Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
05-08-2024, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 288
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-06-2024, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 636
Re: Houdaille oil.
Life just gets real busy sometimes! I’m trying to get back to normal, whatever that is.
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
05-06-2024, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 288
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-05-2024, 11:50 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 636
Houdaille oil.
I thought you guys might appreciate this picture.
It’s at my friends garage.
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
05-05-2024, 11:46 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 288
Re: 1924 transmission question
Well, I can push down on it and it turns slightly, but I can’t get the pin out of the grooves.
So I thought it might need a little more force than what I can put on it
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
05-05-2024, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 288
1924 transmission question
My friend is trying to get his 1924 racer together and needs me to change the spring and clutch pack on the transmission. I’ve never had one of these apart before, but it looks like I can put it in...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-17-2024, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 95
Views: 6,073
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-13-2024, 12:48 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 395
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-11-2024, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 395
Re: Need a copy of body mounts for 47 coupe
The bolts are 5/16 x 24 I might try drilling on the two hardest to reach ones though. Otherwise it’s major surgery. The rest are not so bad.
But I’m not looking forward to the running board cage...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-11-2024, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 95
Views: 6,073
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-11-2024, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 395
Need a copy of body mounts for 47 coupe
Finally replacing the body/ running board rubber mounts on the 47 coupe. The Bob Drake kit is what I’m using, but I can’t find the instruction sheet with locations.
Most I can figure out by the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-09-2024, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,194
Re: 47 brake springs too tight!
Well after pondering it awhile longer, I found the perfect tool!
As soon as I ramp up production, I’ll be selling these in the swap meet section! :)
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-07-2024, 11:24 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,194
Re: 47 brake springs too tight!
These are brand new wheel cylinders, so no bleeding. And the shoes are located in the wheel cylinder properly. Although they are hanging a little loose because there’s no spring pulling them towards...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-07-2024, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,194
47 brake springs too tight!
I weigh a tad over 200 pounds and with all my body force I still can’t get this spring within 2 inches of the brake shoe.
Now I have put brake springs on big trucks for years and never had this much...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
06-13-2023, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,411
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
06-12-2023, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,411
Sixteen valve head
Let’s see if this works,
It’s a short video of my friend Johns model T. It was a race car in the 1920’s in Fairbanks Alaska.
https://youtu.be/8yHfPQRZWjw
He got it running last winter.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-06-2023, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,396
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-02-2023, 03:11 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,776
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-01-2023, 06:45 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 6,070
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-07-2022, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,355
Re: Remember!
Love the picture!
My great uncle served in the Pacific, did a lot of island hopping. I need to find out more about him, I know he was on Betio Island for sure.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-07-2022, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,068
Re: paint removal
I used this stuff from Hime Depot. I leave it on till paint bubbles or softens, scrape excess off with a plastic scraper, then use a scotch brite pad from supermarket with paint thinner. Works great!...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-07-2022, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,355
Remember!
Today is Pearl Harbor Day, I hope we( the American a People) do not forget it, and the Greatest Generation that fought WW2!
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-18-2022, 12:42 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,102
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-02-2022, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,668
Re: Weird hobby
My Dad was always a Ford and Mercury guy. In the 70’s when gas was tight, and he was trying to save to start his own buisness, he bought a used 60’s bug. He Was driving it on the highway and a big...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-27-2022, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 745
8N tractor conversion, what is required?
I have a business associate that is looking to put a V8 in his 1952 tractor. I’ve never done this so I don’t know what direction to point him in. Which year is best for this? And what parts are...
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