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Old 11-03-2015, 09:42 AM   #1
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Default Model a----a simple car

The Model A is a somewhat SIMPLE car.
Maybe we could share some SIMPLE ways that you all have found, to DIAGNOSE/REPAIR problems, in a SIMPLE/QUICK WAY
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Old 11-03-2015, 09:47 AM   #2
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Car will not start!
Solution: Turn on Gas you idiot!
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Don't forget to turn on the ignition switch too.
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You mean something like this?

Lights switch on/off while turning:
Possible/most likey: Horn rod bent

Headlights or cowl lights will not switch on, but bulbs. wiring, battery are good:
Possible/most likey: Bad spider gear, spider gear mis-alinement

Gas leaking from dash panel:
Possible/most likey: Bad gas gauge gasket, loose/bad (stripped) gas gauge nut
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Old 11-03-2015, 01:02 PM   #5
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use a straight screwdriver and a hammer to work on a model A.
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Old 11-03-2015, 01:17 PM   #6
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use a straight screwdriver and a hammer to work on a model A.
Just be sure they're not metric
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If your tires look low, add air.
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Old 11-03-2015, 01:35 PM   #8
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If your tires look low, add air.
do you kick them first?
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do you kick them first?
Only if you are looking to buy the car. (or if they are whitewalls.)
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Post # 5 : "use a straight screwdriver and a hammer to work on a model A."
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Old 11-03-2015, 01:44 PM   #11
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Please use a BIG HAMMER :-)
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Oh, I hope you don't mean a Harley Hammer. That would be way overkill.
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Old 11-03-2015, 04:00 PM   #13
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Car will not start!
Solution: Turn on Gas you idiot!
and make sure there is gas in the tank!!
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Old 11-03-2015, 04:17 PM   #14
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already referred to, kinda......make sure fuel pump is working
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Make sure the warp drive has plenty of dilithium crystals.
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use a straight screwdriver and a hammer to work on a model A.
Use a Robertson screwdriver and a hammer on a Canadian built Model A.
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Indiana A...the only logical, honest answer. The cute joke responses are useless and getting old.
He asked a simple productive question and got a lot of ha ha responses.
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Old 11-03-2015, 06:16 PM   #19
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there has been a call for a serious answer so I can muster one up. I am not sure there are, in fact, always simple answers to repair issues to a very old car. we have repair issues that original owners and early used-car owners never faced, due to pure age. further, since they had access to factory parts, or high-quality NORS, they did not face the repro problems we contend with.
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every answer was meaningful

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