Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-20-2015, 06:23 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,737
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-20-2015, 06:17 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,737
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-09-2015, 09:24 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 9,449
Re: Piston rings?
I used Grant rings in my last build. I wondered if Hastings were like they used to be 40 yrs ago. Back then you only used them in old junk engines that really needed rebored. They had so much tension...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-05-2015, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,904
Re: Noisy Exhuast
Take a 2 or 3 ft length of garden hose and put one end to your good ear and use the other end around the exhaust manifold to locate the leak if there is one. Another way is have your wife hold a rag...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-23-2014, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,248
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-27-2014, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,713
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-12-2014, 05:42 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 8,424
Re: Seafoam
I believe I read that modern ATF has some amount of silicone in it. If this is true, don't run it in the fuel on any late model vehicle. If any of it gets through the engine into the exhaust system...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-09-2014, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,415
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2014, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 18,564
Re: New Rings Without Honing the Cylinders
Many years ago I had a "strip down" made out of an International Scout slant 4. I was re-ringing it and after I got it torn down and cleaned the weather turned off bad. The engine sat under a shed...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-17-2013, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,189
Re: Just not built like they used to!!!
I knew an oldtimer that said when he was a kid that if they were at a gathering like a church picnic they would pick up a rear wheel on a T model and set it down in a watermelon rind. He said if the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-16-2013, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,576
Re: This is for Tom Wesenberg not Model A but old
Hey, That looks like the Durbin Rocket. Me and a couple of my friends were there in Sept. We rode the Cass railroad all the way up and back. Cass is near Durbin and uses Shay locomotives. We love...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-22-2013, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,705
Re: modern shock conversion 29 tudor A
I made my own mounts and used Ford Pinto shocks. They were cheap and they work fine. On the rear cant them in at the top, probably 20 or 30 degrees. This helps with side sway a little bit.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-24-2012, 05:59 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,411
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-19-2012, 08:23 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 8,595
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-19-2012, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 8,595
Re: What people will throw away
I have always enjoyed looking through junk and reclaiming whatever I could. In my mind a person that will do that is showing a special character trait. All my friends are great people and almost all...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-18-2012, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 8,223
Re: Model "A" Sabotage of Yesteryear
One of my very good friends (deceased now) told me that when he was a youngster that they would lift one rear wheel of a T model and set it in a watermellon rind. If the tire is about slick, the car...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-16-2012, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,478
Re: New use for A wishbone
T model rear end housings make the best jack stands. The axle tube is not tapered and a piece of 2" steel tubing will fit right in. Drill a row of holes and use a bolt or late model valve for a pin...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-15-2012, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,857
Re: How Does Your Steering Work?
What they all said. Go through everything and replace or fix all worn parts and the car will drive good. But,,, My car and others I have driven try to get a little squirrelly when it is real...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-13-2012, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 10,341
Re: Where are all the Chevy's from 28-31?
I'll tell you something else that the old timers told me. I asked why the model A and the old 6 cyl chevys were so much more popular than the Plymouth when there were alot of features on the Chrysler...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-13-2012, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 10,341
Re: Where are all the Chevy's from 28-31?
One other reason I don't think anybody mentioned was that all the oldtimers told me that the A model was WAY better than anything else for traveling the muddy rutty narrow horrible dirt roads that we...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-29-2012, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,179
Re: Aluminum Pistons?
Tom W. My old friend, mr Jim Freeze told me that during WW2 that you simply could not get auto parts when you needed them. He said they used to overhaul 216 chevy 6 cylinder engines if they could...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-28-2012, 05:56 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,058
Re: RPM Question
I used to have a little tachomoter designed for any engine 1 cylinder on up. It had a wire about 3 feet long that you fished through a hole in the firewall and wrapped around a spark plug wire(strip)...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-27-2012, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,635
Re: How to fix pitted wheels ?
Thanks everyone for the advise on my wheels. I tried duct tape and it helps but in some cases it rolls up and then is no good. I suspect there is no easy way that is permanant nor as good as a good...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-27-2012, 05:15 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,635
How to fix pitted wheels ?
I would like to know the ways that ya'll fix pitted wheels other than replacement. My 19" wheels are bad enough shape that they ruin my inner tubes, about one every year on average. I have sanded the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-22-2012, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,230
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