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Need your help again guys! overhauling the roadster transmission and order all new bearings for it. Notice the main drive gear had some pitting and wear on the nose. So I went ahead and ordered a new one and pressed the bearing on it. Now here is the issue. When I install the Main drive gear...

Hey Guys! Quick question regarding the transmission main shaft. I'm currently rebuilding my Roadster transmission and have come across a problem I have never experienced. All the gears in the ****** are good. Basically replacing all bearings and had to replaced the main drive gear because of...

Hey Guys! quick questions regarding the top for the Roadsters. I had a raccoon break into the garage the other night while the vehicles were in storage. I noticed it had jumped up on the top and left it's paw marks on it. Just wondering what I should use to clean it? just mild soap or water...

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on the proper spring clips to fasten my newly acquired original style stone guard to the Rad.??? The clips offered by "A" parts suppliers don't work on these guards. I like the antique look of this guard better then the repo's you can buy today! Thanks!

I have recently replaced the fuel shutoffs with new ones on both my A's as the old ones could no longer prevent gas from entering the fuel lines and filling up the carb bowl again, I like to shut the fuel off and run car until fuel is burned off to help prevent gas fumes in the garage, so...

Starting to restore the front end and took the spring off and noticed a few things that's I haven't seen before. I have a total of 11 leafs on it and the top 2 are the same (someone added one for some reason?) also the spring clamps were hammered on and look to be riveted. The biggest thing I...

I have been looking for a rolling chassis for awhile now to begin a ground up restoration for a speeder and 2 weeks ago I was in luck. I got a phone call from a gentleman telling me that he found a barn find model a that was sitting in there since the 60's and the only thing he needed was the...

To make a long story short..I was contacted by someone who knew of me.."young guy with old cars" and asked if I would be interested in coming to look at some old car parts or they would be going to the landfill by the end of the month. I told the lady I would be over which she lived 40 mins away...

Over the past year that I have owned the 30 Roadster I have been getting it back in tip top shape.. gone through the whole car and fixed everything that was wrong or bad on it. Now I have an issue that I need some advice on. Just set the brakes up by a well known model a restorer and they work...

Well everything has gone smoothly in pulling the rear end and rebuilding the transmission and even re installing the ****** in the car. I'm stuck on hooking up the rear end into the car. I lubed the U joint all up and installed the gasket and put the inner plate on and followed that up with...

Tracking Down a Third Gear Noise! (UPDATE COMPLETE) NOISE GONE As some of you may know I've been having a hard time with this noise in the 3rd gear. It's like a growling/rubbing noise and goes away with the clutch pushed in. Sounds like it's coming right under the floor boards. After having one...

We got word that our Model A friend was having a gathering at his amazing garage for the Model A Ford Club of Canada. We and another friend drove about an hour to get there to see all the gathering before they took off to Goderich Ontario. Meet bunch of good people and it was nice to see so...

I noticed in Les Andrew's handbook under Transmission section that the clutch pedal s/b adjusted for 1" free pedal travel before clutch engages!! I checked mine and it is about 1/2" when clutch engages!! Could someone tell me what the theory is or why it is important to have at least 1" travel...

My turn again to get some advice from you guys..... We got our roadster running good after we bought it from an old lady that had it sitting in a heated garage for 8 years. We got it running last month and noticed we had an exhaust leak. So today I took off the muffler and manifold... 1.) 2 of...

As many of you know we rescued another Model A...30 Deluxe Roadster. It sat in a heated garage for 8 years and the person passed away and the widow sold it to us. We have been trying for weeks to get the engine cleaned up and test everything! Today we finally got it started but it runs really...

Well most of you know that we came into another car where we live...1930 Ford Roadster.. The engine has not been ran for 5 years.. we went ahead and cleaned everything up but are stuck at a problem. We seem to have electricity to the cut out, black box, dist but when we try and get a spark out...

Almost finished our 1931 Tudor and we heard someone in our town was wanting to sell their 1930 Model A Roadster. We went to take a look at it and were amazed on the condition it was in. It had been sitting for 6 years inside a heated garage with no gas in the tank. Tonight we are going back over...

Currently re-restoring our 31 Tudor and working on getting the rims power coated and new Lester tires. Well that's being done I decided to take the brake drums off and check the brakes and clean them up and get them also ready for repaint. When I got finished both sides, I looked at the one drum...

Currently wanting to put on my side mirrors on the Tudor but can't seem to punch out the pins that are currently stuck in there. Tried driving them out but the pins don't seem to budge one bit. Does anyone have advise or homemade tips on getting these out without drilling them. Car's doors...

Read this on Jalopnik. Everyone was ok but poor Model A and this has been in their family since new. I wonder if this can be re restored???? Always a shame seeing this happen! http://jalopnik.com/5691298/1932-model-a-totaled-by-pizza-delivery-guy if video doesn't work try this...