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Good afternoon everyone. I know it's a bit off "Model A " topic but I believe a few of you own some British cars... MG, Jaguar, Austin Healey etc. Most of these British cars use SU electric fuel pumps. I have just made a video for Youtube on how to rebuild these pumps, and save a great deal...

Good Evening Everyone, I have just been replacing the rear axle in my 1928 Standard Roadster and noticed a number/code stamped on the diff housing. It is stamped "R8". Any idea what this means?

Evening everyone I have just up-loaded a new video to Youtube. It's about removing the rear axle and transmission. Hopefully it will be helpful to other members. See link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sz3Zp_jEHQ&t=430s All the best Tony Hillyard

Good Evening Everyone, On my early 1928 Tudor Sedan there are some strange lug nuts on the spare wheel carrier. It appears that the early cars used slightly smaller lug nuts. On my Tudor it has fitted the smaller lug nuts but the previous owner has fitted later larger lug nuts on the spare...

Good morning everyone, Both my Model A's are early 1928. A Tudor and a Standard Roadster. Both have multi-disc clutches. The Roadster transmission makes a noise like a banshee in 1st and 2nd gears. Enough to require a visit to the dentist! Top gear is beautifully quiet. So decided to rebuild...

Good morning everyone, Both my Model A's are early 1928. A Tudor and a Standard Roadster. Both have multi-disc clutches. The Roadster transmission makes a noise like a banshee in 1st and 2nd gears. Enough to require a visit to the dentist! Top gear is beautifully quiet. So decided to...

Hello again everyone. On my 1928 Model A Tudor the bolts where the torque tube joins the rear axle keep coming loose. I thought of fitting locking wire. Has anyone any idea what size these bolts are? Rather than drill them for wire it might be easier (and cheaper in drills) to but some new...

Good morning everyone, I have just posted an update to my Youtube video on fitting side curtains to my 1928 Standard Roadster. I hope this is useful to other Model A owners. https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=JhCatuv0moI All the best Tony

Good afternoon everyone, Does anyone have any pictures of a seat removed from a 1928 Standard Roadster? My car is June 1928, the seat has been recovered by a previous owner but the fit seems very poor. I am not sure if it is even the correct seat. There seems to be a gap between the bottom of...

Good Morning Everyone, Today I am going to have a go at pin striping my 1928 Standard Roadster. Does anyone know please of a good photograph or article show where the pin stripes should go? It it's a success I will stripe my Tudor Sedan as well!

Good Morning Everyone, I spend a few days last week in Essen, Germany at the Technoclassica show and came across this Model A. Has anyone seen this model before?

Good Morning Everyone, My May 1928 Model A Roadster has a leaking fuel shut-off valve. I ordered the one type that is available but the thread seems slightly different. The valve that I took out appears to have a slightly tapered thread whilst the new one has a parallel thread. Has anyone...

Afternoon Everyone, Has anyone any experience of the cut out to diode conversation on a Powerhouse generator. Does it work? My original cut on my 1928 Roadster has died. I have in my box of odd things a diode and fitting instructions. Any suggestions, things to watch out for? Any pointers...

Afternoon everyone, I have been searching around for ages for information on how to fit side curtains on my 1928 Ford Model A Standard Roadster, without much luck. In the end I decided to make a video on how to do it. Thanks to Jeff Dupuis in Ontario, Canada, who supplied me with some very...

Greetings everyone, A fellow I know here in France has a 1931 Model A Roadster. Does anyone know of a good video, on youtube, for example, that shows how to remove the gas tank? I have removed the gas tank on my 1928 Roadster but the 31 is slightly different. Plus I don't have the time to go...

Hello all, Just an update for anyone having trouble buying 600w transmission oil/rear axle oil. I have contacted Castrol Classic oil department and they gave me some very interesting information. With various changes in labels, spec etc, 600w is now sold by Castrol as D140. So this might...

Merry Christmas everyone. Does anyone know or even better have any pictures of how the side curtain fixing fittings go together. I am in the process of fixing some side curtains to my '28 Roadster and there are some holes on the side of the doors, near the top. It seems that amongst the many...

Good Evening Everyone, Are you almost ready for Christmas? A question please. Does anyone have any decent photographs of the fittings/layout for side curtains on a 1928 Standard Roadster? My parts should be arriving in the next few days and I would like get some idea of which...

Good evening all, I have a 1928 standard roadster. I have replaced all the transmission bearings with new ones but she still whines like hell in first and second. I know I need to by all new gears etc. but just at the moment that is not an option. Here in France you cannot buy 900w gear oil...

Good afternoon everyone, I have an early 1928 Model A standard roadster with a holley made carb. It runs like a pig. I changed the carb for a Zenith carb from my 1928 Model A Tudor Sedan and she runs beautifully. I took the holley carb apart but can find no jets numbers stamped anywhere. I...