Recent content by stouchton

I had 2 vitons from Brattons refuse to seal. Installed a grose style and all has been well - going on a year now. I have 7 other carb engines all with viton and no issues at all. Must be a quality issue with the ones for the A's.

I wanted to thank you all for your feedback. Lots of good stuff. Roadster is stock except for turn signals and paint - so very simple electrical to work on. Planning on driving from the Reading PA area to Wildwood NJ for the fall boardwalk show. I normally trailer the A down or drive the...

My 31 Roadster runs, steers and stops great - but I know absolutely nothing about the engine, transmission and differential internals. Because of this I limit myself to 50 mile round trip outings..... But I am considering a 300 mile trip. Besides carrying the normal stuff (tools, water...

On a slightly different note, I think the one place where synthetics just outperform Dino is in really cold climates - they just seem to not get overly thick as the temps plummet even though they have the same weighting.

Old synthetic oils were not compatible with neoprene - hence leaks. (crowd I hang with refers to this as a myth originally founded in fact.. a long, long time ago). Model A does not use neoprene, and those old synthetics are no longer made..... (why are we worried about leaks with a Model...

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Good article below.... fact checked as much as I could at lunch time and seems to check out well. Also - ethanol fuel will burn leaner, engine runs hotter - contributing to the problem. Noticed the leaner condition on an engine I was setting up using an air/fuel meter. Actually changed the...

I've had one for a couple years - I like it and it works. It shunts the field to ground to cease output, so you cannot connect the battery to the opposite side of the regulator to polarize the generator (establish residual magnetism of correct polarity). Instructions say to disconnect it of...

Tom - front bearing retainer has an oiler hole. Rear bearing retainer does not. Picture shows my bearing - and I thought it was self destructed until I saw your picture...

I wanted to thank all of you or the suggestions. At the moment the sound has ceased. Had a friend come over last night, we cracked open a couple beers and let the car run for half an hour. His only comment was about the bearing squeak! (I was wrong, it has a rear roller bearing but it cannot...

A little more info: I have made no changes to the engine except to change the needle and seat in the carb. Fan is tight, does not wobble at all. Originally the fan belt was tight, however when I put the belt back on I kept things on the slightly loose side (about 3/4" deflection)...

Folks - need to help isolating a possible engine noise. Sounds like tapping a piece of sheet metal with a hammer (gently). It is intermittent, kind of comes and goes. Sounds like it is coming from front of engine, loudest when you listen directly in front of radiator. I removed fan belt and...

Brendan - can you elaborate or is it simply eyes must be on the road at all times?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K72SBVU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1 Pinesdune - this is what got me thinking about it. Hope the link works. I bent the sensor to fit in the radiator, but working on a smaller version. Also see the need for the infrared version.

I know this might not be everyones cup of tea, and I am ok with that. I do want to thank you all for the feedback so far.