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Hey everyone first time posting on here I’m in the process of restoring a 20 coupe and need pics of the interior door pulls or handles also window straps what keeps them from falling in the door thanks for all the help. Willing to buy a correct set of interior handles or pulls if anyone has a set available Thanks Dale

Nice exposure for the Model T but a few things off mark. Anyone else catch this article?

Although been following this forum for quite some time have been making too many post. Anyhow I ran across some photos I had grabbed from the antique engine forum I frequent daily. Thought they might be enjoyed here although they may have already appeared here in the past. The 2 garage shots are very interesting. Some neat things to be seen if you...

What voltage should you get with an analog A/C voltmeter at the mag pickup point when cranking? I’m looking at a non running car that has sat for years and wondering if mag is functional. There maybe other simple test, and open for ideas. Thanks

I have tightened the nut holding the muffler to the engine, the threads seem to be fine but when the TT runs it vibrates,loosens and eventually unscrews. There was a part in the 2015 catalogue, (thanks Tom) 306IL Exhaust pack nut locking clamp that is not online it seems. What have you done to keep the brass nut from loosening?

Seventeen years ago I was cut off in traffic three blocks from my home while driving my 1919 model T. I had a choice between oncoming traffic or quickly making a hard left turn at the intersection. I chose the turn ... and flipped the car over sending my passenger flying across the intersection onto a lawn. I stayed with the car falling between...

Hi folks!
I own a building in the small town of Jefferson, SC, and we have this old picture of the town that everybody cherishes... I wish I had a higher resolution scan but this is from a postcard... if you click it it should get larger. Anyways, this picture is always listed as being from 1925, but I have reason to believe it's from earlier...

Tomorrow I get a electric spinal cord stimulator installed. This is similar to a pacemaker. My concerns are can I drive a T and can I still use my arc welder? Any one have any experience or knowledge of this? If this solves my back pain, I can continue restoring My latest T project.

These guys seemed to know how to have fun with a cut-off Model T.
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A 1915? with demountable rims and a Firestone on the rear.

I am looking for some close up photos of the figure eight shaped brass (or brass plated) eyelets, for the top straps, that mount to the pivot bolt on the later 1912 windshield. I would also like to get some basic dimensions. They are missing on my 1912 touring and unless someone knows of a source for them, it looks like I will need to make them....

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I am replacing my early to mid April (?) firewall on my 1912 slab side bodied touring. Looking for the correct location of the firewall to windshield bolt holes. The current firewall on the car is not original so I can't rely on it for correct dimensions (especially considering all the other things that are wrong with...

With only a week away, the weather for Luray is shaping up to be PERFECT!! Mostly sunny and 71 for Friday and 79 on Saturday. Bring your sunscreen and a hat because the sun will be strong. After last years washout, looks like the swap-meet gods are gonna smile down on us. :)

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Hello Model T-ers,

Our June 3rd GOLDEN GATE TOUR (Marin County San Francisco) is only 3 weeks away and it's shaping up to be an engaging three and a half days. Please send your tour fee in to reserve your spot and also have the Mill Valley Travel Lodge transfer your reservation from my name to yours. All contact information is within the Tour...

I have a Frontenac head I will be using on an engine that has a Model 'A' crankshaft. I don't recall the model of the Fronty but it is the one that came in Truck, Touring, and Speedster versions. It has been a long time since I looked it up but SR comes to mind.
I will be using a Winfield carb and the engine is fitted with the high compression...

Hi,
Some of the vendors offer Pedal Boot sets.
Large sets have a boot for the brake lever as well, but because I have RHD cars, I'm thinking of buying a small set (pedals only) for my Speedster .
Could you tell me...... how do they fix to the floor?
Or are they just fitted around the pedals and left to float about on the floor, depending on...

I love finding Model T era accessories !

