Recent content by Bergy

I am attempting to trim out the interior of my acquired 29 Roadster, utilizing the seats I have, which may not be original (I'm a novice at this and have never upholstered anything in the past). The seat upholstery is adequate, so I only need upholster the gap between the seat back and tack...

Thanks for the thoughts and input. Problem solved - bad ammeter I replace the cutout, problem still persisted. Tested the generator on a friends car and everything charged correctly. Then replaced ammeter and problem was resolved. I guess I should have checked the ammeter first after...

I haven' checked battery with car running, will do this afternoon. It's positive ground, 6v. As noted in first 4 paragraphs I jumped across the cutout, checked lights with engine off (charging), swapped wires on rear of ammeter. And thats when my bigger problems began - I had nothing, as...

I recently took my A for it's inaugural run, 150 mi. after restoration. Everything ran well, except along the way a generator bearing froze up, threw the fan belt. Was able to drive home without a fan or generator since it was a cool day. I had the generator rebuilt and reinstalled. After...

I'm having my engine rebuilt, so I have decided to pull the transmission apart to see what it might need.  Being a novice, I can only recognized the big obvious problems like missing/chipped teeth, galled shafts, loose bearing, etc (I did find broken teeth in the differential, but transmission...

I've been trying for hours to stab the two control rods back into the tubes in the steering column, with no success. Does anybody have a simple trick to stab these in? Its a 7 tooth steering column. The steering shaft is already installed in the lower bushing, etc. I have the two rods...

Wow, lots of stuff, thanks. Brent thanks for the summarizing my situation so well -" lets keep it simple for the beginner"... I reached the conclusion to not use lacquer long ago, but thanks for all the discussion and education. I picked up on a couple new topics in the discussion I'd...

Thanks guys for the guidance. To bare metal I go. I took this project on as a learning experience, so I really appreciate your guidance. I do have a mentor, but he's not always around when I have that question, so I do appreciate your quick replies.

I'm in the process of trying my hand at painting my 29 roadster. I'm a total novice at this and have read all I can find, but have a few questions I'm not clear on. Any suggestions or guidance is greatly appreciated. I have stripped the fenders to bare metal with zip-strip followed by power...

Gents, Thanks for your insights, guidance, and photos. It looks like the best option for me at this time is to paint the sills in place rather than tear them up trying to get them off, until such time I remove the body. I did notice that my sills have been bondo'd, so the previous owner...

I'm in the process of disassembling pieces to paint my '29 Roadster. I am planning to leave the body on the frame and only removing doors, fenders, and other easily removable parts for painting (just sprucing up a driver). Can the door sills be removed easily without lifting the body off...

Thanks to all for your input. I ended up bending the control rod end as best I could, followed by a slight bend in the linkage at the steering wheel end (to match the control rod angles) and finally got the proper travel.

I had a similar problem and discovered two issues. The overflow tube had a hole in it due to corrosion, inside the upper tank where you couldn't see it. When the fluid level expanded above the core, is leaked out. My radiator also didn't have a baffle in it. I replaced the tube and had a...

I'm in the process of trying to find the root cause of my spark advance linkage not fitting properly. My linkage is factory standard of 17" inside-inside, or about 17-1/2" total length with the sliding sleeves. The distance from the inside-inside of the control rod arms on the steering column...

Had the same problem. I found two issues - a hole in the overflow tube (mid depth of the upper tank) and no baffle in the fill neck. Even when filled to just above the core, it would puke water out the overflow tube. My radiator shop replaced the overflow tube (install so the top is...