Recent content by 29leatherbackA

Chill the shaft in the freezer to shrink it. Heat the gear on an incandescent light bulb to expand it. Not so much force required to press it on. I did this with the front wheel bearing races recently, put the races in the freezer and put the hub in the oven (Mrs. not home.) at 170° and the...

It’s not software, but I highly recommend the atlases by Delorme. I have one for Wisconsin and it shows every kind of road you could think of. I think they are available for every state.

Just my opinion, but good originals are still out there. I stopped by a garage sale just yesterday that had a lot of old looking stuff and sure enough there was a beautiful (to me) 21 wheel. No bent spokes, no rot at all in the rim. Just some crappy peeling paint someone had brushed on ages ago...

Spar varnish would probably work, and is fairly easy to get. I am unfamiliar with the aircraft dope mentioned earlier, though that sounds like an ideal solution. Shellac would not hold up well in rain.

I just used a socket and some tapping on the bench to remove mine.

I got the chance to work on my A this weekend, started out by removing the steering stabilizer and tried to go for a drive, the car shook so hard I thought I’d break all my teeth. Next I replaced all the tie rod and drag link springs and cups. The handling improved immensely with that, but still...

The stiltmobile and a tracked version called the eskimobile were made in my home town of Almena Wisconsin. Just down the road from my house. Made by the Swanson machine co. They also made a ford based tractor.

Thanks for the replies, doing a quick visual, I think the mount on the steering stabilizer kit installed by the previous owner got bumped out of place and is catching on the engine mount. I will dig deeper when time permits.

Had to take the A out for a drive on this nice spring day. I hit a rather large pothole that was obscured by water. The car jumped nearly off the road and now it is nearly impossible to turn the wheels to the left. Right is normal and easy as it was before. Where should I start?

My grandpa had an A when he was a teenager and used the egg method. I had a leaky radiatior and he just cracked an egg in it and it quit leaking. One whole egg, he said you could throw another one in if it still leaked.

I’ll be 35 in a couple months.

I had the same problem, lubed the pedal shaft and the zerk in the bell housing and everything is nice and smooth and the pedal comes all the way up now.

When I did mine, I was able to hold the bolts steady with a punch held in the hole where the pin goes. It was a pain, but it worked. I got an all new original style mount, as someone had put in the rubber ball contraption and had secured the radius rod to the ****** with a ratchet strap...