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They make neat wall clocks.

It can't be done with 3:1 gearing, the ring gear doesn't clear. I wanted to just check a piece in my ruckstel so I figured pop half off and save time. Wrong . .

They are a steel-clad wood felloe demountable rim wheel. I suspect that design was used by a few wheel manufacturing companies in the late 1910s to very early 1920s. There were a lot of cars other than Ford that used such wheels as standard equipment, and they came in a variety of sizes.
Most wood felloe demountable rim wheels were steel clad only...

Just over ten years ago, Mark Herdman did quite a study of the pan/crankcase evolution. He posted a wonderful few threads on the subject. Which I managed to re-find after my computer crash about six years ago that wiped out over a thousand bookmarks I had collected.
So, here it is;

There are additional links at the bottom of this thread to his...

You can also trim the inside a little more and add a Ford Tractor 30 - 0 - 30 meter in there, if you want to run an alternator.

Does this disagree with the disagreement?
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Where did all the screw drivers go? Likely they found their way into the workshop to be used as a screwdriver, paint can opener, pry tool etc until the tips were gone, and then trash
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Please delete Marians profile. I'm pretty sure the poster is a AI BOT based on responses in other threads including this one.

As Tim pointed out, there's one important aspect of trailering the car backwards, and that is besides tongue weight, the trailer being tail heavy.
Even if you take care to load the car so you have at least around 120lbs of weight on the hitch, your weight distribution is very important, and having a tail heavy trailer is not the thing to have in...

That second taper front to rear on the spoke ends makes working on Canadian wheels a piece of cake. Once the outside plate is off, alternate spokes can be tapped off from behind for 1/8 or so, then the next six tapped up to them. Repeat this process until they are driven off the hub. Same process is used to rebuild the wheel. Absolutely no need...

I believe my father has a couple NOS on the shelf that he picked-up over 70 years ago.

If one of those screws gets get hung-up in the housing, it can wreak havoc on the axle shaft. When that happens, it can also make it difficult to disassemble the rear end.

Depends on the condition of the underlying wood frame. If the wood is rotted, and the body is out of alignment, it won’t be worth much. Jim Patrick

You guys should move to Florida. It always runs fast here.

Is it because of all the oranges you have?

If you would like to sell your extra trunk floor, I think I would like to buy it.
Contact me through my email to discuss this further:
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Thanks so much!!

Email sent…

Could be it’s some type of door closure for a for a piece of equipment? What’s puzzling for me is the short side mounting surface isn’t flat but is slightly angled. It won’t fit flat against another surface. What ever it is it could be wound tighter or looser with the notches on the spring end.

We all can tell what it is. I often see Model Ts advertised by members that call them original . Ts are original only if as originally made. I know of one 1910 in CA that is the closest to original that can be at this time. There are a few out there.

Yep gravity makes going down easier than going up....

Oops! my post about the axle rebuild belongs on the next post about an in-the-car fitting of a Ruckstell .

Allan from down under.

We just got home. Wish we'd had the chance to meet there and visit a while. It was a great event. I'll post a few other pics later when we are unpacked and organized. On Friday there was a special event that took place over indoors in the convention center. Each year, the AACA awards a special award called the Zenith. It is for the best car shown...

I see what you guys are saying about the need for clevis' on the end of the rods and for the rods to be as straight as possible. The external brakes are doing next to nothing at the moment so I need to do whatever is necessary to get them working.

I think it was trying to run on battery and needed to be switched over to magneto again.

Looks straight out of the Grapes of Wrath. Great photos.

I like my tsetse bugs with a little cinnamon and sugar 😋

Many people these days take their vehicles to drive through oil change businesses or car dealers for service once or twice a year or more. That's a great opportunity for someone with at least some undercar experience to get eyes on the car. But in today's viciously idiotic lawsuit culture, would anyone, no matter how qualified, dare to offer...

Spring is for a 1915 chassis

Thanks Again Jennifer.., you renewed my hope on the human race! Awesome Days ahead for the future.

All the Best,

Hank

Looks like is might be part of the Challenge Pull Starter . Not finding anything else on it

I got the drive shaft out of the coupling. Found a couple of steel bars and sandwiched them to the drive shaft and then was able to knock it with a hammer.

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Do your self a big favor and get one of Scott’s valves for your NH. Better flow and they shut off. Dan

The other one.

Tom, I'm a bit puzzled by your question. If your band springs are not allowing you to adjust the bands any further, are they coilbound? If so, the band linings/drums are well worn. Further adjustment may well result in the rivets coming into contact with the drum and scoring it.

Allan from down under.

