Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-03-2019, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 4
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Gas-Per-Mile
Were there any tools during the Dirty-Thirty's that were for the measuring miles per gallon? I've only found something from Hinkley-Meyers Company
that came out later-
Thanks
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-14-2019, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 640
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-10-2019, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 1,810
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-08-2019, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 1,927
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-07-2019, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 796
Re: Steering Wobble
Steering Wobble Update: After contacting Mel Gross about my steering box -- he e-mailed me the adjustment instructions. Our club mechanic and I were able to correct my problem in about ten minutes,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-30-2019, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 796
Re: Steering Wobble
I have hip-arthritis -- getting under the PicUp requires two days out from under the Piczup to recover--right now, am checking the spring pearches per a previous post. Found nothing Passengners side...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-30-2019, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 796
Re: Steering Wobble
OK, took the nose tires off and compared them -- drivers has a very slight wear on the out-most tread --would this be "toe-in"? Also I said spindles what I meant was King-Pins. Does this change...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-29-2019, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 796
Steering Wobble
New Spindles, Shocks, Tires (balanced), F-150 Steering, Brakes -- and it just started with this wobble -- so what did I forget, and yes, I rechecked my front wheel bearing - again.
What am I...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-21-2019, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 387
Re: Open-Cab PicUp
[QUOTE=Charlie Stephens;1812162]The windshield on my 1931 RDPU can be laid flat forward.
Thank You -- this was the answer I was searching for --
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-21-2019, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 387
Open-Cab PicUp
Can the windsheild be laid flat forward? I've a co-worker that is way past 6 feet, my closed-cab is a problem for him. Gives him the Model A Neck-Sloop or something like that. He's an interested...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-14-2019, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,090
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-14-2019, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,090
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-14-2019, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,090
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-13-2019, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 2,876
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-11-2019, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,221
Re: Oil In My Water
OK, here's a short up-date: I began torquing the head. Number 8 was double-nutted, so I took the top nut off, noted that the second (bottom) nut was a different wrench size-- I swapped them out,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-10-2019, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,221
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-10-2019, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,221
Re: Oil In My Water
I've found why I have oil in my water chamber. My number 8 head-stud is stripped, I can not get it to torque. I found it with a double-nut -- so I thought the second one was for holding the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-08-2019, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 861
I Drive A PicUp
Apparently Henry Ford didn't do much Wind Tunnel Testing did he?
You got to be carefully in any kinds of winds with this thing --
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-07-2019, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,221
Re: Oil In My Water
Perhaps possible previous simple green treatment was insufficient to get all the grease out if it is grease?[/QUOTE]
The grease I use on the pump is red. what I'm pulling out on my fingers...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-07-2019, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,221
Re: Oil In My Water
:) While not impossible, it is kinda hard to get oil into the cooling system without being put there, water in the oil not so hard.[/QUOTE]
OK, I'm redoing everything did yesterday, except...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-06-2019, 06:45 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 684
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-06-2019, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,221
Re: Oil In My Water
[QUOTE=30 Closed Cab PU;1806992]Any chance that Brassworks ships radiators with an internal coating/preservative in them that keeps rust/corrosion away during shipping/storage?
Well I'll be darn...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-06-2019, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,221
Re: Oil In My Water
60 PSI each cylinder. It's almost like something is desolving in the water, but it is oil-
what's the chances every cylinder reads 60 psi too?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-06-2019, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,221
Re: Oil In My Water
OK, not a detergent -- something called Simply Green. I'm about to take another run and checking cylinder compression afterwards. I also forgot to mention -- my radiator is a month old BrassWorks...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-06-2019, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,221
Re: Oil In My Water
There's no change after the "Easy-Fix" as mentioned-- what needs doing next?
Thanks
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