Recent content by BigRix

My morning got cancelled so I had a chance to stop by Justice Brothers. Very cool. I've always been one to like restored original cars but this 32 really spoke to me. On the other hand this 32 caught my eye as well. My dad would have loved these. He was always a fan of the 36's. I...

I was taught that if it smokes more under hard acceleration, it is rings. If it smokes more under deceleration, it's valves. This is in reference to blue or oil smoke. The theory goes that high vacuum under decel will draw more oil past the guides. One caveat though. I had a 289 Mustang that...

I'm heading to LA next week for work and wondered if there are any cool places to visit in the area where I could learn more about the Model A? Museums, parts houses, car shows, maybe even meet up with a member of this fine forum and let me poke my head around under the hood of your car? I'll...

The horn on this car doesn't look like it's original. He got me another one to install and that is one more reason I'm replacing the lighting harness. I think I need these two items to make it work with my new headlights. The plug will be the three prong version but no pic was available...

I guess at 49 years old, I just got into the hobby when a friend asked me to work on his 29 Tudor. I dove in head first and am now considering buying one for myself. I am drawn to the simple and robust construction of these cars. I don't see either of my daughters being interested in them but...

I've been looking at the online catalogs and can't find what I'm looking for. Thanks for the info. I'll get a printed version.

Now I am at a loss and feel that my lack of Model A knowledge is showing. The owner brought me new headlight assemblies to install and it looks like the harness on the car has been modified. I don't know what I need to make this set up work. Here is what I removed from the car. The bullet...

Waiting on parts so I've been working on different areas depending on what I have on hand. Next up I decided to install the air filter on the air balanced carb. It felt a little loose and this is what I found when I took the filter element off. Not an uncommon problem from what I have read...

It has a end play collar already but I think the rear bushing is the problem. The owner has a pump coming so I will most likely rebuild this one for a spare. Flushed out the engine and did some scrubbing on the outside. I then installed the plugs and carb. I adjusted the points but I cant...

Well after the lack of progress I was making on the tank, I convinced the owner to let me pull it and have it boiled out. Damn, there are a lot of bolts holding that thing in. I didn't see any reason to pull the windshield as Les Andrews book indicates. Worked for me to just tip it out all...

After digging further it appears that this car has an original, steel, two blade fan. It won't be going back on the car. I've been using Les Andrews book to review many of the operations I will be doing. It is pretty strait forward and easy to follow. Making good headway cleaning the tank...

I'm not sure how to tell if it is original, but it is a two blade. I'll do some research.

I'm such a newb, I didn't even know that new pipe was not stock. It just ends abruptly by the frame. I assumed it was a road draft tube for crankcase ventilation.

She showed up at my house today. Fired her right up and backed her in the garage. Got to work right away and drained the fuel. I don't think the tank is as bad as I thought. It is now sitting with a couple of gallons on Evapo-Rust in it. We will see how it looks after that. What...

Here is a link to the screen set up he wants me to use. http://tefba.com/