Thanks to you folks! You do an outstanding job! I check at least 3 to 4 times a day, Never no when some guy from California or others are going to post something cool! Keep up the good work! You`re probably doing the most out of anyone involved with the hobby to keep it going!!!

Hooray for the Administration team!! My iPhone gets me in the site!
Great job folks!!!

Nothing changed... this site works equally well on all devices and all browsers. We tested pretty much every combination extensively before we went live a few years ago.

AdminJeff

This is in the Faultless catalog from 1926.

I was able to find the prison where the T is/was from the lnk tat Jeff provided
There are structures in the rectangle that appear to have been missed by the fire storm. Possibly because of the prison wall and lack of vegetation within the walls. I'd give it a 75% chance of survival because of the missed buildings & wall protection .

I have replaced the inner seals and bearing sleeves. It's back together. The passenger side outer bearing still had grease in it, so that was a positive. Thank you all for the info.

here:

Ford of Canada accessories literature AD714 shows the gauge available as an option.
So, this should of been available for your ancestors down under to put on their Ford.

I think the design of the sender was similar to the 1932-34ish Fords. The gauge itself was a glass tube with a dyed liquid vs the Kirstin which had an air driven needle.

Kevin...

Pre-19 blocks are worth more as they are fewer, and (hate to say it) can be adulterated into being an earlier block (yes, I've seen this).

Chris,
Some people can draw measurements on photos; but I’m technologically challenged 😒. I hope this helps you. The hardwood boards are nailed from the bottom approx
2 1/2”- 2 3/4” apart. Mounting holes (4) for 3/8” carriage bolts extend thru rabbeted connections. More info ? Just ask…..

Absolutely Perfect. Thank You.

It will take more searching than I am interested in doing, but I know that a Forum Member recreated such a vehicle using very old industrial mesh taken from a building salvage (?) operation and cut/fit to his delivery and did a wonderfully credible job of it.

Ohhhh Dallas! No no no! Not yet anyway! :lol:

More pics, hope some will do you good:

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So there , John! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

There is no point debating someone once they appeal to authority...you position becomes null and void and theirs is unassailable. :lol:

Now, it's true that there is a truly correct way to do this, and kudos for Bob's pureness of heart, but there is also a way that doesn't leave you on the side of the...

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That’s interesting for sure! I guess us older guys have kind of an advantage with old equipment, cars and etc.
I grew up around Model T’s with the 24 Coupe I inherited when I was around 10 -11 years old in the late 50’s. And some old folks didn’t have the advantage of having one in the family.

But that aside I’m glad people have taken the time...

I have no idea where this is located. Left hand drive might be a clue. I snagged the photo from the AACA site.
Rich

Thanks for posting that photo !

What a wonderful relic! I love the wishbone niche.

Scott:

Everyone but the Amish.

Three pedal. Very Nice. If you use it I highly suggest to change the two separate rocker shafts to a single rocker shaft. I switched to an original rocker cover. Originally they had the one piece rocker shaft. The two separate shafts are for use with the two separate rocker covers instead of the one piece cover. With the two shafts the rocker...

Who'd a thunk! :D

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I just checked McMaster Carr. They have what you need in steel or brass. .001 -.003 .

Our most sincere sympathy to the entire Hnat family.

Keith and Carol Gumbinger

Hi Carson,
How are you doing?
If you have it this far apart it would be a good idea to take it the rest of the way and inspect it for cracks, worn logs, cracked clutch plates,
worn bushings& pins. You never know what you will find or how much trouble you avoid by looking a little farther into things.
I recently took a trans apart to find the...

That early wrench is really early. Between that one and the later lightweight T1917 branded ones, there was another plain one, but is was not as chunky as the one in the photo. I have no idea when that change was made.
Allan from down under.

Allan,

I was going through my T wrenches again today and found what appears to be the not as chunky...

Tim,

Great list of items to look for. I bought my first T I wish I'd looked for all that. Having been a Model A owner for 20 plus years I thought I could know a Model T status. I pretty much had to go though your list, 1 to 5!

One thing I would add, that I wished I knew about, was the wood. Mine is a '22 center door that if I knew about the...

3:30 is fine. At my age this could be my last, so I'd better be there. :D

Hey there, Victor

ready to cry UNCLE!! ?? :lol:

I'm glad these guys can do that level of work...seriously! But it's been a rough crowd so far, eh?

it's a nice thing you want to do...good luck to all involved.

Brightening it really helps!

They made similar textured cardboard for late Fords and trucks. Some might be similar enough. Worth looking into.
Rich

This is what I started with

When you’ve been driving modern cars with manual shifting or an automatic you have to remember ( if you can ) a Model T is 100 year old technology.

