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I think I remember that a wide brake drum can be used in a 3 dip pan. Just can't use a wide brake band.
Is this correct or am I imagining it? Thanks Dan

Over the past few weeks, I noticed old Liz was starting to develop a misfire, which at first, I thought was one of her coils beginning to fail. However, upon testing each coil myself, and taking them to visit a fellow Model T enthusiast with his 1914 Touring, running his car on my coils, revealed that there was nothing wrong with them. Still, to...

I read the hogshead removal topic from last year.

1. We installed the hogshead a few months ago so the ultra black and gaskets are nice n tight.
2. Everything is moved out of the way.
3. The rear axle is detached.
4. We installed the removable bands backwards and one popped loose, so have to do it over.

Now the issue is how to break loose the...

Looking for some opinions and input regarding bumpers for my 26 Coupe. I put reproduction bumpers on the back.
Since then I have acquired an original set with brackets for the front and was just going to hang on to them. Paid $400.00.
I have decided to put front bumpers on to mount some signal lights.
The originals are in great shape and I got a...

I pulled my speedometer cable out today for cleaning. I have a Stewart 160 speedometer with a wire cable. What grease should I use and how much of the cable should I grease?

Tim:

I replied to your private message two weeks ago regarding Prestolite tanks but it is still sitting in the outbox which indicates you have not opened it.

Unfortunately I can’t include a video. It seems the more I run the screw out without stabilizing the bottom right leg, the more I MIGHT be stretching the OEM tire carrier. See the bottom right leg position change from 1st to 2nd picture. Is there another curved piece that should go above the bottom of the additional rim ? The first picture has the...

I still haven’t done the autopsy on my transmission, but here are a couple photos to show the rest of it turned out ok.

Andy

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Watch the pistons. Looks like someone was trying to overcome the 2 up 2 down with related dead spots.

une 21 is my birthday and I am 92 this year.
Just wanted to let all of you know,
That I am doing well.
I move slow because of my back,
I am in good health otherwise.

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I am at our store 6 days a week. I was in the Army 1950-53 during the Korean conflict.
Repair lamps,
Help with selling items.

I plan...

I’ve been dismantling the March 1927 spare engine I got recently. Everything looks pretty good except one co-rod bearing, it has a few missing pieces of Babbitt. My question is what is the limit undersize the journal can be without having to have the whole crankshaft turned? I hope I explained it correctly.

I have a stock 1915 engine, rebuilt with 30 over pistons. Runs fine, starts easy.

Why would a newly rebuilt engine have low compression?

Pulling engine on a 15/16 Touring. Does not look like engine will come out pass firewall. Is it best to remove hood former and firewall to get it out? Or does someone know a better solution.
Looks like firewall was sealed to body with black RTV??
By the way, has starter hogs head. Thanks Dan.?

We don't have R.V. Anderson supplying correct hub bolts anymore. Do we now have a source of the right bolts ?

I was getting out of my 22 Center Door and found this on the running board. I can't place what it is but I thought I would ask the experts. Any ideas?

Why were there never any Model Ts made with front brakes, when they were deemed required on the first Model A vehicles?

Very few people have ever added them or provided a reason for needing them.

Rear disk brakes are often added and considered required!

I have a 1920 wood wheel T (30 X 3 1/2 ) and want to mount a speedo drive gear true. Is there a template one can get (copy) or a jig? Any tried and true solitions??

Who made this head? Is this a Reeder? I look in the outlet and didn’t see anything. Thanks Dan
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The cap on the carb mixture rod on my 1910 has me puzzled. It is unlike the repos in two respects. First it has a small arrow so the operator can determine the proper setting. Second, and most puzzling is the cap on the underside is recessed much like later later carb needle valve caps. Any information about this style would be appreciated....

The 1911 touring that I restored came with a back seat floor cocoa mat that was in pretty poor shape. I put it back in the car after I was finished, because a new one from the vendors was close to $100. I'm not sure that its even available right now, because Snyder's shows it as discontinued.

This past weekend the wife and I were in Kansas City...

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What the heck went on here? Wow!

Found in an antique store

Are the parts suppliers no longer able to get the adjustable drive shaft bearing kits? Does anyone know where to get them?

My daughter and I spent over half an hour trying to line up the U-joint. I have a tool to hold it in place, but just could not get it in the 4th main. I think I need a 3rd person to push from the axle itself, or maybe turn the crank? Anyone have a suggestion on how to make this easier? Thank you.

