Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-29-2024, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 523
Re: Which Side Mirror?
Thank you for the replies. Russ, you should have made a bunch of those and sold them. They look great!
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-29-2024, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 523
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-29-2024, 08:51 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 523
Which Side Mirror?
I need a drivers side mirror for my ‘30 Cabriolet. I see two styles, a clamp on style and a hinge style. The clamp on is far cheaper, but my door jamb gap is pretty small, not sure it will fit...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-11-2024, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 651
Water Neck Modification
I am planning to install temperature gauge on my Cabriolet. For the water neck, I can buy one that has the boss with a drilled/tapped hole already or I can drill and tap the one I have. I think it...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,632
Re: Head Stud Q...
Thank you for the advice. I do appreciate it. My Dad has an engine that someone gave him that has the exact same issue. Somehow Dad was able to get the head on it, but one of the water neck studs...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 748
Re: Head stud to block
Good tips—thank you! I will measure the hole depth and then use a collar on the drill bit to prevent going too deep.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-30-2024, 11:13 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 748
Head stud to block
What is the thread size for the head stud into the block? I just test fired my rebuilt engine and warmed it up, then on retorquing the head, the front left stud at the water neck pulled loose from...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-25-2024, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,162
Re: Do rivet nuts work?
Rivet nuts are threaded inserts into a hole that are crimped into place with a special tool that threads into the rivet then is squeezed to tighten the rivet part of the rivet nut to hold it into the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-07-2024, 01:54 AM
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Replies: 1,414
Views: 332,412
Re: tell a Model A related story
LOL, well, hopefully Dad (Dknapp) doesn’t see my reply! Preston does want the Business Coupe and no, he won’t be putting a hot V-8 in it. The problem is, I sold a Mustang, but then ‘accidentally’...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-03-2023, 12:30 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,625
Re: Engine Install
+1 on the long bolts/dowels. My son and I figured that one out after fighting the engine to transmission mating process. Once we did really long bolts it slid right together. The first time we...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-03-2023, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,362
Re: Model AA Buses produced?? Surviving??
In the late 1970’s my Dad and I went on a trip driving around western Nebraska to go to junk yards and look for cool stuff. One stop was a farm that had a Model A bus in a barn. I remember sitting...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-23-2023, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,045
Re: Close Enough to Ford Maroon
You can take the picture or the paint code right out of that picture and walk into any paint store in the US that sells PPG and they should be able to pull up the color formula and mix it. I would...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-23-2023, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,045
Re: Close Enough to Ford Maroon
Typically colors are matched after a picture of the color is taken with a spectrophotometer, then a computer (or the Spectro device) offers the closest color match paint code. So I wouldn’t be...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-11-2023, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,113
Re: Hershey, is it really that big?
I have only been twice. First when I was 3, then when my son was 3. I don’t remember the first trip. But the second trip my wife watched the kids while I walked the swap meet. It took me 3 days...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-22-2023, 11:44 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,043
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-20-2023, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 776
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-19-2023, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 776
Another Cam Gear Question
I asked about buying a metal gear a few weeks back, but now I have another question. Is the gear the same for a B as it is for an A? I don’t see a separately listed gear for a B with Snyder’s or...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-14-2023, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 565
B vs A oil pump
I am working on a B engine for my ‘30 Cabriolet. I have a rebuilt oil pump that I believe is an A pump. Is there a unique pump for the B or is an A pump the same? Internet searches and looking at...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-04-2023, 12:49 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 870
Which Timing Gear?
Probably not a good question as I am only looking at a $90 decision…but, here goes:
I have a rebuilt B engine to install in my Cabriolet. The B block currently has a new fiber gear installed. I am...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-12-2023, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,312
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-06-2023, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,312
Re: Transmission Main Shaft Spacer Ring
Thank you Tom! It appears the spacer is needed if the splines go all the way on the shaft to the reduced area where the bearing rides. If the splines stop short of the bearing race, and there is a...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-06-2023, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,312
Re: Transmission Main Shaft Spacer Ring
BTerry—Interesting note, this car is a March 1930 build, if we are assuming it has the original transmission. I do know that it does NOT have the brass thrust washer as the early transmissions had,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-05-2023, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,312
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-05-2023, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,312
Transmission Main Shaft Spacer Ring
My son and I took our transmission apart today and did not see this piece. I checked Snyder’s site and could not find it. I then checked Brattons, but there were three possible items it could be: ...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-26-2023, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,127
Re: Now What
You had Scotch? Geez, you only offered us a box of donuts for coming over to help rock it for you last Saturday. I feel cheated.
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