Craig and I own model Ts. I have been afflicted for 13 years 7 months. And if it wasnt for the people in these groups I don't know were I would be today. Oops wrong meeting. I think you will find that model Ts are the icing on the cake the big part of this hobby is the people, th...

That is the same setup I have on my speedster works super. takes alittle work to set up the throttle and mixture adjuster but works great!

Thanks guys this gives me lots of food for thought. A couple of questions have come to mind, I have not seen very many single axle trailers with brakes and I consider brakes a must, any thoughts on that and is there any ideas on the use of car tires I have always been under the impresion they are a ...

Mack your post came as I was in the last one. Ive seen your trailer before & the one view it looks almost centered. I have a 16' utility trailer that I towed my T on once that has the axle pretty far back. with the T loaded I had about 600 lb. of tongue weight, towed terrible. Nice set up you have t...

OK maybe I'm not making my self clear. I would never build a trailer with no tongue weight. I tow with a 1500 truck. Yes I know thats on the light side. I let the 1 ton go years ago because I cant afford to drive it 10,000 miles a year to & from work @ 6 mph and still aford to have model T's My choi...

Yes Bud I'm awhere of the issues with single axle trailers untill I bought the tandem 15 years ago I towed every thing on a single axle trailer. I have towed a T 1500 miles on a single axle trailer. Every race car & sand rail I'm just interested in wether anyone has tried moving the axle forward for...

I'm hoping for some feed back on designing a single axle trailer for hauling my model T's. I know all the pro's & con's of single axle verses tandem. I have a nice18'tandem dovetail but it weighs almost twice what a T weighs and is a pain to park. Most of the tailermade trailers are built on a 60%40...

I believe that is a double A products made for Craftsman. That model was my first lathe. If I remember correctly it also has a back gear. My machinist buddy told me to return it and get my money back that I couldn't afford it. 10 years later when we were loding a 14" x 60" 3 faze he said see I told ...

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Still have this gear if anyones interested

Some of the guys like to use the old iron pistons, I wanted a little more out of this engine so I put aluminium high compression pistons in it. These where in a engine that was used as a stationary power plant and they are carboned up on top, skirts look good as do the wrist pins & bushings.they are...

Jim, I think what you are looking for is shown in a Forum post from Dec. 21 2012 there are some good pics, ideas & links in that post. Good luck. Craig

Hi Steve , I like the Tilleson & Shebler carbs because the can be adjusted while driving like the stock carb. I find that invalueble for getting the most out of my T. There are good air filters and parts are easy to find. I do find a fuel pump & regulator a must. I run 2 1/2 psi. Don't buy a cheap p...

Scott,
Thanks for the advice, most MFGs called them elevators. I have a retro Atwater-Kent timer elevator that I put a Stulz distributer on works fantastic.
KW called them a timer riser so I figured if anyone had one thats what they would call it.

Hi Grady,
Never got a email. I emailed you with a phone #

Remember when they said computers would make our lives easyer, elliminate the use of paper and we would all be driving fling cars. And look now they are making cars they woun't let us even drive. what else did they lie to us about?

Anyone in need of a drive gear for a KW Timer Riser? Looks to be NOS I can't see any sign od wear. $35 plus shipping

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The nice thing about biulding a speedster is you have a lot of freedom where & how things go together, as far as placement put them where they are comfortable. My next speedster will have the seats staggered so we are not sholder to sholder( move the navigators seat back ) Also make sure the seats a...

I seen 7/64 used for a diameter so 3/32 should work right? TIG welding rod.may be the answer. You can get it in steel ER70 & 308 stainless.

Does the web director know you are posting brass carb porn? darn those are gorgeous!

Sorry all my felloes are 1/2" tennon. Thanks.

I'm putting my reserve engine back together. After 7 years in my speedster I had a catastrofic low drum failure. I had made up a turbo 400 clutch set as per the MTFCA book. After a thorough inspection I elected to use them again because I could not find any defects. Did the same thing with the origi...

Hi Andy, What size tennen? any pics?

Yes Frank I would, infact I got to drive it. It's a real nice piece, ran & drove very nice, some one spent a lot of time on it.

Thanks everyone I think I will put it away for now. I'll save it for for an emergency. You never know there may be something to the zombie apalypse.

Hi Dan,
Yes it is narrower than the drum but is the same width as the wide band I have. Anyone have an idea what it is if not band material? thanks.

Found this in some T parts I bought along time ago. Is this band material its 1.71 wide and .169 thick. Thanks. Craig

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Ive heard they shift better, I'm mainly looking for a case for one of mine but I need a three. thanks

Every one is correct here, so keep in mind the thicker they are the more strain you willl put on the bearings & axle. Happy machining.

