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Thanks all for your contributions.

An object lesson. The left reflector is an original silvered one in tolerable shape. The right reflector is one of the aluminum coated ones from Lang's. It's a world of difference, and I'll know in a few days how much difference it'll make. And of course, check that you have good grounds.

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Buddy...if you’d like to sell the used one...

Michael, in use,the brake drum and output shaft are one unit. I index them as I assemble them before balanci g them. If you check the run out on the assembled pair of components, you may find you can improve the situation by trying up the interfaces.

With easy access to an excellent machine shop, I have them grind the drums on their c.f.
Ankshaft...

Interesting information, Tim.

Has anyone here seen a set of A-Cs that were set up to the emergency brake as shown in picture labelled #1? And it looks like set up #3 uses 1 cable attached to the emergency brakes and another cable run to the brake pedal and center mounted equalizer pulley. The number 2 set up looks like all of the cable brake...

Problem solved. The T is once again on the road. I removed the carb and took it to a friend who is an aircraft Mechanic from the Army. He located the problem and corrected a defective float. He cleaned it and I took a nice ride. Thanks for the advice.

Well what you said makes sense for sure,it is grounded by the time. .i put a small black wire from the battery to a bolt holding the coil box.So if the chassis is grounded,the firewall should be if the bolts aint rusted,and the coil box is bolted to the firewall.I don't know what I mighta done but it ran right for the first time in a long time for...

My wife and i had hotdog like that for 14 years. super loyal and always had to be anywhere i was. not sure who will be having the most fun, you or the dog ?

Take a look at June 26:

quick and dirty is to look at the steering wheel pinion...if it is basically the same size as the planetary gears, it's early.

That is a great photograph, truck reminds me of mine.

Thanks Everyone. I got them out. I was able to disconnect the wiring as well.

Could you please post a link to the video of the most recent event? Always good viewing and lots of nice T's and other cars there. Thanks,

The 24-25 tourings have a steel pillar on the RH side. I bought one from someone on the forum 10 years ago and wound up not using it, and just opted for wood when I rewooded my car.

I'll second what Hank Lee said, Nason single stage urethane and the recommended primers. This is a high quality and cost effective product that can be cut and buffed, if you so desire, with little effort and nice results. The look of the single stage is also more appropriate on an old car as compared to a clear coat process.

Stay away from Martin...

Same applies for my T... :lol:

Cool photo. Thanks for posting!

Given their propensity to do dangerous things, I wonder how many of those guys made it past age 40, or even 30 for that matter? :?:

No, don't touch them. If you see some material transfer between the points or you are feeling like a tune up is due then send them to a competent coil guy or take them to a club meeting where you can have some experienced help with the proper tools and tester, but regular owner performed maintenance on coils should be avoided.

Mark: I admire your determination! I wish more members would be like that. The one that really upsets me is the placement of the rear windows in 1917-1925 touring cars and roadsters. I took an adult school class in automobile upholstery, and learned a lot. If I was younger, I probably would have gone into the upholstery business full time, but at...

Mark, Good point. I will keep an eye on it. I mostly added the mesh to keep out bugs. It is a simple matter to remove the mesh if I need too.

Dude & Son in Yuba City, Ca does cam bearings. See their ad in the Vintage Ford

To me it would seem easy and cheap to weld 2 pices of flat stock on a old/worn/or off shore socket!! :D Bud.

Great minds think alike!

late '20s Chevrolet. They work quite well on a large drum t rear end.

Thanks for the reply that is more than I knew before. Have a Happy New Year .

GREAT job!

Welcome to the affliction!

When using the currently produced Rocky Mountain brakes,they work very well going forward, however tend to loosen when going backward. They work like an oil filter wrench, they are actually assisted by the forward movement of the drum.

The above being said, be sure to have the internal transmission brake in place and adjusted so that when you...

My T s go better backwards in the New England snow. Getting them back into their trailers is a chore.

I'd like to thank Peter Eastwood for planning the best tour route ever! The only thing I dislike, and it happens every year, is people who own newer model cars, and are not invited, decide to crash our tour, and eat our doughnuts.

I have thought of using balancing beads, but don't know how. I really like the photo of the original Schrader valve stem comparison. I have never seen that one before. It is a real good piece to have.

Ford changed to steel bushings at some point. I prefer to use brass or bronze, so I don't wear the tie rod bolt. I ream them to fit the bolt, but facing is not required.

Any chance you’re thinkin of the air compressor rods? Not sure what make they were... but basically an A rod with a T wristpin. Don’t know what piston was needed when installed in a T motor

Great Photo! I'll bet there are some 30 ones in there.

