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Mark, Thanks for the heads up on the smokstak web site, they helped id the charger that I have. It is a Onan Marine charger for e late 50's. Thanks for the help. Dennis

Howdy all, I have had this gas powered battery charger/jump starter for many years and it has always worked good, it came off of an older heavy duty tow truck back in the 70's. There is no identifying marks on it any where (the handle must be a joke, it weight at least 100 lbs.). I know the gas tank...

Allan, sorry to hear about your injury, that is why I have a low power wire wheel/grinder that will stall instead of continuing to eat me. I hope you heal quickly.

Keith, Nice car and a great story, if you don't have dreams you will never know when they come true. Have a great time with your dream come true.

What it sounds like you have is a misfire code ie; P0301-P0306 what that is telling you is that cylinder isn't firing for some reason, there is a number of things that can cause that from spark plug, coil, injector to wiring and lastly the ECM. Also a mechanical problem can also cause a misfire. Che...

It sounds like it is taking in more air than it can efficiently get rid of, ie; back pressure, has the exhaust been modified? If not maybe it needs to be to get rid of the exhaust and therefor the back fire.

I run 36 psi in 525/21s on my roadster on wood wheels and 20 psi on my Funster (weights next to nothing) on wire wheels.

We went to the tour at Spokane and had a wonderful time, we are still out touring around Montana. We spent a few days at Pet Kelly's in Noxon Montana and a group of the local T people took us on some spectacular drives, it was great to find a group that likes to drive the type of back roads that we ...

Thanks to all that responded and for the info. Keith we are looking forward to seeing you guys as well. Jim and Melaine, Greg and Tom and his wife are going to be there as well and then we are going to tour around Montana for a couple of weeks. Sure hope it cools off some between now and then. WIN_2...

We are going to the national tour in Spokane and having never been to a national tour I have a few questions. Does everyone go on the same route to the same place on a specific day or do they split you up into smaller groups on different days? Do you play follow the leader or do you get a map and go...

Steve, Have you checked the fuel quality? If it was a problem before and sat while you refreshed the engine it is now even older, old fuel and ethanol don't start well, even "fresh" fuel may be reaching the end of it's shelf life when you buy it. Good luck you will get it.

Ed, Hwy 395 north thru Oregon is a 2 lane highway and goes thru some beautiful country, once it gets into Washington it becomes a freeway. If you take off on Hwy11 at Pendleton and Hwy 12 at Walla Walla, follow 12 to Hwy 127 to Dodge and 195 at Colfax that will take you into Spokane. That is the rou...

I did shorten the shifter, I bought a car with a KC Warford in it that had been rolled and the reason that it rolled is because it got knocked into neutral because the shifter stuck up above the seat so I modified it so it no longer sticks way up there. One thing it does do is shorten the throw of t...

Meanwhile back at the topic... a motor home is a personal preference decision, I chose a class A because you set up higher so you can see more of the country side and it maximizes the interior space and the one I got has more ground clearance, I got a gas motor because I know 3 things about diesels,...

A friend just sent me a picture of his new trailer, it looks like a nice light aluminum trailer.

This car has found a new home and will be on it's way to New Zealand as soon as the paperwork is done.

All signed up and looking forward to it, There will be 4 of us coming from Central Oregon in our group. Keith, it will be good to see you and Yvonne it has been too long.

It is still looking for a new home.

It sounds to me like what you are hearing is the planetary gears if it is only a noise and only in low, not unusual for low to make more noise.

I think my favorite part is the sense of freedom that I get when I am driving, (especially backroads) and I love watching bird soaring above me, I think I feel as free as they look and I can experience my surroundings.

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I have a 26 coupe project for sale, look in the classifieds for "26 barn find coupe"

Matt, Good to hear from you, I sold the snowmobile to Tom and it is hanging from the ceiling in his new shop. Things are great on the sunny side, come over with $3500 (bottom Dollar) and see for yourself.

The full description is in the other add. Thanks for looking, Dennis

To the top with the other add.

Ok, It's official. I have run out of room, Mom moved in with my sister so the T that lived in Mom's garage had to come home and I need to find a new home for this coupe. The description is the same, I have done nothing to it except lower the price to $3,850. there are more picture on a second post. ...

