Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 01:40 PM
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Re: Setting the timing
Bob Johnson, I don't see the photo you referenced. Are you running a stock Model A distributor configuration?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 15
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Re: Zenith 1 Carburetor leak trouble
Ray, I cleaned a carb once and had trouble with the gaskets leaking at the bottom of the main and cap jets. The fuel ran to the 1/16" pin hole just ahead of the jets in the throat of the carb, down...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 06:42 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 403
Re: Front Hub Stuck to Brakes
"(besides adding lots of shims for the wedges)" Not sure what you mean here. You added multiple pills? With the rod unhooked, can you operate the brake by hand at the lever?
A rubber mallet...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-09-2024, 06:45 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 388
Re: Stuck starter
Lenny, try grabbing the front tire at 10 and 2 o'clock. I rock the car in high gear using that trick (hack in modern vernacular) when the crank takes me past the timing dimple. I can easily move the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-08-2024, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 431
Re: Front brake shoes grab
Thank you Brent for those accurate names and dimensional details.
You can send your backing plate to Snyder's or other professionals, and they will put new parts on it, including new tracks. Or...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-08-2024, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 560
Re: Tight Fit for Inner Wheel Bearing
Thanks, Ted.
JayJay, I think, I read a post by Brent Terry in which he said he would knurl or peen and then turn the spindle to the correct size in the peened area. He had a way to center the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-08-2024, 02:24 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 560
Re: Tight Fit for Inner Wheel Bearing
I was looking into the above issue a few months ago when servicing the front bearings. I may need to use the same technique or knurling. Is my memory tricking me? I was thinking that the backing...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-07-2024, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,362
Re: Another carb needs repair
I have watched every Model A video Randal has on his channel. Some multiple times. I, too, watched his video a couple hours after he posted. Way to go Randall! Keep 'em comin', I get a little smarter...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-06-2024, 08:45 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 711
Re: Polarity tester
Neil, thanks for the response. I meant to credit your description, Tom's and Kirby's too. but it took so long to write my comments, I forgot to do it. I was exhausted.
Reading your's and Tom's...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-05-2024, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 711
Re: Polarity tester
Guys, here are my thoughts on Model A coil polarity.
Each time a given cylinder's piston approaches TDC on the power stroke, that cylinder's spark plug fires a series of sparks across the gap...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-05-2024, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 711
Re: Polarity tester
Am I confused? If you change the polarity of the battery ground as in 12 volt negative ground, you have to reverse the ammeter leads or the gauge will read incorrectly, as in backwards. Why would we...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-03-2024, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,729
Re: I give up
Where does the term 1-1/4" come from? I've never seen that before, anywhere. All I've ever seen is 1" or 15/16". Verify that the fuel level (not the float height) in the float bowl is correct....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-02-2024, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,190
Re: Idle Mixture Screw
Shew01, thanks for posting back. I enjoy posting on these issues. It helps me retain the information I have learned on this forum and other sources:
Suggest you plug the wiper line, as suggested...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-02-2024, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,190
Re: Idle Mixture Screw
Shew01:
With the vacuum gauge hooked up, you turned the idle air adjustment screw full in and the car dies (as it should). Correct?
With the wiper line hooked up, you turned the idle air...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-02-2024, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,190
Re: Idle Mixture Screw
Shew01, remember, that a professionally refurbished carb can be immediately contaminated by dirty fuel. Is your sediment bowl clean?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-02-2024, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,190
Re: Idle Mixture Screw
Shew01, suggest you use a torque wrench to tighten those pretty plugs with new gaskets to 25 foot pounds or 300 inch pounds.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-30-2024, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 29
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Re: help! clutch won‘t disengage…
As I recall, if you remove the floorboards and the clutch inspection window cover, you can see the springs as they come past. Use the hand crank to turn the engine over???
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-28-2024, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 577
Re: Transmission pops out of third gear
TJ:
Do you have a copy of Les Andrews blue book, "Troubleshooting and Diagnostics"? Chapter 2 page 39 list 7 issues that will cause the transmission to pop out of high gear.
1. The input shaft...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-28-2024, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,190
Re: Idle Mixture Screw
Am I confused? 3.5 turns out on the idle air mixture screw would be allowing additional air into the idle circuit. Wouldn't this compensate for a rich mixture, rather than a lean one????
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-27-2024, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-23-2024, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 565
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-23-2024, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 565
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-20-2024, 03:47 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 618
Re: 1931 Model A not turning over
Do you have a voltmeter? A test light? A hydrometer to test the battery? The Les Andrews red book?
Make sure your battery cables are clean, bright and tight at both ends. On a stock wired Model...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-18-2024, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,190
Re: Idle Mixture Screw
X2 on your post #11, Shew01. Stalling at stops has a list of possible causes, but in my brief Model A experience, a proper setting of the base idle air mixture is the first place to start. When one...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-15-2024, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 808
Re: Next problem is... locked rear brakes
It's easy to mistake a grinding rear for a grinding front brake. I just had that problem a few months ago. The rear brake required a shim on the axle. The shim quieted the rubbing, but I bought a new...
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