Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-26-2022, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,189
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-26-2022, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,279
Re: Brake service
I did buy the manual shortly after buying the T, but I am 1 of those "know it all" guys and reading manual is at the bottom of my list.
Exception are digital manuals, as I am taking laptop to my...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-25-2022, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,638
Re: T wheels
Do you have a link? I searched right and left and could not find it.
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-22-2022, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,279
Re: Brake service
I've been thinking about using parking brake for vehicle stopping, especially since I have new, lined brake shoes, but the level goes pretty low under dashboard and it is hard to reach during...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-22-2022, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,279
Re: Brake service
It is not much car traffic as stop lights. I drive the T 10 miles on Sundays to church.
I think I have about 100 stop lights on the route and when they change to red 50 ft in front of me, I have to...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-21-2022, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,279
Re: Brake service
Found youtube video about adjusting gear band, but no brake.
Is brake the other band under the cover?
What it takes to replace?
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-21-2022, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 740
Good side mirrors
I drive in city traffic, so side mirrors are a must.
Bought chromed last years, but that was disaster. Not only small mirror, on short arm, but with the vibration they have been coming apart and I...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-21-2022, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,279
Brake service
1922 model T and forum search found lot about clutch bands adjustment, but nothing about brake band work.
I drove my T less than 100 miles since the purchase, yet seem the brakes are getting weak...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-20-2022, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,652
Re: Adding air filter?
Here is link to whole assemble, who combined with chromed parts from sink P-trap and some holding brackets make the new filter...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-20-2022, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,652
Re: Adding air filter?
I finally add an air filter that I found at local AutoZone and it seems to work fine, however after estimated 60 miles drive, the filter is clog and took me quite a while to figure out why my engine...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-19-2022, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,249
Re: Intake manifold Gaskets for 1913
I bought from Snyder's and it works now. Their manifold studs are about 1/2" too short, so I can't use them and had to reuse old stuff.
Took me some time to have engine running again as it was...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
01-31-2022, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,564
Re: 1926 Ford Fordor
It is. I had to remove steering wheel and spare wheel from T, yet the steering shaft punched hole in ceiling.
The lower sedan is 3/8" from scratching the roof.
But it works and keeping any...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
01-31-2022, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,564
Re: 1926 Ford Fordor
Where there is a will, there will be a solution.
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
01-31-2022, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 756
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
01-31-2022, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,154
Re: 1914 T Touring FS
https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/d/newport-beach-1914-ford-model-touring/7434544361.html
New listing.
I let him drop the price to $2000 and buy it for parts.
On other hand, if I could...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
01-31-2022, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,249
Re: Intake manifold Gaskets for 1913
Would you have a source for the manifold? Ebay is not having any and my worry is that what if next manifold will have the same OC like mine now?
How that could happen?
Anyway, since paper gaskets...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
01-28-2022, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,249
Re: Intake manifold Gaskets for 1913
Since paper gaskets work on my manifold, although for short time, I assumed my manifold is straight.
Yet after spending over 2 hr trying to make the glands/copper gaskets working, what include...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
01-15-2022, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,249
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
01-15-2022, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,249
Re: Intake manifold Gaskets for 1913
old topic, but I bought gasket kit, who had paper manifold gaskets and they turn into dust in less than 100 miles.
Now I see several choices of copper gaskets, so any recommendations?...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
07-13-2021, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,084
Re: 1923 model t runabout question
Did you push the hand lever to position where brake is off and clutch is disengaged?
When I've got my T, I was pushing it around with 2nd gear applied, till I read the manual
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
07-13-2021, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 825
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
07-09-2021, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 978
Re: Battery cables - 00 guage
I bought my T from Oklahoma this year, so it did not spend its 99 years in dry climate.
When I think some of the body parts have been replaced over the years, the car has only slight corrosion on...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
07-09-2021, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 978
Re: Battery cables - 00 guage
You did several things at the same time, so I wonder is your original problem was cable size, or poor grounding.
My T turns over on cable who looks original just fine.
You are not going to beat...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
07-09-2021, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 825
Removing front windshield for roadster storage.
I have too many toys and parking them in Las Vegas sun is the last thing I want to do.
I do have 10' tall garage and with the lift I was able to park my convertible and sedan on 2-levels.
Now...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
06-04-2021, 10:15 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,638
Re: T wheels
Seems that is only active topic about the wheels, so I have additional question.
On my 1922 model I had rear wheel bolts failure, what took my parking brake shoes on the way home.
I fixed that,...
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