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Dan McEachern

Lloyd Riggs ran an Akron head for many years with the tubes and ball bearings on his speedster. He was from the Danville ,CA area-not sure what happened to the car. I have pictures of the car and head if you want a copy.

Dan McEachern

A sad day indeed, but we should all be so lucky to have had as much fun in a Model T as Howard did. He drove the wheels off of #7 and he had a grand time doing so. What a ride he had! RIP Howard.

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That was a smokin deal!!

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Another way would be to step bore them and press a ductile iron insert into the bore from the inside.

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Leave it alone!!!! Dan

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Why not just make it in one piece like the original and be done with it?

Dan McEachern

Mark- if you need help send me an e-mail. dmcgears@yahoo.com. Did you get the wheel hub loose from the axle taper? if so, the wheel should slide out. Dan

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Please post a picture of your distributor plates so we can try to determine what you are working with and trying to match up. Be aware that several of the clip on style distributors do not have the distributor shaft at a right angle to the cam centerline.

Dan McEachern

I just received this from Rich Johnston at Speedway Motors regarding Larry. All Rich says about Larry and more is so true. Dan Dear Speedster friends, We regretfully report that our good friend and longtime Model T enthusiast Larry Sigworth died suddenly in the early morning hours of this past Monda...

Dan McEachern

I have a new set of straight cut cam gears on the shelf. Bronze cam gear and 4140 steel crank gear. Send me an e-mail at dmcgears@yahoo.com if you are interested. Dan

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Joe- - I got your e-mail. Will respond today. Dan

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If it has a leather disc for a piston seal, use neatsfoot oil on the leather. I do admit to a little machine oil from time to time though.

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Hi Tim- have Rich order a new condenser- I recall his mag is an MJB Bosch.
Dan

http://www.mainelymagnetos.com/BoschParts.html

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I made another batch of the lower cluster gear shafts for the Rocky Mountain 3 Speed drive line transmissions. These are hardened and ground chrome nickel steel with the pin end .010 oversize to fit the cases that are usually worn. I only have two of these and probably won't be making anymore so. . ...

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My guess is they were made by Fairfield Manufacturing. Fairfield was purchased by Oerlikon several years ago.

Dan McEachern

The cracks going to the outside- just pin them. The crack to the cylinder wall- normal practice would be to pin it and then sleeve that cylinder, as I'm not real fond of a pin in the ring travel area, but given how much these get driven relatively speaking, pin the end of that crack as well (there i...

Dan McEachern

jeff- those cracks in the brake drum can't go anywhere- use it.

Dan

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If it was mine- pull the windshield, headlights and radiator. Disconnect the drag link. Unbolt the firewall from the body and unbolt the firewall brackets and the lower steering bracket from the frame. Pull the firewall, coilbox and steering column as one unit. Unbolt the front radius rod, ball cap ...

Dan McEachern

pretty sure all the aluminum hub fan pulleys are the same diameter. There was one version with a longer snout on it, but the diameter was the same.

Dan McEachern

Call Grant directly- they are pretty helpful and I'm pretty sure you can purchase individual rings from them.

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Autolite AG42. that's an old plug number but you can find them on e-bay. Dan

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Unless its in an early car and has a DB axle, it may be less expensive to simply replace the axle. Axles are pretty plentiful and usually cheap.

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Hi Tom- Cal Cams was located in Oakland, CA for many years and Brad was the original owners son. They have been out of business quite some time. Their cams were always decent quality and performed well. Although the business is gone, I'm still using several of their old grinds on my cams. If you wan...

Dan McEachern

Looks like a coupe-o-let.

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AFAIK, Gary's Ames touring is in the possession of one of his sons. Dan

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Thanks. Here is a link to the actual thread dimensions. https://www.mdmetric.com/tech/thddat26.htm

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Hi Mark- could you post the link to the 10V2-28 thread specification or PM me with it? Thanks, Dan

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Richard- contact Russ Furstnow- I'm pretty sue he can make you a nice leather one. Dan

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Dump that needle bearing! They need to run on a hard shaft, and drive shafts are way too soft. the only reason it has not destroyed the shaft surface is there is really no lateral load at that end of the drive shaft. Another case of a really poorly designed "improvement".

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What size? Are they dental drive or pin drive?

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I second Kevin's suggestion.

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I'm outa popcorn, BUT- Gene if you or anyone else knows of a case of my needle bearing conversion failing, I would sure like to know about it. The needle bearings have never failed as far as I know, and the reason is they are a 100% engineered solution to an ongoing problem that will never go away r...

