Recent content by Shade Tree Mechanic

thanks - Didn't know that. I appreciate the details.

Hello all, I am unable to find a replica of the early model A 21 inch tire covers that were offered by Ford dealers, so I am going to make a couple myself. According to the official 'judging standards' ..."Tire covers were made from a unique black artificial leather (Naugahyde) and appear to...

greetings all - ok to close this case - Thanks again for the help and information. I polarized the generator for Positive Ground, and put in a new Positive Ground Diode in. Its now all working well. DC Output is good, and the ammeter is showing good charging current. Moving on to rebuilding...

GREAT! Thank you! I'll update all after I get the new Positive Ground Cutout and things back together!

Thanks for your advice on polarizing the generator! To Nkaminar - For clarification - you had said... ... "The generator can be polarized by removing the fan belt and connecting a wire from starter switch terminal to the generator output terminal (not cutout terminal)" Do you mean the...

Thank you all for the good advice -

Thanks - I appreciate the response and agree 100% After sending my posit I did learn something new though - It turns out there are two different types of diodes for a model A... One for POSITIVE GROUND and one for NEGATIVE GROUND (Per Snyder's) DIODE ONLY / Negative Ground Part #...

Greetings all, This is my first post to this group and I am hoping someone can help. I recently purchased a nice 28 Phaeton that wasn't running. I rebuilt a T over Covid, and helped a few friends with A's over the years, but this is my first Model A. While troubleshooting - the first thing I...