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Bill Crosby

Frank, I would like to buy lot 9 and 10.

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Tom, I would be interested in a few If the price was reasonable.

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This is the 13/16 tool i use to adjust the clutch fingers.

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This is the 13/16 tool i use to adjust the clutch fingers.

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If you ream the spindle bushings they need to be In line so I make a tapered sleeve to fit the bushing hole and slip over the shank of the reamer to center the reamer. I ream .0015 thousands under the finished size and run a roller burnisher through to make the material to finished size and it makes...

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Dan This Is the fixture I use to Pour and Bore Model T Cam Bearings.

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Steve, I purchased a fat man steering wheel like yours at Hershey a year or two and It Is apart to restore so I could measure or take pictures if you need.

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Thank you all for your Input. It appears to be a 1926 Martin Perry Model 224 express. As cool as this truck Is I have too many projects to start another one and would like to find a new caretaker to restore It.

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Bill

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Does any one have any knowledge about a M F Model T Truck. It was found near Endicott New York. It Is In Very bad condition but Is quite unique. I haven"t found any Info about It and am hoping someone here can shed some light on It. In all my years of collecting Model T trucks this is the first one ...

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Old axle with bad Babbitt thrust washer out and newly rebuilt Ruckstell In.

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Are 26 & 27 roadster doors all the same? I have a 26 roadster and It appears that the doors that came with my project are 27 based on the door latches. I am having a difficult time fitting the doors.

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Mark, I took the drive shaft tube and radios rods off as usual but re installed the tube to show that the swinging arm works for both horizontal and In the vertical position. Thank you for all the kind words. I made It to save whats left of my knees and back. If anyone would like to make there own s...

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As I get older I need to make It easier to work on Model T axles. I have used the orange cart for many projects over the last 50+ years. The blue parts are newly made to hold Model T rear axles.

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Thank you all for your help.

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I am restoring a 1926 RPU and the latches that came with the car won't bolt up. Is there a difference between 26 and 27 door latches? The one in the left In the picture Is what came with the 26 open car that I am restoring. The one to the right Is from a 27 open customer car. Witch one Is 26 or do I...

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Scott, The shaft is a left over 1" PH 4140 with 16 TPI. The fingers are scraps of A2 and hardened by eye. The spring is from a ballpoint pen and too soft, so I have to wind one from piano wire. The spring doesn't have to do any more than extend the fingers after It goes through the hole as the finge...

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I saw a posting of this tool and had to have one.

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Hank, How much horsepower?

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The little Blue Car Is a MGTC my guess Is a 1949.

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What is the advantage?

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Tim, Post some pictures so we can help with it's value.

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Les, I could be interested. I'd like to see your design. Would It be for a Tobin Arp TA 14 ?

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From what I can see from the pictures It looks like a Model 600.

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Dan, What size do you need?

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Hi, In response to your questions about the holes in the door jam, there Is wood on the inside to stiffin the door jam and act as a tack strip for the cardboard interior panels. If you have more questions or need more pictures let me know.

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I will check tomorrow and take some pictures. Bill

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I have 3 26/27 roadster pickups here in the shop If you need more pictures. Bill

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Mark, Very nice job, I'm Impressed. Looks like a picture of perfection.

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Hank, You continue to prove there is more than one way to solve a problem.

As a machinist for most of 60 years, I'd super glue the broken parts together and put the parts on my tracing mill and make a copy in steel.

Your solution and fabricating skills are so simple and great.

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The long crank handle In the last picture looks like a late 40"s to mid 50"s Wisconsin single cylinder motor hand crank.

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Art, the thread size on the end of the cam for the nut Is 9/16-18.

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Mark, are you asking about hog ring pliers?

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Look on Ebay there are too many choices.

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Does any one know If there Is a proper height adjustments for the outlet tube In a Holley Vaporizer carburetor ?

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Bill

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I have had great success with a heated ultrasonic cleaning tank using Evapo-rust. It dissolves the rust (Iron oxide) leaving steel, Iron and aluminum unharmed. I used to use reverse electrolysis (and still do for large Items like engine blocks but this Is the best way to remove rust on smaller Items...

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Mark, My other car Is a Mini Cooper and if I pull up to the white line at the intersection I can,t see the stop/go light most of the time, so I use a Traffic Light finder with great success, try one they are cheep and work well. With your top up It will serve you well.

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Hank, I will look It up and see If that helps define It.

