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Just how tuff our T Models are

Post by tman1913 » Sat May 08, 2021 6:55 pm

It amazes me just how much punishment Henry's Model T can take and still ran.
I have seen a lot of loose rivets over the years when dealing with transmissions. All or some loose but never seen this before.
This had to happen over a period time, but yet kept on running. I slipped the shaft forward just for the picture.
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Re: Just how tuff our T Models are

Post by KWTownsend » Sun May 09, 2021 1:07 am

Just like Timex watches.
It takes a lickin', and keeps on tickin'.


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Re: Just how tuff our T Models are

Post by D Stroud » Sun May 09, 2021 7:29 am

Keith, I wonder how many of us remember those commercials? ;) :) :) Dave
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Re: Just how tuff our T Models are

Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Sun May 09, 2021 7:58 am

Just after purchasing my '21 Roadster, my dad drove it home, maybe 40 miles. He mentioned that the rear end was a little noisy, so he thought we'd better have a look inside. When we split the housing, the whole differential fell out in pieces. The differential carrier was broken and in pieces and only held together by being squeezed between the thrust washers. Everything inside was total junk. Yet, it worked fairly well. What forgiving little cars these are!

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Re: Just how tuff our T Models are

Post by TWrenn » Sun May 09, 2021 9:11 am

Not in my case!! :lol: Ironic for this post, cause earlier this week I posted this pic for the same reason. Pic shows the only rivet left...poor thing tried, but just couldn't do it!! Sadly my Fordor was left dead on the road!
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Re: Just how tuff our T Models are

Post by TXGOAT2 » Sun May 09, 2021 10:06 am

What symptoms would loose rivets at that point exhibit that a driver could detect?


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Re: Just how tuff our T Models are

Post by speedytinc » Sun May 09, 2021 11:27 am

That doesnt happen on its own. Thats the result of serious pan misalignment and/or transmission main shaft not running true. How many guys know to check the drive plate output shaft after assembling their transmission to the motor? Trust but verify.

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Re: Just how tuff our T Models are

Post by Steve Jelf » Sun May 09, 2021 11:40 am

Recently there was a video on one of the FB Model T pages showing an engine with the head off and the guy rotating the pistons back and forth about an inch. He said it had been running OK that way.
The inevitable often happens.
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Re: Just how tuff our T Models are

Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Sun May 09, 2021 4:51 pm

TXGOAT2 wrote:
Sun May 09, 2021 10:06 am
What symptoms would loose rivets at that point exhibit that a driver could detect?
Lots of vibration. A clunk when going from forward to reverse, (or reverse to forward), or starting off after a stop. In extreme cases, if the car is moving: no brakes, if the car is sitting still: won't move.


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Re: Just how tuff our T Models are

Post by speedytinc » Sun May 09, 2021 5:21 pm

4th main would be leaking a lot of oil from excessive wear also.


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Re: Just how tuff our T Models are

Post by TXGOAT2 » Tue May 11, 2021 5:48 pm

Thanks. Mine must be OK.


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Re: Just how tuff our T Models are

Post by Allan » Wed May 12, 2021 9:32 pm

They'll even get you home when the universal joint cage splits completely. In my youth I had this happen some 40 miles from home. The two yokes still drove by running against one another. The noise gets quite high, the heat melts the whitemetal out of the fourth main, but the old clunker still got two youths home by midnight.

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