Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-18-2024, 11:02 AM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-18-2024, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 959
Re: Idle Mixture Screw
My vacuum gauge doesn’t go to 50. I think it goes up to about 29 or 30.
What are the units on your vacuum gauge?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-18-2024, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,695
Re: Phaeton top rest question
The following supplier has an extensive assortment of metal hole plugs. You can probably find one there that will work. I did not want to use metal because it will chip the paint at the edges of the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-16-2024, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,695
Re: Phaeton top rest question
Yes. :)
I have copies of the original Ford blueprints where they struck out the Model T part number and put a Model A part number on it. Very interesting.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-16-2024, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 959
Re: Idle Mixture Screw
Idle mixture should be set with the engine fully warmed up and at normal low idle speed (~400-500 RPM). If you are not seeing any change with changing the mixture screw, your RPM is probably too...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-16-2024, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,695
Re: Phaeton top rest question
This is the 1928-29 top saddle (1/2 inch hole):
https://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/product.htm?pid=981820&cat=41755
Use these studs:...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-15-2024, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 17
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Re: Fuse size
Well... "it depends".
If you are running a generator and you take your foot off the gas, step on the clutch (engine now at idle RPM), it is all coming from the battery.
Do this at night, with...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-07-2024, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 940
Re: radiator splashing
Yes, it had a baffle. When in place, you can't see the tubes in the top tank, they are under the baffle.
And Ford said to gently bend the overflow tub back toward the back of the filler neck. I...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-30-2024, 06:26 AM
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Replies: 18
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-24-2024, 07:07 PM
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Views: 2,060
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-24-2024, 06:04 PM
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Views: 2,060
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-23-2024, 09:06 AM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-22-2024, 05:05 PM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-21-2024, 04:56 PM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-21-2024, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,060
Re: Distributor Cap Advance Lever Slot
That picture is nice, but does anyone have an original Ford drawing with the actual dimension of the slot?
I went out and measured 3 different distributor bodies just now and got 3 different...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-15-2024, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,529
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-15-2024, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,529
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-14-2024, 09:23 AM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-14-2024, 09:17 AM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-14-2024, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,201
Re: Nu Rex ignition switch
We reconnected a couple of wires where they attach to the switch and where they attach to the coil. That's about it.
You will also want to be sure your cable going into the distributor is screwed...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-07-2024, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 18
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Re: Differential Pinion Gear Bearing Preload
Bob, would it be possible for you to post scans of those pages here so that we can read the entire procedure in context?
It is not clear to me where the in-lbs of torque you are quoting are to be...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-01-2024, 07:51 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 730
Re: Separator
I like my cast iron bulb separator on my car. Every now and then I will open the little drain valve and let some fuel run into a clear glass jar, to look for water in the gas.
We have discovered...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-26-2024, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,012
Re: Upper Front floorboard reinforcements?
The dowel is not reinforcing the joint as much as it is reinforcing the top wooden board where 2 deep notches have been cut into them. The narrow rectangular pieces to the left of the clutch pedal...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-25-2024, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 5
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Re: Zenith carburetor
It's a Z.
Manufactured by Zenith (H for Holly and no mark for Ford if it's a Zenith-3).
Zenith was the design holder for the carburetor, but they licensed it out to be manufactured by others to...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-24-2024, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 5
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