Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Today, 12:35 AM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 06:40 PM
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Re: A perplexing oiling problem - A new one to me!
Yup. Everything is shutdown and partially disassembled. I'm ready to drop the pan tomorrow and examine the oil pump. The valve chamber passageway from the distributor/oil pump drive is clear. I just...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 17
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Re: A perplexing oiling problem - A new one to me!
Neat idea for the driver car! Here's a thought: If you placed the plastic hose at the top end of the tube instead of at the bottom, the exhaust manifold would obscure it so that its presence would...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 03:23 PM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 03:20 PM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 01:23 PM
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Re: A perplexing oiling problem - A new one to me!
All pins are o.k. when I assembled the engine, not sheared. The tang on the drive gear is good, too. I just examined that the other day when the valve cover was off. I am beginning to think that the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 17
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A perplexing oiling problem - A new one to me!
I have freshened up a previously-run engine with rings, new valves, adjusted bearings, etc. This was done on an engine stand, not in the car. I poured new oil down into valve chamber through the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-20-2024, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 6
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Re: Henry Ford Line 1
If you loosen the clamp that secures the speedometer cable to the inside firewall (near where the choke rod is) and pull the cable out from underneath the clamp, you will gain about an inch up where...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-20-2024, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 738
Re: Gas r up
I saw a gas station sign in California on the news last week and the price was $7.89, which is KIND of close to $8.00. 'Don't know where in California that was, but I would guess in a heavily...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-20-2024, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 738
Re: Gas r up
Most likely @ 12 cents per gallon. Yup - things have sure gotten better, haven't they, California!? Even adjusting for inflation, increased wages and the dollar's slipping buying power, 12 cents per...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-19-2024, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 912
Re: Rear main options
Yup. I have heard of Model T owners "back in the day" doing exactly the same thing just to make it home - and probably for a while longer during the Great Depression when money was tight. I have also...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-19-2024, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 912
Re: Rear main options
Here are photos of one engine I repaired with the brass thrust insert six years ago. Besides the miles put on the engine since then, the owner took a long tour with an antique car group two weekends...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-19-2024, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 912
Re: Rear main options
I agree that the crack probably isn't the cause of the oil leakage from the rear. It doesn't help, but that's not why the oil is leaking out. Besides checking the clearance of the rear main bearing,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-19-2024, 06:58 AM
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Replies: 10
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Re: Aaaa
Would that make it an "AAAA" truck??? :)
M.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-10-2024, 09:27 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,651
Re: New Stipe Camshafts
Hi, Bill! 'Good to hear from you again after such a long drought. We were worried about you. 'Sorry to see you leave our Midwest, but I hope your new abode in Kentucky works out for you. Your shop in...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-08-2024, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 10
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Re: Lifting 30 Tudor body
And here's the body going back onto the assembled chassis. I used bare 19" wheels when doing this.
Marshall
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-08-2024, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 626
Re: Lifting 30 Tudor body
Here's how I removed a HEAVY Town Sedan body from the frame using 4" x 4" timbers and solid cement building blocks. Once alternately jacked up high enough, I slid the frame out from underneath. This...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-08-2024, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,630
Re: Steering Wheel Slop
A local special interest car company bought a 1931 Coupe a few years ago with the same problems the poster described. I was called to reduce the play at the steering wheel. No amount of adjusting or...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-03-2024, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 41
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Re: Snyder's New Catalog Came...and a Warning!
If you have national club magazines back to the early 1960's through even the late 1970's, compare the age of the owners shown in them to what you see in recent years' magazines. It looks like their...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-02-2024, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 990
Re: radiator splashing
old31 -
Thanks for the thumbs-up! 'Been there many times in the past during my Model A learning curve. I speak from painful (and messy) experience. :( There's almost nothing better an owner can do...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 664
Re: Source for dome light wood???
SUPER, JayJay! Thank you so much for these diagrams. They will save me re-inventing the wheel and making lots of mistakes. I see that according to your drawings, the mounting board goes into the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 990
Re: radiator splashing
From your description of the problem, I'm guessing you have a fancy split Flying Quail or Moto-Meter radiator cap. These caps are attractive, but are notorious for allowing hot coolant to surge out...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 664
Re: Source for dome light wood???
I just measured my bows and they appear to be 1" thick. A friend just dropped off a jig saw, so all I need now is a scrap piece of 1" thick wood, probably pine. I'll wing the hole pattern, checking...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 664
Re: Source for dome light wood???
JayJay -
Thanks for the photos. They help. How thick is the mounting block? I am assuming it is the same thickness as the top bows where it attaches.
Marshall
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 10:32 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 611
Re: Photo request: Page 11, "Model A News"
Thanks for the supporting comment, rackops. I was beginning to think I'm being too anal about a detail that not 1 in 50 Model A owners would notice or even know about. I was not aware of this obscure...
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