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Thank you Will....that cleared everything for me.

Jesse-
Sorry to hear about your Dad. I'm on the other side of the State, but if you want to send me some pics, I can help you figure out what you have.
: ^ )
Keith

If The truck can still be driven, the poor boy or old farmer solution was to loosen the axle nut about three turns, replace the cotter pin (so it can not vibrate off all the way) and drive the truck over a bumpy road or driveway kind of fast. A short trip will usually loosen the drum.

A good way to fix a loose pulley is to coat the inside with a liberal coat of tin solder (50/50). Tap it into place, any high spots in the tinning will self cut to size. No shimming, and will last for years.

It was a little like sending 25¢ and two box tops to Battle Creek Michigan wasn't it? How many remember? The anticipation and checking the mail each day or waiting for the mailman was almost torture. Why did we have to grow up?
OK, some of us didn't.
Rich

I maintain one small little vestige of the former hobby by running the 54 Ford Club of...

You don't need square or eight-point sockets for square nuts. Regular 12-point sockets work just fine. I installed a new carriage bolt and square nuts on the driver's side today with a 12-point socket. I was amazed that my local Ace Hardware store stocks square nuts!

Thanks a bunch guys!!

My '15 roadster is a June 4 1915 car and it has the round brass switch in the firewall but the car was restored 25 years ago or so and the dash is NOT original based upon the wrong size choke hole and wrong angle drilling of that same hole. The good news for me was that the hole was drilled to something under 1/4 diameter so I was able to clamp my...

Most of the time the passenger maintains hands off . I'm thinking foot controls. I've always thought it would be fun to rig up a touring with the controls hidden in the back seat and a dog trained to sit in front by himself and drive .

I’ve thought about doing the same, I think the Shriners or some other such group had rear-driven Ts for a...

Thruway Spring in Rochester should be able to re-arch your leaves for you.

Thanks for all the help and input; as always, it's much appreciated! And thanks to Steve for parting with some of your stash!

Gotcha, thanks.

Oh my. In a model T on a ferry. Look at all that water. Very nice.

Michael, your Center Door is about 400 times nicer than the one I have! :lol:
That's cool! I call mine a '24 as it has a '24 engine but I understand that isn't possible. Yep under the driver's seat.
Nice car! Thank you for the pic.

Personal double take ! Just a comment or two. That red Proto Tools tool box in Dan T's second picture (the shop/work bench) looks identical to the one in my shop! That one looks a bit nicer, and mine is not bad. It was my Dad's well before I was born and I have been getting tools out and putting them back for as long as I can remember.

Some day,...

Thanks for the info. I will not mess with this until winter.

No I did not get to ride in it just drove it a million miles sitting in one place. It has a 1947 license plate on it which is 3 years before I was born. It came with a spare engine (which is all totally torn down) I assume this was the original engine. It has a two speed rear end and a third lever that sticks just above the floor boards next to...

The photographer's car looks just like mine.

Thanks for all the replies...it sure helped. :twisted:

My shop took a hit this winter. Branches hit two cars.

Thanks so much all for coming and for folks like Vinny who helped spread the word and make our event great! Great pictures!

You're correct, there were slightly less cars than last year (very threatening weather forecast leading up to the event, rain in south Jersey so we lost some of the cars driving up from south Jersey, and as always lots of...

Fantastic! That's what we do eh? Teach 'em.
Oh my gosh, the lines I just deleted about teaching my wife to drive.

I did not find the directions very helpful installing and setting up the brakes. Finally I put the rear end up on jack stands, took the wheel off, removed the key, put the wheel back on and set the hand brake to where I could not rotate the wheel (locked up), but could freely rotate the wheel with the brake off. Next with the hand brake on, (could...

I learned a long time ago if water flows through the radiator, in a car, too fast it doesn’t have enough time to cool down. I don’t know that this would play a role in a Ts cooling system but in a pressurized system with a pump it sure does. I wonder if it’s possible in a T ?

Then wouldn't it also hold true that the water doesn't have enough...

Absolutely must check for twist. That's the next step. I just now finished straightening bends. Three of the four had slight bends. The fourth was out quite a bit out. All are now within 2 thou deviation at the top land area measured one side against the other. By that I mean the max difference between the edge of the cross slide and the ring land...

Well written and a good read. Thanks.

You could make a channel by using two smal thin aluminum angles.

The Miles Standish plugs will only work with Priscilla Mullins wires and a John Alden coil in a Mayflower motor! :roll: :roll:

Glad you found these items and decided to share them with us.

