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Tom,
Looking at your photo of the broken end what I see doesn't look much like the cut end of the material I used. It looks more like plastic. I wonder if we're talking about the same material? I have a test piece I cut and bent to learn how to mold the material that I'm going to hang up and see what it looks like over time. I'll let you know what...

This view shows the holes on the I-beams where components were mounted. The lower part of the drawbar is homemade. the angle with all the holes was supplied with the attachment. The Pullford I described earlier is how they manufactured when they were built for a T with a body, I am sure later in the 20's some buyers were mounting them with the...

Mack wants to put some straw and quilts in the bed of a pickup truck. I don't know what you are thinking. I am just giving rides and that satisfied the women I had. I was just driving and paying attention to the road!

Oh my. Neat find. :)

Very nice. Congrats on getting it running.

Summit Auto Racing usually has them for around $99 apiece. Free shipping on orders over $100.

When is the last time you've known that to work?

A few months ago.

And yes, while there's no reason I can figure, my car does run better on higher octane fuels. Really wish it weren't true, and am ready to drop a high head on it so I can run cheap gas. But it is what it is, so I'll pamper my princess of a car...

Great old TT truck. I wonder why they did not get a good used round gas tank and turn the mounting straps 90 deg instead of relocating the oval tank openings ? But then I guess it was cheaper to fix what you have at that time.

Bill, I use the outside oil line that is described by George House.

Have you talked with folks at Lang’s?

here is another thread about the master coils.

Andre
Belgium

Thanks Jb!

Thank You!

Steve, thanks for the advice.

George

Downgrading from a Rajo to a z head is going to be disappointing. Like to see as much speed equipment as possible being used. Who wants to have the fastest shelf.

Andy

.......ooops! Just noticed that the valve spring retainer is hexagonal ,....NOT octagonal! Oh well,....not all that important I guess. The main thing is,....they are normally perfectly round!

Don Robert the owner used to bring this tractor up to our Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor show just out side of Salt Lake City.
He would drive a stake in the ground put a cable around the stake and attach it to the tractor, then he would turn the wheels and tie the steering wheel. He would start the tractor and let it run in circles. People...

The 1926-27 hand brake lining kit I bought years ago, from Synders I think, came with the correct flat bottom counter sink, worked great. Current example of repo parts shows the problem with some of today's stuff !

Have you tried to hand crank your Model A now, and does the hand crank engage the special crank pulley nut OK plus fit in the shell ? The split lock washers will not show so much unlike on a pre 1924 T and be fine.
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I understand it was twofold - one was it was cheaper, faster, and easier for Ford to make the valve heads separate from the round stock for the stems, less waste and faster, and the other was they could use different steels for each, to make them more durable for their different operating environments...

And I've thought about ways to add the 2...

Most of the new repros have smaller metric screws with smaller heads.

I re-tap them to the American size, but finding screws of the correct length is impossible.

So screws have to be trimmed enough to allow the switch contacts to fit the depressions.

Canadian production of Model T : 757,030

Great ref. data from Hap Tucker in this 2003 post Actual Numbers Built .

Thanks, Dan. So it does seem Model T production is actually closer to 16 million, which is what I have always thought.

The pawl is changed out with lots of pounding and heating. Was burning my fingers until I thought hey, gloves! Picture shows tools of the job. Next is the results. I measured the cam lever, they only differ by .1 of an inch 2.7-2.8 width, 3.7-3.8 height from the mount of the shaft to the top.

My wife sez I do some of my best work in the dark!!!!!

frontyboy :lol:

Were the bushings replaced or just the shaft? If the bushings were not, then you now have a new shaft in a worn hole.

I agree with Wayne. From the above photo, it looks to me like it was made that way.

I'm with ya Don. Imagine the stories that neat ol' tree could tell if it could only talk.
Hard to believe a tree can get that large around the circumference.
And it's a grand ol' truck next to it too! It could tell some stories too!! :lol:
Nice pics Dallas. Great looking area. Nothin' like country living!

No light, no air = no problem!

