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Hi everyone, Happy New Year! Both of the window crank posts on my 1930 Coupe have a bit of the ends broken off, which makes it difficult for the crank handles to stay on and impossible to put escutcheons under the crank handles. I'm planning on building them out using Steelstik, but I don't...

Already did that.

Do I have to get a special insulator part, or can I use something else, like a plastic spacer or something like that?

I think the diagram shows the second wires from the ignition coil going to the terminal box. The big armored cable that goes to the distributor is still there.

Sorry, I forgot to mention, I checked and cleaned up the battery terminals and connections and also took the positive ground cable off the frame, cleaned it up and even sanded any corrosion down to the bare metal on the cable and frame to make sure it gets a a good connection. The ignition...

Hi everyone, I ran into a couple of problems recently. When I first started my coupe, it started and ran fine, but a couple of hours later that night when I went to start it, nothing happened when I pushed the starter, but after a couple of tries it finally spun and started right up. Then, as I...

Hi everyone, I just replaced the brake pads on one of the rear wheels today, and when I went to replace the hub, it won't go on. It looks like it's getting stuck on the new brake pads. I turned the adjustment bolt all the way out and detached the brake rod, so the shoes aren't being engaged...

Hi everyone. I finally found some old Model A tools in my parents' garage where my father kept his 1930 Model A Coupe before he gave it to me in his will. It was wrenches, grease guns and an engine crank. I'd like to make a little display box for the tools to hang in my garage, but also want to...

Do any of you think I should look at the timing or anything after doing that work on the points and rotating the steering column to line up the distributor arm correctly? It seems to be running ok, but it did feel like a little bit of a rough idle last night and stalled (maybe it was the GAV again).

Ok, update time. I checked out the instructions on https://modelabasics.com/Ignition.htm that gave instruction on the ignition system. First I checked the gap from the rotor to the contacts on the distributor cap. One or two gaps were a little too wide, about .030, so I adjusted the gaps. I...

Thanks for all the great advice everybody! I'm going to keep the GAV open more and the spark rod little further down when I drive it home from work and see how it runs. Even if I don't get any popping, I'm going to put the gumout in and double-check the distributor shaft and points when I get...

Ok, that sounds good, I'll put that in today. The instructions say to add one bottle to 20 gallons of gas, should I only put half a bottle in the 10 - 11 gallon tank?

I had a feeling that might've been the problem. I'll do that from now on.

Is there an easy way of cleaning it out without taking it all apart? I'm afraid if I take it all apart, I may not put it back together correctly. :eek:

It doesn't to behave as badly when it's more warmed up (maybe after driving a couple of miles or so).