Tires and Tubes on the Cut-Down Touring
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Tires and Tubes on the Cut-Down Touring
Dad and I hit a HUGE milestone in the Model T project today! The new tires and tubes I bought back in March are now mounted on my newly painted rims and are back on the car! Dad and I are very pleased! Due to the shortage of new brass stem tubes, we used a method popularized by folks such as Steve Jelf and cut the stems off brand new Hartford rubber tubes to install old metal Schrader valve stems. It turned out to be pretty simple once we got thru the first one! Can't wait to see how they stay up. We like the benefit of a brass stem that gets fastened to the rim, keeping the tube from rotating within the tire and ruining the valve stem. I totally understand others have different viewpoints. I am mostly posting this as a thank you to Steve and others who have championed the effort and provided clear instruction through their website and posts on the forum. Also as a testimonial to amateurs like us who have never done this retrofit procedures before. See the photos for a partial description of the process. I'm sure there may be one or two things we did wrong or different than seasoned T'ers.. but hey, that's how you learn. See the link to Dauntless Geezer below for a better step by step instruction. Might have this puppy on the road soon!
http://dauntlessgeezer.com/DG110.html
Thank you, Andy
http://dauntlessgeezer.com/DG110.html
Thank you, Andy
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- The new valve stems we removed. They are vulcanized to the tube. If you notice, there is hardly a flange at the bottom to reinforce the attachment to the tube. On the other hand, the flange on the brass stems is about the size of a quarter and ribbed for sealing to the new rubber tube when the tube is crimped between the flange and the ribbed bridge washer.
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Topic author - Posts: 547
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Topic author - Posts: 547
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Re: Tires and Tubes on the Cut-Down Touring using the JELF method
Next Steps... lots of Steps!
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Re: Tires and Tubes on the Cut-Down Touring using the JELF method
SOME MORE SHOTS OF THE FINISHED PROJET... CYA IN HERSHEY???
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Re: Tires and Tubes on the Cut-Down Touring
Looks great! Photos will for sure help someone in the future. I think Royce was also a proponent of this method and had a similar post years ago. Sure wish he was still on the forum.
1923 Touring
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Re: Tires and Tubes on the Cut-Down Touring
Looks like both beads @ the same time. Right on. The V notches are fine for your metal stems. A bit light if using the rubber stem. Looks good.
The more you do, the easier they get.
The more you do, the easier they get.
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Topic author - Posts: 547
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Re: Tires and Tubes on the Cut-Down Touring
I think you are right. Us younger guys in our 30s are nothing without he experience of the 'oldr guys' posting photos and sharing secrets.
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Re: Tires and Tubes on the Cut-Down Touring
It does get easier! Ha.. dad and I did these in about 3 hours. Fresh pliable rubber helps too, as does a work surface at hip height. No bending over. Although my father has done several sets by himself, I think two sets of hands makes the project much more managable..speedytinc wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:17 pmLooks like both beads @ the same time. Right on. The V notches are fine for your metal stems. A bit light if using the rubber stem. Looks good.
The more you do, the easier they get.