On my original brass caps, I use a finer link chain, and solder it to the cap.

Thanks Dan. The shoulders are not exactly the same width so is there a front and back to the drive gear? Thanks again : Bruce

When you tighten the cylinder up with a piston/ring replacement you will increase compression, (providing the cylinder is round) and put more strain on the lower end (rod journals). If the the rod or main bearings are marginal the increased compression will cause any bottom end wear to be amplified and you may notice a thump that wasnt there...

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That’s too bad about the Snyder’s rods. I thought they were great built with dippers. 😢.

“Grasshopper” I meant Doug, Super Job Brother!

Hank down in the Gray Zone

I think just balancing the parts alone are a big factor. Once you seem to balance the rods and pistons, and flywheel, that should cure alot of it. I am going to have my machine shop dynamically electronic balance my whole assembly with the crank (like they do for hi performance engines). My big block Chevy engine was balanced to within .09 of a...

While that top installation looks great, most of the evidence points to fold over welting being used, not hide-em. Minor detail, but thought you might like to know.

Tail-lights really get into strange territory. I would almost bet that not one in ten model Ts on the road today has a tail-light arrangement that is totally factory issue correct. Between adding brake lamps, extra tail lights, adapting modern bulbs, sockets, or twelve volt systems? Way too many options to try to guess what may be wrong or how to...

Pardon the drift.
About eight years ago, they were trying to get the Hay-H to be the earliest American built gasoline powered automobile to be regularly driven in the world! There are several American steam and electric cars that run, as well as several European built gasoline automobiles, a few going back as far as 1892. About a dozen earlier...

I agree. That is a very nice Pickup, Bert.

If you get it printed, it has to be true, right? This is a 1904 ad. The first gasoline autos were Lambert 1890 , Duryea 1893, Haynes 1894. pretty sure there are more sprinkled in there. If you believe this ad, Henry’s was 1889, but really he was a late comer. 53497E76-0E79-4D33-A9B5-91327B5C97F6.jpeg 72210CA3-CAD9-4A0C-8C3E-014CCD2CE51C.jpeg

Also to add, do not over fill either as it will make them puke!

Hank

Awwwww, Tommy....popping Jeff's balloon...shucks... :evil:

Jeff, Good going! It's great to have a supply of spare parts . :P I had a supply once...problem was, the supply was too big for my brain - when I wanted something that I thought I had, I could not remember where I stashed it.

Problem solved...downsized - moved into quarters with not...

The Pickup started in the 1925 Model year so may be counted in the runabout/roadster listing. Truck would/should be TT only. What it boils down to, the more popular body styles (touring, coupe and runabouts) get the most research. 2 doors, 4 doors not so much. TT's even less. Good luck with your search.

Sorry to be getting back to this so late. The gear hole where it fits on the cam is larger then the stub shaft on the cam. There must be a piece that has a locating pin (I can see a spot inside of the gear that looks like wear from a pin) to keep the gear from rotating that would fit on the cam shaft. I am not sure how that piece is held on the...

Photos didn't show up, please try again. Interested in seeing the spark plug related stuff.
Thanks,
Terry

Chad, if you have new bushes and cams, and new lined shoes, and you still have no good emergency brake, I would be looking for worn brake drums. The cheap fix usually is to fit a shim on the cam to spread the shoes somewhat. With all new parts at that point, your brake drums are allowing the shoes to expand beyond the effective range of the cam....

Candy Store for Big Kids!!! The only cavities are voids in your wallet!

LOL!

Hank in Tin-A-See

Hi Mike

i just sent you an email. I'll be home tomorrow evening, and I'll be driving from about noon to 6pm your time. Give me a call when you have a chance, I've got everything together.

OK we can start narrowing down the actual location of the When Hope Calls filming location to find out who own the car in the original poster's picture.

I did some digging, and after watching a teaser trailer showcasing the sets , one of the actors mentions North Bay.

There is no North Bay in the Vancouver area or in British Columbia where the...

The caution tape is a good idea. You don't want to find those brackets the hard way.

ahh, hmmm

My project now has a 4x2 length screwed across the gap[ between the brackets....

Should protect the shins a bit better.... :-)

Metal fatigue!

They are probably for some non-automotive application like HVAC or refrigeration or practically anything involving a compressed gas.

However, the brass caps are even a larger diameter than the oversize stem ands caps on the compressor for my central air conditioner system. Same goes for my 2003 Pontiac air conditioner.

Years ago I picked up a...

