Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-07-2016, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 14,816
Re: Model A Blues/Rockabilly Songs
Don't forget "Stick Shift" by The Duals. I bought this 45 rpm record back in 1961. I still like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CNcehcJayc
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-25-2015, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,442
Re: Re-silvering a mirror
I have taken a couple rear view mirrors to my local paint and glass company and they did a really nice job.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-19-2015, 08:54 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,104
Re: Steel wheels
I believe you will need about a one-quarter inch wheel spacer on each wheel.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-05-2015, 02:46 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,856
Re: Flooding now?
Thanks George. I have a new condenser waiting in the wings should I need it.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-05-2015, 07:37 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,856
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-05-2015, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,856
Re: Flooding now?
Sorry Mitch. I get it now after looking at my original post. I mistakingly said that I set the gap on the "plugs" at .019. What I meant was the "points." My plugs are at .035. Thanks for catching...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-05-2015, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,856
Re: Flooding now?
Mitch, I thought I had read that .018 to .020 was the range to set the point gap. Is .035 the best?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-04-2015, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,856
Re: Flooding now?
Stew, the carb was new this spring from Dave Renner and has been running great.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-04-2015, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,856
Re: Flooding now?
Thanks for the advice Stew. I had been running the GAV between 1/4 and 1/2 open since that setting, and easing my foot off the gas, seemed to help cut back on backfiring when I shifted.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-04-2015, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,856
Flooding now?
I wrote recently about my '30 coupe sputtering and losing power a couple of times. As noted in my other thread about temperature and humidity, I pulled the fuel sediment bowl apart and found a lot of...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-02-2015, 08:31 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,597
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-02-2015, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,597
Re: Air temp and gasoline
This afternoon I decided to check out the filter in the fuel sediment bowl. I hadn't looked at it since I got the car a year ago. Lots of chunks of crud came flying out. The filter screen is clogged...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-01-2015, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,597
Re: Air temp and gasoline
Thanks for all the good info guys. I had the coupe out twice yesterday cruising around town and no problem. The temperature was in the low 80s and the humidity had dropped considerably. I do run my...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-31-2015, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,597
Re: Air temp and gasoline
Thanks Mitch, I'll try that if it happens again. I just read the vapor lock for non-believers thread. Very interesting.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-31-2015, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,597
Air temp and gasoline
I have had my 1930 Model A coupe for a year now and it runs great. Last week I was cruising around town for awhile and it started losing power and sputtering. I got the car home and pulled the spark...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-30-2015, 08:23 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,421
Re: New tires
mhsprecher: you could have your spare remounted with the blackwall side facing out. The whitewall wouldn't be as obvious when it's up against the car.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-27-2015, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 8,081
Re: vandalism back in model a days
The only new car I ever ordered and bought was a 1972 Dodge Charger. When it arrived at the dealership from the factory, one of the rear quarter windows was broken out. Someone apparently threw a...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-28-2015, 08:38 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,228
Re: dipstick conumdrum....
I ran into much the same issue with my newly acquired '30 coupe. I changed the oil and wondered why I had put in more quarts than the engine should hold. Fellows on this site helped and pointed out...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-31-2015, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,500
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-31-2015, 08:48 AM
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Replies: 100
Views: 15,859
Re: Forum Name
Mine is the same as the license plate on my 1958 De Soto Firesweep.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-07-2015, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,683
Re: Oil level
All is well with the world again. This morning I did some grinding on the dipstick and it now slips down in the hole as it should, right up to the ring. Of course then I found that the pan was one...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-06-2015, 11:22 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,683
Re: Oil level
Thanks Wayne. Dipsticks may be plentiful at swap meets, but swap meets certainly aren't plentiful in my neck of the woods. lol
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-06-2015, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,683
Re: Oil level
Thanks everyone for your help. Tomorrow I will get the grinder out and slim down the fat end. I suppose now I will have too much oil in the engine. Although, if the stick has been like that since I...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-06-2015, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,683
Re: Oil level
Okay, my dipstick is apparently not going in as far as it should. It is sitting on the end of the ring that comes part way down the stick. The doubled end doesn't want to go into the hole. To tell...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-06-2015, 04:34 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,683
Re: Oil level
Thanks for the photos. My dipstick measures correctly.
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