Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-12-2023, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 18
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Re: Thinking about sell my 29 two door
when i do get out i enjoy driving it around & watching people & the look on there faces! kids today can hardly believe that it is a car! they have never seen anything like it! i usually tell them...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-11-2023, 06:45 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,383
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-11-2023, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,383
Re: Thinking about sell my 29 two door
As for the way it runs, drives & starts, it will not turn over twice & it is running, and it should be that was! i have rebuilt every thing on the car that needed it . as far as driving & stopping i...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-11-2023, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,383
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-11-2023, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,383
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-11-2023, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,383
Thinking about sell my 29 two door
I have sort of lost interest in my in my little 29! looking for some ideas where to sell it & what it is worth if i decide too! it has been fully restored back it it's original glory! it is 95 to 97...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-15-2020, 11:24 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 822
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-15-2020, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,737
Re: Stray Bearing Shim
all the shims i used had a hole drilled in them so they would slide down over the bolt! no way they could come out
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-15-2020, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,872
Re: Neoprene Seal for front of crankshaft
well i put one in when i rebuilt my 29 engine & i am very pleased with it! when i did it i also replied the front pulley, where the seal makes contact, as mine was worn. have not had a problem with...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-15-2020, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 822
Steering box & steering arm
Well i have not been on hear for a while & as usual i have a question! to start with i finally found a two tooth steering box/sector & have it rebuilt & just about ready to install it on my 29 & by...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-23-2020, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,238
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-22-2020, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,238
Re: Two tooth stearing box
well it sounds like I am on the right rack! just not there yet! thanks guys for the information. I am still playing with it & it seems to me it is going to be better than my seven tooth ever...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-22-2020, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,238
Two tooth stearing box
Ok, a few months ago I had a post on hear about having a problem with getting the free play/slack out of my seven tooth steering sector/box! I was advised to remedy the problem too install a two...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-19-2020, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,293
Re: steering sector
ok! the steering box! the picture you show is the cross shaft that the pitman arm attaches too. I am talking about the shaft that the steering wheel goes on! she slack I am speaking of is possibly...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-19-2020, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,293
Re: steering sector
got a question! what is the possibility of having slack between the worm gear & the steering shaft on my seven tooth sector? that may be the one thing I did not check! I really can't remember? I will...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-18-2020, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,293
Re: steering sector
if I understand what you are saying, you would cut a key way in the splined steering wheel? I could see that this would work if the taper of the shaft is the same! I never really thought of doing...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-18-2020, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,293
Re: steering sector
been there done that! it is extremely tight to the frame! I even replaced the bolts with grade eight so I could really tighten them up. as for the pitman arm! it is tight on the cross shaft, no...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-18-2020, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,293
Re: steering sector
when I rebuilt the sector it did not require shims! with the steering shaft installed in the housing & the lower end plate installed there was no play or slack in the worm gear, up & down or top to...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-18-2020, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,293
Re: steering sector
I understand what you are saying, but I am wanting to go the other way! I am wanting to use a splined steering wheel on a keyed steering shaft.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-17-2020, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,293
Re: steering sector
I replaced the bushings on the cross shaft that the pitman arm bolts on & they are tight, I mean they fight as they should ! I have had it out of the car three or four times & had it to a machine...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-15-2020, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,293
Re: steering sector
what exactly are you saying? have a new threaded/spline part made or cut the top portion off of the seven tooth & weld it on the two tooth?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-15-2020, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,293
steering sector
Well I rebuilt my seven tooth steering sector, all new parts & bearings & i still ended up with about three inches of free play in the center! as best as I can figure there is no way to get rid of it...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-01-2019, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,876
Re: Shift Tower & shift lever
thanks for the pictures! I was thinking of something along these lines to check the forks to see if they were straight, as I do not have a fork that I know is straight to match them too.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-01-2019, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,876
Re: Shift Tower & shift lever
Thanks for the pictures! I built one something like this only I used a 1 1/4" pipe about 7" long & cut about a third out of one side about 3" long & welded a round washer on the end of the pipe I...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-29-2019, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,876
Re: Shift Tower & shift lever
I dialed the flywheel cover when I rebuilt the motor & I also replaced the pilot bearing at that time. at a later time I removed the transmission, & I have all new gears & bearings in the...
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