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Because one good carb will outrun two NH's.

Ralph Ricks got me hooked on them.

About ten years ago I bought a bunch that were discovered in the original Ames speedster building in Louisville, Ky.

New old stock.

They are all happily powering speedsters now.

Not a lot of them around. I pretty much buy every one I can find.

George, most of those floats from ten years or so were being made in India and were some hard brass colored metal that would not hold solder. They leaked and didn't float very well to begin with. I don't know where they are coming from now and I haven't bought many since I don't fool with NHs but th...

I wrote a long post about this yesterday but it wouldn't post and then dumped it so...

Put a stromberg MB1 on it.
No fuel pump, no problems, period correct, all the carb you need. Buy a high volume manifold, either turn the flange or make an adapter, put it on and go have fun.

After about the first ten or so Ruckstells I rebuilt I made a similar setup. Handy, Dandy Deal!! I put a little winch on mine to lift them up to the holder bar. Mine is now laying on the iron pile at the ranch. I like yours a lot!

Thanks Ralph. They are great carbs. I spent a day awhile back making new seat adapters and rods, just sent a couple to Australia. The tray is already shrinking. I usually try to take the second week of May to go work on my hayfields and fix fence etc at my ranches. Didn't make it to eastern Montana ...

I wish I had Lewis's 1/2 wrench. He gave me a lot of things when he moved to Sacramento and I bought his Pasco wheels
He was a grand guy.

Sure you are. Get a good American made 1/2 wrench. I have a 9 inch one I've had for 50 years or more. Open end - box end. Tighten the bolts tight and then go around them with the "hammer," a good piece of strap iron about 3/8 x 2 x 12. Hit the edge of the wrench open end with the strap iron until th...

By the way, thanks for the lead washers in the mail. Beautiful work like always.

I plumb missed this the first goround Scott. Nice work. In roughly 1000 stromberg OFs, not counting a few NOS ones, I probably haven't seen 50 that the throttle shafts isn't worn and is reusable as is. The design of the economizer put pressure on the side of the shaft every time the throttle opens a...

I always replace the bolts, too. All of them. The ring gear bolts are only about fifty bucks. Be SURE to chase the threads in the ring gear with a good tap before you install the bolts. I also replace the center differential bolts with grade 8 just because I'm fussy about things. New castle nuts are...

Thanks. There is a lot of expertise out there. I tore my first Ruckstell down close to 45 years ago under the tutelage of Lewis Rector -- the chief restorer and mechanic for the Towe Ford Collection -- who had gone to work in a Ford garage as a mechanic when he was 12 years old in 1915. He showed me...

Take your soldering gun, hold it on the pack until the top one slides off. Repeat as needed.

Here is my take on it, take it for what it's worth. I've rebuilt or assembled new about 70 Ruckstells. I used to have a web site dedicated to them but I took it down because I was spending too much time on the phone. That said, here is my take. Replace the bronze thrust plate and the thrust washer. ...

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This site has more rules than a first grade teacher has about using the restroom.

I just bought a new Woods 7 foot disk yesterday to break up some hayfields.
I talked to Ken at Hoven Equipment, he gave me a price and it's on a truck headed this way.
I didn't even check with anybody else.
I don't have time and I don't like buying new junk.
Woods=USA made,

It's also true that I have at last count 23 tractors ranging from a little garden tractor built in the 50's from Model A parts to a Ford 4000 diesel, a Swather, two engine power balers, 5 or 6 motorcycles, two farm trucks, 5 pickups and two cars. I go through a lot of batteries + we put a new batter...

Interesting. My deal is "buy the dealer." North 40 was the only place that had 7 of them in stock (actually they had 19 in great falls + more in Havre) They are the biggest farm stores in the state for a reason. They have inventory, fair prices and take care of problems locally and on the spot. Not ...

Yes, it's flux. He is about 200 miles from me. I've never met him but he came to an auction we had years ago that had blacksmith tools. That anvil looks like at least a 300 pounder. Trip hammers are worth a lot of money. We sold one for $8,000 several years back, even a small one will bring a couple...

I assume you know that Deka batteries are made in East Penn, Texas. Their corporate offices are in Cleburne.

Well, this is farm country Montana and the girl at Batteries Plus when I called them quoted me $110 + a core for a group 1 6 volt that two or 3 years ago when I bought a bunch of them for some equipment of mine as well as a bunch of old tractors, pickups and cars we had in an auction were 62 bucks. ...

