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I will relate how I became a Model A Ford owner. Please understand that I know very little about writing so please excuse my grammatical errors, etc. At a young age I became fascinated by old cars. I played with cars, drew pictures of cars and even as a young teenager "built" (fantasy builds)...

updraught, I need to itemize the bad parts and go back and do a group review... I found out about them at a high price. I found a seasoned restorer and he put me onto Snyder's Antique auto parts. I have had great service and good quality parts. They are online.

I recently bought a new water pump from Snyder's. I compared it to the one purchased from mac's. The quality of the Snyder's pump was far superior to the Chinese pump. Installed on car and no problems at all. I have another (expensive) paper weight and conversation piece. Thanks again for all...

I bought the pump from mac's about a year ago. I tried to call them but their customer service leaves a lot to be desired... I was curious enough to press it apart. The bearings are all sealed and it has a mechanical seal that is spring loaded. I believe the problem is the seal allows coolant to...

I installed a "leakless" water pump on my '30 Coupe. It has less than two hours running time on it and leaks from a weep hole located on the mounting flange. Anyone else experience this?

The carb was purchased from Gaslight and rebuilt by Charlie Armstrong, in Kentucky. moving the gas adjusting needle has little effect and the idle air screw does nothing. Screw in all the way in and no change. Float level checks at 5/8" and fuel shut-off valve has been replaced. I also replaced...

I have a rebuilt carb on my car and I'm running much too rich. I get nothing from either adjustment. Timing checks out okay and consistent.

After two resistors and much frustration I finally just rewound the field coils with 24 ga. wire. 100 wraps and now my horn operates as it should.

My 30 Coupe had been juiced years ago with everything from a 48. It worked but was crude... I built a battery box with a mount for a Wilwood dual master cylinder with remote reservoirs. I used a stock brake pedal with a bell crank to actuate the master cylinder. Residual pressure valves are...

Thanks for all of the advise. I believe I may have a bad resistor. The horn operates as it should connected to a 6v battery.

The resistor I bought was from Mac's and "Restorer" was the name on the instructions supplied. I've seen it available from several different vendors. The horn is good and operates great using a 6v supply. I do have 12v (yellow wire) running to the resistor and the wire coming from the other side...

I saw the same in the ford mechanics handbook. The resister I have is called the "restorer" and when hooking it to the circuit, my horn just moans once. It does the same when hooked to a 12v power supply. The horn works as it should when using a 6v system. I'm assuming my resistor is not...

Has anyone had any success with using a stock horn on a 12 volt system? I purchased the "restorer" and have added it as per the instructions, but my horn doesn't operate. When checking the horn input wires voltage, it still shows 12 volts. The Model A mechanics handbook shows making one from a...