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Have an extra wheel or two and wondering where you might store them, yet make them functional in the meantime. How about a stool. I decided to make a stool for my shop with the stamped steel tractor seat I got at a flea market, and came up with using my very cracked extra 19" wheel as part...

I need to find a good replacement 19 inch wheel and will be going to a local swap meet this coming weekend. I can certainly look carefully at wheels to see if there are cracks and worn lug bolt holes, but I'm trying to figure out a simple way, or jig I can make to check to see if the wheel will...

I wanted to share my experience with my recent purchase of the F100 Steering box that I purchased from Randy Gross. I've had the car for a little over two years and when I got it the steering was terrible and wandered so much that I felt it was unsafe. I did several things, like new steering...

I have a Zenith carb in my 31 Slant Windshield A. It had been working fine. I opened up my sediment bowl to install a new gasket the other day. I have a shutoff just past my sediment bowl. After I got the bowl so it wouldn't leak after the new gasket (another story), I found when I turned on...

Seems like I fix one thing and then another problem pops up. I thought my petcock on my Stainless Steel water pipe was leaking, but it turns out that the threaded fitting that appears to be welded or soldered to the pipe, where the petcock drain screws into, is the problem. It looks like a leak...

From my other recent thread, I was able to install my one piece crank pulley. I jacked up the front of the engine to gain access. With that said, I have a new problem that I think was caused from this activity. I now find that my throttle linkage is such that the throttle won't rest of the idle...

I've read through the threads where comments were made that some 2 piece crank pulleys have shown wear in a short time. I'd like to get recommendations from those that have more "recently" purchased a two piece crank pulley that seem to be holding up. So that would imply you have used it for at...

I realize now that I did a bad thing. When I installed a new water pump last year, the woodruff key that came with it was tight to fit on the water pump shaft. I used a pliers to press it down into its slot. Then installed the pump and fan. Didn't notice it at first, but the fan had a...

My car had a lot of play in the steering when I got it, plus it steers hard (which from all that I've read here is not unusual). I have a regular size pitman arm. Last year, I redid the front end, new king pins, new steering arm balls, etc. That took a lot of the play out, but it still steers...

One of the recent threads (shifting) included a post about using Lucas oil Stabilizer in the gear box. This product is suppose to help with gears that are worn somewhat and perhaps reduce grinding when shifting. I thought I would start this separate thread in hopes of hearing from folks that...

The short story is I'm having problem loosing coolant and found today that it's foaming and coming out the overflow. Found it was down about 1 gallon after about 15 miles driving. I'm using Prestone antifreeze with 50 percent distilled water. The long story: When I bought the car about 1 year...

As I just updated my avatar, I thought I would post a couple of pictures of my new Goodyear Whitewall tires and newly painted wheels. When I bought the car last June, the previous owner had installed 16 inch wheels but also had the 19 inch wheels. Both sets of tires were old and cracked, so I...

When installing a tire on one of my REAR wheels, and using my torque wrench, one of the bolts didn't tighten up, but turned. The previous owner installed cast iron drums all around. I was able to back off the nut that I couldn't fully tighten, so I will be able to remove the tire and wheel...

I am thinking of replacing my old 600 x 16 tires with new radials and saw elsewhere on the forums that you should use radial tubes with them. I see from ads that most show a stem size on the tubes called a TR13 and state they are for 1/2 stem holes. I also saw somewhere that shims are used...

I am re-doing my king pins and bushing. Currently, they are all dis-assembled. I ordered a complete king pin kit from Bratton's. My question is with regard to the new bearings they sent me. The brand is not Timkem but something called Art Tech H-10s. I'm not particularly impressed in that...

Attached are a couple of pictures of my shocks. I don't know if they are originals or not. I found that there is fluid in them, about half full. I see in the service bulletins to only fill them with glycerine, not oil I don't know if what is in there is glycerine or not. It looks like a...

I'm new to this and just started a project to replace my king pins and while at it, have new spindle arm balls done. I've dis-assembled the wheels, axles etc and have a few questions. My first concern is how the steering balls looked. My first thought was maybe they were replacement balls and...

A few folks recommended to me to just get an AAA membership and use it for not only towing the A, in case of an emergency, but you can use it for any of your cars? I'm a new A owner, but I've never had to have a tow for my other cars since once in the 1970s. I see that AAA membership has 3...

I'm new to the forum and just started posting. I posted a picture of my 31 Slant Windshield Fordor and one of the members noticed my tow bracket setup. So I thought I would start a thread on this subject, so anyone looking for a solution might be able to find this more easily. My thought in...

I was having problems with my steering on my 31 slant windshield Fordor. The main symptom was the car seemed to wander, when going slow on our local roads, as they are not very smooth and have some slope (crown) here and there and groves, bumps, holes etc. Not real bad roads, but the car...