I have a metal lathe made with a lot of Model T parts. It is very cool. I also have wall mounted drill press made from a T starter.

Thanks. I'm pretty tired of trying to get it to work. You can only edit if there have been no replies. If you have tried again to post it you can't remove it or edit it since that then becomes a reply. I give up on this, there are several places on Facebook and Craigslist that are simple and work to...

Just did it again. Spent ten minutes typing a response, hit post without thinking to make a copy, the MTFCA site is down or has permanently moved or what ever that message is. Condensed version. Not to argue with Marshall but if wire wheels and hubs are worth two grand I've got 4 or 5 sets. He's rig...

Well, I guess you get to read it three or four times, whatever showed up on here. Can't get it to post, can't get it to post, can't get it to post, then can't delete the double post because it has a reply to it. So! If you are interested, give me a call at 406-949-3448 or email me at stanhowemt@aol....

I've had this tank for close to 40 years, took it off an International Six Speed Special. I think originally it was a Conoco fuel delivery thank. Then it was used to haul fuel for a farmer that had machinery that burned gasoline, tractor fuel and kerosene. It has 3 compartments. They are about the s...

I've had this tank for close to 40 years, took it off an International Six Speed Special. I think originally it was a Conoco fuel delivery thank. Then it was used to haul fuel for a farmer that had machinery that burned gasoline, tractor fuel and kerosene. It has 3 compartments. They are about the s...

I've had this tank for close to 40 years, took it off an International Six Speed Special. It was used to haul fuel for a farmer that had machinery that burned gasoline, tractor fuel and kerosene. So it has 3 compartments. They are about the same size and are held together with a band that goes aroun...

I should also say that under that old upholstery there is a body that has virtually no wood except for the top. That is a real plus to me.

It wouldn't be worth that to me. But then, Montana is probably a different market than Texas. There are still a lot of cars that leave Montana because they are rust free for the most part. So the good is it appears to be all original. The bad is it is all original. Which means it has babbitt washers...

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Probably a little roll of solder because that much weight will break the radiator neck loose.

I assume you know it's a drip oiler.

Looks cool, I would put something that would fizz and make a decal that said, "Dr Fitt's Stay Cool for Fords" or something like that.

By the way, the early version of the Ford NH has a screw plug on the side the later version does not.

The big advantage of the NH was the ease of production and savings in material cost. The Kingston carbs were brass and had several machining steps that took at least some setup time and a machine operator who could run the machine. The NH was the first carb after the cast iron Holley G - which took ...

Tire changing tool for split rims.

Every damn time I try to post something and don't save a copy I get a screen that says "the site is down," it dumps my post and wastes my time!! I've about had it!!!!!!! It has now dumped it three times in a row!!! So this is what I wrote. Or close to it. Like all of this it depends on what you are ...

I have several originals -- or at least from the time when they would have been new or fairly new. I have not seen one of those that used oak. I'm not sure what these are but they look like Fir or Poplar to me. Oak was expensive even then. One had some nice commercially made irons, especially the ba...

The only Stromberg that will run well on a T engine, generally speaking, is the one that was made for it. Either the earlier Stromberg LF, or the far more popular Stromberg OF. They OF came out in late 22, by mid 26 they had sold well over 750,000 of them. If you want to see some T carbs you can tak...

I think it might be my browser. I've had trouble downloading some other things, too. My computer is Jurassic age.

I don't have time to watch anything any way.

I would mount that on my T even tho I probably would never put any mmo in it, but it would be fun just to hear the arguments for and against!

I dunno. I'm usually pretty good on this stuff, I have half a dozen web sites I set up and maintain but I got lost and ran out of patience on this deal.

I dunno. I'm usually pretty good on this stuff, I have half a dozen web sites I set up and maintain but I got lost and ran out of patience on this deal.

Anybody able to get the webinar thing to work?? I wasted way too much time trying to get signed up, signed in, have to join Zoom, whatever that is, typed my email address half a dozen times and clicked on link after link, they want everything from my name to whatever.

I'm off to the shop.

Wow!! You bought that about twenty minutes before we got to the swap meet! We talked to you and it looked like it went to a good home. It did!!

I should also say thanks to MTFCA for providing this site for sales, WTB, etc.

Ruckstell is sold. Thanks for all the interest.

