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Generator quit working so removed it to the bench. All brushes worn down so that the brush holders were rubbing on the armature. No new brushes available on Saturday, so elongated the brush holes, shimmed the top of the brushes with tape, reinstalled generator and it now charges fine. For fun...

Pressed in my 7 tooth upper steering box shaft bushing with a very long threaded rod. Of course steering wheel shaft is just a whisker too fat to slide through more than four or five inches. The old bushing allows my spindle reamer and steering shaft to both pass through easily with plenty of...

While I am waiting for parts to rebuild my steering box, I decided to see if an old jeep rim that was lying around would fit the Model A lug pattern. By golly it did! However, I could only turn the lug nuts five revolutions before they were snug and tight. I loosened a lug nut on one of the 21...

Went to the town office today to renew my antique plates on the '29 Town Sedan. After paying the five dollar excise tax to the town of Norway (the former snowshoe capital of the world), fifteen dollar plate fee to the Grand State of Maine and three dollar agent fee to the town for collecting the...

Saw this in the Presumpscot River. Any idea what it is?

I installed the Nu Rex timing indicator. Full retard turned out to be 0 degrees. Full advance is 35 degrees. Half way is 20 degrees. What is the optimum setting for 45 to fifty mph. How much advance is too much? This is a new rebuild and I don't want to pound the babbit out of the bearings.

How much voltage should you have between the distributer and plug? According to my NuRex spark voltage tester, I have 20,000 volts between the coil and the distributer cap. However, when I put the tester between the cap and the No. 1 plug, I was lucky to get a steady 10,000 volts. I have an...

I thought I was good at at upshifting. No double clutchin' and only grinding the gears about a quarter of the time. After readin' this, http://www.gus-stories.org/september_1925.htm, I realized I weren't as hot as I thought at shiftin'. Tried that shift to 2nd after ten feet... works like a...

When I reinstalled my rebuilt motor a couple of weeks ago, I replaced the neoprene ball on the front wishbone and threw the old one out. This caused a pull to the left when braking and changed the position of the steering wheel when going straight ahead. I was looking at another old ball from...

I had perfect steering before I replaced my engine. Even the steering wheel was centered. But since I replaced the engine, the steering wheel is not centered when going straight and the car pulls to the left with moderate braking. The old neoprene ball fell apart when I removed the wishbone...

Racing the looming thunderheads home past Lake Pennessewasse, my freshly rebuilt motor with eighty miles on it began to sputter and slow down. The muffler backfired as I rolled to a stop alongside Route 117. She roughly idled for a few seconds, refused to react to any movement of the spark and...

How tight should a fresh rebuilt engine be? Should it be fairly difficult to handcrank when warm? Not worried, just curious.

Bought this trans on side of road this afternoon. What is it? Is it a ford or some other make? Hope the photos attached!

Just installed a reproduction Rex-a-co oil pressure Gauge this afternoon. How accurate are they? It seemed to respond to changing engine rpms very slowly. It would show 4 lbs when cruising and then at a stop sign continue to show 4 lbs while idling. Then when I accelerateded away from the...

How does the 6 volt, + ground voltage regulator offered by Fun Projects work? I was reading the installation instructions on their web site and they require you to turn on your headlights to adjust the third brush. I have sealed beam headlights that require a lot more than 7 amps. could I use...

I just received a Cartouche Closed Car Roof Kit. Muslin lining was enclosed with the kit and was checked off on the first page of instructions. Maybe I am blind, but I read and reread the instructions, and they never mention the muslin lining again! The instructions describe installing the...

Went to the car show at Amherst NH and picked up a couple of old, used plow headlights. I drive a lot at night and, though the stock headlights were OK, I really wanted more light. So I bought a couple of 6 volt sealed beams at NAPA, put them in the plow lights and bolted the plow lights on...

Put on a high compression head. Lots more power, but she knocks unless I retard the timing way back. Then she gradually loses power and starts bucking, so I have to advance the timing. But then she knocks again. Do I need to run premium gas? Buy new coil? Put the old head back on...

Got the old king pin bushings out and pressed the new bushings into the spindle with my vise. 5 minutes later the UPS man dropped off my $160 spindle bushing reamer. I can guess how to use it, but don't want to make any stupid mistakes. There were no instructions. Can you guys tell me the...

What's the best way to remove worn king pin bearings from the spindle?