Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-14-2023, 11:41 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 864
Ahooga Horn w/ Car Off
My horn sounds fine when the engine is running, but sounds like a dying cow if the engine is off. It's loud, but not definitely not the right sound. Is this normal? I feel like I've heard other Model...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-15-2023, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,768
Re: Combustion Chamber Pitting
No, the head is cracked between 2 & 3. This was covered in a healthy layer of carbon when I pulled the head so I assume this happened sometime in the distant past.
Okay, thanks! Does the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-15-2023, 02:30 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,768
Combustion Chamber Pitting
I pulled the head looking for the source of a large cloud of steam on my '29 pickup. I found a crack in the head, so nice to have some resolution there. But that's not what I'm asking about. While...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-04-2022, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,814
Re: Bad Case of the White Smoke
Well, all I can see is the deck, where I did not see anything. What I was theorizing (besides me being blind and not seeing a crack in the deck) is is there a potential crack between the water jacket...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-03-2022, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,814
Bad Case of the White Smoke
My Pickup got a bad case of the magic white smoke, which I take to mean I have coolant burning somewhere. I have never had the head off, so I figured this would be a good excuse to do that. Got it...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-28-2021, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,583
Re: Front End Rebuild Questions
After a couple of month break, reassembled everything today (new spindle arms, new pitman arm) and took a short drive. Drove over some road surfaces that used to excite the death wobble, and no death...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-05-2020, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,583
Re: Front End Rebuild Questions
Yeah, I was wondering that too. Having experienced the death wobble clearly there is a bunch of play in the front end, but it isn’t obvious to me how a couple tenths in a few pivot points results in...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-05-2020, 07:04 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,583
Re: Front End Rebuild Questions
@BrianH, yep looks like there is a cotter pin in that picture, I promise I removed it though before I attempted to remove the nut.
@SpringerPete, good call on the wishbone. Looking at the Les...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-30-2020, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,583
Front End Rebuild Questions
After putting up with some low speed front end wobble for several years, I figured it was time to do something about it.
There was no detectable side to side motion on the wheels before I pulled...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-03-2018, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,893
Re: Headlight Switch Woes
I ended up buying an original switch from Bert's in Colorado. The top half of the new switch mates up just fine with the bottom half of the existing switch, and my headlights work again! Very...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-21-2018, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,893
Headlight Switch Woes
Recently, my headlights stop working, so I disassembled the switch. It appears that the rotating bit in the top half of the switch has broken, so it's just floating in the switch casing. As such,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-06-2017, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,829
Re: TZ Bridge - Last car over attempt
This is great! We've driven our Model A over mile high mountain passes, but you are waaay braver driving yours into NYC traffic. Did that once in a modern car, not for me. Best of luck! Love your...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-01-2017, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 13,425
Re: Not showing our cars anymore?
I just don't get paying money to park in an otherwise free spot. We put 1000+ miles on the A per year (chump change compared to some of you!), and I'm happy to let anyone who asks in a parking lot...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-30-2017, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 854
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-25-2017, 12:03 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,944
Cascade Loop Trip Log
Highlights
Take a trip from Western Washington over the Cascades to Eastern Washington. Leave Thursday night from Snohomish (about an hour outside of Seattle), drive up to the North Cascades. Camp...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-15-2017, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,148
Re: Words of wisdom for first "long" trip
Hey Scott,
Go for it and have fun! I always like to think if it hasn't gone wrong in 5 miles, it probably won't go wrong in 500.
From personal experience, the only things I've had go wrong...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-11-2017, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 20,285
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-03-2017, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,501
Re: Babbitt in the Oil
Yeah, but if the thrust surface is all messed up, I assume that doesn't bode well for the bearing surface (but like you say you don't know for sure until you look.)
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-03-2017, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,501
Re: Babbitt in the Oil
Also a picture of the some of the crud on my rag after wiping out the pan a few days ago. The right kind of dull silver to be babbitt?
https://i.imgur.com/ywU8rqfl.jpg
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-03-2017, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,501
Re: Babbitt in the Oil
So, when I said there was no end play in the crank earlier, I was wrong. I only pushed on the crank. Today I pushed & pulled and as it turns out the end play is actually something like 0.045...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-01-2017, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,501
Re: Babbitt in the Oil
I am prepared to set a 5 gallon bucket of oil on the fender and set up a drip feed system if necessary to get me to the top of Mt. Baker. :rolleyes: All that oil will help keep the dust down...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-31-2017, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,501
Re: Babbitt in the Oil
Hey Chuck,
How do I measure that? I just went out and pushed on the pulley and there was no perceptible movement. Do you you really have to shove on it to get it to get movement? I see the Les...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-30-2017, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,501
Re: Babbitt in the Oil
Alrighty,
So I dropped the pan this afternoon, this is what I found in the bottom of the pan. I'm going to profess my ignorance... what are these things? Are they just shims? What's the next...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-30-2017, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,501
Re: Babbitt in the Oil
It does leak oil -- sort of intermittently. Sometimes you lose an excessive amount of oil very quickly (a quart in 200 miles), other times there isn't a noticeable loss in the same mileage.
I...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-29-2017, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,501
Babbitt in the Oil
I went to change the oil in my truck today, and lo and behold there are chunks of shiny metal in the oil plug. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that isn't good. I haven't noticed a knock or...
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