first drive this year
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thom
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first drive this year
I finally got our '21 touring out today for the first time since about last Thanksgiving. I had planned to before now but health issues and bad weather held me up. I drove it for a couple of miles today and it did fine. The generator has never charged since we've had the car but I plan to take the generator to a local shop with vintage experience tomorrow and get it checked out. I would like very much to get the top installation finished this week as there is a festival here in town with a car show on Friday evening that we would like to participate in if by chance it doesn't rain. I also plan to finish scraping and sanding the paint from the spokes on the wheels on our non-demountable wheels this week. Most of the paint is peeling and flaking but the spokes seem solid so it shouldn't be too hard to remove the remainder of the paint.
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Scott_Conger
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Re: first drive this year
Tommy
Vintage experience or not, there is a greater chance than not that after $75-$150 later, the generator will either not work properly, or if it does work properly, not for long. Adding insult to injury, no one that knows how to actually remanufacture the generator will be in a position to discount their work regardless of what the previous shop did (or didn't) do.
Honestly, you will be money ahead to swallow hard and have one of the suppliers to the hobby work with you and pay only once, for a repair that will work for many years.
Vintage experience or not, there is a greater chance than not that after $75-$150 later, the generator will either not work properly, or if it does work properly, not for long. Adding insult to injury, no one that knows how to actually remanufacture the generator will be in a position to discount their work regardless of what the previous shop did (or didn't) do.
Honestly, you will be money ahead to swallow hard and have one of the suppliers to the hobby work with you and pay only once, for a repair that will work for many years.
Scott Conger
Tyranny under the guise of law is still Tyranny
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Obsolete carburetor parts manufactured
Tyranny under the guise of law is still Tyranny
NH Full Flow Float Valves™
Obsolete carburetor parts manufactured
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thom
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Re: first drive this year
I know that a common problem in T generators is the brush plate insulators and if that is the problem with mine it will be a quick, inexpensive fix. It would be stupid for me to throw away money on another generator, although I might pick up another known good used one for a spare, if I can fix mine. The guy that runs the local shop is a good friend of mine so i know he won't rob me with labor charges. I have replaced brushes already but will get him to use his test equipment to check my coils and armature.
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Steve Jelf
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Re: first drive this year
My experience with a local shop experienced in vintage repair was not reassuring. The guy left in a broken insulator because he didn't know where to get a new one. I bought it from Lang's and installed it myself.
The inevitable often happens.
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1923 Touring
1915 Runabout
1923 Touring
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John kuehn
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Re: first drive this year
Boy I wish we could always count on the experienced person or shops to do good repair work. I’m thankful that I can do a lot of the repairs on a T myself. Unfortunately the folks who love old cars are not always mechanically inclined and have to trust the folks who work on them to do a good job.
This goes for any repair shop and once burned I definitely do not go back.
This goes for any repair shop and once burned I definitely do not go back.
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thom
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Re: first drive this year
I got it fixed today. It cost me $2.00. 
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Scott_Conger
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Re: first drive this year
Excellent!
Good for you.
Good for you.
Scott Conger
Tyranny under the guise of law is still Tyranny
NH Full Flow Float Valves™
Obsolete carburetor parts manufactured
Tyranny under the guise of law is still Tyranny
NH Full Flow Float Valves™
Obsolete carburetor parts manufactured
