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Have been running my newly rebuilt engine for several months now, and have had a Gano filter installed since it’s first start. The Gano is definitely doing its job, but clogs fairly quickly. When cleaning, a very small amount of the deposits are black scaly material, with the majority of the...

Had my 29 A motor completely rebuilt (stock specs except for inserts a 5.5 head) and I reinstalled it last month. Runs and drives well, with clutch and trans both smooth and positive. Discovered today that the crank end play is in the .035 - .040 range, way out of spec. Was fine tuning the...

Clamshell won’t close Dropped the engine in my ‘29 yesterday and all well. So this morning decided to button up the u-joint housing and no go. New felts installed, lightly greased, but if I try to attach the clamshell it’s a no go - doesn’t want to close. Engine sitting correctly on its...

Installed flywheel, clutch disc and pressure plate today and tried to mate them up with the trans bellhousing. The input shaft indexed fine into the disc, but I was unable to join the two halves. About 1/4" gap all around. Thinking that's the pressure plate fingers bearing up against the...

Well, my motor is back from the rebuilder, and its time to mount the oil pan and flywheel housing. Would really appreciate any input to some questions I have before I proceed. 1. The pan gaskets are cork. Is it better to use sealant on the engine or the pan side, or both? Or would you...

Just finished doing the preparation necessary for pulling the engine and trans as a unit early next week. I've done all the obvious stuff such as stripping the engine itself, removing the linkages, electrical, floorboards, clutch and brake pedals, etc. Dropped the muffler as well, as it will...

Odd one for the group. When I start my engine after the car has been idle for a bit, I get a dull, deep knocking/thumping sound from the engine compartment. Pretty sure it's the engine itself, but oddly, the knocking always completely disappears after the engine has run maybe 5 - 6 seconds, and...

Been fettling the bugs out of my '29 Pickup, and so far so good - up to today. Shut her down after an uneventful 10 mile ride, then decided about 4 hours later to take her back out for a short early evening drive. All electrical (starter, lights, horn) unresponsive, so I assumed that perhaps...

Seems the two threaded inserts used to mount a left side mirror on my ‘29 closed cab are both wallowing around in their respective holes, making it impossible to tighten down the mirror mount screws. Has anybody encountered this, and is there a fix outside of pulling the mirror and replacing...

Recently purchased a old style grease fitting tip from Snyders, and have run into a problem. Seems my gun (China) is threaded to a metric M10-1.0 while the tip is UNF at 3/8-24. Close, but no ceegar. :confused: Does anyone know of a decent hand-operated grease gun that is threaded to fit the...

Working through all the issue to get my 29 Closed Cab on the road again, and so far so good, until today. Truck was running fine, with all lights and horn operating properly. Shut her down, returned about an hour later and now nothing. Starter will crank the engine, but she will not start and...

Just back into Model A's and trying to get a '29 back on the road. Fitted a new head gasket, and torqued the head using the correct sequence and torque stages, ending up at 55 lbs all around. Unfortunately, I have apparently cracked one of the mounting ears on the water outlet, will need to...