Recent content by Steve_KS

Hello, I’m installing seat belts in the back seat of my ’30 Tudor. I’ve searched the forum but only found 1 thread that seemed applicable. I don’t fully understand the pictures in there. https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55987 It seems like they did more modifications than I...

That was my worry, that the lever geometry may be crummy and that's why whomever put a booster on it in the past. I am not 100% sure the booster is bad. - My motor idles and runs poorly at startup, it starts quick but then any throttle application and it wants to die. The choke helps a...

This may be a stupid question but if I disconnect the vacuum line from the booster and drill a hole perhaps on the pedal side of the booster to keep the pedal from getting hard would that approximate the feeling of a system without the booster? Just wondering if that would let me test the...

Thanks for the help. I was thinking about removing it to simplify things but wasn't sure how well it would work. If I do remove it I'll have to learn to bend brake tubing, then I may as well add a dual master.

My A came with hydraulic brakes. I believe I have a vacuum leak, car idles fast, motor wants to die if you give it gas or apply any load after starting it. Once you've driven a few miles then it seem mostly fine. I pulled the vaccum line off the power booster and plugged it, the motor...

Thanks for the tips. Yea the master cylinder looks to have leaked in the past but it hasn't the last year I've owned it. Previous owner must have fixed it. Plenty of other leaks to keep me worried though... The car does stop good. I've been thinking I should find a dual master but that's...

Hi All, My A has had several upgrades and I'm trying to determine what the parts are. My Brakes have been converted to hydraulic, how do I identify what system I have? The front hubs came off easy and used outer bearings Bower BT09074 and Timkenx A-1216, I think that means 1928-1948 Ford...

I like the modern shutoff inline idea. Think I'll go look for one after work.

Thanks I've seen that one it's decent. I bought a new valve from Snyders. It's the same as the one on my car with the O ring and spring, no packing. It leaks just like the one I already had, at about the same rate too. The O ring does it's job it doesn't leak in the cab just lets fuel...

I am rebuilding my fuel shutoff valve, it's not an original piece but a reproduction. I have the cone and body lapped together well enough I think but my question is on assembly. The rebuild kit has a packing nut, I didn't see one in the valve I disassembled. Mine was the cone (brass...

It idles smooth and runs well as far as I can tell. The spark plugs all look the same, and looking into the cylinders they all look the same too for whatever that's worth. So I think all cylinders are firing, I thought maybe one wasn't and the cylinder was filling with gas causing the startup...

Thanks for the advice Larry, I didn't add this carb it was there when I got it so I dont have an updraft or an intake that works with it.

I originally started 2 threads one for the oil leak and one for the carb but its starting to look like its 2 symptoms of the same problem. Here is a link to the other thread just for thoroughness. https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=247943&showall=1 Last night I cranked the car...

Can gas leak into the motor with the fuel shut off from the carburetor bowl? I don't know much about the carb. But that's the only thing I can think of. It's a Stromberg 81 downdraft Is a carburetor rebuild the next step is there more troubleshooting I should do I had originally started 2...

Last night I cranked the car over without pulling the choke or pressing the accelerator and like usual gas blew out the exhaust manifold to exhaust pipe junction. So I think that means the fuel is already in the motor and I wasn't adding it by pumping the pedal or choking it. I checked the oil...