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26-27 Vaporizer Carburetors.

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Dan- I just sent you an e-mail regarding pins with oversize press fit diameters.
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There are no "billet" flywheels. All model T flywheels are cast iron. Later production flywheels were machined on all surfaces from castings unlike earlier production that only had critical areas machined.

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Pass the popcorn please!

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If anyone else wants set of 30x3 1/2 T Drivers that are not quite as worn as the ones above I have set available- 5 tires actually. Removed 2 weeks ago and near Oakland CA. Same pricing as above.

Dan McEachern

You appear to have the correct gear. There is really no need for a locking feature if you think about it. The 9/16 nut on the end of the cam, when tightened is more than sufficient to keep the gear from moving. We make the replacement gear sets and often get a call that "you forgot the keyway" when ...

Dan McEachern

I strongly recommend that you do not do this to correct insufficient backlash in a set of timing gears. My gears are accurately cut to run on the standard Ford center distance of 3.937" with correct backlash. If you have an issue with too much or too little backlash, we normally have both undersize ...

Dan McEachern

what Scott said- press the gear toward the tapered end, remove the keepers, put axle in lathe and widen the keeper groove toward the gear end, replace keepers, press gear back against keepers, make thicker spacer . . . . . . done

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Ivan- I have the gears available if you are interested, drop me an e-mail at dmcgears@yahoo.com

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Kevin- regarding the piston retainer plate, I simply mill them out of bar shock and cold form the retainer tabs. They look just like the GM part except they are not stamped.

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I make mine out of 3/16. I just made a batch. Also ,it a really bad idea to set these up without the wheel cylinder piston retainer plate. Without that, if you break an axle and the wheel comes off you loose your braking ability on the other wheel. That plate is an OEM only part and is not available...

Dan McEachern

Mid 50's GM passenger car. IMO, using the stock T backing plates is not the best, it may work, but they are too thin and will flex excessively. I'm sure others will disagree.

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Walt- I believe Ray gave you my contact info. I'm machining the pushrod ends now and my goal is to have them to the heat treater next week. These are copies of original Fronty pushrods as shown in the above picture. Dan

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Just another hill!

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DONT drive one of them RHD model T's!!! ya put the gas lever up (the one on the right) and a second later you realize you moved the wrong one and the car is not slowing down!!!!

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If you need an oversize cam gear, I have a pretty good assortment of them in stock. Not sure what you mean that your bronze gear is undersize unless it was a special that we intentionally cut undersize for some reason in the past. My e-mail is dmcgearsatyahoodotcom. replace the at and dot with the u...

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I looked at my stock and all are with gear sets- sorry, no extras at the moment. Dan

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If not I have some. let me know. Dan

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Contact these guys- they can make up a set of rockers and stands for you.

http://rockerarms.com/index.html

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I have sump castings available if this is the style you are looking for. $125.00 ea plus shipping Send me a PM or dmcgearsatyahoodotcom.

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The proper name is gasket wire now!

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Seems it would have been easier to face some material off the non-ring gear side thrust washer rather than welding , but I was not there.

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No e-mail received. You should have one from me this morning- perhaps check your spam folder? Dan

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Sent you an e-mail. Dan

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William- I'll take the carburetors. Will send PM or contact me. dmcgearsatyahoodotcom
thanks,Dan

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We have one just like that on our #45 speedster. They are beautiful steering wheels! Congrats to who ever purchased it.

Dan McEachern

Seems to me if you want to improve things and not just replace one type of bearing for another, safety hubs would be a much better choice. At least if you break an axle, the wheel won't fall off with safety hubs.

Dan McEachern

I always balance them to within .5 grams. You can take 8 grams off- a good place is the shoulders on the edge of the counterbore on the bushing flange side. You can also turn material off the rear side on the flat face. Next resort is drilling equally spaced holes. Yea, some of them can be kinda har...

Dan McEachern

Use a tap- no special tools required. Pipe tap NC works very well.

Dan McEachern

Post picture of the chip and the area that is cracked- you will get much better feedback.

Dan McEachern

Be aware the driveshaft bolts are not a standard thread size, so order some new ones from one of the T parts houses.

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if Jay's sump is not available, I have some. Dan

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Interesting that the plugs are offset- I've seen a lot of Sherman heads and I don't recall ever seeing a twin spark with the holes offset like this one.

