Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-04-2021, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 715
Re: 30 Coupe Cooling question
Good Morning...An old school way to work this problem prior to removing the head would be to get the engine hot and take a heat gun and check the temperature of the radiator carefully from left to...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-27-2021, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 5,336
Re: Serial number size
I lived in California for 50 years...The state people were always a pain in the ass. Arizona is a much nicer place to live and much less expensive place to live...Ernie in Arizona
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-27-2021, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 359
Re: 29 Roadster won't idle all the way down
Good afternoon...I have seen several Model A's with an extra little spring mounted to a little pad eye about where your passenger would put their right big toe! The pad eye is screwed to the plywood...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-26-2021, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,004
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-16-2021, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,595
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-13-2021, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 736
Re: Head Gasket Leak - Show & Tell
Good Morning...Just a note to your question...I also drive a 49 Packard straight 8. The book calls for it to be re-torqued once a year...34 head bolts to 64 pounds feet...many old flat head engines...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-12-2021, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 736
Re: Head Gasket Leak - Show & Tell
Good afternoon...I wonder if the problem is/was that the head was not torqued once a year to at least 55 pounds in order to keep it snug on the gasket...Here in the desert, we often see A's come into...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-10-2021, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 784
Re: Gas seepage at steering column
Good afternoon...I'm with Russ/40...I used to live in Fletcher Hills...not too far from Santee...If you use the modern hanger for the steering wheel, and disconnect the old one, and clean and sand...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-05-2021, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 979
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-04-2021, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,500
Re: A parts supply stores Q.
Good Morning...Also have good luck with Sammy at Arizona Model A. Good family owned business...always helpful...good bone yard as well...480-782-0266. Ernie in Arizona...Have a good day...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-03-2021, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 515
Re: How to remove driver's side door handle?
Good afternoon...It has been a good few years...but it seems to me that I ended up having to turn to the opposite of what Les's book said to get the door handle to come out...try if without too much...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-01-2021, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 718
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-31-2021, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 759
Re: Cold start
Just a short observation...The Model A Ford Owners Manual calls for 20 wt in the winter and 40wt in the summer...As a guess, they must have been thinking about the northern areas of our...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-24-2021, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,004
Re: Dirty Carburetors
Good afternoon...Some of us in the desert simply put a good sized magnet in the glass bowl and let it pick up the rust as it comes through. It is easy to see when the magnet is full of 'stuff' and...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-14-2021, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,790
Re: My First Model A - Questions
Good afternoon...Your new coupe is extremely nice...too nice to turn into a 'late 40's Hot Rod'...in my humble opinion...it would be best to keep it looking stock...think about higher compression...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-14-2021, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,790
Re: My First Model A - Questions
Good Morning...Paul@paulshinn.com has some very good videos that you can watch regarding maintenance and adjustments on Model 'A's. He is really into them and he is maybe 50! Enjoy your...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-13-2021, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,413
Re: leaking head gasket?
Good Evening...The head on a Model A Ford should be re-torqued once a year to 55 pounds if stock. Your head bolts were really loose...do you know when the last time the head bolts were re-torqued as...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-09-2021, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 720
Re: Lite rust inside block
Agree with 1crosscut...I simply use 50/50 antifreeze and it stays green from year to year and the engine runs cool. I do run the Vintage Precision Thermostat housing and the thermostat that they...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-09-2021, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 975
Re: Starting Troubles
Good Morning...If you have one of those old fuse holders on the starter...check it carefully. The old ones can come loose at the rivets and create trouble that presents like an air leak at the intake...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-04-2021, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 532
Re: 30 Coupe running too rich
Good afternoon...The Model did not come with an air filter...if you are running one...the car will usually run rich...it takes a change of Jets when rebuilding to compensate for the air...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-31-2020, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,170
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-29-2020, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,990
Re: What Model "A" Book Do You Read the Most?
Good Morning...Jack is on the money....I use this book as well and it tells me how the mechanics of the time thought about the Model A...really interesting to read...and really helpful...especially...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-25-2020, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,437
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-24-2020, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 846
Re: Radiator Baffle
Good Morning...perhaps you might want to rig an overflow bottle of some kind and then just stop and pour the water back into the radiator. If you modified the overflow tube to turn up at the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-18-2020, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,336
Re: Hempy Cooper
Good afternoon...The Gene French molds allow for quite a bit of Babbitt...plenty for a Model A. The actual size of the final bearing is determined by the align boar which is set by the size of the...
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