Everyone else probably already knows this trick but just in case I thought I would share it. One of my least favorite jobs on my T has always been mounting the radiator and trying to get the mount studs up high enough to get everything on them and then the nut, so what I figured out was I took a pie...

You use Ultra Black for a lot of other purposes, why not when you have the pan off clean the inside where the horse shoes go and stick it in place with Ultra Black and run the bolts down to hold it tight in place. I have been doing this for years on many Ts and it works for me and it lasts for years.

I am glad that you made that upgrade and drive a T enough that you reacted and didn't have to think "I am driving a T what do I do". I made a slider exactly like that for my roadster about 15 years or so ago when I built my brakes, like you I wanted something stout enough to do the job under any con...

All you need to do is figure out how to hook up to the carb and make at point away from the exhaust and you can mount the filter elsewhere.

I have a 4 post hoist and I like it a lot, it is handy for unloading stuff out of the back of a truck and lowering it to the ground, I can use it as a adjustable height work bench, I have even used it as a table for a large gathering (shop tour/breakfast). As already mentioned I also use it to be ab...

I think Larry is asking about wear on the pins, if you have .002 wear on the pin, check and see if the wear is all the way around the pin, if not .002 out of round wound make a big difference on how the gear runs and I would replace the pins if that were the case. My .002 cents.

I run only Firestones anymore, I find that they last longer and don't weather like the others. I run 525-21 tires on a couple of my cars because they are 6 plies and are oversized. Mostly I run Firestones because they last so much longer and I hate tire work. Also I can't tell any difference in ride...

You guys have different definition of camping out in the hills.

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My Funster is called T-Tanic it was built for fun not for speed.

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I have a number of them in differing condition, I want 7.50 each I can be reached at (541) four 75 6 five 05 Dennis

John, I tried to private message you but it wouldn't work, A friend Ted Holloway ask me to contact you about spokes, he has some contacts that make spokes at a reasonable price and would like to talk to you about them (he is not good with a confuser) Ted can be reached at seven 75 four 65 one812.

Nickolas, Good for you! I started planning a trip like that at your age and finally did it at age 53, it was a 6,000 mile trip from Oregon to the Centennial Celebration in Indiana in 2008 in a model T. The best advise that I can give you is to plan well but not a time line so that if an opportunity ...

Thank you all for responding and the info, just to make sure I have it. The early cranks have the diamond shaped throws and they were used up to 1925. The later cranks have parallel sided throws and the EE cranks are the later cranks and have the EE forged into the side of one of the throws and on t...

Everyone says use a late crank but I can't find how to tell the early from late or how to id a EE crank, I think I know which is which but I want to be sure. Explaination with pictures would be appreciated. Thanks.

I thought that pictures of the Vibration Displacement Indicator might help to identify its operation.

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A question for those in the know, a few of us in our group just acquired a crankshaft balancer and unfortunately before we could get any instruction on it the fellow we got it from passed away, I have been able to figure out how to set it up and make it work but it came with a Vibration Displacement...

Thank you for responding, Steve, we have Bannock on our list, we at this time not planning on going east as far as Great Falls but we are just starting the planning phase. Stan, thank you for the great offer to stay at you ranch but at this point it is to far east, your description of the state is a...

I put my old ring gear and spools on to throw oil and it does a great job.

A group of us (4 T's) are planning on going to the 2021 National Tour in Spokane (our first National Tour) and the driving the back roads in Western Montana for a couple of weeks. Any info or help about where to go and what to see would be greatly appreciate. We like to drive on dirt, gravel or less...

I hit post before I was done with it, I don't think that there is any advantage on a Model T to pressurize the cooling system, it might actually hinder the thermosyphon effect. With a properly working cooling system the only modification I do is add a thermostat and I have had no heating problems.

For every pound of pressure the boiling point raises 3 degrees, so a 15 lbs system won't boil until 257 degrees.

One important thing to know about using a drill chuck is to tighten all 3 of the jaws and the drill bit won't spin in the chuck, it was years of frustration before I figured that out. Just my 2 cents worth.