This has mystified me (not unusual). What is it? This is one of the remaining Ford Special racer drawings (1910-1912) at Benson Library (THF). In addition to drawings for an oil and gas cap (the tank behind the seats included reservoirs for oil and gas) is this drawing with the listing Gastank Nozzle Flange. To the right of the drawing is written...

It was a real struggle to get the steering gear case out of the steering column, now I need to know the best way to get the control shafts out of the gear case. The photos show the four areas that are bent over the shafts to hold them in place. They appear so delicate that if I try to pry them, they will break off. Can someone who has done this...

Larry lost your email, please send me a email. Thanks Dan.

This is a carry on of my other post;

assembled one wheel to see how the first group fit;
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These are the 2ed group that I did tonight;
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In the jig to turn tenon;
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The Beardsleys Cider Mill show for Model Ts and As is tomorrow in Shelton, CT starting at 9am. If you are in the area you really should go. It’s a great show and a lot of fun and the weather forecast is looking great! I will be there!

I'm heading up to Luray tomorrow instead of Sat. The weather forecast is 20% rain Fri and 70% on Sat. Is there much stuff up there on Fridays? I won't leave Lexington till close to 12:00 and it's a 2-3 hr drive. So I hope they aren't packing up before I get a chance to look around.

This is from the March, 1954 Ford Times.

A common them in oil posts is to not use oil with graphite in it.

How can you tell if the oil you're thinking of using DOES have graphite in it?

A T at home in the wide open spaces.
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I like to run Kingston's on my T's as a tribute to my Dad who worked at the Kingston plant in Kokomo for 26 years but today I pulled the leaking carb off the 09 and it said Ford NH on the tag. Turns out the drain was open a little and the carb looked like new and it runs good so I put it back on. I am not an expert on carb's so I ask the experts...

Are any model t vendors planning to attend the Gilmore swap meet and car show?

I just got these and they are factory made with the original separate windows, they look to be the sides for a California top, any ideas if this is what they are? Bob

My question is this.
My T started to run very poorly last year, so I decided to put in a set of new aluminum pistons. I honed out the cylinders and the walls measured stock. With that said, I replaced the original valves with the new type. ( Non-adjustable)
Now that have it back together, it’s very hard to start and when it does start, it runs...

Fired up a long slumbering T today (about 15-18years) and oil was flowing down both sides of the hogshead from behind the crankcase. I checked the mag post and head-gasket and both were dry. It was coming from where my finger is pointing and down to the corners of the engine pans creating little oil lakes in the corners.

My guess is that I'll...

Thought I’d start a new thread with some Ruckstell questions. I’ve only done a couple over the years and the last one was a complete NOS original Ruckstell kit that had been squirreled away since made. That one was pretty easy.( still , lots of work !) I’ve got about 3 years on it now and I always wished I would have installed some zerk fittings...

Last winter I won off Ebay some spoke blanks for my 21 wheels. I have turned the tenons but am at a loss on doing the hole. I am coming up with 2-3/16 on the hub where the spokes sit. I have a jig built to put the spokes in to mark for length that I could use, but 2-3/16 is not a normal hole saw size. I just need to put a curve on the end not take...

Luray Swap Meet, Just a week away. Hope many can attend. I will be bringing a set of repro fenders, and misc '20-'27 parts. I may bring a few early V8 parts as well.

I have a 1915 Touring with the original head. I had the motor and transmission rebuilt about 4 years, alum. pistons, scat crank, stainless valves & seats, etc. Yesterday when I drained and refilled the radiator some accidentally splashed into the 1st and 2nd spark plug dimples on the head. When I started to crank the motor I saw bubbling around...

My question is this.
My T started to run very poorly last year, so I decided to put in a set of new aluminum pistons. I honed out the cylinders and the walls measured stock. With that said, I replaced the original valves with the new type. ( Non-adjustable)
Now that have it back together, it’s very hard to start and when it does start, it runs...

Still learning the Model T. My '15 engine needs rebuilt so I plan to put a '17 engine in for a while. Are there any issues doing that i should be aware of? I heard the '17 had a higher head. Will that cause any issues connecting to my brass radiator?

