Recent content by doriens 1930

Not a Fun thing did this a year ago .get an attorney that does titles save time and money. I had to file with papers to State Of Ohio with county court house Have state inspector come look at truck Take engine # run them to see if stolen wait . take truck to State Patrol Inspection center pay...

can anyone tell me if all the trucks grills and headlight were black or if some were left stainless mine are not black?

Kind of new but not plug s on #4 always seemed more black .Was running fine hit a big pot hole in road then seamed to have to hold solector rod all the way down to run better , adjusted colum an adjusted points . starts fine but seams to be lacking power. were should GAV be set

OK thanks Lube #1 .018 #2 .020 #3 .020 #4 .020 the rotor button gap is .025 carb is a zenth-1

My 1930 starts fine but lacks power when give gas . plugs all look different #4 is black #3 black #2 looks a little wet #1 wet an little Black any Ideas thanks

i have a 1930 a model pick up numbers #3 and #4 plugs show that they are to rich points are new ,plugs are new carb. is new could it be that tghe float is set to high run bad at driving speeds have to retard spark advance to get to run like its not loading up any thoughts on but to check thanks.

I went to replace the points on my 30 model and new ones fit loose and a little short not a lot short just did not set straight is there a common set I could try

can any one tell me if a seat from a 1930 coupe is the same or were I can find a compete seat frame

Dont be affaid of water based paint .just remember air flow you can get hand held venturi fans from paint jobber.Get a good line of paint and use the complete line dont mix and match .Sherwin-williams has a great line and so does bafs. I have both lines in my shop at this time the base is the...

My 1930 A- trucks engine just lock had started fine has had know noises the oil looked fine trird to hand crank motors stuck looked to see if could maybe turn it a little the other way to see if maybe there could have been a bolt back out and stuck in flywheel . could the starter stick and cause...

thanks Pat in Santa Cruz I do have a digital heat gun and planned to switch the head over to the old one if it fits looks better then new one the base of old one was broke and would not seal .

thanks guys .

no not restored i have had it for about a month have driven it about 50 miles did went boil over at first then had radi, worked on drove it a little and flushed system again did put a new leakless water pump on it to while radi. was out put a new autometer on it to old one did not seal and water...

I needed to know how warm should it get just idling . I have had the radi. taken apart and cleaned ,flushed the engine and replaced the hoses it seams to be getting good and warm what should i look for to help keep it cool.