If one was to build a roadster pickup (1913) and wanted to use a Warford gearbox could one add 12” to the chassis rather than cut down the driveshaft and radius rods.
Pros and cons…

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Has to come out.

2 steps forward, 18 steps back. Trying to solve a pretty bad oil leak coming out of the pedal shafts. Took my bell cap off for the first time, not realizing how heavy it is and I did this to the mag. Is it jacked? what do I do now?

With my current WWI ambulance project, I have lights, horn, a siren, and a interior red lamp for the interior ambulance bed. So, I would like to install some junction blocks, not terminal blocks to run positive power through a fuse to a junction block with about 6 posts. And, a seperate 6 post unction block that I can run one wire direct to the...

I pulled off my starter this evening and SURPRISE, this wire said hello to me. Any idea what it is? I will be taking the hogs head off tomorrow to get a better look. The other surprise was the broken bolt (bottom right). Got it out pretty easy though.
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Occasionally someone asks, How many are left? If club memberships are any indication, the answer is, A lot. This website says, Over one hundred chapters have been formed in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and South America. How many members do those 100 local chapters have? How many members does MTFCI have? Assuming that...

The discovery of this item made my recent engine rebuild worth very penny. This has nothing to do with the engine itself of course, but was discovered during the rebuild process. In driving the car, I had no idea this was going on, and about to fail completely. The brakes felt about as good as T brakes can be. I'm posting this as a lesson for...

The Model T shows up at around the 4 minute 30 mark.

So, in going over the mechanicals, took the front hubs apart to check the bearings.

Both hubs are running on ball. 80% of the balls have flat spots, but no scarring or pitting.
The races actually appear to be in decent shape, again, smooth face, but where the larger inner races do show a slight run in groove.

I decided to get the new NOS inner...

I did a search (MTFCA mattress) and have not seen where anyone made seats from mattress springs...then burlap, cotton, covering, hog rings...
Anyone ever done that?
I used a spring or two from a mattress maybe two years ago to fix my existing seats and they seem to be the exact shape and size.

We dropped a Bendix cover bolt. Can it be left in there or must we retrieve it somehow

I broke a couple teeth on my cam gear and found this one in a box of stuff. The markings on it are a bit technical for me but I thought some of the cam gear heads out there might like it.
I put it on TDC and it works fine.

Here is a photo supposedly of a South Dakota Indian family at home with their what looks to be a 1918 ( I think) T Touring. But my question is what’s on the porch. We have a corn sheller almost identical to the one pictured on the left of the other grinder of some sort. So what was it for? I’ll bet someone knows if they were raised on the farm.

Years ago I bought a set of fairly corduroy type material with softer fabric inside for 1914 brass. Now I need another set and Lang’s only has crummy light weight white cotton 1 layer covers. Snyders and Restoration Supply doesn’t even carry brass component covers. Where could I find the described covers ? I just remembered Chafins, I’ll search...

I noticed that driving on the current hot black top my tyre pressure has increased. Is this normal?

I am replacing a leaky head gasket with a copper gasket from Lang's.

Should I use any gasket type sealer on the head or just use the copper gasket without sealer??

Thanks,

Chuck

I just rebuild the Ruckstell axle on my 1926 Roadster Pickup. while I was waiting for parts I decided to put new wood band linings in the transmission, and replace and lap the valves. I just got the whole engine back together but every half turn it seems to bind slightly and there is a dragging/grinding sound coming from somewhere. The engine does...

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I have sent the word out by other means.
This is to hopefully to fill in any gaps.

I am selling off all of my Model T parts.
These are the good stuff I kept for myself.

o 1914 Block - 1916 Blocks - 1916 Low Head
o 1915 Complete Engine – Stuck
o 1915 - 16 Front Fenders, Running Boards
o Many internal Engine, Transmission and Rear end parts.
o...

What is the suggested hole diameter on the block crankshaft bearings ?
Thank you.

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For those in or near north central and north west Ohio..and even beyond...its time to announce our upcoming tour to S. Bass Island, Ohio tour, otherwise known as Put in Bay. This year it is Sunday July 7th. I think last year we made the 10 a.m. boat, more on that in coming weeks.
Last year we had a great turnout, a great time, filled a ferry to...

Finally got my 2/27 engine running quietly enough to hear myself think and noticed a high pitched wheezing sound coming from the intake area. Felt around and did not notice any difference and thought for sure I had a bad manifold gasket or copper rings. Sprayed carb cleaner and brake cleaner and really did not identify the exact location of the...

