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[marks1929tudor]

I am new here to the forum and have owned my 29 Tudor a little over a year. We purchased this 29 at an estate sale last May. Koons estate near Hershey Pa , it was not running at sale time but didn't take much to get running with the help of a couple of the local model A guys and Les Andrews books . Over the past year we drove it about 600-800 miles ( speedo cable keeps breaking) taking it to local cruises and having a great time fixing little things along the way. It has been a great car and the previous owners had a lot the mechanicals in great shape . My question is now need your help in checking all the little things that may need lubed , greased etc besides the obvious things. Does anyone have a detailed list of items to go over and check off while doing a vehicle go over. My 12 year old is going to be helping and a list would be great so nothing gets missed. Any advise you have for a young guy( I'm 35) new to these old cars would be greatly appreciated.

[Duffy1]

Purchase and read Les Andrews book vol 1 & 2 for starters . Read all 500 previous post on this forum . Welcome to the hobby . Have fun and keep in touch on this forum.

[Fred K-OR]

You can also purchase a lub chart from a number of vendors that you can hang in your shop so as to check what you are doing or to tell your 12 year old what to do.

Have fun with your car. You will note a number of things should be done at 500 miles. So some things may be due on your rig.

[Tom Wesenberg]

You can buy a wall size lubrication chart that shows what you are asking about.
I bought one at the national meet years ago.

Looks like Fred was .005 seconds faster.

[sethkestenbaum]

there is a great checklist that I use that I found on the diablo model a club's website. It give you a list of things to do/check every XXX miles.

[QGolden]

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Another good resource is a copy of the original operators manual.

http://www.amazon.com/Ford-Model-Ins...+owners+manual

And for understanding many details, the service bulletins are great. The service bulletins were the regular service notifications sent out to dealers most every month. The have been bound into a single book.

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[newshirt]

I use the lube section in the Les Andrews red book on page 3-1.

Actually, I just did my oil and lube today. I use a grease gun on every fitting (except the steering column) every 500 miles. Most of them only take a half-pump before I see a bit of grease ooze out from the connection. Not so with the rear bearings and U-joint where you can't easily tell when you've got enough, so I'm judicious with those. All that excess grease needs to be cleaned up, so I go through ten shop towels every time I lube. There must be a better way, but oh well...

I also lightly oil my horn, generator, distributor, and brake rods every 500 miles. Every 1,000 miles I put a little smear of Vaseline on the distributor cam to keep the points block from wearing. It's always gone, so I'm considering doing this every 500 miles.

After all that grease I end up scrubbing the chassis and front-end parts so they don't collect too much dirt.

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by Duffy1

Purchase and read Les Andrews book vol 1 & 2 for starters . Read all 500 previous post on this forum . Welcome to the hobby . Have fun and keep in touch on this forum.

why not just ask? some times you cant find what you wont on the search.
on the V8 fourm we just ask. it was like that on the old FordBarn, just ask. the stupid question is the unasked question

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by Brendan

why not just ask? some times you cant find what you wont on the search.
on the V8 fourm we just ask. it was like that on the old FordBarn, just ask. the stupid question is the unasked question

Ah, this sounds like a "catch 22".

If a question isn't asked, can it be a question?

[Napa Skip]

There is a "Lubrication & Periodic Maintenance" checklist on page 120 of How to Restore Your Model A, Vol 2.

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Ah, this sounds like a "catch 22".

If a question isn't asked, can it be a question?

A question in the mind does not get the same answers as a question from the mouth.
(2013 quote by me)

[Ken/SC]

Get Les Andrews books....Nothing better.

[marks1929tudor]

Yes I have les Andrews books , they have been a great help. Thank you all for the replies . We are having a great time with the car. Now if I can just locate a drivers seat that is still in decent shape, there must be a hot fodder out there with a set sitting in his way lol

[Tom Wesenberg]

PM sent about a good seat for you.