Recent content by Lembomw

After the holidays I am going out to see if I can mount an electric winch on the back wall in front of where the model A is. Harbor Freight has a 2500 lb electric winch for around $85.00. My garage is 30 ft long and the winch cable is 50 ft so that should work well. Thank you all for your...

Thank you all for your ideas. For the time being I have moved the Model A to the end of the garage by the door and will cover it with a big piece of 4 mill plastic when I am sanding or doing other work on the Corvette that would generate dust, fiberglass particles,etc so that they don't get on...

Has anyone used one of those hot pads that stick to the bottom of the oil pan to heat up the oil? I finished rebuilding my 30 Tudor this past August and am now doing my 65 Corvette. I need to move the Model A outside one nice days so I have room in the garage to work on the Corvette. I can...

Thank you all for your responses. Looks like I will stick with the V8 pump and electric cooling fan. Right now my Snyder 6.1 head is being milled. Blew 2 gaskets (the modern one that Snyders recommends) in 1200 miles. I am not putting another of those gaskets back on. I thought I might...

I have installed a cooling components 2-speed electric fan for my touring engine that also has air conditioning. The standard Model A water pump is too long (I have a Rupert pump) so I installed an 85 HP V-8 water pump with the adaptor. It fits, barely. I am starting to wonder if the V-8 pump...

Thank you all for your detailed responses, this running hot is making me crazy trying to figure out what to fix. I have had problems with the "modern" gasket that Snyder's recommends to use with their 6.1 head. Blew 2 head gaskets in 1200 miles. Yesterday I pulled the head and today brought...

Fred/Tom, thank you for your responses. At this time I have a Brassworks 10 fin per inch radiator on the car. Problem is that I had it on the old engine that was just chocked full of rust and other debris. While I flushed the engine before installing the Brassworks radiator I think that...

This is a question for those who have non-stock Model A engines. I had a touring engine built so that I can drive at highway speeds. The rebuilt engine has pressurized mains, counterbalanced crank, cut flywheel, Stype 340 cam, oversized intake valves, Weber carb, cast iron header, 6.1...

Thank you Brendan. Good info. Mark

Brendan, can you provide more information on the problems you had with the V8 water pump you had on your Model A. What do you mean by it cant handle a fan?? I am looking into installing an adapter and a V8 water pump on my engine. Thanks, Mark

Last year I had the same thing happen when I installed a repo gauge in my Tudor. The problem was as Richard Wilson described in his post, and I repaired it exactly the same way Richard did. The JB Weld seems to be holding up well.

Ray, I wasn’t there when the engine was worked on but the block was magnafluxed (sp?), boiled, sandblasted, pressure checked. Al did a very thorough job with it so I think from these basics were done well. When the head gasket blew last month, when I changed it with the coolant drained I...

Mike, thank you for the link to HAMB. I was told that it takes a few hundred miles to break it in. The engine builder ran the engine on his test stand for a few hours, I have driven it for approximately 500 miles at various speeds. I think with all the "touring stuff" that makes up the engine...

Found the radiator shrouds in Snyders, going to have to get one of those. Thanks How do I get to the HAMB site? Today I changed the jets to 145 and 150. Also had to put a leaner idle jet in. Bumped the timing a little to around 7 advanced. Removed the thermostat and went for a...

Thank you all for your input and suggestions. My major concern which is heading me for the electric fan is that our club participates in several parades during the summer and I do not want to overheat when driving along at 2mph for an hour. When the engine is broken in and safe to drive at...