I thought YOU put gas in it.
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2026 11:44 am
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Re: I thought YOU put gas in it.
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2026 11:45 am
Re: I thought YOU put gas in it.
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2026 11:46 am
Re: I thought YOU put gas in it.
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2026 11:47 am
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Re: I thought YOU put gas in it.
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2026 8:36 pm
Imagination running wild with this one...
Grab the fluted rim, turn the outer shell winding an internal clock spring, push the center button...voila auto crank
?????????
Anyone??
Grab the fluted rim, turn the outer shell winding an internal clock spring, push the center button...voila auto crank
?????????
Anyone??
Re: I thought YOU put gas in it.
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2026 9:05 pm
Certainly a good guess. Old John Deere tractors were started by using the flywheel rim as a crank. I believe they had finger holds cast into the inner flywheel rim, like a steering wheel... or like that starter.
Re: I thought YOU put gas in it.
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2026 7:55 am
The starter above is a Stewart compressed air starter. The air air storage tank is visible under the car.
Re: I thought YOU put gas in it.
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2026 9:37 am
Thank you Dan!
So a little more digging answered my next question as to pump method. VERY cool, certainly better than a belt driven pump! A starter AND on board compressed air...what a thing to have in the day.
Model T Ford Forum: Accessory Air Compressor -- Stewart Air Starter https://share.google/MPqi430pKZNLbO4Sq
So a little more digging answered my next question as to pump method. VERY cool, certainly better than a belt driven pump! A starter AND on board compressed air...what a thing to have in the day.
Model T Ford Forum: Accessory Air Compressor -- Stewart Air Starter https://share.google/MPqi430pKZNLbO4Sq
Re: I thought YOU put gas in it.
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2026 10:45 am
My favorite is the 8th from the bottom 1913 cutoff touring hauling milk. Sure looks very ‘used’. I hope it’s paid for. But the photo reveals fonts were indeed lost ‘back in the day’. Reminder: tighten the font thumb nut before this season’s tours….