The Ford Barn

mrbilman · 12-15-2020, 02:54 PM

We are working on a late year 1928 that a friend of mine just picked up. While pulling the engine and transmission we discovered that the u Joint inner cover was not there. Today while in search of an inner cover we took another U Joint cover apart that had been in a friends barn for years. It was bolted to a transmission with the torque tube and drive shaft burned off about a foot back and it didn't have an inner cover either. Both have unequally spaced bolt holes on the cover. Were there any Model A's that were made without the inner cover? Was there some reason (bright idea) years ago that they were left out? To the best of our knowledge the car we are working on has not had the transmission out since the early 1980's. Unless we hear a good reason to leave it out we are going to find one and put it in when the car is reassembled.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.

12-15-2020, 02:54 PM	#1
mrbilman Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 26	U Joint Inner Cover We are working on a late year 1928 that a friend of mine just picked up. While pulling the engine and transmission we discovered that the u Joint inner cover was not there. Today while in search of an inner cover we took another U Joint cover apart that had been in a friends barn for years. It was bolted to a transmission with the torque tube and drive shaft burned off about a foot back and it didn't have an inner cover either. Both have unequally spaced bolt holes on the cover. Were there any Model A's that were made without the inner cover? Was there some reason (bright idea) years ago that they were left out? To the best of our knowledge the car we are working on has not had the transmission out since the early 1980's. Unless we hear a good reason to leave it out we are going to find one and put it in when the car is reassembled. Thanks in advance for your feedback.