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Trying to air up tubes that appear to have the "clamp-in style" stems. Trick is to get the air hose onto the stem because of the length of the stem (distance from the hub) and lack of flexibility of the stem to put the hose on. Standard tire pump and my compressor fitting will fit on but don't...

My '30 A ran fine last year with a new heavy duty radiator - gauge stayed in the middle green. Starting up this summer it wants to run right at or a tad over the red line. How come? I didn't think I needed to do a flush and refill every spring and may try that if necessary. Got any ideas that...

Time to think about downsizing which will mean saying goodbye to our '30 coupe. My question is where is a good place to an idea of what A coupes in excellent condition are selling for? Or at least what people are asking for them - knowing that what people ask for and what they sell for are two...

I'm working on a scale model of my wife's home in Kansas where this car was parked. Since the actual house is gone now, I thought the wheelbase of the car would help me figure out the scale of the house. I know if this is a "T" the wb would be 100 inches, but I'm not sure it is a T. So what do...

Anyone ever run across a modern paint that will pass for Phoenix Brown? Seems like I saw somewhere a note saying that Sherwin-Wms had a house paint called Homestead Brown that might make it. Anyone run across that?

Need to jack up my 30 to 'relax' the springs so I can apply some oil. I understand, from an old thread, that I'll have to jack the car up by the frame rails so the spring can relax. So where is the jack point on the frame you use when you do this? The car has engine pans so I'm not sure if they...

Any tips - or previous threads - on how I can make my 30 coupe a little easier to steer. Doesn't seem to have much play in the steering so it isn't hard to keep it where you want it. I know we're all spoiled by power steering but my steering is hard enough to require both hands to turn a corner...

I know filler screens probably aren't really necessary to screen today's gas, so I was wondering: were they a stock part on A's? Do most guys still use them? If it was a stock part that originally came on the car I'd probably get one just for that reason. I see them advertised as a 'flame...

Recently installed a new gas valve so I thought I'd disassemble the old one to see if it could be redeemed as a spare. But the disassembly led to a question. In the picture you see all the parts of the valve and nowhere was there any shred of anything you could call 'packing.' All the repair...

I'm about to embark on installing a temp probe pipe in my upper hose and would like to hear from anyone who's done it as to the best way to go about it. That is, first, remove the upper hose. But after that, did you measure and cut the hose and put the probe pipe in it and then put it on the rad...

Finally bit the bullet and got a new gas valve - got tired of having to turn the old one on and off with a pliers. Anyway, here is the old one and the new one. The old one was installed not later than 1980. Notice how clogged the screen is. Also notice the new screen is a good bit longer than...

Couldn't find a tool forum so here's my question: ...tell me what this is for. I found it all rusted up in an old toolbox that belonged to my Dad and after I de-rusted it...here it is. The bottom is made for a half-inch socket wrench so it may be an attachment of some sort. The top part pivots...

Many people use non-ethanol gas in their mowers, garden tractors, etc. If and when you can find it, would it be any better in an A than regular with ethanol?

'Splain this, Lucy: Getting ready to park, I shut off the fuel valve, let it run until it quits, and in a few minutes I have a gas drip on the bottom of the carb which continues. Overnight it might drip a a quarter of a cup. If I just turn off the switch and leave the gas valve "on" everything...

Recently bought a pair of pedal covers (brake & clutch) from Snyder's for $3.20 and still haven't figured out how to get them on without going to the extreme of removing the pedals. As I saw in an old thread, "they fit tightly" and I know you have to get the lip of the cover all the way around...

My overheating problem mentioned in some previous posts has been resolved by a new heavy duty radiator from Snyders. But here's my question: ever since I've had this car (abt 2 yrs +) the fuel valve was always hard to open and close and after being closed, the result was a gas drip on the bottom...

I'm looking for just one bolt that seems to be sold only in sets of four. Depending on which place you look, it's a Radiator Shield Mounting Bolt, a Hex Radiator Splash Shield Mounting Stud, or a Radiator Apron Mounting Stud. Problem is I sheared off a bolt in one of the Mounting Studs and...

Having discovered that a previous owner had soldered the wire plugs into the sides of the clamp on the bottom of the horn instead of sliding them under the ends of the clamp, I pulled the horn off and cleaned that up. Now the question is as I put the wires back on, which end of the clamp do they...

So the timing is okay, points and plugs all gapped, new water pump, fan and fan belt (pushes in about a half-inch), I'm running 50-50 antifreeze, filled to just over the tubes, but my Quail thermometer still hits the top after about 3 miles at 30-35 mph. No steam out the cap but the radiator is...

Anyone have an easy way to mount a new crank hole cover without removing the radiator shell? Looks like a pain to me but my old one was fastened with a split rivet that wasn't bent open quite enough to keep it on....after 33 yrs it fell off.