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I just managed to get the lens out and the bulb is good. Must be the wiring. Dave

I found the snap ring, and it looks just like you said. However, I cannot get anything under the ends of the snap ring. It is really tight, and doesn't want to come out at all. The dome light worked the last time I tried it, probably a year ago. The car has been converted to 12v so I think it...

My dome light on my '31 Tudor has quit working. I can't see how to remove the cover and I don't want to break it. How does it come off? Dave

I had to have the left rear fender repaired last winter on my pretty nice '31 Tudor. The shop charged $1400 to remove, repair, repaint and replace the fender. At this rate, you could easily have $7500 in body work and paint. I'm with the other guys on this. Keep it original, have it made...

When I bought my 31 Tudor, it had the shortened pitman arm, and it wouldn't turn sharp at all to the left. I had to back up to make a u-turn at green arrows. I put the standard one on and it now works correctly. I don't notice that the standard arm takes any more effort to steer than the...

Carter P60504 like the other guys said. Works great with my down draft carb. Dave

I replaced the engine in mine with a new one from Bert's. That leak is taken care of, but the Mitchell ******, Overdrive and the rear end all leak. I put cardboard from the ****** all the way to the back bumper.

My '31 Tudor will turn quite sharply to the right, but a left turn is not nearly as sharp. I thought it was the steering box that someone else had redone and didn't get back together right. A couple of folks I know who know more than I about the Model A say that the drag link is backwards...

We brought our very nice '31 Tudor to Mesa Arizona for the winter, and have had it in three car shows since we got down here. The only interest is in cars with blowers sticking out of the hoods. The only guys that have shown any interest in our car were already Model A enthusiasts! Dave

I bought a car that had a set of 283 pistons in it. They worked fine, but the bottom end of that engine went bad. I don't think there is a pinch of "better" with them though. Dave

The regulator isn't colored at all. It is just a Holley 12-804, and I bought a really good liquid filled low pressure gauge and have the pressure set with a new 12-804 regulator at just a hair over 2 lbs. The Carter pump is not supposed (12 volt) to put out more pressure than 2-4 lbs, but it...

I have a Carter P60504 fuel pump, supposed to put out 1-4lbs. I installed a Holley 12-804 regulator downstream from the pump, and have the whole thing set as low as the regulator will set, probably less than a couple of pounds.

I had a real issue with flooding at stop lights last year, and it finally got so bad that it quit one day and I couldn't get it started at all. It wouldn't even try. I was headed for Arizona anyway, so I took it (the carb)to Sammy at Arizona Model A's and he worked on the carb, and then put it...

People love these old cars, and many of them dream of having one of their own. I am always glad to talk to them about the car, and I am proud they want to look at it. But, when I don't have time to spend with them, I just politely tell them so, and I have never had an issue with that. Dave

It is most definitely TDC on the compression stroke, and both valves are closed. The only problem, if there is a problem, is that the number one firing position is 180 degrees from the original engine. On the number one firing spot, the rotor is pointing at the driver, where the on old engine...