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My late 31 Victoria has the Rocky Mountain style front hubs. After replacing the bearings and races and spinning the hub to "preload" the bearings, I still have some in-and-out movement on the hub. It is about 1mm of movement. Is that close enough or should there be no movement at all? If I...

Hello. I recently purchased a 1931 Victoria and removed the 19" spoke wheels to repack on the front wheel bearings. To my surprise, the front hubs are a later V8 style (circa 1935) hub. I am not experiencing any driving or braking issues, but my question is whether or not this type of setup...

Hello. I am searching for a pair of sun visor brackets for a 1931 Victoria. Please send me a message if you can help. Thanks. Mike Hanson drpepper1885@suddenlink (dot) net

I recently acquired a 1915 roadster with an aluminum Z head. I was told that these type of heads tend to deteriorate if you do not use a "head saver". I got the pictured head saver part from one of the parts vendors. Can this part be installed in the water outlet as pictured below? Thanks...

Hello everyone, I recently purchased a 1912 Touring car that has a True-Fire system. I realize that there are many opinions regarding this system, but it is all I have at this time. I really need some advice from someone that has experience with this system. The phone number of Bittner...

Good evening, When you torque the head bolts on one of the early blocks (mine is a 1912), do you torque to 55 lbs or something less? At 55 lbs, I have already had to helicoil two bolts. I heard that the early blocks were not cast as well as the later versions. I checked the trusty Ford...

Well, I probably did it this time... I went out tonight to see if I could loosen up the head bolts (so that I could change a head gasket for the first time this weekend) and was successful on all of them. In the process of trying to gain clearance to the passenger side of the head so that I...

Hello everyone. I purchased a 1912 touring this weekend and have started to get into the engine. The pictures below are of the transmission bands. Are the bands supposed to line up exactly over each drum? I have tried to highlight where the bands appear to be slightly off the drums. I...

Hello. I recently purchased a set of car dollies/skates from one of the large Model T parts houses so that I could reposition my Model T when I needed some extra space in the garage. I have found the car very difficult to move without having some apply a fair amount of pressure to the wheels...

Hello. In the course of searching for replacement wooden wheels for my 1917, I have run across different types of front hubs. Does anyone know of a source that would have pictures of the different style front hubs Ford used for the Model T prior to wire wheels? Thanks for you help.

Everyone, I finished putting my newly rewooded front wheels on today and took my 1917 car out for a spin. My wheels are the non-demountable clincher type and the original hubs are new to my car. I replaced the old style roller bearings with new Timken bearings. I now have a slight but...

I received the spindles below in today's mail from a well known Model T parts supplier in the Midwest. As you can see, one of the spindles is significantly more worn than the other. Since I was planning on putting these on my family touring car, is the worn spindle safe to use? Please advise...

Hello, Is there a way to remove the rear backing plate for the service brakes without having to disconnect the radius rod or the service brake/emergency brake arms? Alternatively, how difficult is it to put the emergency brake arm spring on once the backing plate is on the axle? (This...

Hello. I was hoping to get some help in identifying the part presented below. This part came off the driver side spindle on the front axle of my 1917 Ford. It was placed at the very back of the spindle. The hub had the older ball bearings. I looked through my Langs catalog and did not see...

When I took my 29 Town Sedan out today, I noticed that the water pump was making a "whoosh,whoosh,whoosh,..." noise at idle that accelerated when I put on the gas. The water pump is new and haven't had any issues with it. I checked the fan and it is tight on the shaft; however, I was able to...

Hello. I completed the rewiring of my 1917 truck to convert it over to 1922 wiring to go with my freshly rebuilt 1922 engine. She started well and the ammeter was registering a charge on the 6 Volt, so I assumed that I was ready to hook up the headlights. The wiring kit that I go from one...

I am looking for a restorable original ignition key switch, ammeter and panel that would have been used on a 1922 Touring. Please let me know if you have one available and price. Thanks!

Last weekend, I replaced my non-starter 1917 engine with a rebuilt 1922 starter engine. The enginer starts up fine using a 12 volt battery, but won't turn over at all with a 6 volt battery. The Interstate 6 volt battery has 640/800 and the 12 volt 725/890 cranking amps. Both batteries are...

Hello. I am rebuilding a coil box to sync up with my new 1922 starter engine. When I removed the wood from the bottom of the box, I noticed that the metal (brass?) strip is secured by what appears to be rivets. There is also a wire that is soldered to one of the side rivets. Are there any...

Dear fellow Model A’ers: Hello everyone. I took the Model A out for a spin and she did fairly well for a while. I just got her back after having the engine rebuilt. Unfortunately, I am running into some puzzling issues. She idles very high and if the throttle gets below half-way on the...