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The three rivets are not what holds that wheel together. The steel rim is heat shrunk onto the wooden fellow to be tight. Using bolts or screws to falsely secure a loose wheel is very bad idea. Fix it right

I don't think Model T wheels were heat shrunk only the big old wagon wheels. There is some old factory footage of wheels being assembled and...

You can't go wrong with Coil Man Ron Patterson. Brent Mize and Luke Chennel are excellent too.

That fire went out when I cut the yellow wire to the battery.

That is not always the case, as about 30 years ago, I started documenting garages and barns that burned with a Model T inside.

I was up to 15 when I stopped, as the Model T was never blamed, but I saw at least 5 that the small ammeter was the blame.

Normally, one of the cardboard...

My first T had a warford and no outside brakes. Now I know what you are going to say and I've said the same that outside brakes make the car safer as it is unsafe to drive without. If the inability to pull the parking brake is a determining factor and braking must be done via foot then a simple cable from the pedal to the brake cam will do the...

Ebay collected Tax on everything I've sold this year
Well over there limit bit yet to be asked a thing.
Between there fees paypal fees I gone back selling via group forums and there trying figure screwing these up to
Wonder if my tax exempt number may come into play somewhere

The only Tax eBay has collected is the sales tax as now is required by...

Michael I tapped the link on your post and it went to a site that said refer to BFH.

My observations regarding all this talk about axle/gear clearance & varying fits. I have worked a lot of these axles/gears. Parting out rear ends & salvaging unloved iron one step away from scrap. I only save the good parts. Must have 40 excellent gears taken from bad axles & 20 excellent axles removed from bad gears. In working with original Ford...

I believe that is correct. The side bolts only need to be tight enough not to rattle. The 1/2 hole in the blocks is larger than the OD of the bolts to allow slight movement. The blocks also have clearance between the top of the block and the upper frame flange. //I had some concern about how tight I had to get the side bolts to allow placing the...

We ALL learn from things like this. Glad you solved it.

If the owner is willing to give factual information and a history of what he knows about the car I would want to give a good offer. Knowing the time and cost to restore a T in this era would be something to think about. It’s not cheap. Roadsters and Tourings in the brass era will always be desirable. If it’s drives good and wouldn’t have to have...

My two cents on what it takes to use an aluminum radiator ,all I did is move the output and input spouts andmove the mounting tabs lower, and put on a dowel attach to the steel rod to attach the cowel.
And I learned how to weld aluminum that day too! A man at my church is a professional welder and was able to teach me.

Jonah, I mean no...

Neal-
Standard tread is 56 . Southern wide track is 60

Here is a link for all years' parts book, manuals, and promotional material:

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Keith

No one is going my direction, not too unusual though. 2 cures. Make your own belt from an old leather waist belt (holds up your pants!) using 3 strands of bailing wire to hold it together. That process got me from Kansas to Missouri and back to California and a few more years of regular driving many years ago when my fan belt disintegrated on one...