Breakdown Sunday and Looking for Advice

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Originally Posted by Purdy Swoft

I would also recommend removing the air filter. The air filter will cause more problems than it will ever solve by causing rich opperation diluted crankcase oil and loss of power from restricted air flow . Ford didn't think that a filter was needed and didn't install one on ether the model T or A

this and also remember most the the roads back then were unimproved so mostly packed dirt or gravel which = way dustier than most can imagine. That is unless you live in the boonies and still have gravel roads - then you know that dust gets everywhere