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Visiting the family farm, a cousin told me to check out the battery in Uncle John's old '47 Model B John Deere. As was his habit, he scratched the install date in the side of his batteries. I was amazed when I lifted the seat and saw "12/98" on the old Optima. That makes the thing 15.5 year...

I suspect this will start a controversy and that is definitely NOT my purpose. I post this because I KNOW it works from personal experience as well as the experience of many others that have done it ... starting with Thomas Edison. Years ago, the storage batteries that were placed along the...

My A runs good with the GAV about 1/4 turn open after warming up. Just pulled to plugs for a routine check and they are all WHITE! Last time I looked at them, I had been running with the GAV at about 1/2 turn out and the plugs were a very nice light tan. I leaned it down a bit to see how it...

My two grand daughters (5 & 7) came to visit for a week. In that week, I burned about 10 gallons of gas in my '39 John Deere B pulling them around our development and to the swimming pool in a flat bottom boat on my utility trailer. I was going to put hay in the trailer but they love the "boat...

I've searched the forum and can't find a definitive answer to this question. Les is silent on the subject. Should the nuts (and head surface) be lubricated before torquing and if so, what do you use? I'm thinking anti seize would be a good choice but I don't want to alter the compression of...

This one sure stumped me... I have a '29 Tudor. When the engine/transmission was cold or warm, no noise. After the transmission got a bit warmer, there would be a very strange screeching or "whining" sound coming from the throwout bearing whenever the clutch was depressed. I removed the...

Odd situation. I have a oil pressure gauge and the A-Ford-Able full flow oil filter kit. I run 15W-40 diesel oil. Today when I started the engine, the temperature was probably low 50's. The gauge normally goes past 10 PSI when the engine is cold and settles to around 4 PSI at road speed when...

I have '29 Tudor that has been restored in the past (not by me) so this problem might be related to either incorrect parts or assembly. My headlight switch works 180 degrees out from correct. That is to say that OFF is at 5:00 o:clock PARK is at 4:00, LOW BEAM is at 6:00 and HIGH is at 7:00...

With the percolation problems I (and others) seem to have with the gasohol we have now, I have been searching for a phenolic spacer to see if that will help by isolating the carb from the intake manifold. So far, no luck finding one. Has anyone got an idea where to find such an item? If no...

I was cruising (in my motorhome) on I-45 north of Houston, TX on Thursday the 8th and came up on this nice looking coupe. I was cruising at 62 mph and he was BARELY slower than I was. Just wondering if it belongs to anyone here on the Barn and if so, tell me about the running gear. OD trans...

Thought you all might get a kick out of this one. Last weekend, I attended the auction at the annual "Rae Valley Days" celebration in Petersburg, NE. This Model A was in the auction and I don't think it sold. I believe the high bid was about $200.00 and the seller wanted $500. I have seen...

I'm planning on ordering a lift for my home shop in the not-too-distant future and I'm looking for recommendations. I have several cars to lift, one of which is my Model A. I'm leaning toward a two post since most all of the use will be for maintenance and repairs. I know it takes TALL lift...

Hi all, I have a '29 with a stock Zenith on it. Periodically, (worse in in HOT weather) when climbing a light hill, it will act like it's running out of fuel. New line, new kit in the stock cast iron filter and it has GOOD flow out of the line at the carb. I pulled the carb apart and it has...

I have a '29 Tudor that has a manifold heater on it along with the attending hole in the firewall. However, it also has an array of holes to the outside of the firewall (the holes with the string going through them) that I am puzzled about. I wonder if it had a fan forced heater at one time...