Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-20-2017, 11:19 AM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-26-2016, 05:09 PM
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Re: Happy Day!!
Congrats Terry.
I remember that day. I got to do it twice on the same car.
Once in 1987 and again last year.
Time to celebrate.
Tommy-
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-09-2016, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 7,598
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-08-2016, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,654
1931 coupe top (Chicken wire) ?
Thinking about putting the top on the coupe soon, and have been searching some of the past threads.
There seems to be some different opinions about chicken wire on the coupe.
Was chicken wire...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-27-2016, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,076
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-27-2016, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,076
Re: Weekend Warrior defeated
More weekend fun.
Pulled the cutout and measured ohms from gen stud to grd.
No resistance at all, so I decided to take the plunge and start taking the generator apart. Something that I don't feel...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-26-2016, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,076
Re: Weekend Warrior defeated
Analog meter results:
Battery voltage before startup 5.9V.
Started engine. Jumped wire across the cutout to read voltage like the photo.
The ammeter pegged, and the jumper wire smoked and...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-25-2016, 05:53 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,076
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-24-2016, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,076
Re: Weekend Warrior defeated
OK. I feel like the dumb kid on the playground that keeps getting beat up by the bully. :)
Today, before I started the engine, the battery was at 6.14V.
I started the engine and put it on a fast...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-24-2016, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,076
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-24-2016, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,286
Re: Rear Window Shade in a coupe (why?)
You should try driving the highways in Ct.
If you're following someone and using the 2 second rule, you're leaving too much of an opening for someone to slip in, so now your following someone using...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-24-2016, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,076
Re: Weekend Warrior defeated
I may buy another, but I'd hate to keep buying cutouts and find out that the generator is shot.
There's a guy not too far from where I work that rebuilds generators/alternators/starters/etc.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-24-2016, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,286
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-24-2016, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,286
Rear Window Shade in a coupe (why?)
I saw another thread relating to window shades in A's, and I've always wondered why would anyone need a window shade in the rear window of a coupe.
Is it so they don't have to look at the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-24-2016, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,076
Re: Weekend Warrior defeated
Yes. The battery is positive ground.
When I called Bert's I asked for a restored original cutout, but I think it's a new one.
There is a picture of it in this thread. Post #23
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-23-2016, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,076
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-22-2016, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,076
Re: Weekend Warrior defeated
Charged the battery, and it now reads 6.22V with the engine off.
With the engine on, the battery is about the same. The cutout (where the yellow wire attaches) is the same as the battery. The...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-21-2016, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,076
Re: Weekend Warrior defeated
No. Safety glass.
So I dug through my pile of old stuff and found the original piece of glass. Of course it has 50 year old primer on it, and was pitted a bit, but I cleaned it up and put it in....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-21-2016, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,076
Weekend Warrior defeated
It's only noon here in CT, and already I've had my @$$ kicked by this car.
I've been having electrical/generator problems, which I though I had licked. Went out this morning and polarized the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-20-2016, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 10,680
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-19-2016, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,333
Re: Quick generator question
Took the car out for a short ride today. Ammeter read "0" the whole time.
I don't have any lights on the car yet, so no way to put a real load on it.
Didn't show discharge either.
So I guess...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-16-2016, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,703
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-16-2016, 06:08 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,703
Re: What would you do?
What tools/equipment is needed to do this, and where can I get it ?
I will be registering a 31 coupe that has a 30 motor in it as well.
Tommy-
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-15-2016, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,333
Re: Quick generator question
I'm not 100% sure that I can claim victory, but I received the new cutout and installed it. I ran the engine and there was no smoke.
I still have the 2nd ammeter in and it's toasted. It's stuck at...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-14-2016, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,515
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