Recent content by Wilbur

I would opt for draining it and leaving the petcock open. If it was a good engine, I'd rather have good AF in it to combat corrosion. A non-runner is better off dry.

Dave. Just be patient and keep looking locally. There are many, many cars within a 3 hours drive of you , just sitting in garages, as their current owners have become too old to use them or have passed away. They come up all the time. Craigslist is a good source as are estate sales. I live...

Situation resolved. Thanks all.

Dave Young. 609-289-0677

We are on Tour from Mystic Seaport and one of the A's in the group has lost his timing gear. If anyone nearby has a cam nut socket and a puller, we'd be back in business.

Mine has 12v stamped in the metal.

I'm wondering the same thing. I picked up a bull horn at an estate sale last weekend and am wanting to convert the guts to 6 volt. Haven't opened it up yet, but I'm thinking that I can put the parts of a model T horn in there to make it happen. The bull horn cost a whole dollar!

What is the name of that mountain lodge and where is it located? It's an incredible looking place!

Take a look a your plugs. If they are sooty black, she's running rich and it could be due to the float level being set too high or other carb adjustments. If the plugs are clean, she might be too lean, due to an intake leak either at the manifold or at the carb flange. A consistent small...

Looks like a light switch to me...

Do any of you guys have, or know of, a running engine for sale in the southern NJ, Pa, Delaware area?

My 29 had 16's on it when I bought it also. I ran it that way for 5 years and was always considering doing a gearing change to make things better. She was wound up pretty tight to run along at 45 and first gear was a stump puller. This past fall, I came across a deal for 5 wire wheels, stock...

I have 6 volt LEDs on the rear of my car and regular incadesent bulb signals on the front. I did manage to find an electronic 6 volt flasher from the Volkswagon parts people. However, it wouldn't work with the model A being a positive ground system. What I ended up doing was taking a standard...

Are the LEDs 6 volt or 12 volt?

It seems the backfire has been elevated to something big here. It's not. The blue smoke is. Backfire is a matter of external tuning and mal-adjustment, related to timing and carb adjustment... Unless an intake valve is chipped and allowing the explosion within the cylinder to ignite gas vapors...