Recent content by John Gibson

1937 & later had a solenoid mounted on the firewall under the battery cutout in the dash. My solenoid had a little button on the bottom of it that would actuate the starter. Don’t know if that was OEM or not. John

I love it when a well thought out plan comes to fruition! I will be there if at all possible!

Thank you Michael Driskill at Third Gen for your suggestion re: Viton. I made gaskets using Viton rubber (Amazon - expensive) and it seals the 1932-1933 fuel pump really well, no vacuum leaks and it is pumping about 2 1/2 pounds of pressure. I changed the needle valve and seat and messed up...

I expect you will find a new caretaker soon. Wonderful old car with lots of provenance!

I pulled a vacuum on the fuel line at the cowl and no stoppage there but I did get a few small pieces of debris. Viton material arrived yesterday so I will make some dies to get a good precision cut on the material as suggested by Michael @ Thirdgen. I put a new diaphram in the fuel pump which...

Can you remove the screws on the bottom of the door and just lift it out?

Here is Thirdgen’s website: https://thirdgenauto.com/ JG

My 33 is being a real pain! It had been running fine but family health issues took us out of Georgia for three months early this year and the car was not run at all during that time. It sits in a 30x40 metal building that is climate controlled with temperature in the low 70’s and low humidity...

From what I have read on this thread I think you would be much better advised to pony up more $$$ and buy something that is what you are really wanting and that is “frig-free”, meaning you can buy and drive it right away. Early Fords on BAT recently was a decent 35 roadster @ 29k, 34 woodie 28k...

Old rubber becomes quite brittle with age and will break easily. Letting it sit outside in the sun on a nice warm/hot day will give you a good chance of it not breaking up when you unroll it.

Jeez guys, all you have to do is just use the door key, take it to your locksmith, have him make a duplicate and wallah, you now have an ignition key! Easy Peasy, and you are welcome!

As an old guy in Maine once told me, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”!

Years ago I had a large turnbuckle that we welded a piece of 1/4 inch x 2 inch steel on each end. Worked really well and was safe.

Post a picture of it please.

Bohica