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Thanks Scott for the tip
Leo

woops should have added a picture in that.sorry

I had to remove everthing from my block casting using an angle grinder, cut off wheel drifts and a big hammer. The valve guides are not really a problem. I one does break off, they are easily replaced with modern parts, from memory, 350 Chev items. This is an easy fix for a good machine shop. there is a product called K liners which will clean out...

Thanks for the response, i have a new wheel ordered.

Rick

I have been looking for month's to get my hands on a 4 rear main sealed bearing ball cap

John,

I sent you a private message via the forum.

Nice to hear from all of you. I first met Tim at the Early Ford Tour at Paynesville MN, preceding the New London to New Brighton tour years ago. He had his Model K and offered me a ride. Within seconds we were effortlessly cruising down the highway at 55 mph, and I said “I thought these cars weren’t any good?” He said “I know,” and from then on,...

Thanks Allan - you may be right but I kinda need something to do in these long isolated days... (not really, but good to have a distraction from the other work list items!)

The parts came from a long time T enthusiast, who also liked Ford V8s, so this could be a V8 bolt? Probably will never know but he has a few in the box with the T stuff.

Wow, thanks for that John, I will pass it on to Chris.

Cheers
Adrian

Well i figured as much
To sweet lady who makes peach pie
I take mine to go

Ok, awesome. Thank you for letting me pick y'alls brains about these!

Stephen

you are not the first to report such an occurence and it is good to bring the experience to the fore for the sake of completeness in deciding band choices.

Nothing wrong with a 490, just have plenty of rear axles in stock...

Thats some pretty work... nicely done!

I am doing 2 sets of arms. I actually need to rebuild 3 front ends. The reamer that I bought is a Cleveland straight flute. I could not get the reamer to cut 1 set of bushings. I am not sure now whether those were the ones from Lang's, or the one that came with the new bolts from Snyder's. Those bushings went in tighter and damaged my reamer a...

Ahhhh, Perry Kete! I should've known!! Problem is I'm way too gullible for my own good! :lol:

Kevin

It might be just as simple as having a more modern ignition like you mentioned. I was attempting to start on 12VDC through original rebuilt coils FWIW.

Thank you Henry P! Sometimes my recollection is off a bit (sometimes a bit too much!). I do appreciate corrections.

Looking really nice Neil.!

Very nice addition to the long run of early Ford racing!

Maybe your looking at it the wrong way, could it be that it's for a downdraft carb? Jim

I suspect that picture was taken in Glendale. That Blvd ran all the way from Los Angeles to San Fernando. It was the old US highway 99. It went through Burbank, but Burbank was not that well developed that early in time. Most of the way the road followed the railroad tracks of the Southern Pacific. If it were Glendale that location would have been...

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 can't afford to feed me premium fuel you shouldn't...

Steve, I googled Burnside baseball and found a photo of the whole team. I didn't post since there were no cars in it.

High Chris, I didn't remember if you used coils or the D word. Many speedster folks lose the magnets but must admit they have a real charm when tuned right. Those Montana 500 folks prove T coils are up for the task.

I'm with you in hoping we can get together again over Labor Day weekend. Quality time at home is great and safe and all that but...

Pretty Cool and nicely done.
Thanks for that.
Rich

I suppose you have seen this in your search:
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Jim, you have just followed a primary rule In workshop theory. You had way too much space which needed filling!

Allan from down under.

It might be a good idea to think about what the tips of those screws would do to the rim of a cam gear over time.

Under my touring it was a piece of cake. I am surprised a closed car is that hard. Now I need to do it under my speedster and I might need to disconnect the body. Wish you luck.

The longer the spring the less wriggle room you have when fitting the hogshead. On our RHD cars, reverse and the brake have external adjusters, so the gap for those spring/band ears is fixed. I have had to resort to wiring the springs to compress them a bit to be able to drop the cover down over the band ears. Your experience may vary.
As long as...

With a few rare exceptions (like sheltered ring gaps), spark plug gap is a factor for the ignition system, the power (voltage versus rpm and other factors) and coil capabilities etc. Spark plug gap shouldn't vary more than about one thousandth from one brand and/or version to another (and that one thousandth variance would be due to the hotness of...

AFAIK they worked with a stock gasket. Any indication that the head has been modified around the valve area? If so, you can modify a copper sandwich gasket by opening up the flanged sheet gently, removing the filler material and then forming the flange back with a tiny hammer. This is much easier on older gaskets where the interior is asbestos or...

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 some research, found who built it, etc,...

