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Bill, thanks for starting a good post.
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I've also had to build up the bulb contacts with a drop of solder. Road salt is a killer for tail lights, especially on trailers, so I figured I'd put Vaseline in the socket to stop corrosion. It melts at the bulb temperature and made a mess, so I switched to high temp grease, and that works fine.
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I can't imagine the HORRORS of dealing with ROAD SALT, I've worked on a few cars from back there & it's SO SAD.
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07-19-2015, 10:48 PM | #25 |
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Road salt has even eaten the concrete floor of my garage. It makes a real mess on windshields and blocks your vision when the roads are full of slush.
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07-19-2015, 11:00 PM | #27 |
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Some places use calcium chloride with worse consequences.
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07-19-2015, 11:02 PM | #28 |
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Anybody hear about the Vintage Rural Tip on how to stop neighborhood male dogs from hiking up their legs at Model A wheels?
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07-19-2015, 11:53 PM | #29 |
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another tip, when your finished repacking the front wheel bearings and reinstalling the cotter key, put it in the hole with the short leg facing out, then cut off the long leg up against the nut, then bend over the short leg, all the cotter key does is stop the nut from unscrewing and the key from falling out, don't need two bent legs to stop that, and its a lot easier to remove the key with only one bent cotter key leg
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07-20-2015, 09:33 AM | #33 |
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Here's the greatest time saving tip for collector car owners --hire a gardner!
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07-20-2015, 10:06 AM | #34 |
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Once again! Bill, you've scored a winner with this thread! Keep em' coming! Anybody want to hear how I clean Mod A bolts with a die and keep them on Henry's size? I'll swap you for the method to bend two piece gutters and fit them together on a Town Sedan.
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I'm with you JWilli...I generally find that using OEM parts and taking care of the machinery is the best way to do it all...Restored my first Tudor in the 60's with JC Whitney, Warshawski and Argentine parts...redid it in the 90's with OEM and it never ran better...then did a Vicky in the 80's with all the current parts, and completely redid it with parts bought and reconditioned at swap meets...now working on a completely OEM 180A...that has taken over 15 years to get it all right and I still stop to study...
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For BRIGHT tail lights, on All old cars, spray the inside with APPLIANCE WHITE!
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Before putting fuel in tank shake off the nozzle first so nothing goes on the paint
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07-20-2015, 11:56 AM | #38 |
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Per reply #28 & #32, a very old vintage fence shocker operated with two (2) large, (approximately 8" tall x 3" diameter) dry cell battery was used years ago.
Be extremely careful with any "homemade" type fence shockers of unknown amperage. I knew a guy who rigged one up, turned it "ON", and found his dead mule later that afternoon with his head hanging on the electric fence wire. Same could possibly happen to dogs, cats, and bare footed children. I much prefer to wash my wheels and allow the dogs to enjoy life. |
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My friend just got a pacemaker and is no longer supposed to work around welders and ignition systems.
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I don't have any Secret fix/tip for a Model A, if I did and I posted it, everybody would think I was bullshitting , so I'm keeping all my secret tip/fixes to myself!!!!!
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