Recent content by Rudy T

True, ordered from them recently and was here in 2 days. Also So. Fl.. Bought something today from Jerry's in Orlando. Could likely be next day service from there

Hello all, Im missing my airfilter on my car, but it's a righty hand steer. I found an old post where someone mentioned this site from a vendor in New Zealand. http://www.earlyfordparts.co.nz/right_hand_drive.htm I wrote them but havent heard back, between shipping and the price tag, thats...

Ha ha ha!! Im so new im never sure whats supposed to be there and whats not. Definitely gonna get rid of it. It is a cutoff and always thought it was in a really bad place

Definitely gonna tear into mine next. Thanks for all the help everyone

Well im gonna look into the timing next, but i think its ok. After it fires and stays on a few seconds, i start to lower the spark advance, and the rpms seem to pick up, i then push up on the throttle a bit and it smooths out. Does that sound right? Heres a vid of the idling, i think it...

So A did the trick, got it running. Started to tune it down to a nice smooth idle, which led to more frequent crankings. Lesson learned today: very easy to flood. Definitely something wrong with the power side of things. Starter got worse, barely turned over. Battery checked out, so gonna...

Trying to get my dads 28 phaeton running and having a hard time having the engine fire consistently. I rebuilt the carb, mostly followed Tom Endy's instructions minus soldering up the jets and re-drilling to spec, nor flow tested. Used the jets i got as is. Put the carb on the engine fired up...

I think i mangled mine to the point where i am have to drill it out. any advice?

The app for your smart phone is great

Sweet, thanks guys! Seth, thanks for the link and awesome web site you got yourself there. Going to check out your videos...

Good Evening All, So I have this generator, and wanted to get the back plate for it. Except it don't look like what's in the parts books... ````````````````````````````````````````` Thanks! Rudy

Thanks all for the replies! I found various options for contact cement on all the usual suppliers. I am going to look up my local club, and thanks for the offer Rusty - will definitely reach out. Next is to tackle that rusty fuel tank... should be interesting!

Hi All, Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday! So, Im starting heavy into a project my Pops and I have been tinkering with slowly for, well, decades now... We really want to get it running and have it be a frequent use vehicle, so working towards reliability versus restoration...