Funny how “updated retrofit” solutions have come and gone, the solutions having become even more obsolete than the Model Ts they were applied to. I first became aware of the bonded band lining idea in the late 60s. At that time, one supposedly “easy” application was to utilize the bands from the 1950-52 Buick “Dyna-Flow” transmission. Nowadays,...

Great tool pictures, thanks! I’ve always used my two fingers. Yes, I already know I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I still have my two fingers!

Thank you. Dave

Here is someone else's take on converting their old Model T into a motor sled

And the nut size for the stud bolt is...the exact same as a demountable lug nut and probably should be a demountable lug nut!

What a neat post Don. :) Tho I'm not surprised your Touring got some good attention at the show. Then ya drove it away. :)
The rusty old clunker out here in the yard is similar. Golly day is he loved by this bunch.
Drift: Have extra time lately. Maybe his turn in back to the living is sooner than I can see. Been considering dropping some coils...

Want to lighten flywheel, no mag pro an con. comets needed engine will rev faster reach higher rpm and will run smoother any one in az that can machine the flywheel

You don't have to physically machine the flywheel to remove weight. if you're going with a distributor then you can remove the magnets and substitute paddles to keep the oil...

Mr Burger should like this one! Since those are likely telephone wires, the voltage will be fairly low, and generally harmless to a human being. Of course, tangling in them and falling onto the road in front of a coming race car could have deleterious effects on one's health. Tearing wires down during a fall could also result in undesirable...

The tinted visor is very cool. Just know that it won't have laminated safety glass in it, and while trailering at highway speeds, there may be a real risk of it shattering. If you use it, you should really consider replacing the glass.

Paul Iverson has a really nice, unrestored 1916 touring.

If you look at the photos he posted a while back, you can see bits and pieces of the wiring. Note that it looks like the loom is tucked under the edge of the hood former.

His car also has the bell wire staples for the headlamp wire.

Man, seems like this question comes up once a week. I repeat myself - J.C. Taylor. It's not how cheap, it's how good. You won't know that until you have a claim. Look at the discussion that's already taken place on this forum (numerous times). Recommend you also look at the AACA discussion forum. Plenty of good info there as well.
Terry

The Canadian engine blocks used casting dates through to the end of production whereas these dates were discontinued in USA production starting in 1922. For whatever reason, the Canadian blocks revised their casting dates around 1923 using an alphabet letter to designate the year. “A” for 1923, “B” for 1924, “C” for 1925, etc.

Rich C.

Up until a short time ago, pretty sure it was Lang's maybe other too, carried a weld on fake bottom that allowed one to created a 1 piece pan out of later ones. Maybe call Lang's and talk to Steve and see if they might have any left or know where to get one. This would allow you to used the wider square hole cover and have room for starter ring...

Easy to roll but it looks like a sweet ride ! :lol:

Here's a short history and some clarification on 'Isinglass' window material.
I have no connection to the firm just thought it was a nice and clear explanation of the matter, plus it had a picture of a T ;)

My wife and I attended last year for our first time and both really had a great time...I bought a few things and swapped a few things...We were so looking forward to this years meet...Oh well hope to be there next year...

It probably was about five years ago, quite a few people on this and other forums shared a lot of information about that trip! Edsel and a few of his wealthy friends in two other cars made the trip together. One of the other two cars was a Stutz (I believe a Bulldog Touring?), the other marque escapes me at the moment. Probably hundreds of photos...

You're absolutely right Dallas and besides she changed her name not you......lol

I have one on my 26 Touring. Glass is all fogged over and unreadable.

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Great news. Glad you found the problem and it was easy to fix.
Norm

It makes great Wapatooli. Ask any college student. Oh wait, I never touched that stuff in college. That was the other guys.

Get a bottle of glycerin and make your own hand cleaner, although I think washing your hands with soap and water does a better job.

Les,

That is interesting... wow that casting has some pretty thin areas milled into it. Those plates are pretty much one position one side up. Can you show us some photos of the unit when you get it off of your mill? Perhaps photos of it disassembled with the parts shown.

Thanks, TH

We are open but for how long we do not know, Governor is shutting down places like crazy, but we will still do mail orders and phone orders, Bob

I cannot speak the language but since the original question was posted in English I am going to answer in the only language I know. What is VERY IMPORTANT but may or may not be mentioned here is that when setting the toe in or toe out you MUST roll the car forward then back at least one full turn of the wheels to relax any tension in the linkages...

