Model a----a simple car
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BILL WILLIAMSON
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If something electrical isn't working & you suspect a bad connection in the loop up to the ammeter & dash light, put a jumper across the junction box wing nuts. If it then works, the problem IS IN THAT LOOP. Study it in the WIRING DIAGRAM.
Bill W.
Bill W.
ian Simpson
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No - do not force it use a bigger hammer
BILL WILLIAMSON
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HUMOR is GOOD, to keep you from gettin' KRAZY, when something mysterious happens with your car. It always seems worse when it happens to your OWN CAR
MY CAR'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BREAK!! Bill W.
burner31
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The Model A is a somewhat SIMPLE car.
Maybe we could share some SIMPLE ways that you all have found, to DIAGNOSE/REPAIR problems, in a SIMPLE/QUICK WAY
Bill W.
I think Bill is on to something here.
The vast amount of knowledge stored here in the Barn is mind boggling, and we seem to lose a little bit everyday as we all seem to age and pass on.
If that untapped "simple knowledge" could be tapped...hell...you could fill a book.
RUNNERBUN
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A couple of years back a friend and I were at a meet and he unfortunately experienced two flat tyres in quick succession which left him without a spare. As the second appeared to be a slow leak we decided to add some air via a 12 volt pump which he was carrying.
While we were inflating the tyre we noticed that the air was leaking from the valve passing between the inner metal part of the valve and the rubber outer layer. As a temporary fix we tied an electrical Zippy cable tie around the base of the valve to slow the leak and to our amazement it not only slowed the leak but stopped it all together. A quick inspection of the other valves on the car showed that all were failing in the same way to some degree. All showing some air pockets rising up from the base of the valve. Cable ties were applied to all valves and a couple of years later the ties were still there with no further leaks. The one tube that had failed initially was replaced.
While we were inflating the tyre we noticed that the air was leaking from the valve passing between the inner metal part of the valve and the rubber outer layer. As a temporary fix we tied an electrical Zippy cable tie around the base of the valve to slow the leak and to our amazement it not only slowed the leak but stopped it all together. A quick inspection of the other valves on the car showed that all were failing in the same way to some degree. All showing some air pockets rising up from the base of the valve. Cable ties were applied to all valves and a couple of years later the ties were still there with no further leaks. The one tube that had failed initially was replaced.
BILL WILLIAMSON
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If one tire always gets LOW, spit on the end of the stem & see if it blows a "bubble"--Then re-tighten it.
For the guy that was a pain in the ***, we'd put a TINY pebble in the valve cap, tighten it, & in about a day or two, it would go FLAT!
Bill W.
For the guy that was a pain in the ***, we'd put a TINY pebble in the valve cap, tighten it, & in about a day or two, it would go FLAT!
Bill W.
ericr
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that is something I have never read before nor even thought about! I take it you are referring to an engine not firing since lights and horn get power elsewhere.
I ordered a wiring diagram from one of the big suppliers and it shows the junction box sitting vertically, with no reference that tells you which is driv- er/passenger side. very helpful. would it have taken a lot of forethought to show the box in its true position?
ian Simpson
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Use a Robertson screwdriver on a Canadian car
ian Simpson
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Never throw the old broken pieces out.
BILL WILLIAMSON
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Ericr,
Wiring diagrams usually don't show stuff in it's true position, a schematic, usually does.
Bill W.
Mitch//pa
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Dad's right on about a diagram vs a schematic. you can figure out the orientation of the compnents by using the wire colors.
BILL WILLIAMSON
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Print out a wiring diagram & follow the current flows, like a ROAD MAP. It'll help you understand that electrical stuff ain't SPOOKY or hard to understand.
Just understand CIRCUIT, from the root word, CIRCLE. The body, frame, & ALL the metal stuff, is your SECOND wire, returning the current to the ground cable at the crossmember & back into the battery.
Fiberglass contraptions & boats, have to run a mess of individual GROUND wires, to complete THEIR CIRCUITS!
Bill W.
Just understand CIRCUIT, from the root word, CIRCLE. The body, frame, & ALL the metal stuff, is your SECOND wire, returning the current to the ground cable at the crossmember & back into the battery.
Fiberglass contraptions & boats, have to run a mess of individual GROUND wires, to complete THEIR CIRCUITS!
Bill W.
burner31
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Back in the day when cars still had hub caps, we'd pop them off and stick a penny in them, it would make a heck of a racket when they were just taking off or slowing down for a light, leaving the driveway or what have you.
Painting the headlights was always fun, vaseline on the windshield wipers was a thrill on a rainy day, a wood ash paste in all the door locks would harden like rock when dry and a pair of dikes could cut all four tire valve stems off in under 30 seconds.
I'm not even going to mention what we did with brake fluid.
Now that I think about it, my friends and I were pretty much dicks...back then.
Henry's Lady's Man
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So YOU'RE THE GUY that painted my headlights!