I'm more amazed by the other 3 staying up.
There is an old concours joke about NOS air

1936 copy of this book on Ebay in Michigan. Item number 254622215523. Price $25. Should do someone a turn!

Thanks guys. It’s great to see old friends again.

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I have all of the drawings and tooling to make a 1915 dash. I even had a custom router bit made to put the correct edge on the outer perimeter of the dash but my bigger problem is that I really don't want to ship them since I have had terrible luck getting UPS or FEDEX to haul it from St. Charles, IL to various places far away (like California)....

I have missed Dave, glad he is okay. I have been to his shop, bought parts and been on Two of his tours. He is a great T guy.👍

Just received my Classtique top in the mail last week and am working on laying out everything needed for installation.
I'm definitely thankful for all of the videos and writeups there are out there! I feel like I've virtually installed the top several times already!
Good luck with yours:)

After 20 years of use, my Kevlar bands are a light brown color.

Thank you will be helpful.

I have enough of the correct “Orange Drop” capacitors for T coils on hand that I could spare some. They are the ones recommended for decades by the more knowledgeable coil rebuilders. These are the round ones so you will have to remove the glass spacer in your coils.

4 for $20
8 for $35
100 for $370
shipping anywhere in the US included.

Contact...

On the right the “oit” from Detroit is visible. They weren’t too careful with the stamp because 1/2 of it is missing on mine.

Thank you so much for selecting me as one of the recipients of the scholarship. I truly appreciate your generosity towards the youth of this hobby and I look forward to continuing with the hobby throughout my lifetime and someday to pass long my passion to my children. These funds will help me to put my energy into the studies for my career and I...

When dismounting a tyre, I prise one side off first. Once that is off, it is easier to insert a tyre lever from the back side, under the still mounted side of the tyre and out to the opposite side of the rim. Then the lever is pulled right over , taking the mounted side of the tyre with it. A rubber mallet will make short work of the rest.
When...

Those Honey-doo lists are a killer... I know, I was working out a deal for a roadster (one of my dream cars), and got snagged... unfortunately it was my fault (a neighbor's husband died, I gave her a couple hugs, and it started a cascade of domestic un-bliss), then found about 7 things (while in internal exile) that I needed to do...

Good to see...

Glad to hear that Russ is still doing carbs. A truly great guy that does awesome work. Going to miss seeing him and Red at Hershey this year.

...I used a MAP gas torch on the ends of my Kevlar bands.
I do that with nylon rope so it won't unravel. I suspect it will work just as well with Kevlar. Looking at a set of new linings in my shop (RM, not Red Hook) I find that they are glued, so I assume that the new ones will be too, if and when they're available.

Gosh, I guess I'm lucky. Both Holley G bowls fit and don't leak. However they are both steel and I have never seen a brass bowl that is usable so I brass plated one of them for my '15 car whenever the engine gets out of the closed machine shop

Good eye spotting the wrong fonts. I took a best guess at the fonts when I made the center plate. It took several printings on paper to get the background yellow correct. I found a 15 plate and saw the font differences and corrected them before printing them on steel. The fonts on the lower plate are exactly what was on 15 plates. Using photoshop...

Scott, all looked good but I put in some Ultra Black to make it better. That should help.

Scott and Jerry

I was advised to try using tapered feeler gauges to see how the fit was. I was able to slide the 0.004 feeler gauge between the 4th main and the tail shaft. I had to work to get the 0.005 feeler gauge between them. That seems to be within...

In my case I was restoring the car so I pulled of the fenders and running boards so I could straighten and repaint the fenders individually. I removed the spare tire carrier so I could roll out the chassis from under the body. The spare tire holder is attached to the frame and was to tall to clear the back of the body since I had to roll the...

Confirming that the machine shop drilled the hole in the wrong place and threw off the geometry for the whole thing. Ross Lilleker fixed it.

I switched to Kevlar bands and ever since then, no strings shorting out my mag post.

When you file it/them off be sure to releave the inside edge a little to clean up.