Thanks for the infor the deal is done Moms happy and the 4 carbs are on there way to Ontario , one less thing to deal with Cheers Colin

Looks great Brad. You will be able to go on long trips with that box. I do not think it looks too big. Just keep an eye on that hinge if it is not solid brass.

John

Very good advise for sure. Those wires and rods for the bell crank and the choke butterfly and the throttle butterfly all need to be carefully tuned to proper length as you posted. Take care to always check when assembling the carb to the manifold.

A friend with a nice '27 touring came over, he wanted to know why it didn't have much guts...

Thanks for the info, I'll pass it along. This forum is great,

Anton-
I got a NOS gasket for my C-35 head from Olson's Gasket in Washington.
Phone: 360-871-1207
Not cheap, but if want original he's the only place I found.
Good luck

Just called Dave. What a great guy. Yes they are open.

Could also be that the timer case spring is bent and not putting enough tension on the timer.
I would guess that the vertical disk is the shield that goes behind the timer, it would have no effect on the brushes placement in or out. It remains stationary and the time case rides on it.
Re Atwater question;

I have one, I think I got it from Langs or Chaffins... it's a cast aluminum piece, and actually makes the old style pedals a little more intuitive, as you can index your C and B feet off the sides of the reverse extender... Since I don't spend that time going backwards (looking backwards, sure, but going backwards, not so much) it's not that big a...

This is the centerspread in an original Freuhauf brochure.
Click on it to enlarge it. Click again to read it.

Ask them if they have another identical tank in stock. If not send them a picture of the damage and what it would cost fix it and pay you the cost in repairs. Get their money first of course. If they want it back there is a reason for them to want it. If your a good haggler and can keep from losing your cool you might be able to make a deal with...

i would say late 10.tall rad neck,windshield looks like 11.charley

Cars sold on eBay motors are non binding, ether party can walk away.

if you live in a nieghbor hood that allows golf carts, a 36 volt golf cart is ideal for a power supply.

I have a couple of these magnetos and really like them because the ones I have contain a mica insulated capacitor and they seem to last forever!!

The right one looks like a limiting stop for a non Ford spindle.

Great video! Love your enthusiasm, Lawrie. The runningboard views really show just how much these cars flex from virtually every change in the road surface. Just like they were designed to do. No wonder Henry made sure all the nuts were kept on the bolts via cotter pins!! (Split pins to most Europeans) Thanks for the fun ride! Your passenger was...

Thank you jiminbartow ..... It was your post that I was referring thanks for reposting the pictures

Even Ford's books say to not bend over all the tabs, to save them for later use, if needed.

This mag is wonderful. R.V. built it up and gifted it to me about 20 years ago and it has been in continuous service ever since. I have had the engine in and out through probably over 50,000 miles and what David is noticing is a little bit of insulation frayed here and there on the outside edges. As I remember it R.V. gifted this to me as a...

Thanks for the clarification Larry. I never thought of one as being early and one late. They both work fine though, been using them for 20+ years and knock on wood so far no problems

Tim, yes, I believe that’s the 228 motor mentioned. I hope someday someone finds more drawings, to better differentiate the racers.

Scott, I had not thought of the the “pipe” idea from the drawing. I believed all along that it’s either the faceplate, as tim point to above (red arrow), or the faceplate for the exhaust pipe on the right side. As...

Here's a closeup of one of the spring clips shown in Mark's photos, though his are in much better condition:

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If they don't come with/on the new spring it wouldn't be too hard to fabricate the dozen or so needed.

Very interesting, thanks for posting.

John

How true! More than one model T'er has experienced that to occur, sometimes kills the radiator, sometimes the hood, but oh oh if you have the hood up and rev her up while watching :shock:

Rich captured this so fine :lol:

I’m betting that with the increased diameter of the wheel as opposed to the motor pulley it gave that pump a workout. Thanks for the picture. 8F0834CA-2178-493F-8B1D-D2A037609BEB.jpeg

I did some social distancing yesterday also.
The kids came over, and took out their 22 touring. My wife and I took the 12. We did around 20 miles also. Best therepy there is.

I'm trying to figure out how it worked, and what ratios it provided.
I guess from the text that it gave a 50% reduction. That would make it similar to some other devices, and would be consistent with using differential-style gearing. It's also consistent with the recommendation to use 'speed' gears - I guess that means a 3:1 CWP.

The central...

Is that a rock resting on the rear spring?

Manuel in Oz

Definitely REO..

I hadn't thought of doing that, but I agree with the others that it sounds like a good idea. I'll be doing it in the future. Thanks for bringing it up.