As usual, the correct answer is, It depends.

My goof, I could have worded it better - the dust covers are not explicitly marked 777 or 888, my intent was to indicate that each stem length had its own corresponding dust cover length. Thanks for helping me clarify. :)

Mark, Thank you!

Thanks John!

Try the classified.

They will fit but the 16 uses oval irons but the later has rectangle irons.

A T would be quite a lot lighter than a Dodge of the same or similar period.

Thanks Norm. Will do.

These type questions are always hard to answer. I bought a jumbo planatar last year. By the time I got it home I had less than $500 so pleased with that, however,after taking it apart it had some serious damage. If I had to pay someone a wage to fix it, I would have been way under water , but this stuff is a challenge and labor of love for me. If...

I refer to these as “The Funny Pages “!!

Thanks, I'll got look.

A gas cap for a T?

That's not a fair trade.
The T is worth more than a gas cap.

If you wanted a gas cap for a Ugo it would be a different story

Mike is a true asset to the hobby, and a great guy too. I deal with him a lot. Why go anywhere else!

Do what you wish. A Model T doesn't need a rubber line anywhere. I have over 55,000 miles on my '13 touring, not that that makes any difference, and it still has the same gas line that I put on it in 1962.

when i first got my car it had a noise like that i found a 3\8 nut in the number 1 cylinder. philip

Just get an other oil pan ready.
This time I tried the alignement before the definitive assembly.

The end bearing just slide on and the bolts went in by hand.
I think I am back on the road.

What will be next???????

Andre
Belgium

Just been reading that site - I feel a collection fever coming on!

On an initial set up with a new timer, I park the timer pull at 5 o'clock on our RHD cars. For your up side down timers that would be 11 0'clock. The adjustment to the linkage rod is then made with the lever set against the stop on the quadrant. This works for all types of timers other than one of the new Andersons. I can't remember if thit needed...

Interesting for me Adrian! Thank you for poking at me! :) True.
Makes me wonder how I wire the 12V earth return (or the power flow out if you believe that) from the down converter on that side of the 84 volt vehicles we build as the brain plate may be more isolated from the chassis than I think. Hmmm.
I may see some 12V grounding problems down the...

Thank you, Jeff. There's even a 1911 Torpedo body on his website. I'll give him a call.

Steve

I like your style Dean!

I can certainly understand leaving the springs off, but do NOT skip the step of wiring the bolts in place. To do so, you'll need bolts with wire holes drilled through the heads. Do NOT substitute split lock washers in place of the wire.

That was the Abernathy Brothers, and it was done in 1910 to meet their father Jack's old friend, Teddy Roosevelt in NYC. They rode horses from OK to NY, but it was real hard on them (the horses, not the kids) so they bought the Brush and drove it home. A few years later in 1912 n0r 13? they duplicated the stunt on Indian motorcycles.
Best
Jeff...

A little JB Weld and she will be good as new.....

I will post two more pictures. Like most of us on the forum, I have had a fascination with Model T Fords since childhood. Here is a photo of me at a car show in Vermont Park in Mequon, Wisconsin taken about 1962:

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Here is a photo of Gil Fitzhugh's car, that I rode in the back seat of, some 57 years later:

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Duane, you have fun at the NSRA Nationals! That truck will wait for you. Quite patiently, in fact.
What an absolutely beautiful truck! And I thought my Lucky was a good lookin' ol' devil that has no view behind without a huge mirror.
Around the yard, I keep the Warford in low (under drive). Like Steve suggested, perhaps get used to pulling the...

Donnie, hope these help, let me know if you would like more. Sorry for the pictures being sideways, it's an iPhone thing I guess. I can take better pictures of the firewall tomorrow during the day..

Hi Allan, I'll watch for your email.
Keith

I remember that when Milt Webb first proposed using a neoprene seal on the camshaft, he mentioned that it needed a little squeeze between two bits of wood in the vice to swell the outer circumference. I usually do that and add a little black silicone seal. It may not be perfect but it’s worked for me for close to forty years.

Whoops!

That's why I moved into a retirement home....when I forget important things, the Landlord reminds me to pay the rent...and other things!

Congrats on the trophy in Kingston...

Congrats!

Great dump truck and hoist. Thanks for sharing.

Finally was able to see earlier responses from 2018 forum. Others have done it. Will have to try harder.

Lang’s catalog in their horn section has a repair service for your horn. Don’t know what the cost is but maybe they still do it. The add says your horn will be rebuilt with new electronic parts but sounds exactly like the original.