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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 Bill W.
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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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use a straight screwdriver and a hammer to work on a model A.
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If your tires look low, add air.
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Only if you are looking to buy the car. (or if they are whitewalls.)
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11-03-2015, 01:40 PM | #10 |
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Post # 5 : "use a straight screwdriver and a hammer to work on a model A."
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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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11-03-2015, 05:20 PM | #16 |
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Use a Robertson screwdriver and a hammer on a Canadian built Model A.
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Buy Les Andrews Books And Study them and ask questions on the barn. And remember what Bill told me there is no dumb question. Don down on the corner
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Indiana A...the only logical, honest answer. The cute joke responses are useless and getting old.
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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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Personally I like the humor that everyone has shown with their answers.
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If something electrical isn't working & you suspect a bad connection in the loop up to the ammeter & dash light, put a jumper across the junction box wing nuts. If it then works, the problem IS IN THAT LOOP. Study it in the WIRING DIAGRAM.
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you can use a bicycle pump to inflate a Model "A" tire.
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A couple of years back a friend and I were at a meet and he unfortunately experienced two flat tyres in quick succession which left him without a spare. As the second appeared to be a slow leak we decided to add some air via a 12 volt pump which he was carrying.
While we were inflating the tyre we noticed that the air was leaking from the valve passing between the inner metal part of the valve and the rubber outer layer. As a temporary fix we tied an electrical Zippy cable tie around the base of the valve to slow the leak and to our amazement it not only slowed the leak but stopped it all together. A quick inspection of the other valves on the car showed that all were failing in the same way to some degree. All showing some air pockets rising up from the base of the valve. Cable ties were applied to all valves and a couple of years later the ties were still there with no further leaks. The one tube that had failed initially was replaced.
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I like that with a few screwdrivers and handful of basic spanners you can work on 95% of an A Model
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Take one step at a time... Never change more than one part at a time esp. Electrical.
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If one tire always gets LOW, spit on the end of the stem & see if it blows a "bubble"--Then re-tighten it.
For the guy that was a pain in the ass, we'd put a TINY pebble in the valve cap, tighten it, & in about a day or two, it would go FLAT! Bill W.
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Ok, now that's useful! You older fellows have a responsibility to make sure the next generation knows all of those practical jokes too!
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Wiring diagrams usually don't show stuff in it's true position, a schematic, usually does. Bill W.
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Print out a wiring diagram & follow the current flows, like a ROAD MAP. It'll help you understand that electrical stuff ain't SPOOKY or hard to understand.
Just understand CIRCUIT, from the root word, CIRCLE. The body, frame, & ALL the metal stuff, is your SECOND wire, returning the current to the ground cable at the crossmember & back into the battery. Fiberglass contraptions & boats, have to run a mess of individual GROUND wires, to complete THEIR CIRCUITS! Bill W.
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I've heard of tin foil (now you know how old I am...) I mean, aluminum foil, being used on gas line to prevent vapor lock. It is as good a heat sink as anything.
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Yeah...me and the boys are sorry about that one.
But we did warn ya, we were dicks...back then
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filling windshield washer resivoir with a mix of sugar water creates an interesting day. zipties on driveshafts or CV shafts makes a buncha racket i know all these are unrelated to quick fixes im sure with a basic pair of pliers, bailing wire, and a flat screwdriver you can get pretty Mac Gyvery if you have to. This was found on a car Rainmaker Ron and I pulled out of the weeds Dont need no stinkin junction box!
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1. Be sure to allow at least 4 hours for any 15 minute project.
2. Be certain to have enough beer on hand for "helpers".
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And when all else is lost and you are at your final wits end, ask a question on the ford barn where you will always get a answer to fix your problem. The people that post on here are the most knowledgeable model a folks in the world. And old Henry would be proud to know what he built is still beloved by millions today after all of these years.
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Powerful Spark, 100% Gasoline.
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Msh,
You're RIGHT! On cars that have set for a long time, usually if you clean the points carefully & put in FRESH fuel, they'll usually BANG right off! Bill W.
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Favorite items on board; baling wire and duct tape.
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