I keep a few extra of the special bendix cover screws in my running board tool box just in case I lose one. They're not easily replaceable unless you have a few days to wait to get them from one of the suppliers.

Stephen

To clarify I should have said “permanent magnet fields “!!

Sounds like his health issues have affected more than that meets the eye.
Sorry to hear.
Double check everything.
I would bet that some areas of the build are spot on, while other are not so much.
We are all getting to an age that we need prayers and be grateful for what we have and can do.

These were inserts that were swedged and brazed until sometime in the mid teens. Then they were inserts that were swedged and NOT brazed for a few more years. Then they were changed simply to a hole that was punched inwards and the “bent in” steel hole was threaded.

The one you have is the “un-brazed” insert. There really isn’t anything you can...

Eirk, that's great!
Ya, if ya look-see, ya can get dat logic in yer noggin...
:)

Ignacio,
I am reverse engineering a 1927 roadster, in that I am documenting all of the measurements of everything as I go. What I have found so far is that the designers did everything on a graph. Vertical, horizontal, and arc. I have found that it is safe to say that all of the measurements can be based on that simple principle. I have photos of...

About thirty years ago, we went on a Catalina Caper tour with the model T club. About fifty model Ts loaded onto an open freight barge, and towed across the channel to Catalina Island. The club members took a faster ferry over to the island and awaited the arrival of the cars. One of the model Ts near the back of the barge picked up a few hitch...

Ray and Gene, you both live in beautiful areas. Been since '99 when I was out there, sure do miss it. Loved having lunch on the beach at Newport. And just strolling along the beach at Huntington Beach. Too bad the C.O.L. is just so darned high, or I'd be out there in a New York minute!!

You might want to check with Gaslight Old Car parts, they have a bunch of the old stuff from Argentina from back in the day still on the shelves??

Hello all, I doubt soaking my engine blocks will create a problem, I explored having the blocks oven baked but felt that it may make more problems with cracking which is what modern engine builders do with newer engine blocks. When I soaked the first block it did not remove rust to the point of being shinny new looking metal, but it did do what I...

I use the same oil in my Ruckstell (75w90) in my oil can. A couple drops on either side of the roller and a smear of dielectric grease on the contact faces. For whatever reason, I’ve never had any luck with Vaseline or straight just dripping oil into the hole on the timer (Tiger or Ford roller timer).

In my own mind Rob: I've titled this Virgil gets a ride in the K. In my own mind of course.
Great pics and thank you for showing!

Vulcanising may well be a practice no longer compatible with modern tubes. Different rubber compounds/substitutes require different approaches. Most repairs made today use stick-on patches, and this includes stick-on replacement valve stems.You would need to ascertain that both the patches and the tube are compatible with vulcanising.

Allan from...

I second that, left on to block the holes that have been drilled in the block.

Model T 220 has a pretty well known history back to the late 40’s and early 50’s. There is a lot of photographic evidence that the cutoff touring Pete posted is 220. For 220 to deteriorate into a well used torpedo a few years later just doesn’t make sense. I met Ed Hausgen years ago and we discussed the missing back seat and what he thought...

I put heavy rods and cast iron pistons back in my '14. Straight-cut timing gears, too. Oh, and my valve stems are not adjustable. Round tube radiator. My '14 is a '14! It's my idea of fun.

Larry: I've had straightened caps fit too tight too. The cylindrical piece of the cap needs to be loose in the tabs that attach it to the fluted cap top so the split sleeve can compress slightly when you insert it. If those tabs are crimped down tight the cap may be difficult to insert and may actually be loose b/c the sleeve cannot spring back...

The valve handle should point down, however, it is possible to install the handle 180 degrees and have the handle point up when on. So if you get no fuel with the handle pointing down, try pointing up. If neither will allow fuel to flow, you have a blockage elsewhere in the fuel system.
Norm

Frank looking for info on T distributors. Like the one I am looking for parts for. Just a long shot. Thanks Dan
Have some info on Auto-Lite & American Bosch 600 and magneto.
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Found info on an Atwater-Kent. Also this link has lots of info an testing and repair. Magnetos for sale too

Alex,

It seems like E&J was one of Ford's favorite lamp suppliers in the U.S. and location probably had a lot to do with it.
I would imagine that Ford would use whatever lamps were available, in a pinch, to ship the cars.

