Recent content by Grape PI

Ok, this all began with a blown head gasket. Long story short, I opted to change plugs as well. I gapped them all at .030. The car had a distinctive miss when I put it back together. I determined that #2 cylynder was not firing. I pulled the plug, and there was almost no gap. Apparently we...

My guess is that the wear has been there for some time. I removed the distributor when I changed the head gasket. I likely got jarred and whatever gunk was in there keeping it centered became disturbed.

Yup. Spring is fine.

The slop is quit a bit. I can actually manipulate the points by wobbling it as I attempt to time it. I pulled the top plate off to check that annoying wire underneath. All seemed good.

I have a fair amount of play in the top plate on my distributer. The car starts fine and idles well. However, as you drive it, it will intermittently miss and buck. Yesterday, I barely made it home. It stalled as I pulled in the driveway. I retarded the spark advance and started it like I...

UPDATE! Key ignition switch was the problem. Bypassed it and we are off and running. Thanks for all of the input guys! Beer time!

Update 6.24V everywhere. Both sides of starter. Both sides of terminal box. Both sides of coil. I have voltage to movable point when open. When they close, no voltage on either side and voltage on driver side of coil goes away as it should. No spark from coil wire that leads to distributor.

New cable installed. Still no spark.

Positive ground terminal on battery connection is broken. Any chance this is the cause?

OK Ganng. I could use a bit of help here. So I took my 29 out today. Ran great. The horn has only worked intermittently since I bought it in October. A while back, I oiled it and spun it by hand. That seemed to fix the problem. On my ride today, I tried the horn just to see if it was working...

Chuck The first car that my grandfather remembers his father having was a 1929 Model A. It however was a Tudor. This was here in Western NY along the shores of Lake Erie. My grandfather was born in September of 1927. That winter, there was very little work in the area, so he loaded his young...

Hi all I am new to the Model A world, and am in love with this amazing car and it’s pivotol role in American history. In October of 2017, I bought my first model A with my 90 year old grandfather. We have talked about this for years and at 90, well, let’s face it, he is not a model A and will...