Learning how to use the spark lever and gas lever especially when you’re shifting into low or coming to a stop going down hills is totally different than your new Chev, Ford Dodge or whatever pickup....

These make tube bending easier and prevent kinking the tube. Not as popular as they used to be to bend the supply lines to sink faucets.
slip on - slip off

thank you very much--i thought so but thought i should make sure, great to have you all for back up, yes forth main, have not had the second cup yet,, have a super day.

Well it's definitely not getting assembled here without one! I dropped another video yesterday - messing with the 28 chevy setup (intake) and the steering slop in the Suzuki gearbox on the fordor. I think I finally got a carb that will run when the engine is cold!

On Facebook for some pages, the person asking to join that page has to answer several questions first. Wonder it that would work here, esp. if the questions were not things that were common, that would require the person asking to join, to do a little research first. ;)

Howdy, Mike. I haven't done this myself but someone on the forum advised me to contact Tom at Model A Ford Works. He supposedly has better Inner felts for the TT than what the vendors have. Phone, 503-282-2212. Hope this helps. BTW, I've enjoyed reading all your posts about your TT adventures. Thanks, Bob

A cool and interesting box, to be sure. Much to be preferred to the mundane, hot and boring boxes!

Yes! Much cooler than the mundane, hot and boring boxes. LoL!!!!

Hi Bill,
Yes, you are partly correct, you can tow a T a VERY SHORT distance slowly, but you can't tow a model T any long distance.
There are several threads here on the forum explaining in more detail but the essence of it is that the transmission will always turn, even in neutral, and it will destroy itself without the lubrication it normally...

We'll soon be free of the planet-destroying horrors of hot and cold running water, indoor toilets, sugary cola, and HVAC. Obsolete and destructive concepts of Consumerism and ownership will be abolished, along with the selfish and discriminatory fallacy of Individualism with all its toxic emanations.

Some inconvenience may result, but any such...

Years ago on a speedster run we came to a town that had many stop lights. Several of us became bunched up so we started drag racing from light to light. Was great fun till a police officer pulled us and told us if we were going to drive that slow we should run single file so we didn’t obstruct the flow of traffic. 😩 took the wind out of our...

Most of the cars I've worked on (a dozen or so in our club) have required new axles for one reason or another. Frequently it's because of damage caused by not keeping the axle nut tight. They do need to be checked, especially withing 50-100 miles after a wheel installation.

After replacing my axles I went the further step of installing floating...

Having to guess what you will sell is like guessing how much gas you need to buy when you fill up. When I run to an outfit with that policy I tell them I'll go buy my gas someplace sane. And I do.

I suspect that rotating the post any will make screwhead access much worse than it already is.

Thanks Flivver. You have quiet a few videos yourself. It's a lot of work but we enjoy making them . Our next learning curve is audio. Every video we try to learn a new technique. Audio is our last hurddle of what I would call basic techniques. Then we will start on the fancy stuff. We need multiple cameras, a drone, a new DSLR camara with a very...

Allen,
Looked for a stamping on the driveshaft, couldn't find one.

Ed,
I secured one wheel hub and rotated the driveshaft. I got about 8 1/4 revolutions of the driveshaft to get 2 revolutions of the axle shaft.

I do not know if I am in Ruckstell high or low and didn't want to try to force the shifter lever to experiment. I guess once I have...

No, that isn't a good wheel chock . The die-cast metal is too soft to hold a car securely.

There were many dozens of manufacturers and models of distributors made for model Ts back in the day. They are a legitimate part of the model T's history!
Most of them however, are not good to be used today. Some because the cheap pot metal they were made...

The two photos on page 367 do appear to have a chain cover on the right side! I supplied those photos to Bruce long before the book was published!

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By Larry Smith on Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 02:57 pm:

This post concerns '25 pickups, but is applicable to '26-7s as well. For reference, you may wish to refer to page 365-7 of Bruces book. It...

From sunny South Australia where we have California type climate, can I ask, What is the need for a Thermostat'?' If it is to restrict the water flow to make the car run warmer,there were period accessories to blank off portions of the radiator, as seen in the latest of Tom Rootlieb's selection of photos.

Allan from down under.

Thanks Steve. That sounds like a plan. I have worked through 2 Canadian winters so am hoping Texas may be a little warmer 😊 but still understand it will be a tad colder than NZ summer! (Ironically my daughter told us not to come mid Texas summer, she tells me I would not survive the heat

Almost a year has passed.
Any updates?
Has anyone heard anything about this project?
Inquiring minds want to know. 🤔

Model T song. Much more recent. Lettoman is a blues musician in Finland. See the video description for more.
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