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07-26-2018, 08:56 AM | #1 |
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First 'incident'...
So...the wife says "let's go out to dinner and take "the car." I'm all for it. Restaurant is only, like, half a mile away. What can go wrong?
Well, we get started...clutch chatter seems to be getting better...or I'm just getting better at managing it. Lots of thumbs up. We get passed by everybody. I discover a slight 'death wobble' from the front end but it's not too bad. We discover that the speedo is inoperative. Needless to say I was very nervous that something was going to happen...but we made it. I have a LARGE beer to celebrate. The guy at the table leans over and tells me I have a nice car. He came in an old Studebaker, oddly enough. He tells me that my taillights are still on. OH NO! I didn't turn the lights on...in fact I made sure to turn the switch "all the way off". So I go outside and, sure enough, the taillights are on. I flip the switch all around and when I put it back...still on. I didn't bring any tools (ooops) and I struggle to try to fidget the positive ground at the battery free. I figured I'd just disconnect power and reconnect...go home...and figure it out there. Well, I can't get the terminal off. I get under the brake sender and disconnect the wires there, thinking the brake is sticking. Nope...still on. I go under the rear-end and snip the wires to the taillights at what I discover are some VERY poorly connected butt terminals. problem solved.... Then some guys tell me it looks loike the parking lamps (2nd small bulb in the headlights) are on. AHHHhhhhh!!! I cycle the light switch AGAIN and discover that if I turn the switch all-the-way clockwise that it puts it into a sort of 'parking' mode??? I move the switch one click counterclockwise and lights are off. WHEW!!!! I go in an have ANOTHER beer! I guess the old '31 has a parking setting on the switch? We travel home later without incident...
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07-26-2018, 09:16 AM | #2 |
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Re: First 'incident'...
At least you made it home, congrats. The worst is when you have to call a flatbed to get home.
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07-26-2018, 09:30 AM | #3 |
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Re: First 'incident'...
You need to read the owners manual. http://www.motormayhem.net/wp-upload...ion-Manual.pdf
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07-26-2018, 09:47 AM | #4 |
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Re: First 'incident'...
Yep! You DO have a parking light position. As said above, read the operators manual. It also has good info about shifting etc.
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07-26-2018, 10:03 AM | #5 |
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Re: First 'incident'...
Thought so. I must have glossed over that part of the manual...
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07-26-2018, 10:24 AM | #6 |
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07-26-2018, 11:28 AM | #7 | |
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I love beer. Being from Chicago I am a firm beer consumer. Go Cubs!
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07-26-2018, 12:33 PM | #8 | |
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07-26-2018, 10:50 PM | #9 |
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Bottles cooling in the creek below the house. Who will ever miss one. Two young lads snockered, who will notice. Well it turned out the did notice and it was two beers each befroe we figured that it might raise suspicion. 4 and 5 years old we were at the time. Thankfully our aunt laughed it off and we got off Scott free. They did hide the beer cooling spot from then on though.
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07-27-2018, 11:55 AM | #10 |
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Re: First 'incident'...
I would install a master switch, preferably in the battery ground strap, and always turn it off when stopped.
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07-27-2018, 03:00 PM | #11 |
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07-28-2018, 02:35 PM | #12 | |
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08-03-2018, 07:58 AM | #13 |
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Consider it all part of the learning curve of your Model A Ford! And I venture the beer was great!
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08-03-2018, 09:33 AM | #14 |
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Did a Model A come with a Master Switch?
The one I had didn't. Maybe the later ones did? Mine was a 30. Last edited by Kahuna; 08-03-2018 at 09:42 AM. Reason: Sp |
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08-03-2018, 10:22 AM | #16 |
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What?
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