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All you need to do about leaks is to find out where it is leaking and wire tin cans under each leak. Then pour the oil back into the crankcase. I used to go to the gas station and get the oil which had been drained out of cars which had oil changes. I would fill a 5 gallon can with it and take it with me on a trip. One time back in the 1950's I...

Yeah, Kevin, the Mott wheels. You're an official part of the bring back the American crew.

Ed aka #4

Hi, my name is Wayne Mims I belong to the model T for club of America For 40years been mostly a daily driver of one of my model tees. Just about every time I go out I get stopped by somebody that has one there neighbor has one buried in the garage or they're all over that's the reason I got seven. It wouldn't surprise me if there were 1 million of...

Not an expert here, but as I understand how the thing works, there are magnetic fingers inside the speed drum that move the drum magnetically. So adding more spring tension to the drum will require more magnetism to show accurate speed.(if the reading was accurate before) The magnetized fingers would need to be slightly closer to the drum to...

1915 Touring wood spoke clenchers non-demountable wheels. Hello. When I replaced all of my tires about two years ago, I too tried all of the tricks and none worked for me. The garbage bag was the worse! (Again, FOR ME) I started by removing the old tires which had to be sawed off. I agree with Steve Jelf, I bought flaps but did not use them. I...

Growing up on the farm and working on greasy motors and machinery gasoline was a good cleaning agent and we used it most of the time! We also used kerosene some because we raised chickens on the farm commercially and had up to 16.000 at one time in three houses. The kerosene was used in kerosene fired brooders with a chimney flue going through the...