The Ford Barn

BobWatts · 08-11-2016, 07:14 PM

Hello, I am a first time poster living in Los Angeles the son of a Father who was a huge Henry fan and spent a lot of time taking us to Model A shows and restoring a 1930 Coupe we still have. Dad passed away in 2011 and his 6 classic Ford's 2-A's a,3 Flathead's and a 40 hot rod sat for years gathering dust.
In January an amazing thing happened when his 36 actually started with no effort and the first time I drove it I got the bug to get them all running again.
I have been successful in getting all except the 34 Cabriolet going which I'm also in the midst of doing.
In the 60's I helped rebuild the 1930 from the ground up and my brother drove it all through High School then my Dad put some more effort into it before parking it for a long sleep.
After rebuilding the carb and doing lots of other little things It runs great and I drove it for the first time in 40 years to give it to my brother who wants to keep it in Palm Springs but coincidentally the clutch gave out on the trip to his house.
So I hired a local transmission shop referred to on the local Model A club web site to replace the Clutch, Pressure Plate, Throw out bearing and Pilot Bearing.
I'm not so sure these guys knew much about Model A's but they did get it back together and therein lies the problem. When you depress the Clutch it makes this scratching or squealing sound which stops when you let the pedal out.
I didn't drive the car to see what happens on the road but they talked to Bratton's who supplied the parts and they gave the bizarre advice to adjust the Pressure Plate through the inspection plate which to my knowledge is not only incorrect but impossible.
So I gave the shop an article on correctly adjusting the pressure plate by removing the fly wheel attaching the pressure plate to it etc etc and I believe that's the avenue they'll soon take.
My question, is are we on the right track? Would you recommend any other course of action? Are the new bearings to be considered suspicious ?
Any advice is much appreciated and sorry for the long winded intro!

08-11-2016, 07:14 PM	#1
BobWatts Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 13	1930 Coupe squealing when clutch depressed after new everything Hello, I am a first time poster living in Los Angeles the son of a Father who was a huge Henry fan and spent a lot of time taking us to Model A shows and restoring a 1930 Coupe we still have. Dad passed away in 2011 and his 6 classic Ford's 2-A's a,3 Flathead's and a 40 hot rod sat for years gathering dust. In January an amazing thing happened when his 36 actually started with no effort and the first time I drove it I got the bug to get them all running again. I have been successful in getting all except the 34 Cabriolet going which I'm also in the midst of doing. In the 60's I helped rebuild the 1930 from the ground up and my brother drove it all through High School then my Dad put some more effort into it before parking it for a long sleep. After rebuilding the carb and doing lots of other little things It runs great and I drove it for the first time in 40 years to give it to my brother who wants to keep it in Palm Springs but coincidentally the clutch gave out on the trip to his house. So I hired a local transmission shop referred to on the local Model A club web site to replace the Clutch, Pressure Plate, Throw out bearing and Pilot Bearing. I'm not so sure these guys knew much about Model A's but they did get it back together and therein lies the problem. When you depress the Clutch it makes this scratching or squealing sound which stops when you let the pedal out. I didn't drive the car to see what happens on the road but they talked to Bratton's who supplied the parts and they gave the bizarre advice to adjust the Pressure Plate through the inspection plate which to my knowledge is not only incorrect but impossible. So I gave the shop an article on correctly adjusting the pressure plate by removing the fly wheel attaching the pressure plate to it etc etc and I believe that's the avenue they'll soon take. My question, is are we on the right track? Would you recommend any other course of action? Are the new bearings to be considered suspicious ? Any advice is much appreciated and sorry for the long winded intro!