Recent content by 30 Tudor

You sir are Quite correct,,,I should know better,, I do know better, It won't happen again. Drivers side is always the left side!

To loosen the crankbolt I put on the tool, rest it against the right side frame and hit the starter.

Wrong alloys or improper prep of the heated babbitt or both.

One of these is original Babbitt, the other imposter is out of my rebabbited engine that I paid good money to have done,,,,never even bothered to put it together,it just didn't look right,,lots of other stupid sloppy work. I mean seriously, why bother? It will have inserts.

Sorry,, I slobbered all over it!

I bet that it is only one part of a complete tow bar, the rest of which you don't possess.

Have you had these off and taken any pics or made any measurements,, it would be interesting to see exactly what they are about. Some of us might like to make a set,, no need to reinvent the reinvented brake apply lever. It looks like a good idea to me. It could be designed so that it would be...

Moses,,Moses parted the red sea,, Noah only parted his hair!

And ALL the people said amen.

Thank you to everyone that responded to my inquiry,,, all very thoughtful and well stated, thank you. Fordbarn excellence at it's best! I don't want a shoddy job, nor do I want it for free at all,, I often pay more for what someone might ask if I feel they are too cheap on the price, everyone...

I got a quote for the price of re upholstery for the seats only, in a 30 tudor,,, $1400.00,,, labor only, I furnish fabric..... That seems insanely high to me,,, Thoughts? I may soon be the new owner of an industrial sewing machine, I would come out money ahead,,,

Run a compression check to eliminate mechanical possibilities. I have seen new parts that are wrong on occasion. Start there, then go to spark,and spark timing, a can of ether will cover the volatiles.

You can cut a round piece of 3/4 plywood larger than the rim, then cut two smaller pieces larger than the outer load bearing surface of the center hub, then screw them together. When you set the wheel on the raised center it will sit upon it and the wheel rim should be about 1/4" from touching...

The model A crankshaft was balanced from the factory and needs no extra weight added anywhere to balance it. The extra weight is added to dampen the racket from the rod and piston assembly flying up and down and the hammering on the power stroke. Some of the noise from all of the hullabaloo of...

An adventure well thought out, perfectly executed, and successfully recovered from. No one had to eat any Vienna sausages did they?