Recent content by rickd

Get all of that tape and stuff off that clutch shaft and see what you have. Share some pics. Could be an attempt to stop an oil leak or a quick fix on something else. The MTFCA transmission book is helpful as is the Ford Service manual.

One more bit of info; not to add to the mystery of learning to drive your T but you will find over time that there is a neutral sweet spot in your clutch pedal between low and high that will allow you to not to have to keep using that brake lever to get your trans into neutral. Finding that...

The MTFCA Forum site has a Vowell diagram section. There are brake diagrams posted there. Langs also has a good brake system diagram in their paper catalog. I don't know if its online.

The parking brake lever should be fully forward when driving your Model T. Bringing it to a vertical position will put your trans in neutral. You can go in reverse from that neutral position, and put it in low gear to move forward. I usually push the clutch pedal to low and move the parking...

I have owned two 27 Model T Roadsters. Still have one of them. Sure they will do 40 mph, but I think that is asking for problems on a Model T. I suggest you think in terms of 30 to 35 at the top end so that car will last you many years.

Mr. Plucker, I have a pic of a wide bed bed I can try to email to you. Use the address you posted above?

Did you make any changes to the carb mixture adjustment while doing your work? Spark plug wires re-connected correctly? Sounds like its running way too rich. When things like this stump me I slow it down and go back to the basics and recheck spark, fuel and air(mixture) especially when the car...

I just did my king pins using the Snyders reamer on my first Model A. Long time Model T guy (30 years) enjoying my new 28 Roadster. I followed the Les Andrews book. I pressed in both new bushings first, then did the reaming. The reamer has a smaller front end that does a preliminary reaming...

The "timbers" are the sills of the wooden frame. The sills have 3 or 4 metal brackets attached to them that align with metal brackets on the metal frame. Undo the bolts attaching the sills to the metal frame. There are a couple of options on lifting off your T-body. The Model T manual shows...