Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
10-21-2013, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,983
Re: First steps?
Best thing to do is find a local club or someone nearby who has a T and start hanging around and get some hands on experience with people who know about them. T's are peculiar contraptions and can be...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
10-09-2012, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,122
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
09-25-2012, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,122
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
09-25-2012, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,455
Re: Transmission Bands
I got to the point where I was really good at it and folks brought me a lot of cars of every year to replace band linings. Early ones are a pain. Take your time. Stuff lots of rags in there to catch...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
09-21-2012, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,996
Re: Need Advice badly
15 PSI is WAY too much. These things were not designed to run under any pressure at all. Big mistake to try this stunt.
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
09-21-2012, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,660
Re: Model T magnetized?
All you guys seem to have forgotten............. Ford magnetized the entire vehicle to catch the parts that fell off as it was going down the road.
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
09-21-2012, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,418
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
09-15-2012, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,110
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
09-15-2012, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,751
Re: Moving a 1917 in garage
I always just used 2 well positioned floor jacks (with a scrap of carpet on top) and a helper. We used to spin cars all the way arond in the shop. If you get the tires just off the floor a couple...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
09-01-2012, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,268
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
08-07-2012, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,834
Re: Broken Clutch Spring
Pull the engine without hesitation. Much easier and quicker that playing contortionist mechanic unless you are 20 years old. Why did the spring break? I've been dealing with these things for decades...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
08-07-2012, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,973
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
08-01-2012, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 16,465
Re: Recommended Oil for a Model T
I have had several T's. Most with old freshened up engines in them and a few hopped up ones and I always ran Quaker State 30 non detergent that came in a big round one gallon tin can. We always...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
08-01-2012, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,981
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
07-17-2012, 11:13 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,984
Re: whats my barn find worth
I'd do the least I could to get it on the road and drive the hell out of it. People always loved the rusty hulks that I patched together. Besides that I didn't have to worry about some snotty kid...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
05-15-2012, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,191
Re: oil leak
I always used old fashioned Bulls Eye shellac, thetype made from beetles and not the synthetic crap. I never had an oil leak in this area after some old timer pointed out to me that this was the...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
04-19-2012, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,798
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
04-17-2012, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,967
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
04-09-2012, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,395
Coils
Ok Guys. I have my old yard driven 27 jalopy. Coils are weak. All I want is 4 coils that work. You can have my old ones. I just want four working coils. I don't need performance tuned ones for...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
04-08-2012, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,878
Re: help to ID these coach lamps
Rule of thumb is that lamps that mount on a tapered post are horsedrawn. They found out early on that with the vibrations from an engine no amount of tightening would prevent the lamps from rotating...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
04-07-2012, 12:13 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,335
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
04-06-2012, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,075
Re: Lucus tires
Years ago we crazy race guys used to go the the race car shop to true our tires.. They had this rig that would take any wheel and tire and spin it up and there was an arm with a razor blade that...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
03-12-2012, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 10
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Re: New Find,parked in 1952
When I was a kid there was this old man named Mr. Dole From across the river in the Claremont N.H. area and he was a peddler/tinker. He sold and fixed all sorts of things and sharpened knives. He...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
03-03-2012, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,087
Re: What is this symbol?
The CH is Chicago Manufacturing. http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/chicago-mfg-company.html
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
03-02-2012, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,894
Re: Old Historie about Model T Barn
Well I have a story and I know this one is true. Unfortunately not Model T's though. Back around 1970 a guy whose mother lived down the street was in England and they were cleaning out a bunch of old...
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