Recent content by Rien

my title says mine is 1930, but vin says '31 have you ran your engine number yet? also, are your metal stakes welded on 'cause mine are and they are poorly done.

Thank you for the advice, Ill probably add that retaining rod to my parts list of stuff yet to be bought. Its getting pretty long now.

I pulled the transmission off and found out why the bolts were spinning. I had not cleaned the threads off the radius ball bolts, so as I took off the castle nuts, they jammed, spun on the rod that was supposed to stop them from spinning, and bent it up so the rod never made contact. The rod...

I honestly know next to nothing about engines, but I run circles around somebody with electronics and microcontrollers. Apparently I have to replace the piston rings. When i run my finger up the side of the cylinder, there is a little lip at the top. The engine hasnt been started in maybe 45...

I just wanted to post my method on how I pulled my engine (note: it is not pulled yet, I forgot to remove the radius ball bolts, and the bolts are spinning, I have to seperate the ****** first.) The idea was that not to use the spark plugs for the reasons jcheshire mentioned about stripping the...

so the results: I tried to push them up as i slowly rotated them hoping to make contact with something that would lock up the bolts, but they never moved vertically. I took off the top plate to the clutch and flywheel hoping that I would see the bolts at the bottom to put something on them to...

alright, so I might be able to push up on the bolts to get them to contact the bar. Ill be back in maybe 15-30minutes with a result.

I am in the process of pulling the engine and transmission at the same time. I have already removed the bolts holding the transmission to the shorter of the driver shafts. I already picked up the engine till the small hit the frame (by accident), and I tried to pull the engine forwards until I...

So is this windshield a slanted windshield?

rian, you mentioned the wheels were stamped with a date. About where were your wheels stamped? Over the entire truck, I have found a transmission number, engine number, both are different, but nothing else.

the first 2 pictures are those of the truck as it was before I started taking it apart. Im sorry for the grainy detail, I cant find the disc the photos were on, so I scanned in the high-gloss photos. Another photo is one of the fuel shutoff valve located underneath the gas tank/dashboard. The...

I have an even dumber question? Is the difference between a slant windshield and a regular one simply that the slant one slants out to let air in while the regular doesnt move at all?

I see what you mean. For comparison purposes, I included my truck's cab, a 1929, and a 1931. I had never noticed the difference before the way the cab is shaped, nor the upwards V on the 1929, and downwards V on the 1930 and 1931. And I also noticed where there is an indent on both sides not...

Sorry about the slow response, I have been busy with keeping up in my college classes that I havent gotten around to Model AA recently. Im taking up Reds34 and 1crosscut's advice and I am moving this thread over to aa-fords.com forum portion of the site. Im supplying the link to the other...

Vehicle: Model AA 1930? Stakebed? pickup truck I do not know if the stakebed that the truck came with is original since the metal stakes welded to the bed sills, the bench seat from a different vehicle welded to the cab, and the mirrors welded to the door hinges most certainly did not come with...