Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-24-2011, 04:43 PM
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Views: 5,650
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-14-2011, 05:42 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,325
Re: valve chamber cover
You're not wrong there. Getting the clamp aligned and tightened on a RHD is a pig of a job! But on a positive note, the starter motors come out easily.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-13-2011, 09:52 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,342
Re: Vacuum Wipers - Frustration
Great timing. I went through my old Trico a few weeks ago, cleaning it up & re greasing it to no avail.Now I'm feeling motivated about going into it again.
Laughed about the comment about getting...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-03-2011, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 15,782
Re: NEW A Engine
Chris, I'm assuming bearing inserts. Do you know what the oiling will be, pressure fewd or the current 'original' 'A oiling?
Regards
Mike.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-01-2011, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,947
Re: Coughed, sputtered and stalled
Check your flow of petrol to the carb. Could be a partial blockage.
I've had similar issues which trned out to be crud in the tank partialy blocking the line. If I let the carb refill it would...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-25-2011, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,882
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-24-2011, 11:14 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 6,860
Re: Christchurch NZ Earthquake
Hi Ted.
To be honest, in the 30 odd years I lived in Auckland I never felt one, but in the 10 years I've been in Wellington (dragged down here by my wife) I've felt plenty. I guess it depends on...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-23-2011, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 6,860
Re: Christchurch NZ Earthquake
Jeff, I'm in Wellington and we get lots of (so far) small earthquakes each year. We're on the Pacific ring of fire, where there are a series of techtonic plates meeting. Parts of Asia are on the same...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-14-2011, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 16,288
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-30-2011, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,935
Re: Fill your tanks now!
I'm not a happy lad. I'm paying over NZD $2.05/ litre to fill the Falcon. Well over a hundred a tank now.
Still, not all bad, we're not running ethanol yet. :)
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-28-2011, 12:44 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,601
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-13-2011, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,241
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-13-2011, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,241
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-21-2010, 03:40 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,310
Re: It runs!!!!!
Cool video. She really wanted to fire.
Isn't amazing how much smoke a little oil can produce.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-09-2010, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 13,224
Re: What would you do?
Yeah in laws! Don't get me going. Seeing my Roadster was restored by my Dad years ago, the only people I let drive it are myself, my brother & the garage when it goes in for it's road worthyness...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-07-2010, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,308
Re: Head bolts too short - followup
To be honest I put on a Synyder 5.5 late last year with replacement grade 8 studs that are a bit short, similar to the photos in the previous string about the 6.0 head.
In this case I think it's...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-06-2010, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 6,052
Re: Tom Wesenberg (It's time)
When I was a boy I had my beloved Hornby HO scale electric set. I was very jealous of one of my friends who had a Marklin set that puffed smoke, if you put a special oil into the smoke stack. Very...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-06-2010, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,829
Re: Another Mestoration
Bick. Very good personalised plate! I saw a people mover yesterday with the plate 6BRATZ (is too many).
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-30-2010, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,812
Re: Air Filters RHD- Follow Up
The Wellington branch of the VVC did a run over the firebreak roads on the western hills behind Upper Hutt, a few months ago. The first time I had the Roadster on really bad metal & clay tracks. I...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-24-2010, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,103
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-10-2010, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,824
Re: I Love to drive my A..How about you???
There are times that I have a love-hate affair with my Roadster when I go out for a drive. But on a hot summers day, with the top down & the wife & kids onboard, the grin factor is incredible.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-29-2010, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 19
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Re: Flywheel Surface
I can vouch for James comments about having the fly wheel resurfaced. I had a bad clutch judder years ago on a Cortina that replacing the clutch plate & pressure plate several times couldn't get rid...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-28-2010, 03:57 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 8,503
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
10-27-2010, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 110
Views: 30,199
Re: What made you a "Ford" guy?
Came from hospital when I was born in my Dad's '30 Model A Roadster. When my parents divorced & Mum remarried, my step father had a '64 Cortina GT. Both cars are in my garage now. One of my brothers...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-19-2010, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 8,503
Re: New Engine starts then doesn't
If you've the set up that allows you to set your valve clearances, have the adjusters on the two cylinders with no compression come loose?
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