I have run a Walbro on my Funster and it ran good and strong but would run low on gas after a while, I think that if I put a fuel pump on it I would still be running it but I didn't want to put on a fuel pump so now it hangs on the wall.

I don't use a car cover mostly because it makes it dark inside and the rodents like to build in the dark, I would rather clean dirt off the car than rodent housing out of the car and of course they are using the car for a builder supply center. If you enclose your carport make sure to put some sort ...

The weakest part of a winch cable is the crimp to make the eye on the end of the cable, when you transport a vehicle with the cable tight it is constantly jerking on the cable at it weakest point and you are relaying on the winch brake to hold it. With a enclosed trailer if the brake doesn't hold or...

Yes, it can be done, as stated I would remove the steering column and headlights and get a helper, the hard part is tilting the engine and moving the hoist and raising and lowering it by yourself. It is easier if the pedals are loose but with some finesse and patience it can be done with the pedals ...

If you do it right you can have both hot and clean air.

Katie, The rocky Mountain brakes work great going forward but not good at all going backwards so if you don't make it to the top of a hill you can't always rely on the Rockies to stop or even hold you on a steep hill. I would go with a Ruckstell over a Warford because with out good brakes it is poss...

I always find a seal that is the same id and od but 1/2 the width and put 1 in to hold the grease in and another in backwards to hold the water out, seems to work real well, and be sure to use blue boat trailer grease.

Seeing the suit cases on the back of Rich's car reminded me of something I saw a while back that I thought was a great idea.

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Remember you do this for fun and never leave home without your sense of adventure (but be prepared).

Thanks Paul, Reading this article was a great way to start my day and I am sure it will be a better day because of it.

I hadn't checked the pinch bolt on the aluminum pulley but it was tight and no movement from the pulley, Thanks for the idea it did seem to make the most sense. With a stethoscope there is no noise coming from the timing cover, only from the water outlet.

I don't know what happened to the post that described the noise but it is more of a valve tick than a rod knock noise, it changes with rpm and makes it hot or cold, it changes speed but not intensity.

I have replaced the timing gear,took out nylon and put in aluminum, no excessive end play on cam, have run it with a block off plate for generator and no change. I drove it to coffee and took a stethoscope and everyone agreed it is a weird noise but no ideas, a couple of them said that if their moto...

Thanks Norm, If you reread the original post it does it without the pulley (and belt ) on it, the pulley and fan seem to work kind of like a speaker to magnify the noise but it is very much still there with everything removed.

I have a 26 touring that has a noise coming from the water outlet, worst where the fan pulley bolts on. It make the noise worse when you put the pulley back on(no fan and a ball bearing pulley) but it still makes the noise without the pulley, the rest of the engine sound like a sewing machine. It ha...

Darin, you haven't mentioned what year and model you are talking about taking, I drove from Oregon to the Centennial party in Indiana and would do it again, I would not go any further east than that the roads get to crowded to make the trip enjoyable. I took a 26 roadster and did a lot of camping al...

You need to remember that your trailer may not always have a load on it so you would need some tongue weight when empty also are you going to put a tool box up front and how much weight will that carry, better to have a little to much than not enough, you can always move your car back a little if yo...

David, I heard a a story about that garage in Imnaha was that they were experts at changing brake band linings because most of the Model T's that came down the grade to Imnaha burnt up the brake linings. it is a beautiful place and I look forward to getting the locals ideas for trips.

Thanks Ralph, I will call you this evening. Dennis

Duey, I think it might have looked better in the first picture, it is a 67 with 250,000 miles on it and all stock, 6 cyl, 4spd, 4x4 manual steering, a real plain jane, it hasn't even gotten a radio (yet).

I would be interested in pictures of how you made them work, thanks. Dennis

Howdy, We are planning a trip in August to Northeast Oregon and wondering if there are any Model Ters in that neck of the woods to maybe visit and get advise on good places to go. We are thinking of using the Joseph area as a base. There will be 4 cars and 7 people, we all have rv's with car trailer...

My old tractors are a 29 Farmall regular that has been put on rubber.

