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    Any experience with transmission anti-leakage plugs

    Has anybody installed this modification, 2 blind plugs that go into the holes of the bellhousing and that cover the transmission shifter-fork-shafts to stop the leakage of transmission oil into the bellhousing? I am asking, because at the other side, the shifter tower has originally a similar...
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    Failing transmission roller/needle bearings

    I am rebuilding my gearbox and ordered the 3 roller/needle bearings. I got one long and one short one as designed by Ford; the rollers are super smooth as you expect from needle bearings. They have smaller diameter ends that ride in holes in the cage. The cages are ground to a certain diameter...
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    How to check condition of camshaft

    I am offered a Model B cam. As I read that those cams can be worn down badly at the nose and not deliver the power anymore, I want to measure the lobes before I buy it. I found that model A camshafts give an intake/exhaust lift of .303” and model B camshafts give an intake lift of .334” and an...
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    Transmission case repair

    I had a 1931 gearbox housing with a worn down cluster gear boss. I made a grinding/lapping tool to grind the surface flat and smooth again. I ground the boss back to accept a 1928 thrust washer. Henry skipped those and made the bosses taller at the end of 1928 to cut on cost. Luckily these...
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    Ford 8HA or Holley 647

    Does anyone have experience with the 8HA or the Holley 647 with a cast iron downdraft manifold on a Model A?
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    Only running on 2 & 3

    A fellow Model A club member asked me to help him. Before I go over to his place I would like to get some input from you guy's. He recently bought a restored roadster from the US with lots of options added. It is only running on the second and third cylinder. It has a high compression head and...
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