Appreciate any experienced input.

David

Hello Fellow MTFCA members,

I think that my 1924 Touring (w/ 27 engine and drivetrain) broke its crankshaft on the National Tour in Buellton CA last week. It made a horrible solid-metal-on-solid-metal sound while cruising in high gear. I immediately pulled over. The engine had already shut itself down. I pulled the spark plugs and am able to turn...

I took a 35-mile drive today and the last half a mile was up a steep, rutted and rocky road when my 26 Coupe quit. Flipping the key over to the battery it started immediately, but when switched back to mag it quit again. I managed to get to our destination on battery and when starting for home after lunch it was the same scenario. However, down...

Picked this up with T parts.
What does it fit.

Some years ago a guy was reproducing an overhead valve head, does anyone know who this guy is? He also made a dual overhead cam model T head too that I saw running at the 100th anniversary in Indiana.

Installing the roof covering kit. Not sure how the front flap is to be installed at the corners. Do I cut it? Pictures anyone?

After painting my 26 roadster pickup I am installing the body back on the frame. When I took it apart there was wood in odd places between the frame and body. Things really didn’t line up right either . Does the body bolt directly to the frame or should there be some type of spacer like a rubber washer? Thank you for any input on this.

I am looking for a source for the square headed bolts, nuts with their sizes that were used for the chassis on the model T along with locations where used. I am currently working on a 1924 but would be interested in any source for any years. I have the two volumes of the parts identification guide, but he only references the early Ts 1909-1914 in...

I came across this and found it interesting. Artist renditions are very often not accurate, but for what it's worth (which I realize isn't much) this runabout (in my eyes) has what many refer to as coupe fenders. It is from a 1924 brochure, linked here... I would guess the brochure is from summer of CY 1924, since Page 3 mentions summer and fall,...

How much wheel wobble, or any, is normal or acceptable?

I re-spoked three wheels and all four have about 1/4” of wobble.

On another T I recently acquired I notice about the same. I haven’t checked my TT yet.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Does anyone have diagram (breakdown) of a magneto horn? I believe there is suppose to be some paper gaskets but don't remember seeing them when I cleaned mine. My horn sounds pathetic.

This weekend I removed the old top and bow wrapping on my 1915 runabout restoration project. The bows had what appeared to be original wrapping, and I felt like I was unwrapping an old Egyptian mummy. The front bow wood had 30 lbs marked on it. Does anyone know if Ford, or whomever made the top bows for him in 1915, use recycled wood for the bows?...

I just installed a new motometer and gull wing cap. I put the rubber gasket between the meter and cap and tightened it up. A few miles and I see water filling up the meter. (Overfilled the rad). How did the water get up in there? Never had this problem with two of my other cars.

When checking the wobble of my front tires with a square on the floor in front of the bottom of the tires, I get 1/8th inch movement as my wheels spin around. I have wire wheels and thought the movement was from slightly bent wheels, but it is actually from my front hubs. They have a slight wobble as they spin around the spindle. They spin very...

The opposite of the Time magazine opinion...
Interesting read :D

Getting there.... 3:1 gears in:

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Hello Fellow Club Members,

I was hoping you might help me with a question.

Besides the cost of the crankshaft itself, is there a big difference in related expense between putting a Model A, Model B, or Scat crankshaft in our 1927 engine compared to just putting a Model T crankshaft back in it?

-Steven

I recently primed and sanded a coil box lid in preparation for a new coat of black paint. Seconds after the black paint hit the primer it started to react with a cracking and spidering of the paint. I stopped immediately to reduce the amount I now have to sand of. I typically have good results with rattle can paint on small parts but this is also...

I want to thank Dave Seiler and all the OC members for putting on a cowabunga tour!
The food was very very delicious and the weather was what California is famous for:
Sunny
Thank you
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One of our club members was looking for a Hayes style felloe with the notch for a Hayes rim and found this felloe, but what's with the dimples and no holes? How do you shape the end on the tenon? . . . or was this just not drilled?

