Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 03:33 PM
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Re: Gas r up
Gotta soak those folks returning rental cars. It’s the same around every airport I’ve flown into/ out of.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 11
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Re: Gas r up
Here on the SF Peninsula right now the majors are asking on the order of $5.69-$5.89/gal for unleaded regular. No-name is around $5.19-$5.29/gal, but I've seen it a bit lower as well. Around...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 7
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Re: Eaton gas cap, original or aftermarket?
Okra - I have not had good luck with repro 30/31 caps, they've either been too tight to rotate to seal (had to bend the tabs on the cap) or too loose to seal properly (had to fiddle with gaskets). As...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-19-2024, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 4
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Re: Steering Column Anti Rattler, 31 Cabriolet
If you mean the rubber insulator that goes around the column in the tank bracket, I put the seam on the bottom after trimming like 852. I put a coat of ArmourAll on the rubber to make it slide easier...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-18-2024, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-17-2024, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,689
Re: sign of the times
My son had an early ‘90s Toyota pickup with a stick and lived in Los Angeles. He told me that he never worried about it getting stolen, none of the crooks knew how to drive it. Finally drove it...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-16-2024, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 603
Re: cam lube
Lubriplate 105 assembly lube for me, including lifters and lobes. It’s kinda heavy white grease.
Back in high school we were taught to dip everything in STP during assembly. Including all...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-15-2024, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 662
Re: Fuse size
As Jim says, the fuse (or circuit breaker, in my case) protects from a dead short, which would be hundreds of amps. The increase in protection from say a 20A fuse will be minuscule compared to a 30A,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-13-2024, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 653
Re: Grease in 2-tooth
Thanks, Randy. I've never run across this before, mainly because I don't recall ever seeing a requirement for a specific NLGI grade. "Waterproof wheel bearing grease" is about as specific as I can...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-13-2024, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 653
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-10-2024, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 784
Re: Thank You
Looks like a real survivor! Have fun with it. Ice cream and kids in the rumble seat - what’s not to like about that?
Oh yeah, wife too.
Is that about a ‘64 Fairlane (or whatever they called it...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-10-2024, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 287
Re: Front bumper arm help needed
The best thing you can do is to remove both brackets from the car, then lay them on top of each other and check that the curvatures match. It’s not so important what the curvature is, but that they...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-10-2024, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 495
Re: Tight crank gear
For applications like this, I wait until my bride is elsewhere, then heat the oven up to 450-500 and put the gear/race/bearing/whatever in for a half hour or so after the temperature stabilizes....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-10-2024, 10:49 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 638
Re: New Shocks vs Rebuilt Shocks
I attempted to rebuild the shocks for my ‘30 Town Sedan and it was a humbling failure - they leaked like sieves. I sent them to Brentwood Bob and he rebuilt them for me. Smooth action, they look...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-10-2024, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,363
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-08-2024, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 537
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-08-2024, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 669
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-08-2024, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 579
Re: Lifting 30 Tudor body
I lifted my 30 Town Sedan body off the frame starting by jacking as Marshall did, then 4x4s under the body. I then ran slings from the 4x4s to an overhead gantry crane, then lifted the body using the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-08-2024, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-07-2024, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 682
Re: Water Pump Options
Easiest, and you can do it without removing the water pump from the head, is to add in another layer of the leaded packing and see if it works. Don't remove the old, put the new on top of it. If that...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-07-2024, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 719
Re: Front Leaf Spring
Bob - I just went through this (also a 30 TS). My front spring had three broken leaves when I disassembled it.
The Eaton Detroit Model A standard duty front spring is an 8-leaf equivalent to the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-07-2024, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,139
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-06-2024, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,189
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-04-2024, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 574
Re: Horn
On a related note, I’ve found that it is very difficult to get the horn rod out of the steering column on the closed cars without removing the steering column and steering box from the car. You do...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-04-2024, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 574
Re: Horn
To get to the button you need to pull the horn rod out. The button assembly is attached within the light handle by a keeper with four tabs, accessible from the back of the handle.
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