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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-12-2017, 11:41 AM
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Views: 15,449
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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-11-2017, 10:04 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,819
Posted By forever4
Re: Exhaust Manifold to Tailpipe gasket

Eric,
I was not aware that the muffler clamp has been reinvented.
Originals have always worked fine for me.

I personally don't imagine the one you describe would be any better, but I guess...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-11-2017, 09:56 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 15,449
Posted By forever4
Re: Snapping sound under load.

Actually timing too far retarded, not advanced, will heat up the exhaust manifold red hot.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-11-2017, 01:26 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,008
Posted By forever4
Re: Ignition coil specs

www.fordgarage.com/pages/canadianignitioncoil.htm (www.fordgarage.com/pages/canadianignitioncoil.htm)

Yes it is Canadian, and sought after.
Read about it in the new RG&JS Rev 4.

I would be...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-11-2017, 01:22 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,819
Posted By forever4
Re: Exhaust Manifold to Tailpipe gasket

There was not.
Adding a gasket just fouls up the fit for the muffler clamp.

The gasket goes in the category of repro fixes to problems that don't exist -- until you add it. Like distributor...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-11-2017, 01:11 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,557
Posted By forever4
Re: Radaitor hoses

See the link:

http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/RadiatorHoseConstruction.htm (http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/RadiatorHoseConstruction.htm)

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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-11-2017, 12:57 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,992
Posted By forever4
Re: Instruction Manual

Originals are printed on clay finish paper.
Few if any reprints are.
Don covered the main visuals

Also see the link for more:

http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/19281931ib.htm...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-11-2017, 12:38 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,400
Posted By forever4
Re: Kick panels

The current Nov-Dec 2016 Model A News features Lee Watson's Canadian built 1931 SW Town Sedan as the cover car and feature story.

I have admired his car for years.
It is really well restored and...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-08-2017, 03:33 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 7,202
Posted By forever4
Re: The Victoria Coupe...

So I have two questions for the Victoria club members:

1) Were there any indented firewall Leatherback Vickys?

2) When was the Steel Back Vicky introduced?

Thanks
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-07-2017, 07:45 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 11,667
Posted By forever4
Re: Hard to turn engine over A ford 1929

It cannot run with a valve closed.
The camshaft and tappet will not allow it.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-06-2017, 05:16 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 10,795
Posted By forever4
Re: How much is too much

I am sorry to see that Pete's posting was deleted.
Not to say though that the people who could benefit would pay any attention or learn anything....
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-06-2017, 05:03 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,641
Posted By forever4
Re: Y Izzit?

It seems that American Society really has embraced the Age of Socialist Entitlement, where the 'haves' are expected to spoon feed the 'have-nots', whether it is the transfer of money and hard assets,...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-05-2017, 06:42 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,641
Posted By forever4
Re: Y Izzit?

I am going to start suggesting people just "search the cloud". :eek:

This whole business of the "the cloud" is nonsense.
It is just a server somewhere, just as it always has been.
It's either on...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-04-2017, 08:05 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 10,795
Posted By forever4
Re: How much is too much

This conversation has been on fordbarn and ahooga 25 times over the years, and the facts are still unchanged.

Your illustrations from Marco / Bob Johnson are correct. Your understanding of them...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-04-2017, 05:03 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,848
Posted By forever4
Re: I am confused about the new judging standards

Bill,
Take the loose sheet and save it till the very end.
Assemble both revs in the new binder and with the new tabs.
Start with the Rev 3, then Rev 4
When you finish, swap out the new loose...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-04-2017, 04:30 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 10,795
Posted By forever4
Re: How much is too much

I think Tom and George are the only guys on this thread who understands the facts and is correct.

You cannot regrind the cam and get the original lift and duration back back. People make the...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-04-2017, 12:10 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 10,795
Posted By forever4
Re: How much is too much

The nose of the camshaft gets wiped off.
Typical, maybe more so on reground cams.

http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/ruleofnine.htm (http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/ruleofnine.htm)
...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-02-2017, 04:07 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,844
Posted By forever4
Re: Crankshaft end play

George,
See the note in the lower left. That rearmain bolt hole and the one on the front main were the primary datums for all the crank alignment, cylinder bores, stud hole locations, etc.
...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-02-2017, 03:52 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,844
Posted By forever4
Re: Crankshaft end play

For your entertainment:
http://www.fordgarage.com/FB/rearmainblock.jpg
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-02-2017, 03:34 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,844
Posted By forever4
Re: Crankshaft end play

Unexplained Mysteries:

When I was in High School we had a 31 town sedan with a worn out engine, but it ran fine for playing around town, which is all we did with it. It had more end play than any...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 12-31-2016, 01:02 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,780
Posted By forever4
Re: They are all ready to ship NOW. The NEW Judging Standards

Start the New Year off right! Order the new Restoration Guidelines and Judging Standards.

It is the ultimate gold source of factual information on Model A authenticity.

You don't have to own...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 12-31-2016, 12:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,975
Posted By forever4
Re: More praise for the Judging Standards

All youse big iron guys ought to be in high heaven!

Neil Wilson, Keith Ernst, and so many other AA enthusiasts have a done a fantastic job of documenting the details of the AA. It is full of...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 12-26-2016, 07:09 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,793
Posted By forever4
Re: Canadian built engines in Australia and New Zealand

Guys,
Thanks for all the info received here as well as through email including Dave and Bick!

It appears that the 'F' in the engine number prefix was added in early 1933 to Canadian production.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 12-23-2016, 11:42 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,793
Posted By forever4
Re: Canadian built engines in Australia and New Zealand

patnmand,
Thanks for your comments on the CAA prefix. I realized that I made a mistake constructing the table (dyslexia?) and fixed it. It has been like that a number of years. :eek:
Your CAA...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 12-23-2016, 10:39 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,793
Posted By forever4
Re: Canadian built engines in Australia and New Zealand

Hi, yes I am interested in any Canadian-built RHD engines/cars shipped throughout the British Empire. I am most interested in any engines with a prefix containing an 'F' anywhere in the number,...
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