Best Tip?

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Can you share the best Model A tip you have ever received?:)

Mine was to loosen the collar on the steering column and make sure the spark advance touches from side to side.
 
When I bought my Phaeton, it had been stored for about 15 years. The clutch was rusted to the flywheel.

From the MAFCA Website Technical Tips... I got the following Fix for a stuck clutch -


"I put the rear of the car on jackstands and left the rear wheels free to rotate. I then started the car in 1st gear and ran it a minute or two. I accelerated the car to about 20 mph on the jackstands. Then I depressed the clutch and hit the brake fast and hard. It broke loose! I engaged the clutch a few more times on the stands. When I put the car on the ground, the more I drove it the better the clutch worked. I sold the car to a friend of mine who put several thousand miles on the car with no problems.
-- Chip Evans "

It worked wonderfully. A few thousand miles later, I have never had any trouble out of that clutch.
 
:DAfter painting a set of wheels make sure you use an exacto knife to shave out the paint from the wheel lug nut chamfers. This will prevent cracking the paint when tightening the lugnuts. Do not forget the spare only neds 3 chamfers shaved out!
Ken:)
 
Buy an old 9/16" open end wrench to heat with torch, bend 60 degrees, and use it to hold the top nut under the bottom of the radiator. Don't mess up your new wrench trying these tool gymnastics.

Disconnect the battery when the car won't be run for a few days.

Always drain the carb bowl after running the car (fuel shutoff). OK that one came from years of yard word with 2 cycle engines.

Carry a cell phone and AAA card.
 
Does "Sell that pile of parts and go buy one that already runs" count as a tip? That's what my Dad told me about 5 years ago and I'm beginning to understand why he said it now... :o


Deron
 
A good friend told me to loosen the lug nuts on the back wheel and drive around the block to get the rear brake drums to break loose if you do not have a puller and it does work.
 
Ken Ehrenhofer said:
:DAfter painting a set of wheels make sure you use an exacto knife to shave out the paint from the wheel lug nut chamfers. This will prevent cracking the paint when tightening the lugnuts. Do not forget the spare only neds 3 chamfers shaved out!
Ken:)
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Also don't forget to carry an exacto knife in the car, to fix up the other two holes if you get a flat and have to use that spare tire. :)

Doug
 
My favorite GENERAL tip: Rusty bolts won't break free?...apply heat with a small torch and cool with a wet rag. Most come right off afterwords!
 
Perhaps not the best, but the latest tip from "The Restorer", July/August, 2010.

I did have one of these incorrect springs in my parts inventory.

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29RPU said:
My favorite GENERAL tip: Rusty bolts won't break free?...apply heat with a small torch and cool with a wet rag. Most come right off afterwords!
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That's my favorite tip, too. My mini acetylene torch has un-stuck bolts and screws when all else failed. I haven't ever welded anything with it, but I've still managed to use it many times.

Doug
 
Welding a flat washer and nut to a broken stud for easy extraction of the broken stud/screw. This trick even worked on a broken screw that holds the Oil pump screen cover on the Model A oil pump..

And I learned of this tip years ago right here on the Fordbarn …
 
Couple tips:
The removal of stuck head and manifold studs using heat and wax.
See the thread: Head / Stud Removal

Look to your Model A friends for help when you need it!
 
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