Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-24-2024, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 542
Re: engine compression levels.
Isn't a contribution test used to isolate a single bad cylinder? It wouldn't really tell you if all the cylinders were equally worn.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-22-2024, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,546
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-21-2024, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,546
Re: Distributor Cap Advance Lever Slot
I have five in my collection; on four of them the opening measures .975” and on one it measures .875”.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-21-2024, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 846
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-16-2024, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,440
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-16-2024, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,019
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-15-2024, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,019
Re: "Special" Intake Manifold?
My crazy speculative theory is that this is a 28/29 RHD intake manifold, extensively modified. The boss for the vacuum port is in the same location as the boss on RHD intakes where the bell crank...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-12-2024, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 866
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-12-2024, 09:39 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,080
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-12-2024, 12:14 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,440
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-08-2024, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 785
Re: Condenser Capacity
Yeah, you can use the larger V8 condensers in an A or B car without a problem as long as they don't leak. And an A condenser will work fine when using a B distributor in an A car (although obviously...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-08-2024, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 785
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Forum: Model-A
04-06-2024, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 523
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-03-2024, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,328
Re: New Ahooga Horns from Suppliers
Sounds like there’s a niche open for a small-time operator who did motor repairs and had a big stock of good sheet metal parts so he could fully restore cores.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-03-2024, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 711
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-02-2024, 08:23 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,328
Re: New Ahooga Horns from Suppliers
I'm curious, why would folks buy brand new horns for $325 when you can buy a well-restored original from any one of several private sellers for less than that? I'm not mad at anyone, just curious...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-01-2024, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 703
Re: Fuel polishing worked
Here's a pump that flows 120gph under 12V power, I bet it would flow a significant fraction of that under 6V power. So that's 1-2 gpm, which is probably about the fill rate you would get with a...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-01-2024, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 703
Re: Fuel polishing worked
Now that I'm thinking about it, I wonder if it would work to run the whole thing backwards. You have the F1NC sitting atop a bucket on the ground. A hose runs from the bucket, through a 12V pump,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-01-2024, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 703
Re: Fuel polishing worked
What about using something like this as part of the system? You would rig this funnel over the gas tank and then run a hose from underneath the tank, through a 12V pump, up to the funnel. Would that...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-31-2024, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 377
Re: How to rig temp fuel delivery
OK, so you take the fuel line off the firewall-mounted filter and then you clamp the flexible hose to that on one end. Then you use a small tank or even a gas can on the other end. Seems reasonable....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-31-2024, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 377
How to rig temp fuel delivery
I'm helping someone sell a Tudor that's been in storage for a few years. I want to show in the listing that the car will run. But I'm pretty sure the carb is gummed up, and there may be rust in the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-30-2024, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,087
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-28-2024, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 709
Re: Serial Number and Year of production
It could be a 1930. There are ways to build a case based on the preponderance of parts. Early 1930s had a number of shared parts with the '29s, while still having 1930 styling.
The frame number...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-28-2024, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,009
Re: Model A and T Upholsterers
So what I hear you saying is that we need to make sure Mike is taking a statin and a baby aspirin, and getting his steps in.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-28-2024, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 652
Re: distributor swap out question
I have had some success in the past removing distributor cam screws as follows:
Drive the pin out of the collar at the bottom of the distributor shaft and remove the collar to expose the tab at...
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