Gentlemen:
I will be attending again this year ( assuming no blizzard next March) … was snow bound here in northern Colorado for 3 days … will plan on getting out earlier for this meet … I expect it will be well attended next year , if for no other reason than this will be the last at this site …
look forward to seeing all the regulars and...

Possible roll up flap on rear window, slight arch to top side window frame. Could be a Martin Parry cab?

Oh it will make My little T a chic magnet. Um, depends on the age and size of the chics as to rather or not I would want to use it then! :lol:

Thanks guys. Just need to get it painted then installed. I do have some castle nuts that may work. We'll see. Happy New Year.

Were do i find the proper ring gear 40 tooth with recess

Yes, I found the HCCA website and discovered that minor date detail! The Convention starts the day after the swap meet, so there isn't an overlap, except for those that have to trailer their cars from Bakersfield to Stateline, they will have a fairly long day on the road!

Still waiting to hear from someone who has tried these rods , apparently they have sold out of the standard bearings so someone must be trying them :?:

Durn it, the instagram clip won't play without sign up.
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Very good likeness of Henry. Who is the other fellow in a suit? Doesn’t look like Edsel. Jim Patrick

I have an original July 1925 engine that has the transmission cover ears and the wide brake drum.

I was surprised to notice the bolts that hold the back plate to the drum assembly had just large round flat screw heads.

A little later in 1926, the bolts were elongated, as the hex head could not turn inside the wider brake drum area.

I suspected...

Thanks to all again, my cab wood from fordwood is on its way, and the seat pan and seat back are in after only 15-20 tries for fitting! Yikes!

Thank you very much RV! And thank you everyone else who has chimed in here! Very valuable info for sure!

Hello Art:
I replaced these channels on my brass Rand windshield, and will say the process is not complex, but not done well without some practice. Use your old channel and practice first. Channel sticks are costly....I got the best price from Speedway, who sell it by the foot.

Bend areas are annealed for best results...assume you may need to...

That is amazing Steve, thanks so much for the tour
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I put a front bumper on my little pickup project,looks good.But in a shop or tight quarters,you walk in front and forget about it,it will take your dang knee cap about off. Or so it feels!

Yes Brown, do you have one
Michael A

....Dave, I appreciate the offer for help!

....If you can swing by one Sunday or Wednesday, let’s get her sorted out! As mentioned, I had to spend *double* my sales tax rate, but it looks like Vermont will issue registration and tags as an: “Out-Of-State” applicant in the next two weeks. To anyone stuck with a: “Bad auction car,” it seems that...

Keith

a very close match for pan bolts, which could be altered easily:

and nuts:

Tim, thanks for the reply, I agree that oil may be better than grease. Mine has a grease cup with a zerk fitting in the top of the cup. I probably will use a oil cup instead. I have several styles of oil cups about the size of a regular grease cup. I probably will also add a felt wick or felt insert inside the cup. My shaft has no slop or end...

This wore out ol' 24 short box pickup sure loved his tank of racing fuel my son gave me after the season one time.
Just opened the carb a bit and Zoom! I'll bet I hit 30 with him!
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I wonder if some coconut rum would make the exhaust smell all nice and sweet? :lol:
If Jameson wasn't so darned expensive...

Thanks, quick answers before I head back to the shop, trying to get some in the mail today.

I bead blast virtually every thing. I use 70/100 Potters glass beads which tend to break down into a finer dust more than some others. I have an old bead blast cabinet that I've been going to replace for years. I never change the beads, just dump the...

thank you Perry...I have yet to find a way to use iPhone only to provide'right side up' prints {sigh}

(I just noticed who Perry Kete actually is!)

COOL! If the shirt fits, wear it!

LOL,

Hank

Word of caution; be aware of free (unexpected) starts when making adjustments to the timer with the key set on “BAT”.

The timer is very close to the fan and I do not recommend doing any work to the timer if there is a potential for the car to start for that reason.

trying the photos again

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If you just need something to squish between the glass and rim without sticking semi-permanently, silicone will make a suitable gasket. But don't apply it to the lens or rim. Instead, use a scrap of glass and run a bead of silicone in a straight line on the glass. Make it as long as the gasket you will need. Let this cure and then remove the bead...

What a good looking truck! Nice to see another TT hitting the road. Life in the slow lane is great.

Well I found the problem was a bent axle. Looks like I need to rebuild rear end.

I have a Ford bearing sleeve from the other side. I measured the thickness of an unworn area. It was the same thickness as the reproduction sleeve.

John

First thing I learned about the repro welch plugs is not to use the steel ones. They rusted through in a couple of years. Having being caught out, I then used an Australian 2 cent coin, suitably dished. Then JB weld after punching it in. No more problems.

