Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-23-2024, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,481
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-23-2024, 12:58 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,481
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-28-2024, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 462
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-23-2024, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 471
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-14-2024, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 453
Re: exhaust gasket
I have tried the green ones but the two sets I used blew out after a few hundred miles. I will not use them again.
Bob
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-10-2024, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 866
Re: Flow testing a carb
My flow tester is very simple. Just a 1 gallon milk container connected to a rubber tube with a paper clip at the bottom. There is no need for a pump. The water level will drop less than 1/2" during...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-10-2024, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,191
Re: Cash Value/Sale History of Red Grow's "Betsy"?
The winner can take the car or $15,000 in cash. There is a $36,000 minimum for the sweepstakes. If they do not get at least $36,000 in donations the car will not be awarded. In that case the winner...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-03-2024, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 559
Town Car picture wanted
Here is a picture of Joan Crawford and her Model A Town Car. It is not the picture that is well known. It appears that it was taken at the same place and time as the well known picture. Does anyone...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-22-2024, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 596
Re: 1929 Model 'A' Toolbox (Wooden Kind)
The Model As did not come with a wooden box for the tools. There was a Tool Bag made from rubber cotton fabric, top material, whipcord or artificial leather. The wooden boxes you see today are used...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-02-2024, 02:16 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,055
Re: Downhill, Deceleration Vibration
This might not be what is happening with your car. I had a similar problem. The cause was the engine mounts. When I installed the engine I tightened the rear engine mounts with the front of the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-27-2024, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,053
Fan catastrophe avoided
This fan was loose on the water pump shaft and was making lots of noise.
We removed the fan to figure out what was causing the noise and that prevented a disaster.
Bob
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-10-2024, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 508
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-07-2024, 02:43 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 979
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-06-2024, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 816
Re: Looks like Lou
Here is the movie on You-Tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK03l0gW6Ao
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-03-2024, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,249
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-31-2023, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 817
Re: engine splash pans
Plans were in the March-April 1966 Restorer.
http://www.modelahouse.com/images/engine-pans.jpg
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-29-2023, 02:54 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 786
Re: Wood bleach (oxalic acid) rust remover
Auto parts stores use to sell a 2 part radiator cleaning product. The first part was Oxalic Acid which you put in the radiator with plain water. Then you ran the engine for about an hour. The second...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-24-2023, 12:13 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,435
Re: DeLuxe pickup
We are trying to correct some in the next revision of the RG&JS. One interesting one is Firewall, Ford called it the Dash Assembly. That one we did not change because it would cause too much...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-24-2023, 12:19 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,435
Re: DeLuxe pickup
No such thing as a Model A Roadster Pickup. Ford called them Open Cab Pickups.
400-A Convertible Sedan not A400
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-18-2023, 02:18 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,117
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-13-2023, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,031
Re: Lighting issue
If you have a poor (dirty) connection somewhere in the low beam circuit you could get 6 volts if the bulb is not connected. Test the low beam with your meter but this time use jumper wires to connect...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-09-2023, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 580
Re: Tire mount for which models?
I looked in the Ford parts book and the parts data base on the MAFFI web site and neither had A-1427 listed. On the MAFFI site AA-1417 through AA-1445 are for AA. Are you sure that the number is...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-05-2023, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 951
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-04-2023, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,110
Re: leaning 30 pickup
If it is the spring due to the weight of the driver then take apart the springs and rotate every other leaf 180 degrees.
Bob
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-04-2023, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 951
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