Recent content by Paul from Maine

I set valve stem to lifter clearance in my Model T by grinding off a little bit of the stem with my bench grinder. I made a little jig to lay the valve in and to keep it perpendicular to the side of the grinding wheel! Seemed to work fine.

That's what I did about three years ago. Haven't had a fuel system problem since!

Those look like Russian Fords. The guy probably has a bag full ammunition!

If you drive a lot, switch to radials! The difference in ride, handling and braking is like the difference between night and day! I had four 15" Jeep rims lying around and just for fun bought two Goodyear Wranglers from Walmart and bolted them on the rear! What a difference! I then ordered new...

I have never owned a vehicle where the seatbelts were attached to the frame. In most vehicles the lap belts were bolted to the sheet metal floor and the shoulder harness to a spindly door post. And what about uni-body vehicles? I mounted my lap belts to the great timber which crosses the width...

I've run my EVR with the third brush at max for over four thousand miles with no problems yet! I replaced my generator brushes a year ago and noted no damage to the generator! I would be confident, but would look for a short or something in the turn signal wiring, as that seems to be an...

When I converted to six volt sealed beam headlights, I replaced my original, perfectly serviceable Ford 20 amp ammeter with a cheap 30 amp one from Tam's because with high beams and brake lights on and the engine off, the needle on the 20 amp would peg on the discharge side! Other than the...

I got sick of the rough ride my 4.50 x 21 tires were giving me so I scavenged four 15" wheels off a wrecked old Postal Jeep, mounted four 225 R75 15 Goodyear Wranglers on them, bolted two to the rear with no modification and mounted new front cast iron drums on the front hubs with longer studs...

If you have sealed beam headlights, you may have to set the third brush to full output to produce the maximum amps. I have an electronic voltage regulator on my generator on a six volt positive ground system and had to move the third brush to max output to keep the battery from discharging on...

5/8 hole saws from Lowe's or Home Depot's online sites worked for me and are cheap! By more than one, as they can disintegrate if used too aggressively!

I got tired of the rough ride of my 21" Universals! I mounted four 225-75 -15 Goodyear Wranglers to some 15" Jeep rims that were kicking around. The rims bolted to the rear hubs fine, but required 1/4" spacers and longer lugs to mount safely on the front hubs (installed the longer lug bolts with...

I agree! Unless you are driving in a sandstorm, what use is the air filter on an updraft carb? Any type of debris that would be substantial enough to damage the engine would be too heavy to be sucked UP past the throttle plate, UP through the vertical part of the intake and then UP through the...

Imagine the block was completely clogged with rust! How much heat would be transferred by the coolant to the radiator? Little to none! The more clogged your cooling passages in your engine, the less heat can be transferred to the radiator by the coolant! Your engine will overheat with clogged...

An engine is only going to produce a certain amount of heat! The total heat output does not rise that much if the cooling passages around a cylinder are clogged! Sure there will be additional friction which produces heat, but how much can that be compared to the heat of combustion? In the case...

Bite the bullet and spring for a new radiator! It will either solve the problem or at least eliminate one of the possible causes! Old round tube radiators (especially the 28-29's) were marginal at best when new. No matter what you do to those eight decade old cores, they will never be as...