I have a DuBats crank in my '12 with an early pan and would not ever change it out for a later one! That Narrow nose adds a minimum of 2 miles per hour!

In closing this thread out, my niece presented me with the thank you letters from the kids. It was optional but they all chose to do it. 29 of 'em. It seems they talked about what they liked most during the presentation and then many asked a question. I just sampled three letters here. I'll answer their questions and send my reply for them to...

What.???? To much eggnog! Herm, merry Christmas :D

I'm running NH carbs rebuilt by Corey Walker. Very pleased with his work. He has an ad in the parts section for his contact info.

The day after Christmas is a special day for me. It's the one day between Christmas and my birthday! :lol: :lol:

And Best Wishes from our 4 generations. Not a White Christmas today but still Winter.
Thanks to all the Forum Folks.
Rich
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Great Chris, made right across the street from Henry! Many thanks for both responses. T

Not for sale .. I just posted it for people to see. An interesting variant.

I agree, 1924-1927 Buick. Pretty cars.

What kind of men did cranking that Oliver make you ?

In 30 years, old guys will be waxing on about video games they played as
kids and an Oliver will be something they never bothered even reading about.

Alex, ... I'll take Cranking the Oliver for $500 ..... :lol:

My '23

two wood screws...in this picture, one is installed and the other hole is there with countersink. They go into the spacer block behind them. This block stiffens the upper/lower body contour wood to the sill and provides lots of meat for the pillar to seat against.

likely similar to your situation

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Transmission failure, triple gears and driven gear broke due to metal fatigue.

Im going to try to say this without sounding too critical of Howell’s deck lid skins...

The roadster skin I had from Howell’s was better than nothing, and I was happy to have a head start on the project. But the skin was far from ready to install. The main issue was the complete lack of compound curve in the skin. Because of this, the skin...

It was bent like that to blind the oncoming traffic! :lol:

The problem with altering sleeve thickness, axle diameter & adding shim to compensate for worn Hyatt bearings, is that Hyatt rollers do NOT wear evenly, without taper. When using a tapered roller, because of the differing circumference of each end, one end will tend to skid on the axle & sleeve and cause premature wear. The different...

Yes, but he must be busy putting up his xmas tree.

Well, durn it all ! .... I thought that *maybe* there was some ancient forgotten
secret there, that would solve the super steep hill oiling issue.

(back to my hole now)

...to freeze my email if I didn't click on the link. It said something was batten but didn't mention hatches.

Steve, I remember that one. As I recall, it wanted you to click on the batten. Right consonants, wrong vowels.

When I get one that purports to be from a bank, I generally forward it to the abuse address for that bank. I generally get...

Hi all

Luxford please accept my apologies.

Your sketch clearly shows what I was trying to describe about how the shafts move.

I checked the pictures several times and still managed to mix one up in my earlier note.

Happy Holidays
Jeff
Nova Scotia

That is a great picture thanks for posting it.

The photo also explains why the ice cream was melted and the meat was spoiled by the time it got to the house... they kept stopping to have their picture taken! :lol:

Paula and Gator's Christmas card arrived just today. I first met Gator on tours in Australia and well remember chewing the fat while cruising on the River Murray on a paddle steamer. He is a top notch fellow.
At Chickasha in 2010 he insisted I accept a set of Bosch platinum spark plugs to use in adaptors on my Haigh's Chocolates van. They are...

No problem, Mack

Merry Christmas and good luck with the bands

Btt

Awesome sounds like a good deal mine was not complete and I have been pieced it together for the last years and still not done. But such an awesome project for you guys. Merry Christmas happy new year

I do have a few photos on my phone, but cannot figure out how to post them here. I am not exactly tech savvy.

Mark, I think your find is a later version of the straigbt through NH. These had the name plate over the vent rather tban the screw in vent. Nice find.
Allan from down under.

I have an original '14/'15 style muffler for my '15. But the little tail-pipe on it was missing. It isn't the way it should be, but I didn't have a practical way to do it the way it should be. So, I found a scrap of thin-wall steel tubing that just fit the inside of the muffler end, slid it into place, and tack-brazed it into place. Should work...

Some fellows on the AACA page have expressed opinions that woven lining works better against steel and moulded works better on cast iron...

looking at the sheets, there are far more pressure and higher coefficient of friction values available with the sheets, than the two materials presented as strips on the McMaster-Carr page

as far as fade on...

My experiance on them is they are harder starting, cold hearted but if you are on the high end of performance they do increase a little bit, The OS stromberg was more of an improvement but did not want to spend the big money to get rid of the sinus drip it had.