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Need part identified FB
I saw this add on facebook marketplace . What is the springy looking thing near the oil can?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... =top_picks
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... =top_picks
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Re: Need part identified FB
Don't know its only on this side. A motor vibration stabilizer ?
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Re: Need part identified FB
Accessory stabilization vibration strut. These mount to frame and press on the block to keep motor from shaking , or that is the idea anyway
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Re: Need part identified FB
Any improvement would be minimal. One thing I would NOT do is notch or drill the frame flange to mount any such contraption. As for vibration, you're not going to get rid of it in a T. Inline 4-cylinder engines vibrate, especially inline 4 cylinder engines with no crank counterweights. The T engine is a lightweight engine with large displacement and no crankshaft counterweights, no harmonic balancer, and a very limber crankshaft. It's gonna shake. The Model T is a lightweight, flexible car with virtually no vibration isolation of the engine from the frame or of the frame from the body. It's bound to shake. The design of the Model T chassis makes isolating engine vibration from the rest of vehicle a difficult proposition. The most practical method of minimizing powerplant vibration in a Model T consists of adding a counterweighted crankshaft, aluminum pistons, and balancing the engine and transmission. Beyond that, keeping all the other mechanical units as well as the wheels and tires in good condition will help reduce vibration, and keeping all body and chassis parts properly tightened and adjusted will minimize noise and other nuisances emanating from engine vibration and road defects.
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What a great car, but really, $1.2 mil?
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I believe that number is just a placeholder to fill the spot (not real) because he’s taking bids
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It’s a torque reduction strut so when you gun the engine it doesn’t rip out the rear engine mounts…
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Re: Need part identified FB
I receive the Model T Times, which I now realize is not affiliated with this site. Anyway, a recent article featured aftermarket "snubbers," the term back then for shock absorbers you could add to front and rear axles. Ford looked at a few manufacturers and decided on a model produced by Gabriel, now a huge company producing shock absorbers and probably other suspension components. They trace their origins back to the early days of "snubbers." They didn't look anything like the modern shock absorber, BTW and it would be hard to guess what purpose they served.
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Snubbers were basically friction type shock absorbers. Many early ones were friction devices which acted to control, or snub, spring rebound. Later versions, like the Hartford units, were double acting. Hydraulic shocks (snubbers) are far superior to friction types. Springs alone do little to absorb and dissipate road shock, which allows the chassis and body to roll, pitch, and sway, while allowing axles to bounce over the road surface. Springs + snubbers do a much better job.