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07-26-2018, 09:06 AM | #1 |
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Most Unreliable Model "A" Parts
What are the most unreliable parts of a Model "A"?
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07-26-2018, 09:22 AM | #2 |
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Re: Most Unreliable Model "A" Parts
The nut behind the wheel?
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07-26-2018, 09:29 AM | #3 |
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Re: Most Unreliable Model "A" Parts
Any part inside of a "Rick Pack" !!
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07-26-2018, 09:33 AM | #4 |
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Re: Most Unreliable Model "A" Parts
The condenser due to the amount of heat its is exposed to. Then there are the current low quality ones that are out there, another story. I always have an extra under the seat.
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Re: Most Unreliable Model "A" Parts
Gasoline quantity.
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07-26-2018, 09:58 AM | #7 |
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Re: Most Unreliable Model "A" Parts
Those rubber brake and clutch pedal pads that are designed to come off when you slightly brush against them.
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07-26-2018, 10:20 AM | #8 |
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BOB - Can you P.M. or email me on another subject.
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07-26-2018, 12:13 PM | #9 |
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Probably very few when the car was new. Most problems now involve repro parts, we are fortunate to have reproduced parts available but there are some clunkers. Then there are the parts designed to "improve" the A, often with mixed results. YMMV
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07-26-2018, 02:34 PM | #10 |
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Anything from Vintique.
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The elcheepo repro brake light switches, both the early and late types.
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07-26-2018, 05:16 PM | #12 |
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My grandfather sold them new,he said the first thing to go was the gas guage float.sometimes they were resting on the bottom when the cars came in.He said the shocks were next,or maybe the roof would leak.Those were kind of neck and neck for timing.A year and a half or so.He said the fenders would crack in a couple of years.The roads were not paved,and they would rack the cars terribly.Until about 1939 it was about 20 miles to a good road.With good float material now the floats won't sink,good seals and oils the shocks won't leak out,modern seam sealers and the edges of the roofs won't open up,and with smoother roads the fenders aren't so prone to cracking.
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If you are talking original parts and design, I would think the short list would be found within anything that did not move from the VE27's to continued 28 and later "A" production and those mechanical and body/frame parts that saw major change during the transition to the '32 "B" design and specs.
Some items: 1/2" shaft Abel starter drive, block, flywheel housing, and banjo castings without adequate reinforcement ribs, float hinge direction on A Zeniths, wood framed bodies, . . . Last edited by MikeK; 07-26-2018 at 09:59 PM. |
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Aftermarket Amp meter.
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07-27-2018, 12:32 AM | #15 |
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You all missed the obvious, the gas is ok, the batteries are all throw away after 6 months.
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07-27-2018, 07:51 AM | #17 |
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Them STUPID gas valves, that don't shut off, entirely & you dump a quarter tank of gas, on the FLOOR & your Sweet Wife makes you sell your stupid car, CHEAP!
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07-27-2018, 07:55 AM | #18 |
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Tank mounted steering column support.
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07-27-2018, 08:12 AM | #19 |
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Most unreliable OEM parts / designs in my opinion:
Fan; Service brakes; Water pump; Babbitt bearings; Starter Bendix; Generator cutout; Ignition condenser; Non-adjustable valves; Exhaust manifold; Distributor lower plate wire; Cooling system; Engine mount system; Single wire electrical system.
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Hand Operated windshield wiper !!..
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