Recent content by Doug in Maryland

I would think that Berts might also have them in good used condition as well. If not, I'm sure I can scare up a couple if you'd like.

Interesting. Thanks for the follow up!

You’re welcome, John. Glad to help any way I can.

You are right: my experience with one of my AAs is that the teeth on the input shaft and the internal teeth on the 3rd/4th gear were worn on a bit of an angle from having been “thrown” out of 4th gear without the clutch which led to it jumping out of high gear. Replacing these solved the...

Has anyone here put a T5 in an AA or know of anyone who has? There is more room behind the stock transmission, 4-speed or 3-speed, but I don't know if it would be enough room to not have to fabricate an open drive shaft conversion as you might with an A. I seem to remember that Mitchell made an...

Hi David and welcome! Happy to help any way I can. I’ve been fooling around with AA’s for most of my Model A life :-)

Try Bert's in Denver. They had a used input gear for one of my AA transmissions that for all intents and purposes looked NOS. Great folks to work with as well.

The painted carbon steel radiator shells were generally used throughout production for the commercial vehicles - pick up trucks, etc. The AA's had the same shell style as the A's from 1928-early/mid 1930. After that, the AA radiator shell did not have the widow's peak at the top.

I had the same sort of thing happen with a rope seal. It spread a surprising amount of lint that was eventually caught in the oil pump screen.

Wick, I know this would be sacrilege, but I've often wondered if there would be a clean, neat way to put a Cummins 4BT in an AA so that it would look more or less stock from the outside and could be returned to the original setup later if someone desired. Fun to day dream about!

The A's (pickups) and AA's used the same cab, so unless the cab from the cowl back is from another manufacturer (an independent supplier, such as York Hoover), any windshield frame that would fit an A pickup should fit an AA, assuming that the cabs are from the same year.

The AA shell might not fit. For mid 1930 and all of '31, the AA shells were deeper to accommodate the AA radiator with an extra row of tubes. It's easy to tell the difference between an A and AA radiator for those years: the AA radiator didn't have the widow's peak at the top.

The AA should be fun and driving it for distances that short should be no problem, even if it has the low speed rear (6.6:1 versus 5.14:1). Most parts are relatively easy to find and the AA's share many of the same parts with the A's. The big differences are in the drive line/axles and frame...

As far as dialing in to the flywheel, I don't believe you'll have to worry about the bell housing (the housing to which the transmission is bolted). The housing that you have to be concerned with for that is the one bolted directly to the engine (the flywheel housing). While the A 3-speed and AA...

The easy way to differentiate stamped steel from cast iron AA drums is to look at the rim. On the cast iron drums, there are two small squares 180 degrees apart. See the middle picture of Bob C's post (post #2). The stamped steel drums do not have these.