My cousin, Ken Jones of Aberdeen, WA. and more recently of Andover, MN. passed away Feb 26, 2019 in Aberdeen, WA. Ken was a student of the model T. He spent many hours in Detroit studying model T details. I got my start in the hobby as a kid waxing fenders and polishing brass on his 1915 Touring. I'll miss his passion for the details and...

I posted something a year ago about moving. I now reside in the greater Amherst area and am looking to network and find other local T owners. I have my car ready for the season but don't want to go down the road alone. If you're local send me a PM. Thanks! :D

I plan to attend a swap meet Sunday at Gateway by St. Louis. Can someone post pictures of the correct hubcaps for a late Oct 11 Touring? Thanks, Art

I am getting ready for spring and have a spindle question I hope someone can answer. I am checking for looseness in the front end and have a tiny bit of play in my spindle bushings. If I put a square on the floor in front of the bottom of the tire and grab the tire top and bottom to wiggle, I get 3/32 outward movement of the bottom of the tire....

Got some starters in a parts lot. A or T ? or both??
Got one in a T lot of stuff, and had it working.
And got these two in a A parts lot.
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I posted a want ad on the classified for early rim nuts, and Adam asked me to post a picture. It doesn't look like I can post a picture on a reply on the classifieds, so here is a picture of what I'm looking for.

Hi all,

I'm doing some family research for my 95-year-old mom from photos of her grandfather's that I'm trying to get more info about. I *think* they might be 1914 era, the license plate (on other photos I have) shows Mass 1915. He worked at the time as a chauffeur and had had his own livery business about that time in Boston. I'm also wondering...

Pictured are the old, blue floorboards as well as the body of the '11 Touring.

Also pictured are the new floorboards.

I don't know what type paint to use, what process (brush, roll, or spray), or the color's part number.

Any input is appreciated.

Thanks.

My 1923 Fordor is black and it stays black, from what I've been told. It's a driver but I want it to look its best when it appears in public. The old paint job is showing it age and it is worn in places and has runs and some small dents. I took it to our local body shop and the young man running it gave me a quote of $3500 which I thought was...

I picked up these top irons thinking they would fit my uncles 23 roadster only to find out they definitely don't fit at all. Question now is, what do they fit?

Brad

As mentioned in a previous thread, I found a couple of brass screw heads in the drain plug while changing the oil and what I suspected has been confirmed. I pulled the starter and found one of the magnet retainer clips resting on the pan ledge next to the starter. So, the next logical step was to remove the hogshead and do some further...

Here's a photo of a photo of my great grandfather in what appears to be a fairly well constructed express-bodied T. What year is the chassis? If anyone would like a close-up view of any detail of the photo, I'd be happy to oblige. Thank you.

If you click the photo, it will open right side up (at least it is for me in the preview).

I picked up a '15 Runabout body over the weekend, which will evolve into my next Model T driver. I have pretty much everything else to build the car.

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It turns out to be a real '15 or '16, so I'm happy about that. Something I haven't noticed before is the solid trim pieces which cover the...

So my 26 Touring has nickel windshield stanchions that are not on the car. In looking where they go one side of the body has three holes like the stanchion the other has two. I looked on the back side of the metal and could not see any evidence of a third hole that may have been filled in. The car did not have the windshield in it when I got it....

I have a 1921 touring with a ruckstell rear end. I will start driving it this spring(if spring ever come to north dakota). My question is, can i shift it into low ruckstell while stopped? Also would it hurt the rear end to leave it in low ruckstell while driving in town at 20 mph or less?

I'd like to give a shout out to Hank in Tin-A-See for making me a set of gas tank cover hinges.
Here is one of his hinges next to an original:

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I asked him it if was ok for me to post a pic. He said it would be ok, but I warned him he would get requests to make more!

