Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,540
Re: Head Stud Q...
Thank you for the advice. I do appreciate it. My Dad has an engine that someone gave him that has the exact same issue. Somehow Dad was able to get the head on it, but one of the water neck studs...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 624
Re: Head stud to block
Good tips—thank you! I will measure the hole depth and then use a collar on the drill bit to prevent going too deep.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-30-2024, 11:13 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 624
Head stud to block
What is the thread size for the head stud into the block? I just test fired my rebuilt engine and warmed it up, then on retorquing the head, the front left stud at the water neck pulled loose from...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-25-2024, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,073
Re: Do rivet nuts work?
Rivet nuts are threaded inserts into a hole that are crimped into place with a special tool that threads into the rivet then is squeezed to tighten the rivet part of the rivet nut to hold it into the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-07-2024, 01:54 AM
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Replies: 1,412
Views: 328,850
Re: tell a Model A related story
LOL, well, hopefully Dad (Dknapp) doesn’t see my reply! Preston does want the Business Coupe and no, he won’t be putting a hot V-8 in it. The problem is, I sold a Mustang, but then ‘accidentally’...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-03-2023, 12:30 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,557
Re: Engine Install
+1 on the long bolts/dowels. My son and I figured that one out after fighting the engine to transmission mating process. Once we did really long bolts it slid right together. The first time we...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-03-2023, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,306
Re: Model AA Buses produced?? Surviving??
In the late 1970’s my Dad and I went on a trip driving around western Nebraska to go to junk yards and look for cool stuff. One stop was a farm that had a Model A bus in a barn. I remember sitting...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-23-2023, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,004
Re: Close Enough to Ford Maroon
You can take the picture or the paint code right out of that picture and walk into any paint store in the US that sells PPG and they should be able to pull up the color formula and mix it. I would...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-23-2023, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,004
Re: Close Enough to Ford Maroon
Typically colors are matched after a picture of the color is taken with a spectrophotometer, then a computer (or the Spectro device) offers the closest color match paint code. So I wouldn’t be...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-11-2023, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,042
Re: Hershey, is it really that big?
I have only been twice. First when I was 3, then when my son was 3. I don’t remember the first trip. But the second trip my wife watched the kids while I walked the swap meet. It took me 3 days...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-22-2023, 11:44 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,941
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-20-2023, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 749
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-19-2023, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 749
Another Cam Gear Question
I asked about buying a metal gear a few weeks back, but now I have another question. Is the gear the same for a B as it is for an A? I don’t see a separately listed gear for a B with Snyder’s or...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-14-2023, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 552
B vs A oil pump
I am working on a B engine for my ‘30 Cabriolet. I have a rebuilt oil pump that I believe is an A pump. Is there a unique pump for the B or is an A pump the same? Internet searches and looking at...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-04-2023, 12:49 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 848
Which Timing Gear?
Probably not a good question as I am only looking at a $90 decision…but, here goes:
I have a rebuilt B engine to install in my Cabriolet. The B block currently has a new fiber gear installed. I am...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-12-2023, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,307
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-06-2023, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,307
Re: Transmission Main Shaft Spacer Ring
Thank you Tom! It appears the spacer is needed if the splines go all the way on the shaft to the reduced area where the bearing rides. If the splines stop short of the bearing race, and there is a...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-06-2023, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,307
Re: Transmission Main Shaft Spacer Ring
BTerry—Interesting note, this car is a March 1930 build, if we are assuming it has the original transmission. I do know that it does NOT have the brass thrust washer as the early transmissions had,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-05-2023, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,307
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-05-2023, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,307
Transmission Main Shaft Spacer Ring
My son and I took our transmission apart today and did not see this piece. I checked Snyder’s site and could not find it. I then checked Brattons, but there were three possible items it could be: ...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-26-2023, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,087
Re: Now What
You had Scotch? Geez, you only offered us a box of donuts for coming over to help rock it for you last Saturday. I feel cheated.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-23-2023, 01:11 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,626
Re: remember when
eBay has kind of screwed themselves, but the users screwed it up too. To avoid selling fees, users put stupidly high shipping charges on the items and the item was cheap—ebay countered by adjusting...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-18-2023, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 4,703
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-18-2023, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,216
Re: Stolen Model A From Veteran
I saw the Facebook post—such a unique car. I am not sure how someone could think they could actually use it and not have the secret uncovered. I hope there is a speedy and intact recovery!
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-14-2023, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,274
Re: tillison GAV setting
After researching this for almost 2 hours, i found this scale:
1 tad = 2 smidges
1 bit = 2 tads
1 “some” = 2 bits
1 “lot” = 2 “some”
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