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Make sure the spider is in the 12 and 6 o'clock positions when you put the switch on...

Thanks for all the good information. I will try to prefill the filter before I install it ans pour some oil down the distributor hole. Great discussion! Thanks, Jim

I have installed a full-flow oil filter on my A. It is the one that mount on the valve cover and sticks out horizontally. The output tube from the oil pump is extended and goes directly into the oil filter. On first startup, the filter is empty and has to be filled up by the pump before any...

I haven't driven my car in nearly 65 years and am restoring it now. I just installed a new light switch. It turns on the headlights by turning the lever counterclockwise 2 clicks that that turn on the headlight high and low beams. There is one click clockwise that turns on the parking lights...

Thanks for the help, Guys! I have it licked for sure.

I took my old speedometer cable out of my car about three years ago. Now it is time to install a new one, but I can't remember the routing. Does the cable travel along the frame rail into the engine bay and then come back in through the firewall somewhere? Or does the cable follow the frame...

I am 81 and have owned my '31 Deluxe Coupe for for 66 years.

Sounds good. I will give it a try. Thanks.

I am trying to set the side window glass in my '31 Coupe into the metal glass channel with the rubber setting stuff. It has become so difficult that I think there must be a trick. Does anyone know the proper way to do this? Thanks, Jim

Does anyone have a template for the top bows of the '31 coupe? Or do you know where I can find one? Thx

I am trying to make fender patch es for the headlight bar using Snyders A-16006-BP. Rookie question: do the dimples go up toward top of fender or down towards inside of fender. My fenders are so completely rusted out that I cannot tell and I get no help from Snyders. Thx, Jim

Brand new light switches, color coded wire leads attached including corresponding wiring diagram. $40 each. (Wiring harnesses sold)

Very close! The one I saw allowed you to choose year and body style. My car is a 1931 Deluxe Coupe. Thanks. Maybe someone else know the on I am searching for.

Several year ago I happened om a site that displayed whatever paint colors you were considering on whatever body style you chose. I thought it was pretty cool. Now that I need it to pick my paint colors, I can't find it. I thought it was on MAFCA, but it doesn't seem to be the case. Does...

Does anyone have a list of clevis pins and standard sizes for the Model A? Does anyone have a source for oversize clevis pins? Trying to take some of the slop out of my rods. Thx, Jim