We've all heard of named highways from the early days of motoring. The Lincoln Highway is the most famous, of course but there were many others. There were many local names (Lomita-Redondo Road, Chester Avenue, Pepper Tree Lane, etc.) and others that extended through several counties or states (the Ridge Route, Columbia River Highway, etc.) By the...

I've been driving Ts for a while, and there is one thing I've never mastered. Not sure if it's ignorance or whether it's just not going to happen.

Is there a way to shift from low to high without the engine lugging as it goes into high gear? I never seem to get it right.

Thx!

Greg

Can anyone ID these tools. There is no Ford logo on them.
They were in a box of wrenches that I purchased.

Project 26/27 chassis and electric start fires it right up. Need to charge magnets to get magneto working. But I want to hand crank it once in a while and when I engage the hand crank, it is at the 9:00 position when facing the car and the upward pull with my fingers underneath and thumbs not engaged, just doesn't quite get one full compression...

How long are these things?!

Anyone out there looking for old vintage gas pumps, and m have a Model T or parts to trade?

I’m always looking for parts, and these days I’m looking for a sedan.
I figured I’d put it out there to see what happens.
I like to see things I have collected and protected through the decades go to someone who will continue to appreciate our American...

With the help of a good friend, got all four tires mounted on my 1912 Runabout. There is such a psychological boost to getting the wheels and tires done. I think she looks pretty sweet with her white shoes on.

Could someone please tell me what the diameter of the hole for oil at the blocks
babbitt bearings ?

We have a newly acquired car in the South Jersey T Tinkers, with a ticking sound coming from the transmission, that has all of us stumped. While driving it, any time the low pedal is depressed partially, a loud clicking /ticking sound happens.

To isolate where the noise was coming from, we removed the access cover from the hogshead and towed...

The Ford part list literature I've reviewed appears to show the older, I assume original, style of model Aeolus pump. This, I believe, is generally accepted. In the teens, at least as early as 1919, the Improved Aeolus appears in non-Ford literature. There is also mid-teens patent information. I believe the top still just says Aeolus. It is easily...

If there are there any T collectors in the Lyon County area of Nevada that enjoy beer and Bourbon, send us a message. We’d love to talk about the good ‘ol days over a drink.
Model A folks are welcome as well.

How much clearance should there be between the rod cap and the crankshaft lobe? Skat crank has tight tolerances!!! Old cranks dont have this issue… lots of slop between journal lobes.

Went to a pre-war show local in NJ. Drove home with the top down.

Hi,

I have this tag soldered to the back of the upper tank of my 1914 brass radiator:
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Do Brassworks put a tag like this on their reproduction radiators or do I have an original Ford radiator?

The number stamped - was that supposed to be same number as the VIN/Engine number?

I'm rebuilding a Kingston Y and replacing the cork float with a modern type that can handle ethanol.

I assume I can meassure the level between the top of the floating chamber (part of the body) and the upper part of the float when the valve closes.

But what is that meassure?

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Ford Dealership in both photos.

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Is the radiator support rod for a rootlieb speedster with brass radiator the same as the torpedo roadster or cars with wood firewall? thank you

Hi,
Installing the wiring on my 27 headlight bucket, there are two wires, black with red tracer and black with green tracer. Is there a difference which screw each one is attached to? The black with GREEN tracer is indicated as the low beam. I'm wondering if I have the wires at the plug reversed. Does it make a difference? Does the bulb care which...

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Anyone here been to any of these? They say a 2day prewar swap meet. Any good? Thanks Dan

Has this been addressed anywhere in the past?

With new camshaft finally in-hand, I need to do a cam change on an early vehicle. The engine has adjustable tappets, and the head, radiator, front cover, & oil tray need to come off anyway, so my only thoughts are, if the engine is still in the chassis and I were to use cloths pins to hold the tappets...

Just added another.

A new blog on my Centerdoor project. Check it out.

For people with brass era cars, what kind of battery do you use, and what are the pros and cons based on your experience?

Looking for the Mercury Speedster that was for sale at the 2023 Hershey Swap. The mercury was on the field for sale but to the best of my knowledge went unsold. Any help appreciated! David Weber (314) 941-3244 or email: dweber736@aol.com

Hello,
I took the T out today and going into high it seemed rougher and took longer for the clutch to fully engage. It did this the other day once but then seemed fine after that. Today it seemed to do it every time I pulled out. Once it settled down it pulled hills fine and didn't seem to be obviously slipping. I thought I might try to adjust the...

