Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
03-30-2013, 07:01 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,579
Re: Pinstriping T-wheels
Ok, that is also what I was wondering about, how could he find time for pinstriping, when cars were running that fast down the assembly line..? Could have been the early models, yes. But the yellow...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
03-30-2013, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,579
Pinstriping T-wheels
Hi!
I've seen wheels with pinstriping like darts, both open and closed, but not filled with color like this one. The paint is cracked and old, but it is impossible to tell how old. Do you folks...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
06-12-2012, 05:28 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,903
Re: Vintage Thrills & spills
"This car remarkably survived a collision with a utility pole in Cambridge, Mass - with just a mangled bumper to show for the crash".
To me it looks like a model T with solid disc wheels. Looks like...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
06-12-2012, 03:45 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,117
2500 wonderful kilometers ahead...
https://fordbarn.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1619&pictureid=15164
Some of my model T buddies have now started their 2500 kilometers trip from Lindesnes down south in Norway, up to Nordkapp up...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
03-21-2012, 04:36 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,565
Re: Dealer nameplate on Model T
https://fordbarn.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1619&pictureid=13536
Here's mine. I bought my T in parts, and this brass nameplate followed the papers. I didn't know where on the car it originally...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-28-2012, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,484
My livingroom find. Definately no barn find..
Finally picked up my T. Or more correct, the remainings of something that once had been a T. The story goes like this: A friend of mine like to document old building traditions and detail quality...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-23-2012, 03:30 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,850
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-21-2012, 05:59 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,646
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-11-2012, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,444
Re: Buzz coil location
Good, liked to hear that, then the engine hopefully is about the same age as those other parts, will be exciting to take a look at the pedals. I had planned to go out there to pick up the parts...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-07-2012, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,444
Re: Buzz coil location
Very interesting! From the firewall it then looks like my T is produced some time after April 1923, but not later than December 1925. (Could be even older if set up with starter and generator). Since...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-07-2012, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,444
Re: Buzz coil location
Thanks a lot! I'm going to pick up my project first coming weekend. Seller said he thought it was a 27, I now know from the 9 holes for the coils in the firewall this car is a 25 or older. I had...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
02-07-2012, 05:56 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,444
Buzz coil location
I see from different pictures, some T's have the buzz coil located under the dash, with eight holes through the firewall. Some cars have a clean firewall, and the buzz coil seems to be mounted on the...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
01-29-2012, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,648
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
01-29-2012, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,648
Vehicle identification located where?
Hi. I'm new to model T's. I've just made a deal, and will go to pick up what is left of a T two weeks from now. But I don't know where are the vehicle identification located on the T. I thought it...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-14-2011, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 7,642
Re: 160 A or B
Just a question: Doesn't all slant windows have indented firewalls? I just thought so, since my '31 is not a slant, but still has the indented firewall..?
Steinar
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-04-2011, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 13,879
Re: Vacuum bleeding hydraulic brakes?
Thanks for good info, but does this apply to my brakes? They are fixed at the opposite end of the cylinders, so I cannot see how I can do any adjustment else from turning the two adjustment bolts on...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-04-2011, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 13,879
Re: Vacuum bleeding hydraulic brakes?
Problems don't usually show up alone, do they? When I took brake parts apart at rear axle, I clamped on a special tool on the flexible tube between the mastercylinder and the front/rear connection,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-04-2011, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 13,879
Re: Vacuum bleeding hydraulic brakes?
I'll give it an other try, will put things back into place and bleed it like Patrick L / JoeWay suggest. If no air, it might be the mc as Charlie Stephens indicates. I'll be back when I know more....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-04-2011, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 13,879
Re: Vacuum bleeding hydraulic brakes?
They are adjusted, brakelinings are very close to the drum, I can feel and hear they are in touch with the drum.
I have also adjusted them until they locked all the wheels, same thing happens, but...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-04-2011, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 13,879
Re: Vacuum bleeding hydraulic brakes?
I didn't think a lot when ordering new parts, I just sent a picture and a description of what I had, and this was what they come up with. I was thinking this would be an easy fix, since everything...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-03-2011, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 13,879
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-03-2011, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 13,879
Re: Vacuum bleeding hydraulic brakes?
Interesting, I've also been thinking about that, let the air go out through the line-nut connection. But since this one is located about at the middele of the chamber, I was thinking I would do...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-03-2011, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 13,879
Re: Vacuum bleeding hydraulic brakes?
Yes, I know, I was very close to start doing that earlier today, when I decided to first give it a try at Fordbarn. But the way mrtexas does it seems to be a easier way out, less modifications...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-03-2011, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 13,879
Re: Vacuum bleeding hydraulic brakes?
Fordgarage, that is how I did it. But I can assure you I've been doing more than a couple of rounds around the car. I did put almost a gallon with new fresh fluid through the system. It is no leak to...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-03-2011, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 13,879
Re: Vacuum bleeding hydraulic brakes?
Bob C
That was exactly what I had in mind this morning. I took everything apart, just to discover they were not symetrical, it didn't work out..
- Great minds think alike!
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