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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 06-05-2014, 12:57 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,809
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Quick Model A 12v coil question

Looks like my timing is off. I was manually setting the dist oil pump gear on the closest tooth to the #1 firing at tdc. Now I know I can just do this..
http://modelabasics.com/Ignition.htm
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 06-02-2014, 02:15 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,809
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Quick Model A 12v coil question

Thank you so much for those part numbers!!! Got it. Too bad it's the one from the turd zone though. Probably gonna burn up faster than Chuck Liddel in that morning interview he did just before...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-30-2014, 06:32 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,809
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Quick Model A 12v coil question

Went and tried to get an internal resistor 3 ohm coil and apparently there is no such thing at any parts store. It gives the same 2 or 3 coils for every application where a canister coil is called...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-30-2014, 04:03 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,809
Posted By hotrod937
Quick Model A 12v coil question

So I had a Wico mag on this car and it was doo doo. Every old man I talked to told me to put on the stock ignition set up. So I have the stock stuff all installed save for the coil. I have read...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-22-2013, 12:52 AM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

Did some work today on the car.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-14-2013, 11:56 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

Well the mystery spring is not part of the clutch. Where does it go?

#2 Which way does the clutch pressure plate go in and how do I keep it centered when installing the engine? Do I need to pull...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-12-2013, 02:59 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

I thought it came from the bell housing area. Might be a clutch spring?
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-11-2013, 08:00 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

Now I've got the pan on and have this spring that I think cam out of the rear area of the motor where the bell housing is but am not sure. I put the smaller spring in the front cover where the cam...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-11-2013, 07:55 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

Couple things. First here's how I got the cam gear nut off
Take a sturdy set of vise grips and get them on there.....
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-10-2013, 09:03 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

Thanks a lot IP. Update. I've got the engine bottom end all buttoned up cotter pins and all. I'm putting on the oil pan now. It appears that the 2nd bronze thrust main gives me roughly 15 thou...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-08-2013, 04:59 AM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

We put large vise grips on the flat of the odd cam nut and ran a pry bar through the middle of the teeth. We gently held the cam on the base blank and torqued it down. I'll take a pic of it...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-07-2013, 07:04 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

Okay, my anger has calmed down. I've just been building so much stuff for other people and when I go to work on my own junk I hit brick walls. After destroying the new cam gear, I had one good gear...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-07-2013, 05:33 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

I gotta say I'm really starting to get very angry. After ruining the brass thrust bushing trying to weld on it I tried to replace the broken cam gear. The nut tool and cam tool thing I ordered are...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-26-2013, 01:35 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

Thanks 37 Fordman for the amazing frame!
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/936410_10201000430315933_1897347847_n.jpg
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-24-2013, 01:20 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,269
Posted By hotrod937
Re: No start stiLL STILL TRYIMG

Don't hold it with your hand though. Get some rubber handle something to hold it. Air Fuel Spark is all an engine needs to run. The fuel part can get tricky as carbs are act funny with just a tiny...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-23-2013, 05:34 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

Couple things. I'm putting the motor back together.

1) With the bronze bushing in I've still got .020 thrust. I'm probably gonna lay some TIG bronze rod beads down and machine it down to...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-11-2013, 05:03 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

I don't have inserts. I'm gonna pour new babbitt in my spare motor..
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-11-2013, 01:36 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

The top one is what I have installed that I want to weld some bronze rod to and machine down to get in the 10 thou neighborhood down from 50 plus. This is only to get me through a couple months til...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-11-2013, 12:39 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

I searched for these inserts you speak of and couldn't find anything except this thread. Can you link me for tell me more about what they are?
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-11-2013, 02:17 AM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

Well I know I can machine it down with my 1947 Jhead Bridgeport. Am I confident I can weld it? No. I know nothing about welding Bronze cept what I saw in the 3 min video I watched on...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-11-2013, 01:49 AM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

I've the instert installed and still need some more adjustment. What is this tinning you speak of. I've got another block that I'm going to have poured so I can rob tons of babbitt off that. Do I...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-10-2013, 11:44 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

So the story about the other motor is a guy in the A club died and had like a million pounds of A parts that another old guy I know bought and now has. I went to buy that B motor and it had a weld...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-10-2013, 11:38 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

Took a chisel and carefully got the babbit out of the way. Filed it down flush. Put this guy in. Still got about 20 thou thrust. Gonna get some bronze filler rod and lay some beads on the thrust part...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-09-2013, 09:23 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

Isn't that what this is? Or you mean for the engine..

So guy named Rod in Tifftin Ohio. He's gonna let me hang out and sweep up too!

Yes. The original A numbers are clear as day

Got a...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-09-2013, 07:10 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 27,294
Posted By hotrod937
Re: Getting to Know an Old Jalopy Roadster and Making It Work

Alright. I went to buy the B motor and it had a big weld repair on the front of the block where the water jacket is. There was a 28 A motor that looked real nice (5 cam bearings) but it was burried...
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