Recent content by Mr. Ed

Decided to go with a regrind. Still looking for the piston though. Later! Mr. Ed

Thanks Mag. Later! Mr. Ed

We need the following for our model A motor project: Camshaft One stock piston (not oversized) with rings. OK. You are asking yourself why just one piston? This engine is in a different application and the condition of the motor is unknown. It was seized but after removing the head and old...

We are in need of lifters for our project. Do adjustable lifters require special valves or do the stock valves work with them? Thanks! Mr. Ed

I am in need of a motor for my project. The one we have is in terrible shape. We worked four hours yesterday getting the valves out. And next up is trying to get the rusted lifters out. We know it needs a cam as well as the aforementioned valves, and lifters. So if we can find a local motor...

Thanks for the replies. Later! Mr. Ed

I have a good housing that I bought after ours was found to be so rusted that it's only value is as a paper weight. So I am looking to buy: Upper plate Lower plate Points Condenser Hardware pack Rotor Cap Distributor body Coil "Wires" I checked prices between several vendors and I have a...

That is so cool! Thank you. Later! Mr. Ed

Some time ago, I looked for other auction sites and found a few. I recall also finding statistics for these sites and all of the other ones totaled don't amount to what e-bay does. One other thing is Craigs List. There is a search engine for them called Search Tempest. With it you can look at...

Thanks. I'll do that this week. We are looking at a short block. Later! Mr. Ed

I am in Turnersville. The railbus is in Columbus. Later! Mr. Ed

Brent. I just joined and have a new thread about a railbus I am working on. It has a '30 Model A motor and a narrowed Model T rear. Once I have enough posts, I'll post a photo or two. Later! Mr. Ed

Good morning. I just joined the forum because I have a 1930 Model A motor in a rail bus that we are rebuilding in the chassis. Now while I have done many Ford and AMC motors, the flathead four is new to me. We tried to turn the motor over with a hand crank but it was locked up tight. So we...