Recent content by John Stone

Last Tuesday a fire broke out in the storage unit. Started in anther unit. Our son's 30 Tudor was involved along with my swap meet stuff and a lot of A tool kit tools. Most are salvageable but need a lot of cleaning. The car is restorable but need everything. Tires are still OK and the gas tank...

Mine was originally Commercial Drab with a straw pin stripe. It is now Medium Cream with no pin stripe. Wish I would have painted it like it left the factory but I didn't have access to all the information we have now in 1975,

Using the LBM to do a T was a challenge. A lot of bushings for 1" bar. My LBM came with a lot of bits so found a couple that are short enough to use. I made a fixture to locate off the cam shaft like KR500. For the vertical setting I use the A fixture with bushings. I set the bits with a Kwik...

If you use silver solder.

A couple of wall hangings I have collected over the years. One is a numbered print (the Tudor in the snow) and the other is an original painting on canvas.

It is 1.5” aluminum rod. Cut off center to account for the saw kerf. Still maintained the diameter. In Wichita we have “The Yard Store” which deals in a lot of aircraft surplus, thus a lot of aluminum.

Bought them from Montgomery Wards. Good quality, just suffering from neglect.

There is minimal leakage. Just requires a little cleanup. I usually do a couple dozen small caps at a time. Once set up, it is quite efficient but hot. Noticed that I am out of caps and summer is here. Think I’ll finish rebuilding the front end on my pickup. Installed new king pins in 1964...

Unfortunately we don't have a NAPA in Wichita KS.

I made some molds that I use for the caps. I included some pictures along with the double lipped ladle that I use to pour both sides of the rear main mold cap and all the mains on the block. They may not look professional but they work just fine.

After putting the following Simmons stuff on my A400, I decided it was time to finish the other manifold and carburetors I've had for 20 years. Now to decided which car deserves it. :)

Actually Model B’s used the 3X. C-4’s were for the early V-8’s.

KR-- I had one that would blow free but had a small flat piece of babbitt floating in the main cap line. Sometimes it would leak and other times no leak. Acted like a random check valve. You are right, pull the drain tube and welch plug to make sure.

It can be reversed but the part that goes over the camshaft hole will be on the wrong side. I checked mine by taking off the inspection plate on the flywheel housing and using a mirror could see the gasket sticking out where it wasn't supposed to. I'm not saying you did it, just saying I was not...

My experience with the block/flywheel housing gasket. Many years ago (about 44) I put my first A engine together. Why I did it, I'll never know but I put the gasket on backwards. I guess I thought it was symmetrical. When I started the engine, the oil did not leak and ran fine. Upon shutdown, a...