Recent content by old51fordman

After limping my '33 home from a drive some time ago and some diagnostics, I pulled off the distributor, filed and adjusted the points and it was back on the road running wonderfully. Now I am free to put new transmission bands on the '15 and pull the rear axle to check ring and pinon backlash

I was doing a check on a friend's work on his '26 some time ago and noticed that he had not put the fiber spacer on the end of the axle shafts. I am not sure however that it would cause the problem you are seeing. However it might be important to be sure it is there as it is frequently forgotten...

Just because I see the humor in it all. I should be aggressively moving forward on the full restoration of my 1951 barn find Mercury Sport Sedan. Yeah I know it looks great in the pictures but don't believe everything you see. Anything looks great if you take the shot from the right angle. Over...

Thanks for all the help and comments. To answer some of the questions: Yes I do have the original hydrostatic gauge unit. It functions well but I am getting ready to add some more fluid as much has evaporated since we finished it about 15 years ago. I don't know the pressure of the electric...

After a wonderful drive in my 1933 sedan, it began sputtering home. I made it to my driveway but it said "no thank you" to the steep incline to my garage. It is a fuel issue in or near the gas tank. I have a low pressure electric assist pump in line but run off the normal gas pump except...

Yep That's why i have an app on my phone called "Pure Gas". It helps me find non-ethanol gas where ever I may be.

You are right about that. I was out of covers and it was a Sunday so i fashioned a plexiglass cover temporarily so I could get back to work. I have to get my model T wheels ready so send off for re-spoke-ing

I think I am about 6 months late on a new window for my sandblast chamber

Our '47 has the same problem. We put on an electric pump to prime but eventually it wouldn't even run on the mechanical at all. I checked the pump push rod length and it is ok and even put on a different pump I had laying around to no avail. One day on a whim we checked the line volume and found...

Of course you are right and sorry for the "s". Obviously the temp portion is not hydrostatic. Unfortunately over the 80+ years since the temp gauge was made it has become a bit lower than I would like. I have come to adjust my understanding of when the car is hot, but would rather it the reading...

Thanks a lot for the help. Fortunately mine aren't empty, just inaccurate since they are low. On the Black Hills tour with the Early V8 club a year and a 1/2 ago I had the pleasure of running out of gas and having to coast to the station for gas. Thus I didn't have the option of searching for...

It is time to add more fluid to the 2 hydrostatic gauges on my '33. They were relatively easy to fill appropriately at restoration as the gas tank and radiator were both empty. Over the years, there is, of course, some evaporation that takes place forcing the addition of fluid (what used to be...

There is no way i can compete with that. I may have helped restore 8 cars but I only have 4 grandkids.

It has taken almost 50 years to restore what you see there. I was a boy working with my dad when we started the '27 T (my father's birth year). I was hardly present for the '29 model A as I was in college. My siblings and I worked with my father through the years and toward the end of his life...

I wish the picture could have turned out a bit better, but the photo resolution is just too low. It is a bit hard to work in my home office when I can turn around and be distracted. I have a big pile of '23 model T in the trailer but fear I would have to live to 120 to finish my projects. My...