hoky fixs

Utopia Texas said:
Black pepper flakes in the radiator to stop a small leak….
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My preferred method of dealing with a small leak. Pepper is biodegradable and will eventually disappear, leaving to to do the repair correctly, or to add more pepper. In fact, in my modern cars, I carry a can of pepper in the glove box. It's pulled me or a complete stranger out of a jam more than once.

I don't like bars leak or similar because it will coat all the surfaces of your cooling system with no easy way to remove it.

I do this with modern cars where radiators don't cost $600-$800 greenbacks. My Model A, it get's fixed correctly because the engine cost a fortune to replace.

Regards
Bill
 
These are some really good stories.

All the more reason to buy a car that has had as few owners as possible. Every new owner does his thing.

Enjoy. Haze Gray and Underway!
 
The trick is to find a car who's owners were NOT butchers or a complete hack. When looking to buy a car, look at everything else the owner own's. That should be a good indicator. Probably ask him a qualifier question such as, How many roll's of duct tape does he go through in a year, or, when was the last time he bought bailing wire?

Reghards
Bill
 
The link below shows a few examples from a '28 AA express that came from an estate. It's pretty on top and a horror show underneath. I'm not sure where to start, but if anyone has any 1928 AA brake parts, I'm listening. The brakes have been "modified" with a later cross shaft shoved through the frame and attached only to the brake rods.https://photos.app.goo.gl/9qtwHy69DhJngS4RA
 
this is what you do if you have too many oil leaks or maybe a knock you can't find.
custom modified and brazed into the oil pan in the wrong spot.

hard to figure out why the engine failed after such few miles.
 

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"I bought a 1929 closed cab pickup years ago that was "restored" but the transmission required rebuilding before driving the car and the doors did not fit correctly. As you know this model used Model T parts in the body, including the doors."

Does this explain why the Model A front floor mats sold by most vendors do not fit properly in the Pickups? Would a Model T mat fit better? Does anyone make the proper mat for Model A pickups?
 
Bullrhider said:
"I bought a 1929 closed cab pickup years ago that was "restored" but the transmission required rebuilding before driving the car and the doors did not fit correctly. As you know this model used Model T parts in the body, including the doors."

Does this explain why the Model A front floor mats sold by most vendors do not fit properly in the Pickups? Would a Model T mat fit better? Does anyone make the proper mat for Model A pickups?
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a while back i worked on an early 1928 closed cap pu. the doors were model T but the inside floor was the same as model A.
maybe a different mat but the one i removed from that pu looked just like the other model A p/u . it fit ok.
i have no idea the supplier of that mat.

sorry not much help
 
This is pictures of the same door as mounted on car and after sandblasting,sculpt a door out of bondo , I wondered why it was so heavy!
 

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The oil tray phot really makes me wonder. Where that is located, why would the oil not keep it in pristine condition? Also, aren't these readily available?
 
In 1988, 16 year old me “fixed” a hole in a quarter panel with plastic bags and fiberglass filler. It still holds in place.
 
Gene F said:
The oil tray phot really makes me wonder. Where that is located, why would the oil not keep it in pristine condition? Also, aren't these readily available?
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yes it was brazed into the oil pan. i had to cut it out with a makita and a cut off wheel. so its covered in brass grindings. it just came out of a running engine. but the engine had some serious internal problems that i think came from oil not circulating properly.

thats all brass along the outer edges
 
hep1966, when I was a teen I helped a fella who worked on old deuce and halfs. He liked newspaper and bond for rust repair.

Recently found a w124 chassis Mercedes with a water leak in the interior through the firewall above the trans hump. Found someone at some point in time used expanding foam to fill a rust hole. They took the time to reshape and paint over the foam. Dditn know it was there until I put a screwdriver to it.
 
In 1936, in the middle of the depression, the Model A was just a used car and money was tight. A lot of things were done just to keep the car going. Through WW II when new cars were not available the Model A was kept running by hokey fixes. But today there is no excuse. In another thread I see some work being done on an engine in the car where the better choice would be to pull the engine and do a proper repair. I am sorry. I know that some people have limited resources and abilities and just want to get their car running. But people are capable of learning and using inexpensive tools. I have pulled an engine using a come-a-long. So I will get off my high horse now and go about my work for the day. But I just want to say that it takes more work to do something twice than to do it correctly in the first place.
 
Here's how to lift an engine on the cheap:
Dunno how the picture got rotated.
 

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Bullrhider said:
"I bought a 1929 closed cab pickup years ago that was "restored" but the transmission required rebuilding before driving the car and the doors did not fit correctly. As you know this model used Model T parts in the body, including the doors."

Does this explain why the Model A front floor mats sold by most vendors do not fit properly in the Pickups? Would a Model T mat fit better? Does anyone make the proper mat for Model A pickups?
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FYI, Snyders sells an "untrimmed" floor mat that should work for you https://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/searchm.htm?type=merged&sterm=&searcht=A-2005-U
 
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In 1936, in the middle of the depression, the Model A was just a used car and money was tight. A lot of things were done just to keep the car going. Through WW II when new cars were not available the Model A was kept running by hokey fixes. But today there is no excuse. In another thread I see some work being done on an engine in the car where the better choice would be to pull the engine and do a proper repair. I am sorry. I know that some people have limited resources and abilities and just want to get their car running. But people are capable of learning and using inexpensive tools. I have pulled an engine using a come-a-long. So I will get off my high horse now and go about my work for the day. But I just want to say that it takes more work to do something twice than to do it correctly in the first place.
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so true.
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so many of the hoky fixs are by people presenting their cars as "being restored".there are no excuses for a hoky fix on a Model A nowadays.
especially so on safety related parts.
 
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