Recent content by kawagumby

Patience is key with machinery. About the water...it may not be overheating if it just pukes when stopped. Make sure the water level in the radiator is a couple of inches below the "neck" of the radiator when cold, when I first got my "A" I over-filled it and there was a lot of rusty water...

I was about 18, working on my souped-up '56 ford. I couldn't tell if the secondaries were opening on the AFB I had recently mounted, so I decided to look down the throat of the carb while I gassed the engine. Well, my face was about 8-10 inches from the carb when it backfired. Oh my. All my...

Here's my '31 Deluxe. I paid $16250 for it, but it needed engine work and a lot of small but time-consuming fixes, including painting the cowl, hood, etc. I do all my own work, and have about 120 hours in it so far. Just took it for a nice ride today! It is in great shape now with a...

A worn-out commutator (surface starting to miss plating) will do that too. Inconsistent and slow.

Even in the 60's machinery often lacked guards. I worked at a cement manufacturing plant and for my uncle who was a farmer back then with big irrigation pumps. At both it was common to have big electric motors connected to machines via belts that would slap and pop right next to you sometimes...

I had the same setup as the OP when I pulled my engine, except I thought I could get away with not completely disconnecting the throttle system from the rear of the engine (bad move). I used a harbor freight cherry picker and engine leveler that I needed to re-adjust chain position after my...

How is the model B front engine mount different than the model A mount?

I had a similar problem with my '31 roadster. After changing motor mounts, I finally figured out that the problem was a replacement front cross-member that sat slightly higher than the original. I ended up modifying a stock-type front motor mount to get the engine front as low as practical given...

I've noticed I'm starting to get into the habit of calling myself stupid. Just something as dumb as walking by my '31 while holding a jackstand and taking out a big chunk of front fender paint as I go by. It seems stupidity trophies are becoming easier to collect lately.

Re: Engine numbers don’t match I'm not talking about this particular car, but... If I were to buy a model A with a mismatched engine number, and I was sure it wasn't stolen, I'd just grind off the block number and re-strike the numbers to match the current title (if it were to be...

Exactly! Although several of my '60s decade high school friends had model A's, the 20's-30's era is really what beckons me. I'm a big Laurel and Hardy fan, and enjoy many of the silent movies from that time too. Every so often I pull the DVD's out and enjoy watching all the mostly skinny...

@History I do my own taxes and made a mistake (about $1500 worth) that I caught about 3 years later. I filed an amended return for that year, and the IRS refunded the money no problem. What I've noticed with gov't is they are the same as most private businesses and organizations...i.e., you...

https://speed.academy/diy-wheel-alignment-how-to-guide-explained/2/ I used the string method to align my nearly completed '41 Ford hot rod, all new modern steering parts with no previous adjustment at all, and it worked great.

If you have a car that has a non-centered steering issue, the string method can sort that out by referencing the wheels position with respect to a held-center steering wheel. My own experience using both the bar and the string methods taught me that the string method tends to be more...

That's what I was thinking... Do the toe-in adjustment with the steering wheel centered and held in place with something. If the steering wheel is not held in place during a toe-in adjustment, the steering can become off one way or the other due to the adjustment having become unequal from...