Mr. Lee, you are a true craftsman. Thank you!

: ^...

Picked up this accessory cast iron intake manifold at our local flea market this morning. Any ideas as to what carburetor it fits?

About 2 months ago I wanted to drive the T to a place I had driven the 26 T to a year or two before. I knew that after the weather turned warm it would be impossible to make this drive because of the soft ground so time was working against me and I was just getting over major health issues that kept me inside for the entire winter. March 7th was...

I have the AC brakes and the set made by Richard. I was wondering if you can install the AC brakes in a wire wheel that has a small drum and a large drum in place. I have looked over the pictures of the brakes and still am not sure how they are installed. Any chance someone could take of picture of the parts laid out in the orientation they go in...

I’m having my crankcase pan sandblasted. Is it ok to paint the inside when I paint the outside?
Thanks Tom

I have seen it somewhere ,but I can not find it now. Is the torque for the mains 45 foot lbs? :?: :roll:

Wiring help –getting direct DC power to coils bypassing ignition switch

Well men I need help. I am getting a 1918 Ford running again after decades of storage so a grandson can give the running car back to his 94 year old grandfather running. I need to do this quickly this week as the grandfather is ill. It has zero compression, no spark and a...

We visited Mendenhall Auto Museum on Tuesday evening to top off day 2 of the Tour. What an experience. I got some really good video of the owner talking about the history of the place. I couldn’t believe we got all our cars parked inside.

Here’s the link to the Video I put together

As well as a few pics

Jeff...

Sonny is doing figure 8s in the sand in below video.

Nice drive in great weather!!
Stopped at Mattis tavern 1886.

Are there any tie rod or drag link issues when using a dropped front axle?
Will an 8 leaf front spring will be suitable?
I will be using a T engine, 'A' crank, Fronty head. I forget the model, but not exotic. This setup should be a little heavier than a stock T engine.
What are the simple methods for dropping the rear to match the front? Z-ing...

Anybody ever use a lead test kit to check babbitt? The gun at the scrap yard is broken. image.jpg

Enjoying the pickup box on my runabout. Went to Home Depot this morning in the T to haul a few bags of mulch for the garden. It does smooth out the ride with the extra weight in the back.

I did not notice during disassembly that the carriage bolts holding the steering column flange to the firewall have two different size heads. They all seem to fit everywhere. Anyone know how these should go, and if it matters?

I posted something a year ago about moving. I now reside in the greater Amherst area and am looking to network and find other local T owners. I have my car ready for the season but don't want to go down the road alone. If you're local send me a PM. Thanks! :D

I am piecing together a T engine from a truck load of misc parts.
Have never took one apart, so having fun like putting a puzzle together.
What is differance between the narrow and wide bands??
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Correct me if I'm wrong...
The spindle/wheel bearing threads are Rt hand on the left and left hand on the right.
I have a loose kingpin bushing on the left and found everything I need to replace them.
I also found a spindle that looks like new, bushings nice and tight with a NOS kingpin.
I plan on just swapping spindles, this one has RH threads,...

Hello Model T-ers,

Our June 3rd GOLDEN GATE TOUR (Marin County San Francisco) is only 4 weeks away and it's shaping up to be an engaging three and a half days. Please send your tour fee in to reserve your spot and also have the Mill Valley Travel Lodge transfer your reservation from my name to yours. All contact information is within the Tour...

Hello everybody. Where is the best place to get a new radiator core for my 1926 TT?

Were the backgrounds on the hubcaps for 1912 & 1913 painted black?

I am new to Model T's. Had a 30 A, and now have a 1919 T. Trying to get it running and cannot find the correct rotor for the distributor. Attached is a top down piture of the distributor, any assistance would be appreciated. R/jim

I was just wondering if anybody could tell me what this grille shell is from?

Can someone tell me the thread size of the radius arms, I need to chase the threads and I do not have a pitch gauge. Thanks for any help