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Every since my amateur restoration done when I was 14 and 15 back in the 60's, I have not really been able to drive much with the top down in my standard roadster. The wind would move the windshield back significantly and even make the wing windows dig into the door if you forgot and opened the...

Just pulled the water pump casting from the carb cleaner dip and this is what I see, for a crack starting at the forward neck. Here is how it looks from the inside of the casting. Do you think this can be used? I have lots of parts but no extra water pump casting. Also here is a terrifying...

Head is off, valve cover off and I am repainting both and then will try to paint the rest of the engine in place. I have a few dumb questions that some of you could help me with. Do the machined flats for the head bolts and spark plugs on the head get painted? I can see that it looks like...

Rebuilding a Zenith and a Tillotson carb and wonder where to buy the right size cleaning wires to verify the clear openings? I have a set that looks like an allen wrench folding set. The sizes are from 0.3 to 1.6 mm so the conversion does not exactly line up with some of the sizes I need...

I got this carburetor from a friend who tells me it was on his Dad's car for as long as he owned it (not sure how long that was). The car was not driven for the last 22 years. He was taking the car apart just to get it back running, when someone bought it from him but wanted a Zenith carb that...

I have had an FS electronic distributor on my Roadster for about 12 years. It is the older one, not the one that resembles the Model A distributor. I had the head off for some work a while ago and reassembled. Timed the distributor with a timing light at 3 degrees advanced at a low idle. But...

I purchased a rebuilt carburetor last year. For a little background I am ashamed to say that my roadster had been over 5 years without any road time. I moved to the side of a steep mountain and the brakes were not sufficient, so I worked on them off and on. I put on the carb and tried to run the...

I have researched the forum already and just have a question before I move ahead. I have a "leakless" water pump on my Roadster that has been on the car for 25 to 30 years (at least a long time ago). I was just going over some things and found that there is forward and back end play of...

I recently read a thread that seems to answer a question I have on the engine green paint. I purchased this can of engine paint and was very dissatisfied with the color. Here are some poor pictures not taken in sunlight that show the valve cover painted with this paint, compared to the engine...

I don't like to ask questions when I should be able to search for the answer, but I cannot find anything about this on the forum. I have an electronic FSG ignition and I have put a stiff wire from one timing gear cover bolt, to the pulley with a mark on the pulley for TDC. I remember seeing...

Working on deciding which old carb to rebuild. I have two and both I have had for over 30 years, just sitting in a box of parts. This one has me puzzled, but then I am not very well versed on any but my two cars so many of you may have seen this before. Here is the base of one of them. I have...

I think that I know that the carbs that have the designation Zenith-1 are the original Zenith produced carburetors and those marked Zenith-2 are the Holly produced carbs made when Zenith could not keep up. My question is, is either one more valuable than the other? I need to decide which I...

I am full of questions these days. I just installed a rebuilt zenith carb this weekend. It was rebuilt by a recommended person on this list and I got the carb last summer, but just changed to install it this weekend. The car starts up and will run (at about 1/4 throttle or less) for about 20...

I have done a search of all the centering threads on the forum and there is good info available. I put Flathead Teds brake parts on my car almost two years ago. I did not center the front shoes top to bottom. As I adjust the brakes and move the adjuster in, I can definitely tell that I start...

This weekend was a total Model A weekend. I have not been driving the Roadster much over the last 1.5 years. Moved up on a steep mountain and the brakes were just not up to snuff for the steep curvy driveway. So onto the creeper I go for the weekend. Worked on all the brake rod connections...

In Vermont taking care of family property when I found these jewels. They are actually at a friends place (he builds racing engines and has done some restoration work recently NOT these), and I think are for sale but I never asked a price. One is an unrestored AA from what I can tell. No...

I know I have read about this before, but for the first time face the situation on the engine I am working on. Here is a picture of the manifold I have taken off the car. There is between 1/8 and 3/16 inch with this straight edge lined up with the outer two exhaust holes. Do I need to...

I've read lots of comments about keeping old parts even if they are not considered useable. Here is a picture of a rotating shelf I made for my work shop from old connecting rods. I have four made, two small like this and two large. The large sits above a lathe and can hold lots of the tools an...

I just got my 5.5 Snyder head to replace the cracked head on my latest project. I notice something strange on the cylinder head that was on the car when I got it. You can see that the elongated coolant hole between #2 and #3 is filled in on the head that came off the engine. I have not idea...

I have my latest engine with the head off and ready to replace with a 5.5 compression head. Checked valve clearances and will plastigage the crank and rod journals this weekend. The water jackets are rusty, but pretty clean of rust debris. I have rodded around with a coat hanger and do not...