Thanks, I'm working every day pretty much although I did take yesterday off for Easter. I'm so far behind I don't think I will ever get caught up and I'm not soliciting any new work for this year until I clear some of the backlog. I also only do T carbs up through Holley G's. I don't do NH's and etc...

That's an Aermore whistle. They are usually marked on the stamped end on the longest tube.

There are all sorts of people who deal in Model T parts, some long time, some fairly new. This fairly new one is also part of the list of suppliers, Bill Devine and his wife Shawna purchased Texas T Parts from Ben Hardeman several years ago and are now having the Sure Stop Brakes developed by Bill T...

Bought a couple Ruckstells awhile back to get one for my 27 coupe, also bought this one as long as we were making a 400+ mile trip to pick them up. It looks good, turns over pretty smoothly, it was stored outdoors for probably the last 30-40-50 years in dry eastern Montana with the u-joint down and ...

Here is a short version of what I wrote last night that the web site ate as "MTFCA is not available at this time." I also have a 27 coupe. Mine is original light green with black fenders brush painted in the long ago past. The interior is gone and eventually will be done in patchwork denim from old ...

Probably a fun project but I can't imagine there is much market for them. People who can't get them out usually twist them off trying or strip the slot in the top; I think some people who "rebuild" OFs don't even know there is an idle jet in there. Some screw right out, some take a hot wrench and a ...

There were TT's that had a Warford or Lincoln or Chicago, etc., just behind the engine, a Rocky Mountain ahead of the differential and a Ruckstell in the Differential. About the only way to get much load capacity out of those 20 horses up front. Slow, but all it had to be was faster than a six up of...

I KNOW BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I JUST WROTE A FIVE MINUTE POST AND IT ATE IT WHEN I TRIED TO POST IT!!!!!!!!!!! SHOULD HAVE COPIED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I KNOW BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was sitting right up there in the Grandstand when you went by!! Cool!!

Gary Ludwig in Iowa bought several TT Ruckstells from me several years ago, he might have some parts.

Before you install the brush, file a slight chamfer on the leading edge. It will help a lot with wear. When you make the tool to sand with, make it about 1/8 th of an inch smaller than the timer diameter and when you are using it, move the timer around so you don't sand grooves in it. As far as sand...

Sent you an email, Jay.

Well, crap, I just spent five minutes typing this and it wouldn't post and it disappeared. I run New Day and my method is so simple I'm almost embarrassed to post it. Cut a circle out of 3/4 plywood that will just fit in the timer. Drill a hole as close to center and as straight as you can. Insert a...

Hometown parade, summer 1959, I'd had it about 5 years at that time.

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Late 1953 or early 54, working on Rod Cooper's T --

I'm actually working on a couple U & J carbs today. One of the recent changes I have made is that I am now making my own seats, I came up with a correct die for the threads and decided to quit remodeling the original seats and just make new ones. They flow the same amount of fuel as the originals p...

This one is SOLD!

Going on a hot speedster project in the Midwest.

I do have one more of these manifolds and another U & J I just picked up but delivery would be down the road a month or so.

The manifolds are made out of unobtainium but this setup just looks so cool on a speedster setup!!

I have two 90's Cadillac Sedan DeVilles. They were built to run on Premium Unleaded and they DO NOT like 87 or 89 octane ethanol. It doesn't seem to bother the 90 as much as it does the 93 but both of them will spit and puke and if there was a modern screen on the dash I think it would say, "If you ...

Your tractor tank is also vented to atmosphere so air is entering and exiting that tank with every temperature cycle. I think the moisture in the air stays in the tank as when it warms up the gasoline evaporates and the ethanol stays in the tank. It doesn't take much water to keep an engine from sta...

I sold that Model A at an auction in Havre about ten of so years ago. The guy that has all that stuff on eBay people think is so over priced stepped up at about $15000 to outbid the guy that was going to strip it down to get the 31 sport coupe body. It is, I think, still in his collection. He did so...

There are at least two C cabs, maybe more. He has a lot of stuff for sale, I think. I didn't really take much of a look at the listing. There is a lot of stuff like this still sitting around in Montana.

Out here in Montana where the winters are long and cold, the summers are short and hot and spring and fall are a combination of both not only on a day to day basis but an hour by hour basis a lot of the time, somebody years ago decided to make a cab for his tractor from a TT. Did a nice job on it. I...

