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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 06-11-2020, 03:46 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 3,947
Posted By dumb person
Re: Flathead FAQs

Mountain dew.
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 06-10-2020, 02:13 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 3,947
Posted By dumb person
Re: Flathead FAQs

"4 plugs on a V6, how does that work? It's ionizing the water"
"I said V8 not V6"
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 06-10-2020, 01:54 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 6,024
Posted By dumb person
Re: Which Car-Like Vehicles Can Tow a Model A?

Weird how 'mericans need super heavy trucks to tow a car. We get by with a tandem (or single axle, but i don't like them as much) trailer and a little old hilux.

A decent odyssey should tow one.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 06-09-2020, 11:46 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,091
Posted By dumb person
Re: Thump thump thump

Chipped gear tooth?
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 06-07-2020, 02:33 AM
Replies: 181
Views: 28,976
Posted By dumb person
Re: What in Tarnation?

Love the way it looks.
Doesn't sound like a flathead. But i really love the cab.
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 06-07-2020, 02:20 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 4,472
Posted By dumb person
Re: brake problem

Bonded is normally bad, although i had bonded stuff that was like cardboard. It had heaps of grip & made for amazing brakes. Last 10 months and it was worn out.
I then went to the truck shop &...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 06-06-2020, 01:07 AM
Replies: 181
Views: 28,976
Posted By dumb person
Re: What in Tarnation?

I noticed you appear to be posting the same video link over and over.
It's a video of a truck driving on a country road.

If you're wondering why it doesn't display in fordbarn as a little video...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 06-01-2020, 02:09 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 4,472
Posted By dumb person
Re: brake problem

If you cannot get good replacements any time soon. see if you can get replacement seals.
And if the bleed was not quite at the top, would it be possible to fill the offending air gap with epoxy?
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-31-2020, 07:18 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 10,955
Posted By dumb person
Re: What are some of the counter intuitive things you have learned about a Model A?

Perfection.
It's a very precise machine, but not required to be as precise in most circumstance.

Taught myself to drive one of those when i was 12.
Didn't have access to the car. Just a book...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-31-2020, 06:44 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 6,533
Posted By dumb person
Re: Hershey cancelled

Member the tell of capt'n walker.
Right now we has the pictures & the video to member of all we'd lost.
The pocky lips took it all away.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-31-2020, 06:27 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,361
Posted By dumb person
Re: Shock Absorber Fluid

As for stripped plugs, should the housing be stripped, dip the plugs in wax, and re-install them in a slightly cleaned housing with an epoxy akin to 'jb weld'.

Refill shocks as necessary.

I...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 05-27-2020, 04:46 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,659
Posted By dumb person
Re: Getting on Fordbarn

I hate chrome, there's no buttons unless you download so many mods for it, seems to think it needs to send permission to google to view things. I think i know what they're really doing with that...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 05-27-2020, 02:27 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,080
Posted By dumb person
Re: condenser re-locating to coil

All ignition coils spike up to near 80+ volts on the primary side so it's likely they would work fine.
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 05-26-2020, 05:09 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,613
Posted By dumb person
Re: A fun quickie. The truck's running, but I don't believe it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqugoT3luJQ
Found this while driving, became weak & misfired a few times. Thought i'd stop & check it out.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-26-2020, 03:54 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,716
Posted By dumb person
Re: How to age Caledon tubing?

Yuck, use no corrosives or you might as well have used a line you found in a wreck in a forest.

I use linseed oil, leave item in the sun, or bake lightly after applying. You're not trying to cook...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-26-2020, 02:58 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 8,762
Posted By dumb person
Re: Solution for audio system in model A?

That's why i wanted to put the sub' in a truck box. Room in it for a couple of 12 volt batteries that can be charged at home.
You seem like you'd want the sub inside the car, if you have a trunk,...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-25-2020, 02:37 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,215
Posted By dumb person
Re: Hi all. New guy. Model A engine rebuilder questions.

Or not even the model B distributor with my latest gadget. I'll get it presentable & show ya'll.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-25-2020, 02:31 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,230
Posted By dumb person
Re: Modern distributor cap

They just don't look the same.....

That's the thing, The time for the coil to build up enough juice to jump the gap is measurable. I've never measured it myself, but when i was making electronic...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 05-24-2020, 08:34 PM
Replies: 108
Views: 17,628
Posted By dumb person
Re: Jack recall, chinese junk from Harbor Freight

I don't have a photo of it, or even know where it is at the moment. But i had a pre-war ratchet that was made in china.
Wasn't even a ratchet as such, more like, a heavy steel scroll that bound up...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-24-2020, 08:11 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,215
Posted By dumb person
Re: Hi all. New guy. Model A engine rebuilder questions.

I can tell you what modernization's to avoid.

Don't do 'modern' points plates.
Don't do modern seals on the rear main bearing.
Everyone i know that tried them, has regretted doing those.

If...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-24-2020, 06:17 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 8,762
Posted By dumb person
Re: Solution for audio system in model A?

I often wanted to put one in an external truck on the back of the car.
This wouldn't be so easy to hear inside. But would be hilarious from the outside.

Once installed a sub' inside a rear...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-19-2020, 03:58 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 14,719
Posted By dumb person
Re: 1929 Fordor Briggs Running Again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_W1SChRCuE

Eww old oil.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-18-2020, 10:49 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,299
Posted By dumb person
Re: LED headlights in a 6 volt car anyone?

I like my LEDs. Can actually drive for more than half an hour before the battery runs flat.
'Warm white' looks more 'normal' colour.
Of course i may have tinkered with mine for better focus. Not...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-18-2020, 10:46 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,590
Posted By dumb person
Re: Cranking Then a Hard Stop...Then Cranks

If the hard stop is near TDC, it's probably the timing rater than a battery/starter.
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 05-14-2020, 08:46 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,363
Posted By dumb person
Re: Home made woodgrain

I'd be interested know know how it was done. Or what the result was.
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