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Bill

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I am restoring a 1912 brass windshield hinge for a member and would like to know If anyone can tell me the type of brass that It's made from ?

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Dan, How much can you remove from the head surface is the amount of material available, Measure the thickness of the casting at the water holes. Measure as many places as you can as I have seen core shift were one end of an original head was less than 3/16 at the back and the front was more than 5/1...

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Bill Everett, I just looked at the puller and there are no markings on It. I purchased It from HF many years ago just for this purpose because I could not find my old ford hub puller. It did a good job at a cheep price.

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Scott, I didn't find much on the process that I use, There are many versions available that are good for high volume, such as Plasma, Arc and Gas spray. I have both high volume like a gas Metco P5 and low volume, hand held Gas torch for small individual jobs like a broken ear on a carb or a broken c...

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I purchased this one from Harbor Freight for less than $10 and modified the ears and It worked great. The hub came off without out any heat. If you can't pull It cold and have to heat It, pour a 5 gallon bucket of cold water on it after you get It red hot, be careful of the steam It will generate, I...

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Joseph, If you need It welded I have a Process for welding cast Iron. It Is called spray welding. I just repaired a broken part for a Duesenberg car that was irreplaceable. The weld Is as strong as the parent metal and does not leave any stress as conventional welding does. My opinion would be to ma...

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Mark, If you want a digital tack the pictures are of the components from a source on Ebay (they sell it in red or blue) and I show how I mounted the magnet ( I glued it to the crank starting pin) an mounted the pickup to the cam gear cover. You can see the magnet through the hole In the pulley. Tota...

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Scott, Helicoils are not inferior, I had to use the KeenSert for that hole as the customer had tried to use a self tapping Insert and It pulled out because of a poor quality thread in the block. I have used Helicoils for more than 40 years on jobs for Kodak, Xerox and IBM and never had a reject. Yes...

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Jim, I get them from McMaster Carr.

They are great Inserts.

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Just finishing a customer built motor with 15 domed nickle plated bolts in a Z head. It lost a head gasket seal with 3 striped and 4 soft torqued at 30 lbs, that's almost half of the 15. I used Keen Serts as there wasn't any good thread for the first 3/8 of an inch. Helicoils might have work, but I ...

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This Is the rod boring setup that I have developed over the years.

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The above should read have samples. Must be fat fingers.

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Mike, If you gave samples I can make copy's. Bill

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Pictures for previous post.

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Stewart, I have a nice 25 Chassis with 4 fenders, 2 running boards, 2 aprons, hood, grill shell, stearing column, light bar with buckets and lots of miscellaneous parts, or just the Chassis. none of the above are perfect but are restorable. If Interested send me a message.

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Scott, It sounds to me that you might have a broken 3317 transmission driven gear. I have had 2 customers with the same problem this year. If you message me I can talk you through the process to see If that Is the problem. Bill

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Picture Please and dimensions would help.

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To fix leaky or sloppy peddle shafts in hogs heads I have bored out the holes and pressed in bronze (not brass) bushings to tighten them and used O rings to keep them from seeping. I have done dozens for my customers with 100% success.

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After fighting with the removal of a rather difficult (stuck) drum I decided to make my own that would remove any clutch drum. The ford tool was very old and I had to straighten it back to the original shape way to many times. This one will last.

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I have always used a reamer, It's muck quicker and more acurate. The hone shown would work as long as you only need to remove a small amount of material, go with slow RPM to keep it round and stroke it in and out to keep it straight. Use ATF as a cutting oil and It will flush away the removed materi...

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Bill. Purchase an adjustable reamer from MSC.com, McMaster.com or off the internet and hand ream a little at a time or take it to your local machine shop. Smaller shops are more likely to help, Big shops are to busy. If you need more help send me a pm and I can talk you through the job. It's not har...

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After I finish line boring I burnish the Bearings to the crank with time saver in the same setup.

Take a look @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJRMptqPNB4

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I got tired of straightening my ford trans drum puller so I made one that will last.

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Jason, This Is what they should look like.

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Jason, this Is not correct or safe.

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Rob, Love all the photos.

What are the bore and stroke?

Bill

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The way I solve the cam oil seal from coming out or leaking, Is to clean the outside of the seal and the seal bore with acetone, let It dry than put a thin lining of ultra gray silicone sealant on the bore of the cover and push the seal into the bore, put a weight on it and let it set over night. Th...

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