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Hello everyone, On a ‘31 slant window door latch (and maybe others) there is a spring that goes behind the door handle. When it is missing the door tends to lock itself when you shut the door. It looks like it can go in 1 of 2 ways.. with the spring coming out the front or the latch, or out the...

Hello, I am putting a 31 Fordor body on my frame and replaced the body blocks and bolts. How tight should the bolts be? This body has 3/8” and 7/16” body bolts. Should you torque them to say 20 and 30 ft lbs? Just pull them down with a wrench? Obviously you can tighten these too much and crush...

Hello.. I had an oil leak on the front of my Model A engine oil pan that resulted from my crank pulley coming loose last year. It tore up the inside of the front pan where the seal goes, and I finally decided to change the pan. So I got a pan from a friend who rebuilds model an engines for a...

Hi everyone.. My model a was leaking a bit of oil out of the rear pan gasket so I dropped the pan and replaced the seals. I didn’t do it right and need to redo it, as it leaks more now than before.. When my engine was rebuilt with insert bearings, they tig welded the rear main oil drain pipe...

Hello.. have a model a with a 6-1 head, big valves, touring cam, lightened flywheel, T-5 and a model B carb. Jets were flow tested but that’s just a starting point. I ran at 45 mph steady for 5 miles and turned the key off and coasted to the side of the road, and then pulled the plugs. White...

My 1930 model a had no oil leaks but had a water leak due to corrosion in the cylinder head water jacket. So i put a new Snyders 6.0 head on it, and because it is bored .125 over i got the correct copper gasket to handle the big bore. Now when starting the engine i get oil out the rear main cap...