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Last year had the engine rebuilt in my 31 Tudor. All was going well until at 1000 miles it started loseing water,pulled the head too replace the head gasket. Was then I saw vertical lines in #4 cylinder,when the piston was pulled found galling on back side like it had overheated.After measureing...

Had too change head gasket in my 31,found head studs not screwed down too the shoulder of the stud,some were quite loose in the hole.Should these be screwed in tight ? This was a fresh rebuild,mabey wanted to keep all studs same height ?Thanks fer the help !

Have a 27 T that seems to take to long to go into high gear,like it's sliping or something,what would be the cause of this ?

Why can't a stock model-a head be machined too up compression,save money on a new head ?

My 31 tudor starts great in warm weather,but since it's gotten cold sometimes I have to pull start it.Yesterday I tried giving it a shot of starting fluid,it fired right up,was wondering if this was due to low compersion,or some outher woes ?

Put a modern upper plate in my 31 today,ran for two hours ,almost didn't get home as it was missing badly,found condenser was bad after only two hours run time. Mabey I should have stuck with the old upper plate. Anyone else have this trouble ?

Wanted,fender & running board braces for 31 AA truck

On 12/30/2010 sent 32.00 dollars for a suscription to model-a times , haven't recieved my mag yet,have sent them three e mails an got no reply,is this normaly the way they do business or a'm I jumping the gun !:confused:

Was wondering why you could not arch brake shoes before you put on the lineing,jus to save a little more brake,or is this a dumb question !

Have two model - a engins that have been neglected for some time,but still good for part's. If a local club could use the part's that would be better than seeing them go to waste,free to good home,or whatever you think there worth,mabey help someone out!

Have a 31 tudor that won't start when cold,seems like no fuel to plugs no matter how much choke is used.Pulled out #1plug poured in a little gas an away she went,have checked manifold for leaks,found none. Any ideas?