The well established E&J plant was located only 3 miles away from the Picquette Avenue Ford plant.

Parts of the E&J...

I started collecting original metal stems along time ago when no one was interested in them. I've converted most of my cars to the original style valves when they need it. I'm not going to pull out a tube just to put the correct one in. What irritates me is the big guys like Coker don't seem to be interested in having the originals made. If the...

George, I use a second U joint to overcome the vice offset at the edge of my bench. It allows me to swing the tube and driveshaft around onto the bench so I don't have to arrange extra support. Each to his own I guess.

Allan from down under.

Those are Museum tires... We had an antique car carrier at work with these tires, I played it a couple times behind the bosses back, and they were as smooth as glass, but they only lasted 2 trips from the Toll Plaza on the SFOBB to Treasure Island and back (about 10 miles total) before they started to come apart catastrophically...

The Cat's Pajamas is a pair of Winfield AA (or a Winfield BB) fed into whatever, with Fordson-sized valves and a .300 cam 7° advanced... THEN you can get a higher flow or overhead valve set-up... The motor has to breathe, otherwise you won't get the oompha you think you should.

The T engine is, compared to modern iron, BIG, you just need to...

Doesn't that canvas top on the car make it stand out. That's what most of our colonial built cars had. You could always say that you imported your car from Australia.
Allan from down under.

No mag, this one has a True Fire ignition and I'm running it off of (don't laugh) two 6 volt lantern dry cell batteries. I have not idea why it was changed but it's the way it came when I got it.

Have an A used the halogen kit. Not worth it. The best way to improve light is Aluminum Oxide reflectors.

Thanks, But I like Ross's Too!

For pulling to the left, I would check to see that the left wheel bearing is not too tight and dragging. I just had a wheel bearing get real hot on a car that I bought recently. Turned out the previous owner had installed the spindles on the wrong side and the left bearing had tightened up so tight that the inner race was spinning in the hub.

👋 George

If memory serves correct ....

I brought (18) eggs from the Mexican supermarket
along with some cookies ?

We looked at your cars in a large detached garage
that also had Christmas decorations ?

You had a very early rocking chair in your living room - we visited - then went for bbq in town.

I meet quite a lot of Model T Folks around...

That's the Quadrant people refer to...

Andrew, A lot of what I know about the early production problems of the 1915s I learned from Royce! He used to participate on this forum quite a lot. I like his forum also, but wish he would still share his knowledge here as well. (I also know there were reasons he left here and I won't push that issue.) I enjoy reading the articles he publishes...

The person who gave You the jump is not happy either. You can reverse charge a battery. AX Me how I know.

Eyeyay aveyay oynay ideeayay... :lol:

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I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto!!

Thanks thanks

Not right now. I think I will try them. Always been a NH guy, but have heard how good the OF is. Dan

Got it all apart, taking the spider to a locksmith to see if he can make a key. I'm having to pull the steering shaft as the pitman arm keyway in the shaft looks like the Grand Canyon :( . I guess I'll have to buy a new one as no one seems to have a good used one, probably best anyway. Thanks for all your help.
Jerry

Montrose is a 'village' more of a 'hamlet' of about a square mile and a population somewhere around 1500. The locale for the most part would not have been friendly to Model T's either---up n down n down n up. Doubt you'd find many T'ers there even today.

I do have a thought for you. If you say Voss was a Ford dealer in Montrose at some point in...

Thank you R. V.
I was hoping someone would let us know what happened.

There are dozens of different models and at least 12 sizes of 5 balls. They were used on a lot of different engined and applications.
I don't see any significance in the serial numbers.

Another interesting bit. The center body bolt is usually about 1/8 longer than the front one. I haven't had a chance to check this '14.

Why not put a wood block under the spring eye, and be done with it?