I've always like the looks of honeycomb radiators. I have one for my Mercury project, but it needs to be re-cored. I'm looking for the experience and advice of those who have done this.

Spotted this on facebook thought this group might enjoy. Jim

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As a newer T owner I'm having fun learning about the history of the vehicles, in part figure out what combination mine consists of. Lots of resources out there for dating the vehicle, including here, which I really appreciate. So far I've determined the following - I'm wondering if there are any other obvious portions I can determine:
-Engine -...

I want to put an inline fuse in my 23 . It would be a fuse holder and what amperage fuse should I use?

Hey folks,

I'm getting my T ready for the National Tour and installed a motor rebuilt by my late father. I don't know if he used stock clutches or Watts clutches--he used both at different times. I put the motor in, installed the bands very loose, and drove it around the block. Neutral creeped a little, and I adjusted according to the Murray...

I have an idea for one of our parts suppliers to make a pipe which will thread into the tank which raises the gas station nozzle just enough to be able to use the vapor recovery system and only one hand on the gas nozzle. It is difficult to hold back the recover system with one hand while using the nozzle with the other hand, especially on the...

I drove my '19 around town last Saturday and gradually the foot brake became less and less effective. By the time I pulled in the garage, the pedal would go to the floor with basically no braking. Because it worked well at the start of the 10 mile drive, I was expecting a big oily fuzzball inside the trans, but that's not what I found. The brake...

.still in the process of going thru the mechanicals on the '14 on the way to first crank...
But saw something interesting on the back of the brass radiator upper tank.
I have seen brass rad serial tags, but, hadn't seen one like this before. Also looks like a sloppy braze job, but what do I know, fast wasn't always pretty.....
Or...
Possibly older...

Will the video be coming out soon? Lots of good info will be included.

Looking for information on who everyone uses for repairing and rebuilding their brass lights. The side lamps on my 12 touring are cracked around the rivets making them loose and I would like to get them repaired

Today I line bored out an early open valve T block that had run the crankshaft formerly directly in the block, to accept babbitt. This was easier to do than to post pics on this site so if you want to see more send me a message and we can talk and share pics. I have another one in the queue. I would love to share what we do here with anyone...

Aside for the sticker shock, I need two front fenders for my 26/27 T project. I'm starting with a 26/27 donor vehicle for my WWI ambulance project so it has the incorrect year chassis, but it is what it is. Original car was depot hack so I have no idea if the original fenders were off a touring or roadster or coupe or what. But I've got the angled...

what carburetors are these for? I have had such a carbulator in the past, but do not remember the make or model. I have one of the largest size, marked 5 .
I have perhaps 6 or so of the smaller size. they are different weights and are marked on the back. One is marked 31B,. the other 16A. I may have such a carburetor, but I have boxes of T parts...

In June 1924, something special happened... my Model T rolled off the assembly line! In June 2024, an incredible milestone was reached, Lizzie celebrated her 100th Birthday! I decided to share the celebrations at Mid Coast Ford Motorfest, on the King's Birthday long weekend in June. This annual flagship car show is put on by the Great Lakes...

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I'm looking for thoughts from Stipe .290 grind cam users. I have a new Stipe .290 cam and bought it to use in a 27 engine with a Scat stock stroke, undrilled crank, a Prus head, and improved carburetion. I have not decided on the carburetion, yet. I can go with a Model A intake and exhaust with either a Stromberg OE-1 or a Zenith Model B carb, OR...

Thank you for letting join the forum. Been a Model T driver mechanic and owner for over 55 years. Dad and I have had 8 or 9 of them over the years. My regular driver is currently a 25 roadster pickup always been a kind of loner. Never been involved in club activities. Just driven locally with friends and family. All that is changing. Three weeks...

Well, my patience and perseverance and attention to spec'ing every little detail finally paid off. These new brush holder samples cast out of zinc arrived today and they're perfect. I've been working on this project since January. I'm actually shocked at just how well they work. No filing, tweaking, etc. They just work! Predrilled, pre-tapped,...

We removed and replaced a headlight reflector for a Model 16 yesterday. I'll post the pictures here for general interest as I wasn't able to find clear photos of what the logo of an original glass reflector looked like. It's unfortunate that the existing reflector was so badly cracked all the way through in multiple areas, there was no saving it,...