Dan McEachern

Just got home- lots of rust and good deals. Got a slice of apple pie before it was all gone. Saw lots of folks and lots of parts. Thanks Mother Lode MTFC.

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Based on the pictures, #2 and #3 rods are bent- look at the wear pattern on the skirts.

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Two patches sold.

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They are Robert's- going to Auburn.

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TTT- Auburn swap meet is a week away- does anyone have a need for these or do they go to tire heaven? thanks, Dan

Dan McEachern

FOR SALE- Morton and Brett Speedway shoulder patches.
3" Diameter Cloth Sewn Shoulder patches- gold lettering on dark green background.
These were made back in the 70's but are in like new condition. Limited quantity.
$12.00 Each including 1st class postage. PM or dmcgearsatyahoodotcom

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https://beadbuster.com/product/acc-rp/

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Sold to George pending payment.

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Slightly off topic but I have 4 new old replacement stock valves for a Fordson Tractor. If you don't need them for your Fordson tractor, these were commonly used to put larger intake valves in a T engine. very slight surface rust in a few spots but nothing that won't polish off $40.00 for the lot pl...

Dan McEachern

Looks like there is an alternative route to Ft. Cronkite. Can you bypass the steepest part or simply make it an optional route for those that want to go that way? For serious touring folks, its just another day in a Model T.

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Mike- please check your messages. Dan

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Why mill the high head?- it will still look like a high head and you won't be changing the CR that much. Probably best to just wait for a low head to become available. Just my thoughts.

Dan McEachern

Using 292 pistons requires cutting and welding the connecting rod if you use A rods. Plus, they have very little dome on them so your compression ratio is going to suffer.

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NOPE- these are 20" NOT 21". Matt- if you are looking for 21" tires these are 20". Glad to bring to Auburn, just don't want to bring them back with me!!!

Dan McEachern

Fresh take offs- just replaced the tires on one of our cars and hate to toss these if someone can use them. The tread is almost gone but otherwise in useable condition for a roller or??? Located in East Bay near San Francisco. Might deliver to Auburn Swap meet. PM me or email at: dmcgearsatyahoodotc...

Dan McEachern

Just because its brown, does not mean its mud!!!! BUT- thanks for the positive thought.

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Almost makes ya want to move to Arizona eh?

Dan McEachern

Langs has had the castings available for the 4th main locating cone, the bracket that locates the cone and the bracket for the front to check the hand crank bore. I'm not sure if they still offer these, but its worth a check if you have a jig that's missing parts.

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Mike- I replied to your PM. Dan

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Here is a running board cooler that is in pretty nice shape for its age- had it up on the shelf for way too long and should belong to someone who can put it to better use. Cloth is in great shape other than a few stains. If anyone is interested, send me a PM.
Dan

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That's huge for the limited time on the engine. If its the writ pins, I would check the hardness on the pins- they may have not been heat treated correctly. 2nd question- what head was this running with. T size wrist pins will not take high compression ratios without excessive wear after a while. I'...

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What gear ratio are you looking for?

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SOLD pending payment.

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For Sale- 4 Ford Script Rear end Hyatt bearings. Rollers measure .497"-.499". Cages are tight. One bearing does not have Ford script. Includes 4 used bearing sleeves, also Ford script. Two left sleeves and two right sleeves. The sleeves are nice- no grooves or noticeable wear areas. Includes on poss...

Dan McEachern

Wow! nice puller.

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The longer stroke of the A crank should provide more torque, not less. There are so many more things that affect and influence engine performance than just the change in stroke that I don't think you can realistically come to the conclusion that you would loose hill climbing ability, but . . . . . j...

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That's probably a little on the low side. I've used 60 ft-lbs for many years.

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Nice this about this one is it is a way to put a distributor on a non-generator block. You don't see these for sale very often.

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T rear hubs are mild steel. Front hubs are Ford's version of malleable iron.

Dan McEachern

The only Issue I'm aware of with the original AC pedal to equalizer issue is that the rod from the pedal to the point where it passes thru the drive shaft bracket can be a challenge with regards to floor board interference. As Larry stated- the AC brakes attached the actuator rod to the brake pedal ...

Dan McEachern

Your plan is pretty much spot on. Be aware that heat in your dam area will tend to distort the pan, but your pan jig will fix that.

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Bay Bridge Sue! is that really you? Sorry Tim- had to do it!

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PM sent, but no reply.

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Just wondering- how ya gonna ship an Acetylene tank??

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Steve N. Andy C. Pete R. Chris R.?

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