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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-12-2024, 12:16 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,082
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Removing stuck distributor and lower shaft

It soaked all night before I made this post in PB blaster. I used a propane torch to heat it up and more PB blaster and ever so gently used a pry bar on either end of the distributor. I repeated that...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-11-2024, 08:06 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 425
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Electronic vs. mechanical 6 volt turn signal flasher

CP = candle power

It's an archaic form of measuring light intensity. We don't use it here in the states anymore either, we use lumens now. We also don't call them globes, we call them bulbs.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-11-2024, 04:49 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 425
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Electronic vs. mechanical 6 volt turn signal flasher

Send them back. My old "Chinesium" flasher relay I bought off Amazon a year ago is still kicking. None of the vendors seem to give any kind of info on the flashers they have, they should provide a...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-11-2024, 12:09 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 425
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Electronic vs. mechanical 6 volt turn signal flasher

What flasher unit were you using? Were the bulbs you had in there LED or incandescent?
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-11-2024, 11:37 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 458
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Tight crank gear

Contact whoever you bought it from and get them to replace it for you

Alternatively, take it down to your local shop and have them bore it to the size you're looking for
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-09-2024, 04:48 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 555
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Temperature Gauge Issue

Put the sensor end in a pot of boiling water and see what it reads. Should be 212f
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-06-2024, 01:11 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 3,483
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Snyder's New Catalog Came...and a Warning!

If I was paying someone hourly labor to do all the work I've put into mine, I couldn't justify owning it. I'd probably be $20k to $30k deep in just labor costs. My car wasn't even in bad shape. Its...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-03-2024, 08:45 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 3,483
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Snyder's New Catalog Came...and a Warning!

Speaking of hoarding parts, not Model A but Willys Jeep story...

When I was a kid my dad was into old Willys jeeps. We used to buy parts from this old man who had several acres of shipping...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-03-2024, 11:36 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,082
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Removing stuck distributor and lower shaft

She's free!!

Looks like I got the one piece shaft in there. Time to clean everything up and paint it. Thanks everyone for your help/suggestions!
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-03-2024, 10:12 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,082
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Removing stuck distributor and lower shaft

As far as it being that one piece shaft, I'm not sure. This is the first time I've opened up the engine. It is possible that it is the one piece shaft.

I can't bring myself to just leave it (as...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-03-2024, 10:06 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,082
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Removing stuck distributor and lower shaft

It is completely out and came out in one piece
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-02-2024, 05:30 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,082
Posted By Banditorama
Removing stuck distributor and lower shaft

Pulled my cylinder head to replace the gasket (what an ordeal). After battling a few rusty studs to get the head off, now I've got the distributor stuck in the head and the lower shaft rusted to the...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-01-2024, 08:53 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 3,483
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Snyder's New Catalog Came...and a Warning!

The problem with getting into the manufacturing game is the high cost of entry (tools, materials, space, etc..)

How does an enterprising young man afford the startup costs and compete with Chinese...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-29-2024, 08:26 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,213
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Jazz Age '28 Sport Coupe on Hemmings Auction

I would take $50k in a heartbeat, wouldn't have to think about it. I paid $6.5k for mine and have spent several hundred hours getting it running right. I can't imagine that I have anymore than $2k in...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-29-2024, 05:20 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,213
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Jazz Age '28 Sport Coupe on Hemmings Auction

Car just sold for $47k plus 5% buyer's fee, so $49,350 total. I thought the price was high at $26k, $50k is absolutely absurd. I guess there is plenty of money to be made in restoring these cars...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-26-2024, 08:53 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,213
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Jazz Age '28 Sport Coupe on Hemmings Auction

That's a lot of money for such a heavily modified "A"
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-26-2024, 08:43 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 871
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Water pump

If it has the sealed ball bearing, then no.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-26-2024, 04:35 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,838
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Motor Meter or Quail

All it takes is one time. Plus you know if it isn't getting hot enough. If it's under 65f outside mine won't get much above 120f. I have two different sized cardboard blockoff plates I painted black...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-23-2024, 03:43 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,151
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Carburetor leaking

There's several different carburetors that fit on the Model A. You may have ended up with a float that was made for a different carburetor.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-23-2024, 03:41 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,151
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Carburetor leaking

I just went through this with my old carburetor.

Like everyone else is saying, first off make sure the float is good. I had set the float height on mine to the correct spec was still getting...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-23-2024, 10:09 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,171
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Grease fitting on exhaust pipe

That must have been an April Fool's day article. That would make a mess on the inside of your exhaust and produce an ungodly amount of smoke
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-23-2024, 10:01 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 715
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Stretched T

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/822076/877532.jpg

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/822076/877550.jpg

The "Arnold Autoport"
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-21-2024, 07:00 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,054
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Spacers on shift rail to prevent breaking shift forks in Model A transmission

The only people I've let drive mine were already proficient in driving a manual.

My experience driving the car is the transmission forces you to slow down your shifts. If you try to bang gears,...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-21-2024, 12:28 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,054
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Spacers on shift rail to prevent breaking shift forks in Model A transmission

It makes sense for a racecar like he was talking about in the beginning. But, how often are you really banging through the gears racing down the road in your Model A?
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-16-2024, 08:34 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 858
Posted By Banditorama
Re: Sealed beams

They just don't look right compared to the original lights. I'm sure they work fine, but they ruin the original look of the car IMO
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