The Ford Barn

5851a · 01-06-2021, 06:08 PM

A thinking mans fix, field expedience I think they call it. No one went back to dealer after warranty in rural area in those days unless it was serious. Great looking car.

GB SISSON · 01-06-2021, 10:57 PM

And Aaron, "that's what I'm talkin' 'bout"

Tim Ayers · 01-06-2021, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 5851a

A thinking mans fix, field expedience I think they call it. No one went back to dealer after warranty in rural area in those days unless it was serious. Great looking car.

As a kid who worked on a small farm growing up, I used bailing wire to fix a ton of stuff. To help keep a carb from sticking wide open wouldn't be one of them.

If you want to keep the wire, run it through the coils of the spring like a safety cable used on garage door springs.

50fordcoupeman · 01-06-2021, 11:44 PM

I can remember my Gpa acetylene welding a crack in the front fender of his '40 Ford pickup and you guessed it-using baling wire!!

mfirth · 01-07-2021, 11:02 AM

An L shaped bracket with a spring fastened to an intake bolt worked for me. Looks nice too.

01-06-2021, 06:08 PM	#21
5851a Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: NE Iowa Posts: 1,664	Re: Throttle return spring and baling wire A thinking mans fix, field expedience I think they call it. No one went back to dealer after warranty in rural area in those days unless it was serious. Great looking car.

01-06-2021, 10:57 PM	#22
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 4,930	Re: Throttle return spring and baling wire And Aaron, "that's what I'm talkin' 'bout" __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

01-06-2021, 11:44 PM	#24
50fordcoupeman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: LaGrande Oregon Posts: 866	Re: Throttle return spring and baling wire I can remember my Gpa acetylene welding a crack in the front fender of his '40 Ford pickup and you guessed it-using baling wire!!

01-07-2021, 11:02 AM	#25
mfirth Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: ohio Posts: 986	Re: Throttle return spring and baling wire An L shaped bracket with a spring fastened to an intake bolt worked for me. Looks nice too.