Recent content by DkFordor

Apologies for the ambiguous formulation, I meant to suggest it's a bad idea to use the OD for engine braking based on your experience above. I do realize there is no freewheeling in this OD:)

Thanks Herb, I guess it will be obvious once the car is running :) But I guess it means no engine braking by flipping the OD then.

Herb, can you elaborate on the deceleration part? I have a Fordor with this OD under construction, not yet running, and have not heard of this before. Thanks for sharing your insights :) Dan

That's cool - guess sometimes less is more :) I did know of more conventional uses of model A engines in railway vehicles - I even acquired a coolant heater originally from such a vehicle. Matches the one already installed :)

Thanks Davey - this is very useful :) Did you consider what happens if the cutout switch fails? I'm not sure if this should be taken into consideration...

Thanks all - good input and much appreciated! My intention was/is to use the original OD relay as this gives the switching behavior I think is best and most foolproof. One feature of it is, that once the OD is disengaged it stays disengaged until you actively reengage it. For example if the...

A question for those with a Laycock unit already installed: how is the solenoid wired? It comes from a 12 volt negative ground, and I don't currently see a way to isolate it from ground. Which would imply that the 12 volt negative ground circuit would have to coexist along 6 volt positive...

David, thanks for your reply. Regarding an import from the US: The thing is I live in a country where there is both import tax and after that VAT of 25 %. So anything arriving from outside the EU is prone to be somewhat expensive. Located just next to Sweden - the country of Volvos :) -...

Small update: The physical adaptation of the OD is still pending. Have focused on the electrical side of the installation. Got my hands on a Volvo OD-relay (12 volt neg ground), that now sits in my test setup and works very nicely - at voltages above ~8.5-9 volt. For voltages below this it...

:D On a less serious note: That must equate to a maximum rpm range around 37,000 rpm :p I wonder what the speed of the model A is at that engine rpm :rolleyes:

Have a look at the headlights while cranking - they should dim but not go out completely. May give an indication of the health of your battery.

Synchro - I for one disagree. While I do not currently have a wheel bearing problem I would certainly consider a modern alternative when I do have to replace the old original style bearings. Your write up would certainly be (have been?) a good guide when that time comes.

Synchro, would you be able to share the article here? I'm sure more would be interested in the conversion :)

This is particularly true! AI, or machine learning, needs to be trained on a dataset prior to use. Think of the early spam filters, where certain terms would trigger a 'spam'-label. Spammers would then eg write 'f*ck' to avoid this. The new generation of spamfilters are AI-based. So when you...

Slightly OT: As a kid I remember loosing a fanblade on the A doing about 80 km/h on the highway. There was a loud bang, the blade went straight through the side causing a 3-4 cm long exit wound. It was very clean and neat and easy to fix. Guess we were lucky :)