46 Case VAO orchard model with the faring removed.

52 John Deere A

Mine is a old Atlas that came out of the Nasa shop at Moffett field a long time ago, I got it out of a retired from Nasa machinist that had it stored in his chicken shed, it even came with the original manuals.

This is how I modified a 30x3 1/2 carrier to except a 21 in spare and it can be reversed if you want to.

It was many years ago but I found sealed bearings front and rear and then removed the inner seal so the bearing would oil from the inside but seal to the outside that really helped to hold the oil in the trans.

A friend took this at the parade, I think he caught the moment.

I use GL4 140w in my Muncies and Ruckstells, GL4 doesn't have a lot of sulfur that can damage bronze bushings.

An old radiator repair man told me years ago to put a about 4 table spoons of ground ginger in a cup of hot water, run the car until it's up to temp and pour it in and run it for a while, it has worked many times for me. I go to the Dollar store and get my ginger there, I always carry a small bottle...

I am working with another T guy trying to get a Muncie trans from Oregon to Virginia and he was told by the people at Fastenal that until further notice they will not be shipping anything in or out of the Northwest, I don't know why just that for now they aren't.

Chris, the 3 wheels without hubs that I have are wood felloed, I have 1 like what you are looking for but it sounds like Gary has you covered and closer.

I have a whole transmission with a broken case, the gears look like all of the others that I have seen,meaning they look serviceable but you won't know if it is noisy until you drive it. It is to late to call so I will try and call you tomorrow

I may have a couple of wheels, do you need the hubs? I will check tomorrow and get back to you.

The truck has found a new home, thanks to those that checked it out.

My first car wasn't a T but it was a 1924 Dodge Brothers Screen Side.

The Crew Cab has been sold but the TT is still up for adoption.

I have driven mine in a Christmas Parade at -13 degrees, I even got a special award for being the only idiot in an old car in the parade. The ones that I felt bad for was the marching band.

Can I get them with an elbow about halfway down the handle/arm?

More pictures.

Engine # makes it a 1925, I don't know TT's well enough to know the difference in years, it has 21 in front wheels and 20 in rear (no rear rims) has cowl and part of a wood cab (don't know what is missing). Engine turns over, had the cover off of trans (26-7) and it looks real good inside, has Ford ...

Thanks Mark

Thanks Constintine and Brad, this project is still a ways down the list but glad to know more about it. Dennis

I have a TT with a Twin-High Hi Lo type and would like to know more about it, like are parts available for it? and those with any experience with one is it noisey and do they shift easily? I bought the truck because of it and haven't gotten it running. I have been keeping my eyes open for doors, if ...

Thanks Wayne, I have seen one now also, I am thinking that it would be good in a snow mobile but it is not so good in a pick up.

Did Muncie make a aux trans for a T that doesn't have overdrive? My friend just installed a Muncie in his pickup and it seems to have super under, under and direct. I have never run into this before. I am thinking maybe built for a TT.

I have the windshield and there is some things in the back, there are quite a few pieces of wood and trim but I haven't dug through it to see what is there, no seat springs.

I have had it for 3 years and haven't done anything but put tires on it so it would roll and clean out an old rat's nest. It sat in a barn in Walla Walla Washington for many years. The fellow the owned it died and his kids decided it was time for it to go. They knew very little about it, they rememb...

"A closed car" do you mean a coupe or sedan or either?

It's not often that the steering wheel is bigger than the tires, what a great story it gives me hope for some of my projects.

I just love this picture, here is something about it that bring out the kid in me, I want that car!, and also safety first, I already have the helmet.

I have run all different kinds of cam gears and never had a problem with any of them. They ran fiber cam gear on Chevy 6 cylinders for years and there is a lot more stress on them than a Model T. The only reason that I think of that a fiber or a nylon gear would give a problem is if when the main be...

My 52 chevy pickup and 63 Ranchero won't hardly start on ethanol fuel and the Ranchero idles poorly but put non ethanol in and they start right up and idle well, I can even tell the difference in one of my Ts. Last night I found a station that sells non ethanol for almost 90 cents a gallon less than...

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