Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-17-2024, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 613
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-16-2024, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 613
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-11-2024, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 471
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-11-2024, 04:46 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,429
Re: Synchronized Transmission
Proper oil in transmission
Low idle speed
Learning to match engine speed to road speed for that gear
Shift earlier
Sometimes double clutching can help shifting timing
Read owners instruction...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-09-2024, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,114
Re: LED headlight bulbs
14 amps, headlights dual tail lights panel light, ignition
stock wiring,switchOne night I went out with battery at 5.8 volts,came back at 6 volts, am at positive 1 amp driving with lights on.
on...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-09-2024, 07:05 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,114
Re: LED headlight bulbs
i have halogen bulbs with generator good defined beam
lights up signs 8 tenths of a mile away, no blinding oncoming cars.
ammeter shows a + 1 amp with lights on with a 14 amp charge rate, generator...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-08-2024, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 322
Re: dead spot on starter and sticking bendix
Take the cover band off and rotate the commutator with a stick , look at the surface of the commutator where the brushes rub, it should look even all around .
Sometimes the commutator wears in a...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-07-2024, 12:56 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 3,914
Re: Value of an Un-Restored Model A Engine
There was a engine without head a few booths away at Hershey a couple years ago, every I ever I walked by it called to me ( I don’t need more engines) I looked at it several time, the bores were...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-07-2024, 12:24 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,356
Re: cleaning spark plugs: Process
Using anything metal on the porcelain that is not glazed ( the combustion chamber side can transfer metal causing a conducive electrical path
And has been said, if you have to clean them because of...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-04-2024, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 513
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-04-2024, 06:33 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,094
Re: 28-32 N.O.S. shocks
Post a picture of the boxes, originally they had glycerin, later on oil, the style of the box can give idea of era of manufacture date.
It will be interesting to see the shocks and boxes.
If the...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
03-03-2024, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 619
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-02-2024, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 877
Re: How I did it.
My friend has a 36 Packard, it was having starting issues and dim brake lights, came with every kind of brighter brake light bulb and none were bright.
I started to trace the brake light issue and...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-02-2024, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 920
Re: Klein Tools
Digital meters can get upset with the ignition system on a running model A engine.
When I tried my snap on vantage on my running model T it locked up and started crying, had to take out the battery...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-01-2024, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 565
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-01-2024, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 605
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-01-2024, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 700
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-29-2024, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,032
Re: rotor cap
A larger rotor gap works to fire fouled plugs better, a bandaid for improper mixture same as all the playing with sparkplug heat ranges to cure the black carbon from too rich of a mixture.
It takes...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-29-2024, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 426
Re: Petcock
sometimes they have to be taken apart,cleaned and lubricated with cock grease, a tube of it is $$ but enough to last a lifetime, Langs model T parts sells it.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-28-2024, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,032
Re: rotor cap
Where did the .025 gap specification come from??
The only specifications from the era thatI have found is .005” in a radio installation instructions article— that said to reduce it to create less...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-28-2024, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,113
Re: Blowing Starter Safety Fuse Help Please
The brush end of the field housing has a taper as does the end plate like the 33-34 type of generator., usually the front is also die cast aluminum or unknown similar metal for the 33-34 type, in...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-28-2024, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,113
Re: Blowing Starter Safety Fuse Help Please
That’s a later generator that style just had 2 wires coming out of a grommet instead of the threaded post one for power out, the other is field ground or attached to the oval cutout.
That style...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-27-2024, 02:16 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 630
Re: 1935 21 Stud engine
I would think that a warranty would be hard to use on a engine from USA — the freight return would probably be more than fixing any problem locally
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-27-2024, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 857
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-25-2024, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 806
Re: Left Lights On By Mistake
I left the ignition switch on and the battery sat totally dead for a while,
Because I have a diode cutout anything the generator made went into the electric system, could get 4 volts hand cranking,...
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