Hi Randy,
Is that a 2 or 3 speed? Thanks

Yes Waterous is still in business I know a gentalman that works for them. they make pumps, drives & accessories. I was at there facility once and they said they have drawings of almost everything they have ever made. Everything in the fire industy is very expencive. It sounds like the parts you are ...

Some guys have all the luck. Take a look at the old bearing sleave to see if the wear is evan though the bore this will be a indicator of how straight the housing is. Measure the thickness of the new sleave and compare it to the old one. If the sleave is substantialy thicker and the housing apears s...

I think thats used to set the pitch of saw blade teeth. I have several simular to it that my grandfather used when sharpening his hand saws.

John Stoltz@ Model T Ranch Makes a equalizer & pedal for setting up large drum brakes to work with the pedel. It looks just like the one for Rockies. I think it will work with just about any outside brake set up. My first set of outside brakes I built a cable system using Chevy truck park brake cabl...

Hi dennis, If you still have these for $20 I would like to buy them. Will try to send email. Thanks Craig.

Hi Matt,
The distributer came today looks great Thanks.
Craig

Ok I think I have this solvd. I miss keyed Matt's email address. Paypal held up payment because of my screw up. Matt and his wife have been most gracious though this and I thank them very much. Dyslexic's of the world untie.

Hi Matt I sent a email to PayPal trying to find out what is going on. please be patciant. Thank You. Craig

Pay Pal indicates you did not accept payment as ageed. I paid what you asked. I expect you to honor the purchase Craig.

Matt I paid you for that distibuter through paypal 10 days ago what are you doing. Craig

I run water pumps on both of my T's because I have very fine radiator cores and they don't thermosiphon well in parades and long hills. The choice of cores is my fault not Henries. Oh and I live in Arizona. I'm so happy this came up again. I hate to get on these touchie subjects because there re so ...

Looks like Edmund aswered the head rotation question.

Hi Matt,
Tried calling again. Is there two distributer heads there & do the gears look good? My goal is to make a timer elivator. Does the hole head rotate?
How do I get you paid?

Matt can I call you tomarrow.?

Hi Matt I think thats a Atwater kent distributer or a copy of one. Is the gear on the shaft, and the one in the pic for the cam? It Looks like it will fit a T. would like to talk to you about getting it. I Tried calling. Thanks Craig

David,
Shoes came today Thanks

David,
I see those shoes are bonded not riveted how did they come from and will they fit in the drums? if so I would like to puchase them if you still have them

Hi DanDy, The Muncies are pretty easy to work on, near identical to an old 3 spd. The pocket, thrust & counter shaft run bronze bushings & the lower shafts are the same size as old truck 4 spd. ( you have to cut them to length ) The main shaft bearings are a common size you can get at the bearing ho...

Thanks Hank,

thanks anyway

OK I think there is still room for confusion. No one has been able to tell me if you can put the gears from a aluminum case warford into a cast iron case to bolt it direct to the back of the T trans like the aluminum case . If this is possibility I would be interested especially if some one would pi...

Bill,
How long have you waited to use that line?

Mac tools sells a flexible shaft magnet that's fantastic for these situations it's about 20" long made from a 1/8" soft aluminium shaft with a knurled handle the magnet is only 5/16" around & 1/2" long. It's strong enough to pick up a 9/16" wrench. I keep one at work & at home. There pricey at about...

Hi Jeff;
The Vintage Ford volume 48 #4 July/August 2013 has a great article on the Winfield car adjustment.

Hi Robert,
Steve & John are correct. May I put in my two cents? If you have a infrared thermometer use it so you don't end up with a nut tattoo on one or more fingers. And Google how to ( voltage drop ) test a starter circuit you will find it a more accurate method. Good luck

Don't know if you have the same issue Iv'e been having trouble with, I have what the hand surgeon calls trigger finger. it's a tendon problem. They correct it with cortisone shots or surgery called a trigger release, had my thumb on my right hand done last year worked great. looks like my ring finge...

First I would check the IR thermometer, 354 degrees is past seizure temp.last I knew water boiled @ 212 degrees @ sea level. Go out to your modern vehicle & check it, if you are seeing 354 degrees @ the top of the radiator when @ operating temp. there is the problem. Try testing your motometer in bo...

Ron, The Muncie U/joints are pretty hard to come by and are usually worn out. Some time ago I purchased one with a homemade coupler to replace the U/joint. It as cured but seemed to work. I'm getting ready to replace that trans with a rebuilt one and this is what I came up with for the coupler in th...

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