Recent content by Ford-A-baquet

I have already restored my gearbox and have read it here. It is the next level of escalation to botch up a needle bearing. I had complained about the first scraps to a well known dealer I trusted and received immediate replacement. Now after two years, the vehicle should be registered soon...

Because of the search for bearing part numbers i came across this thread. I have a new juice brake kit now for my A, which contains two 681225. I installed the first bearing with the grease seal. After picking up the second bearing, I became hesitant. The crappy part is a parallelogram with...

here is a new form of sustainability. One of the previous owners ruined the thread of the axle shaft on one side by improperly removing the hub. The lathe operator did a good job. The connector is a 5 mm precision cylinder tube 30cm long, shrunk onto the stub shafts. Drilled 8x diameter 12mm x...

It`s a funny situation now. The Germans are considered the best car makers. And now this German fixes his axle with an ordinary fish scale. The Ami with experience instead ask for a regularly calibrated torque wrench for his 1929 tractor. wikipedia: The first patent for a torque wrench was...

Of course, I hang my index finger in the fish scale and draw this in a circular arc in the 90 degree angle in the direction of rotation. The pinion shaft is turning stadily. And the task 3 kg -- the same as your 6,6 pounds was checked with 3 pack flour. Attached are two pictures out of the...

A torque wrench only for the rear axle was too expensive for me. I have already set. Can someone please recalculate. It seems so tough to me.20 inch pounds is the Task. Same procedure as with my Land Rover,only tighter. Thanks

Yes, I already read about the cover in the rear camshaft bearing. It`s a swiss one which had done this modification. Here the link: https://www.maurer-markus.ch/ford_a/mod_nockenwellendeckel.en.html Only I have to disassemble the engine to cut the cam. The groove for the O- Ring was a 20 min job...

the rear engine flange I checked with a straight edge, same as the housing flange. For me now, faced with the problem, the cause is already clear. When I started to revice my baquet, I invited 3 - 4 Ford A owner, because i wanted to know their experience. I wanted to suck their brain. But more...

my problem is the engine block which warp at the four lower threads for the bolts. The flywheel housing, which is not original from this car, is very straight. I never thought that this can happen. So the block was processed (honing, modern crank bearing shells, new rods) but without make even...

I tried to align the flywheel housing with the crank. Without papergasket it`s easy to proceed the job, set from BILL BARLOW. Shimming here, shimming there, after 30 min. the job is done. Instead of using now the thick paper gasket I apply a string of silicone sealant the whole length of the...

just restore a 1929 baquet from uruguay. The vehicle was used in the 40s and 50s the hardest as a racing car. I had no oil drilling at the back, the surface is OK, although the engine was badly treated. Normally the throughout lubrication groove on the rear bearing treat is sufficient enough...

Stay in front with the crank you say... I do not think you will reach the zone of the polar bears with your ford a

50% of battery power is sufficient to fire the sparks. You stay in front with the crank, that helps to withstand the arctic winter. Sorry, here the link :https://www.batterystuff.com/kb/articles/battery-articles/battery-bank-tutorial.html

born in the snowy mountains of west austria I live now in germany. 15 mi far from the border triangle austria / switzerland / germany at lake constance. The only thing I miss here is the warmer climate of italy and the larger range of Ford A parts in eBay like in the States. Two things I don`t...

here comes winter, four days in a row was too much a severe flu is the result.The timing gear is new, the new crank gear I don`t used.Backlash was too little (,002) so I fixed the old item again. I will disassemble the engine. Don`t painted the pan inside. Due to a total rebuilt of the whole...