Recent content by fordfrank

Sorry for what is probably a fairly simple question but I did check the archives and can't really find a clear answer anywhere. I'm changing out all the fluids in a 31 that I bought and am well into fixing. My question at the moment is what weight oil should I be using. Because I don't find any...

changing fluid tomorrow and only have a quart on hand. Will that be enough? What's the capacity of the ******? Thanks

Thanks for all the suggestions and insights. Has helped greatly.

Sorry for all the questions guys. I do check the archives before I post these questions but haven't seen answers to the questions I looking to answer. Here's the next one (as you can probably tell I'm taking out the radiator and replacing the water pump - among other things): I took off the fan...

guys, i have a 31 with cowl lights. the guy i bought it off of gave me a brand new wiring harness for a model a without cowl lights. when i look at the wiring diagram (I only have a decent wiring diagram for a model a without cowl lights) it looks to me like I could take the yellow/black wires...

Bought one of the felt free waterpumps. Getting ready to put it in but was wondering if I need to take out the radiator before I can do it. Doesn't look like there is much room to take the old one out so I'm thinking the radiator needs to come out but just wanted to make sure. Any little...

That sound GREAT! Mitch, That sounds like exactly the kind of advice that may make this whole thing work. Thanks for your insights.

Inspection cover???? Where can we find it? That may be the answer to my prayers. We were discussing the options of pulling the engine, dropping the ******, etc. just to see what we could see. An inspection cover may make all that go away. Where do I look to find it?

I think it feels exactly the same. However, what you are suggesting was just what we were wondering on this end. We were thinking of unhooking the clutch pedal and then trying to move the clutch arm to see if it will move further and seperate the pressure plate from the clutch. Any chance that...

Question for you folks. I have just gotten my recently acquired 31 started after it has been sitting for many (many) years. Tonight I got it idling very nicely and now little to no smoke. Great! However, after it had been running for about 20 minutes or so the clutch (which had been working fine...

Hi guys, I've posted a couple of questions the past few days and gotten great support. Now I have two new questions that I hope someone out there can help me with. I have a wiring harness for my lighting system that runs down the steering column. To install it I need to remove the horn button...

Hi gents, If you saw my earlier post you know I'm working trying to start my 31 for the first time and I'm wrestling with the wiring and power flow. I'm not getting any spark at the plugs and have been working the wiring to trace from the battery where the breakdown occurs. This is all new to me...

That's perfect. Thanks I think that is exactly what I needed to know. Thanks again. This forum looks like it will be a big help to me getting my Model A up and running again.

Hi folks, I'm new to this forum and new to the Model A world. Have a 31 that I am trying to get running. It was rebuilt a couple of owners back but sat for a long time. Now I'm trying to get it running and start restoring it. Step one is getting it running. My problem at the moment is...