Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-19-2020, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,331
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-25-2020, 09:28 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 846
Re: Oil pressure and water pipe question
I have seen several Model A engines in Pietenpol Airplanes that have that same modification. Since the engine is mounted back to front my assumption is that it compensates cooling at that pinch...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-21-2020, 01:20 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,520
Re: Leather main bearing
I heard a similar story at the National MARC meet held in Rochester, NY years back. Some one driving to the event had a bearing fail and he cut a new bearing from his belt and drove it to the meet...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-20-2020, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 785
Re: Maybe starter problems?
Good advice from Mike... Another method for unsticking the bendix from the flywheel is to put the car into 3rd gear and rock the car back and forth until the bendix snaps back....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-13-2020, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,070
Re: Model A's & Airplanes
EEA's 1929 Ford Tri-Motor came for a visit to the Rockford Airport. I had to swing by just to say Hi !
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-13-2020, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,070
Re: Model A's & Airplanes
Later on at a Fly In Breakfast at the Beloit Airport the airplane owner asked me to pose my 1928 Woody Huckster with his airplane. It is awfully hard to say no to a photo op like this....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-13-2020, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,070
Re: Model A's & Airplanes
I just finished building this 1928 Woody Huckster and took it out for it's first public event. It was a Wings and Wheels Event at the Poplar Grove Airport and I ran into this Pientenpol aircraft...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-02-2020, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 452
Re: Original springs and washers
If you get stumped on where they go. You can always attach them to your front bumper as small American Flag holders for parades...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-02-2020, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 452
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-31-2020, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,340
Re: how to loosen stuck motor
After plug removal and oiling up all of the cylinders with Marvel Mystery Oil, release emergency brake and put the A into 3rd gear. By rocking the car back and forth will often break the engine...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-30-2020, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 422
Re: Cylinder Soot
What brand spark plugs are in use? All with the correct gap? The correct heat range type of plug? Do a compression check on all cylinders to see if they are all close to each other.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-30-2020, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 447
Re: ModelA
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=289187
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-30-2020, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,762
Re: timing light
Here is an old Rich Pin YouTube video from 2010 on timing with a timing light...FYI..
https://youtu.be/nLzUpQUTU6Y
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-26-2020, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 847
Re: Suggestions on crud removal
The '"farmers' fix" thread chasers are nothing more than an original Model A head stud that has a long lateral grooved slot milled into the threads with a Dremel cut off wheel. Virtually making an...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-25-2020, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 8,963
Re: Take a gander at this.
There is a small airport in Brodhead, Wisconsin that hosts annually a Pietenpol Aircraft reunion a week before the big annual EAA fly in up at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Pilots fly their Pietenpols in from...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-20-2020, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,705
Re: spark Advance
I remember when I got hold of my first Model A (30 Deluxe Coupe) and had to do a valve job on it before driving it. I invited my next door neighbor to go on the maiden voyage of my car after I had...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-20-2020, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,236
Re: Patching Inner Tubes
I always roughed up the patch area on the tube with the cheese grater cap of the patch kit and then poured on some rubber cement glue to the area to be patched. Then I would then light the glue up...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-15-2020, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,353
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-14-2020, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,353
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-13-2020, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,353
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-10-2020, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,991
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-07-2020, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 442
Re: Spare tire covers with advertising
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1925-Clifton-Catalog-Seat-Tire-Covers-Car-Tops-Auto-Tents-Excellent-Original-/283680620647
In doing some more research on the spare tire covers I came across this catalog...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-07-2020, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 442
Spare tire covers with advertising
Years ago when I first got into the Model A hobby and joined the clubs, I recalled that many of the Model A's then had original advertising spare tire covers on them. They were typically canvas that...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-02-2020, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 696
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-29-2020, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,443
Re: Preston “ALL VEHICLES” Antifreeze
In my area NW Illinois, the Menard’s stores all stock this “Conventional Green” antifreeze. Less than $9.00 / gal. typically. Mix 50 / 50 with pure water.
We are expecting our first frost this...
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