What did you do working on you Model A today

[swo4rd]

180A Cleaned bolts for transmission tower, mounted and bolted same, checked for operation and adjusted clutch. Mounted top irons of rolling frame to begin disassembly and repair.
150B Continued cleaning cowl for patches and repairs.

[1crosscut]

Yesterday I pulled the engine out of a 30 Tudor to check and reset the clearances on the rods and mains. Finished it up tonight. Check and set the valve clearances tomorrow.

[Jeff P. / MN]

I bought a non-running 1930 Phaeton last week and brought it back to life today. Runs beautifully. So much fun recommissioning a car!!

[larryf]

good job

[sjhark]

Today I disassembled the transmission tower (after building a spring keeper removal tool) and continued with the carb overhaul. Although the speedometer shows about 5000 miles, judging by the wear on the shift lever and the forks, I'm thinking that's not quite accurate.
It's a 31 Deluxe Roadster.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

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[Terry, NJ]

I took the hood and radiator off my coupe. I found tiny cracks at the corners of the tabs where the center hinge tube goes through. There were several so I flattened them out and MIGged and ground them. I'm going to paint the coupe so everybody get ready for some paint and body work questions.
Terry

[Fred K-OR]

Changed the oil in the huckster. Had a "big" day!

[bogdonj]

Had a plugged up rad. Got it re-cored and installed in the Roadster. Running cooler now!

[glenn in camino]

I'm rebuilding several model A water pumps to sell at the national meet swap meet in Reno next year. Nice job if you like to get really dirty.

[Railcarmover]

Snagged a hose to extend the solvent sprayer to clean the varnish out of the fuel tank,began soaking and tapping on the winshield frame retainer screws..

[holdover]

6-21-17 Worked on getting the pesky, stuck windshield frame screws loose on my '31 AA project. With repeated soaking with Kroil one finally broke free. More body work getting the body arrow straight, a-lot of block sanding. I learned body and paint work while going to HS and college way back in the 60s and discovered then that the greater part of a really nice paint job is the preparation. This will most likely be one of my last ground-up projects, just don't seem to have the energy I had years ago. I am also teaching my coming 10 yr old grand-son what this car hobby is all about and how to do it right. We restored the coupe when he was 7, a CJ7 jeep when he was 8 and started on this 31 AA SWB last July when he was 9. This weekend we entered his '29 coupe in a local small car show, he sounded like a encyclopedia on Model As, I am proud as can be that he "Gets It" and has been this way for the last couple of years.

[Henry's Lady's Man]

Did the final touches on putting Bonnie back together after putting in the correct tappets (actual solid '32 tappets) for the B cam I installed a year ago. I had the skinniest base (0.990" aftermarket adjustable) tappets riding on the B's lobes which Henry redesigned for a 1.187" base on a solid lifter. Believe me, grinding valve stems to get the right lash is pure joy.
With a full time job, she went back together slowly, and tonight, I reinstalled the front bumper, splash apron, and hood. My short wife had fun reaching over the hood with a screw driver whilst I spun the nuts on the two bolts from under the dash for the back hood bracket.

[PatrickGrant]

Took 3 starters apart and put 2 starters back together 3 times. Practice run for rebuilding and will learn to test on another day. AA beginner and loving it

[rer_239]

worked on trunk latch and started to replace the rod that operates the door latch (29 coupe)
rer_239

[Railcarmover]

Got back out and pulled the radiator,it flow tested good.My aim is to make it a dependable runner.I bought the car for a good price from a guy who threw it together to sell,the body alone is worth what i paid for it.Needless to say its in "unrestored condition"head gasket,belt, hoses, tube on tap this weekend,plus a gas tank cleaning..

[crock]

Will finish adjusting the brakes on the new drums and shoes from randy gross. I can feel the stopinnnng power already and its not off the jack stands.

[1929 essex]

I just got my wheels back from the sand blaster, now I can mount my new Goodyears and get rid of the Montgomery ward tires.

[iverson]

I put in the springs and spacers on the wishbone ball, I was happy it tightened up nice looks like no wear in bell housing like I expected. My first order from Berts very good fast service!

[KenCoupe]

I worked on headlight/cowl light problems. Have most fixed with one to go. Main problem was the passenger headlight was very dim. I took the bucket off and removed some paint on the headlight bar for a better ground. That solved the worst of the issues. I'll try to fix the last issue tomorrow.