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Is this damaged enough to cause problems? My old trans broke the case out. I got a used one cheap. most parts look pretty good. The large gear on the cluster, 1st gear. I think. is worn to a slight angle. Will this cause it to pop out of gear? Should I replace the cluster or get another used...

I was low on water. Fill it up drive 5 miles home lose 1/2 gallon on the way. find foam in oil cap. I re-seal the head with copper spray gasket. Oil level remained constant but 1/4 inch of foam with water doplets coming up the oil tube. I'm guessing it's all over everywhere inside the engine...

Car is running ok. I was messing with the mixture on the carb and reving the engine. And I see a spark or the edge or end of a spark inside the end of the advance rod from the ball of the top plate. What may be causing this? I was thinking maybe a short from the top plate pig tail wire. Thought...

I'm going to be getting some new tubes. I did some looking. Summit has coker tubes for 16. Macs has a $97 5 tube and band kit. Snyders has some for 18.50. If its the matter of $20 I would like to get the good ones. Right now Im thinking the coker is the only one advertising a brand name to the...

When I took my motor apart there were no shims between the housing and block. I have seen them advertised. When Putting the motor back together I had heard about aligning the flywheel housing but I saw these large locator pins that made it so the fly wheel housing would not be able to move...

haggerty has made a time lapse of their model A rebuild. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGn-5VoS-m8

haggerty is rebuilding a model A engine. He says you start with 0 clearance then bed it in. Is he correct or should there be.0005 or .001 or.0015? link to youtube video. haggerty rebuilding model a engine. https://youtu.be/anDIASMNmCQ?t=39

I want to put a radio in my A. Iam converted to 12v. I have thought of a box I make with a pair of 6x9's pioneer head unit and a handle to ride in the rear footwell that is removable. I was thinking maybe I could make a wood box to conceal the head unit and hang it off the dash lip with a...

I have no shims in my mains and .002 on the mains with a stock sized crank. I expect I will need a rebuild at some point. 3 questions. At what measurement will I want or need to be rebabbited? How many miles will this .002 babbitt last under normal wear? And how much does a rebabbit and line...

Im getting a loud gunshot backfire out of my exhaust a second after the engine comes to a full stop. It doesnt do it on short drives. But if I go 10 miles shut down, and putt putt putt ...BANG! Wake the neighbors. The car is at another location so I have to plan to work on it. I have not looked...

I have a 1940 diamond block in my car. It has a small loop dipstick and leaks oil till it gets to the low side of the range. I saw a ebay sale(linked below) of large loops dipsticks and a round loop. The round being about .5 to 1 inch shorter than the large loop. It listed the round loop as late...

I bought a gosen ball valve and it wouldn't hold a vacuum via my mouth bench testing. I put it in anyway thinking it may hold enough to slow my leak. I get a good dribbling of fuel out of the mouth of the carb. I tried to lap in my original steel needle and brass seat. Too small to get any where...

I need some help. What regulator/pump for stock carb with under body fuel cell? I have explained to people close to me the danger of the tank in lap. What do I need to do to put a fuel cell under car? I scared them and now they wont ride in car untll I fix it. 12v negative ground.

Where would you recommend to buy points from? And how much should I spend? Part number? I can fit them if they dont line up. I really want good metalugry on the points. So that they wont give me problems from just sitting for a month.

Can you put a flywheel on 180 degrees off? Can you remove the trans rearward? Is there a position mark on the flywheel? I had read mention of aligning the flywheel to housing. Both the fly wheel and housing on my engine are located by light press fit locating pins. Are these locating pins...

Everyone will build or enjoy their car their own way. Today I set clearances on my 8 new valves. I didnt have a plan going in. I set a rest to push the stem into the round of a belt sander and rotating the valve while grinding. I only had one burnt valve before the rebuild but the removal of...

I tried to do some rubbings of the casting mark and I think I see F1210 or FA210 looking at the picture. under flash it looks more like FA210. That didnt show to the naked eye. The F is the lightest letter and may just be a interesting rust formation. If you think it looks like something...

im cleaning the engine bay to weld the cross member and paint what i can get too while the engine is out. And i look at the throw out bearing and give it a shake there is enough play to make it click is this ok?

Should I get a clutch plate with springs in it to replace the solid one I found that works? The motor mounts were cracked and holes were pushed around. Are repops available? I didnt find any. Should I just get a float a mount instead?

On Macs spec page it lists bore as 3.876 and piston as 3.8745. I measured my bore and it was 3.880 and the piston 3.843. that says to me my clearance is .037 pistons appear to be aluminum and only have slight carbon on 1/3 of the piston top. Suggesting it was a recent rebuild before the 30...