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Hi guys, can anyone post or send a link to a sketch showing how the light switch is built up? I think my light switch fell apart and i can't figure out how to assemble it again. Thanks in advance...

Hi guys... the car is a '31 sl/ws, i was under te impression with a standard 2-tooth steering gear box. i bought a A-3568-T end plate with tube to get rid of some of the oil spots under the car. But the tube doesn't go into the gear box? See the attached photo. this looks very different to...

Hi guys, the steering in my '31 s/w Fordor is loose, there is about 1 1/2" play from left to right standing still on the steering wheel. So the project over the winter is to overhaul the steering box. As there are no overhauled steering boxes available right now, what parts would you get...

Hi guys, situation: i have an alternator (powermaster, up to 60A) and a fuse on the top of my starter switch, Optima battery I had the situation lately that one of my high-beam lights had a short and as soon as i put the high beam on, the fuse blew. I can't remember wether the engine was...

Hi guys, the radius rod ball kit original style A-3440-s does include the two bolts to which everything is fastened on. I am not in front of the car right now bt if my memory serves me right, the bolts come from inside the gear box or bell housing? So, to swap them you need to take the car...

Hey y' all... i thought maybe i should start a thread about upcoming activities and meetings in germany... If anybody knows of an upcoming event in germany, please post it in here..

Okay, i admit that i am struggling with setting up my carburettor. This question keeping me awake during the night: What stops the fuel from flowing out of the main jet when the car is parked uphill? Let's assume the float valve is working fine and the float level is perfect. When the engine...

Good Morning, FordBarner... i was watching the rotor on my distributor through the transparent cover the other day in the dark whilst the engine was running and noticed not only the sparks on the four connections to the electrodes, but also sparks in the middle, where the rotor connects to the...

Hi guys, i had some spare time today whilst near Siegen, pretty close to the geographical centre of germany. I remembered that the fairly new (opened in 2023) national car museum is nearby and i went to have a look at it. I was surprised by what a nice venue it is and how many interesting and...

good morning, barn... i am struggling to find exact information on the thread sizes of the grease nipples on the A. I have found 1/8 and 5/16, but not which standard. I assume it is NPT... but maybe it is NPT fine? Thanks in advance... Tom

help! clutch won‘t disengage… okay, managed about 30mls before… the clutch pedal fell to the floor, clutch won‘t disengage but i can see the ‚clutch bearing‘ move in and out when i move the pedal… i noticed before that the clutch did not want to disengage, i heard some grinding whilst...

Hi guys, this is puzzling... at least to me... I came to the car yesterday and found a puddle of fuel under it, about 1,5l. My carb has always been leaking but it was only dripping, not a lot. Now this is new, 1,5l is definitely too much... Looking at the carb, the fuel seems to come out the...

Hi guys, i am about to mount four new tires on my A. At the moment it has tubes with rubber stems but i would like to swap them to tubes with metal stems, A-1506-19M, from Snyders. They are out of stock right now but i bought them some months ago. The metal stem is vulcanized into the rubber...

Hi guys and gals, my personal and completely subjective maximum rpm that i drive my engine at is 2.300rpm. My engine has not been opened up during the last 92 1/2 years and i feel that's the maximum i want to run it at. Speed at this rpm is 50mph. According to hearsay, the maximum speed for...

mornin' guys and gals... i am tearing the few hair i have left out. my car is working fine and i could be moving over to work on a few cosmetical issues... ... if there weren't all my problems with the lights. I have the LED focused headlights in the front, bright light, fantastic, IF they...

one problem solved, one more problem appears... now that i have decided that my carb problems are fixed, i decided to have a look at the inside of my doors. My 'Margarethe' is a slant windshield Fordor. I opened the passenger side front door and found some surface rust on the bottom of the...

hi guys, i need your expertise i swapped my carburettor on my model a (1931, stock, Zenith) against a refurbished one from ebay. with the 'new' carburettor: - the engine is idling fine, 450rpm and very stable - as soon as i hit the throttle, the engine is very rough, it's more like a wild...

Hi Barners, i did a 100 mile trip on friday again and after nearly running out of fuel (again), a thought crossed my mind. I would like some spare fuel on my Fordor slant windshield, but not a plastic one and none, that i have to keep in front of my back seats. I would a canister outside of...

Hi guys and gals, i am in the process of adjusting my brakes after mounting new front drums and front brake linings. In the process i realized that the pre-owner of Margarethe has put in brake rods with a bent i them, presumably to shorten them. So, i bought a new set of brake rods and swapped...

Just came back from a longer trip with our Margarethe. Within the first 400 yards, our quaile went for a little flight. We stopped and found it, but it will not fit into the two little slots on the radiator cap anymore. The wings are about 4mm, a bit more than an 8th of an inch, too close...