Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-22-2023, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,126
Re: help dowshift 3rd to 2nd
If you think that there is 600 in the box, I wouldn't change it until the replacement arrives. The real thing is THICK, MIGHT TAKE A WEEK DRAINING IN PRESENT COLD WEATHER ! How you gonna get it in ?...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-22-2023, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,548
Re: Model A shocks
Good ones are very hard to find, then hard to get apart, then mostly un-useable in sides.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-22-2022, 05:09 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,423
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-13-2022, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,329
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-23-2021, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,544
Re: 28 Sport Coupe
So when you send for the restoration guidelines, might as well get the paint manual and if your really serious the service bulletins and Les Andrews vol.1 Mechanics hand book. Parts catalogues are...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-23-2021, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,766
Re: No Mess Radiator Flush
The solution to pollution is dilution. If the coolant is drained, then the water from flushing will be nearly nil. You still have to figure what to do with the coolant that was drained. States and...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-12-2021, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,091
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-12-2021, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 16,817
Re: 4 post lift
Without jacks both front and rear a 4 poster is just for oil changes and extra parking space. Also safer on the floor no torsion and faster to get on and ready to lift.
2 post is major pain to...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-17-2021, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,460
Re: converting to 1970 v8 points for model a
What ever, don,t butcher an original upper plate, buy the one made for the later points. You will likely go back to original system. Has any one tried it? this is a 40 year old mod. that sometimes...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-17-2021, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 680
Re: Missing Body Type Numbers
I think that the body manufacturing companies had their own number system separate from Ford sales numbers. Next question is was Briggs different from Murray and the commercial station wagons?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-17-2021, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,634
Re: Early '28 Model A - possible AR?
Air vent at L.H. kick panel and a different interior trim panel that crosses from side to side above instrument panel. Wood behind the trim is also different.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-15-2020, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,096
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-14-2020, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,263
Re: Front end tollerences...
Before trying to get that exact on the bumper measurement, put a bag of beans or something similar to 3/4 of the weight of the average weight of a 1929 adult male in the drivers seat. Common practice...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-12-2020, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,308
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-10-2020, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,336
Re: Nor Cal Crank Grinder??
Be advised that some B cranks have counter weights that over-lap the journal. They must be removed before grinding. When you call shops, you should be able to tell them what you have.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-25-2020, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,754
Re: Cylinder head machining advice.
Surfacing the head is usually less than .006-.008. Will not have much or any affect on setting valve lash. If there are problems with valve to head, it will be because some clown surfaced the snot...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-19-2020, 08:35 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,403
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-15-2020, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,061
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-15-2020, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,027
Re: interior tacks
Exactly the way I have done it. Staples are fine for the windlace so as not to get in the way when nailing down the cloth covered Card material. Small heads at this point to ease the cloth over the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-14-2020, 03:16 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,285
Re: Lack of power/rpm
Get an old motor manual for info on compression testing. cylinder leakage test, and shorting out cylinders while running. No way around not having compression. Must find out where, how much and why....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-26-2020, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,542
Re: Engine Misfire Knock
Do not get sucked into modern points conversions, if you do, keep your original breaker plate so when you un-convert you have something to use that works. Also a misfire is generally not associated...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-26-2020, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 935
Re: 31 model A
You are doing the mods, can I have your old parts that you don't need? Only a minority of Model A people have Hydraulic brakes, often done by a previous owner when v8 parts were in wrecking yards and...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-26-2020, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 6,026
Re: Spark Question
You might be better off with a simple test light- the clear plastic handle lights up when voltage goes through by way of the single wire and the "ice pick" probe. Visualization is everything. Usually...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-25-2020, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 4,392
Re: Decided to pull the motor/trans
I'll deal with only one item. The ring gear needs the rounded side of the teeth at the rear as it sits in the chassis. When you remove the starter the bendix goes past the ring gear and comes forward...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-21-2020, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,708
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