If it is all complete and unmolested by somebody it should be worth that Canadian. That's about $1100 US, which is about what a nice core is worth. It also depends on the year, the early ones from 1909 with no choke in the inlet are not worth as much as the later ones with the choke. IMHO

Herb beat me to it! Most of these were used for drilling with a metal bit into a piece of bar stock or pipe when away from the post drill in the blacksmith shop. If you have ever tried to drill a hole in metal with a brace and bit you would appreciate this tool adding pressure while you were smearin...

Herb beat me to it!

Depends on quality, whether it's been rebuilt and who by, are all parts correct for the year, original or repro parts, junker drug to every swap meet in the country, etc. The correctly rebuilt ones from people who know what they are doing will bring close to double that and I've turned some down for...

I'll take the just right, Ryan.
I sent you an email
Stan

You won't believe the difference. There is a reason Stromberg sold over three quarters of a million OF's in less than 4 years.

U and J definitely better for high speed and with a replaceable Venturi you can open them up even more.

They are different carbs. The U and J is more of a performance carb, will burn more gas, has more Zoom than an OF. OF is probably smoother, better economy and better for a stock engine.
Generally speaking, an OF is not big enough for a speedster engine, the U & J is very popular for speedsters.

The TT shifter is held on with 4 bolts, the car shifter is held on with 3.

There are more differences including size but that's the basic way to tell.

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I have more!!!
Jay has more!!

Here are a couple nos ones. I've seen a couple No-Kick but it's the only Synchronous I've ever found.

What is the third one from the left in the bottom row??
I think I have all the rest of them.
There was a great thread about timers a few years ago.
I posted some of mine then.
I'll try to post one from my phone in a few.

Somehow Craftsman doesn't quite cover Robb's abilities.
Artist, woodworker, ironmonger, etc.
That is the nicest camp trailer ever.

Need a LIKE button!!

I'm your huckleberry!!!
Sent you an email.

I have been using some gasket material from the McMaster gasket assortment set that is about the same thickness as the original Asbestos gaskets were. They apparently don't sell it separately but it is vegetable fiber who it is impervious to alcohols. I cut them on a gasket cutter and save the cente...

Since things are all shut down here and I do my radio shows from my recording studio at my home, MTPR -- Montana Public Radio -- has asked me to pick up the slack by recording some "Evergreen" shows that they can broadcast if one of the local show hosts is unwilling or unable to come in to the studi...

It's a learning curve all the time. I just got about $200 worth of taps and dies in the mail, I have every conceivable size in Imperial threads but hardly any in Metric. I've been making adjustable jets for Zeniths lately and all the plugs are Metric sizes. I've been whacking off the old almost alwa...

Larry, I sent you money today. Thanks, Stan Howe

If you take a punch and tap the venturi where is shows through the hole it will probably collapse pretty easily. If not, it easily presses out the front opening. It is virtually a no-lathe-skills project to make a venturi out of Aluminum for them. The little screw just ahead of the open hole holds i...

He's not on the forum often, but you should check out Robb Wolff in Calgary. He built a camper for his 27 that was about as cool as they get. He used to camp a lot. Maybe still does, haven't talked to him for awhile.

How old is Carston already?
Seems like he was new just a year or two ago but he actually must be about ten?

Sent you an email, Larry. Thanks

Several accessory carbs used those. D and B, some Neverfail, others. They were also sold for a nickel apiece to fix one that fell off or wore out on Ford issue carbs.

I think most people were expecting this. While it is a disappointment it was done early enough most people are not on the road yet. I decided last week I was not going so it doesn't affect me a lot but it is going to put a crimp in a lot of people's plans. We are all going to have to wait and see ho...

Bowl cracks??

There are things I still haven't found from my last shop cleaning about ten years ago.
Never again!!

It is not for a Winfield. It is what is commonly called a banjo fitting for a Stromberg O, L or M series carburetor. www.strombergof.com I'm well over 1000 Stromberg rebuilds, this fitting is part of the conversion to modern needle and seat that I make for Stromberg O, L, M series carburetors that d...

Yapp did not drill the steam holes which caused the head gaskets to blow, mostly to the outside but some times to the inside. Roy from Calgary bought one of the three I bought and hauled across the border. Like me, he ground and ground on it, painted it and put it on his speedster, first morning of ...

I don't recognize it. Bob, I would be interested in some photos of the parts you got. I'm always looking for parts, especially Stromberg and zenith. One of the great finds at chickasha several years ago was a drawer case of nos Stromberg and zenith parts. I just used a zenith needle and seat out of ...

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